While Jamie Gold showed aces on the table behind him, François Pirault opened to 300 from the button and was raised by the small blind to 800. The player in the big blind called, and Pirault did too.
On the flop 5♠A♣6♠, the small blind checked, allowing the big blind to bet a massive 3,200. Pirault was the only one to call.
The 4♣ landed on the turn. The big blind bet another 7,200 on this card and Pirault made the call once again.
The river card was the 2♦. The player in the big blind moved all in for his remaining 14,000 chips. Pirault took some time and called with A♠6♣ for two pair, the winning hand, as his opponent showed AxJx.
A much-anticipated tournament of the 2023 World Series of Poker is here, and it's none other than Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em tournament. A massive $1,000,000 is guaranteed for the winner of this tournament, meaning that one player will become a millionaire at the end of the event.
This lucky runner will follow Yuliyan Kolev, the reigning champion, into WSOP history. Last year, the Bulgarian beat a field of 7,961 entrants, winning a massive prize of $1,125,189. At the same time, he added a second bracelet to his list of wins just a few months after he got his first one online.
2022 $1,500 Millionaire Maker Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1st
Yuliyan Kolev
Bulgaria
$1,125,141
2nd
Oren Rosen
Israel
$695,390
3rd
Tyler Gaston
United States
$522,705
4th
Yita Choong
Australia
$395,545
5th
Dominic Brazier
United States
$301,346
6th
Stanley Weng
United States
$231,145
7th
Alen Tenorio
Brazil
$178,515
8th
Bastien Joly
France
$138,821
9th
Nick Marchington
United Kingdom
$108,704
10th
Raul Martinez
Spain
$85,718
The road to the million will be long, as this tournament is a five-day event.
Action begins today at 10 a.m. with Day 1a at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Players will start with 25,000 chips and play 11 levels. They'll have 20-minute breaks every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 8. The structure will be the same on Saturday, June 24, for Day 1b. On those two flights, players will have eight levels to reentry, with on reentry allowed per Day.
All players qualified for Day 2 will gather on Sunday to play ten more levels before Day 3 on Monday and Day 4 on Tuesday. In the end, the five remaining players will come back on Wednesday for Day 5 and fight until a champion is crowned.
Keep it locked here as the PokerNews live reporting team will update you throughout the tournament.
