Day 3 of Event #19: Millionaire Maker - $1,500 NLHE Resumes at Noon With 309 Players
At noon local time, 309 players will return from the 8,809 entries who started Event #19: Millionaire Maker - $1,500 No-Limit Hold��em a few days ago. All players are guaranteed at least $5,829 but they will all be striving for a bigger share of the gigantic $11,892,150 prize pool, especially that first-place prize of $1,344,930 to become the next 50th Annual World Series of Poker millionaire.
Leading the rat race is Sam Cosby with 3,023,000 in chips. Cosby is no stranger to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino as he would spend previous summers here as a live reporter but decided to switch things around this year by playing instead of writing. Other big stacks in the running include Joe McKeehen, Ryan Leng, Joao Simao, Kazuki Ikeuchi, Calvin Anderson, Steven van Zadelhoff, Kathy Liebert, Scott Clements, Jeremy Wien, Fahredin Mustafov and Keith Lehr for example.
When the players take their seats again at noon, they will start with Level 22 which features a small blind of 10,000, big blind of 20,000, and the big blind ante of 20,000. Ten levels of play are scheduled with a 15-minute break after every two levels. A dinner break of 60 minutes is planned to take place after the sixth level of play which is at approximately 6:30 p.m.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be roaming the floor to bring you all the double-ups, bad beats, runouts, wins, and eliminations so make sure to keep hanging around to see who will make it through to the obstacles Day 3 of the Millionaire Maker will bring them.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavilion | 287 | 1 | Georgios Manousos Sotiropo | Austria | 35,100 |
| Pavilion | 287 | 2 | Matt Vengrin | United States | 40,500 |
| Pavilion | 287 | 3 | Jared Koppel | United States | 17,300 |
| Pavilion | 287 | 4 | Nick Guagenti | United States | 18,200 |
| Pavilion | 287 | 5 | John Trumbul | United States | 26,900 |
| Pavilion | 287 | 6 | Sergey Altbregin | Russia | 23,600 |
| Pavilion | 288 | 1 | Mark Abinakle | Canada | 18,600 |
| Pavilion | 288 | 2 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 33,300 |
| Pavilion | 288 | 3 | Jody Fayant | Canada | 12,200 |
| Pavilion | 288 | 4 | Michael Krasienko | United States | 11,500 |
| Pavilion | 288 | 5 | Matthew Dames | United States | 26,600 |
| Pavilion | 288 | 6 | Chip Jett | United States | 27,400 |
| Pavilion | 289 | 1 | Dave Alfa | United States | 41,200 |
| Pavilion | 289 | 2 | Ismael Bojang | Austria | 32,800 |
| Pavilion | 289 | 3 | Mihails Morozovs | Latvia | 77,100 |
| Pavilion | 289 | 4 | Carl Buckland | United States | 26,700 |
| Pavilion | 289 | 5 | Adam Owen | United Kingdom | 17,700 |
| Pavilion | 289 | 6 | Michael Trivett | United States | 17,900 |
| Pavilion | 290 | 1 | Rostislav Tsodikov | United States | 27,100 |
| Pavilion | 290 | 2 | Shane Giese | United States | 8,900 |
| Pavilion | 290 | 3 | Allen Kessler | United States | 43,900 |
| Pavilion | 290 | 4 | Mark Vathanasin | United States | 7,400 |
| Pavilion | 290 | 5 | John Evans | United States | 17,500 |
| Pavilion | 290 | 6 | Shirley Rosario | United States | 24,300 |
| Pavilion | 291 | 1 | Thao Thiem | United States | 50,500 |
| Pavilion | 291 | 2 | Evando Vilar | Brazil | 24,900 |
| Pavilion | 291 | 3 | Pawel Andrzejewski | United States | 21,500 |
| Pavilion | 291 | 4 | Daniel Lowe | United States | 25,300 |
| Pavilion | 291 | 5 | Toby Lewis | United Kingdom | 30,100 |
| Pavilion | 291 | 6 | Jordan Siegel | United States | 47,600 |
| Pavilion | 292 | 1 | Matthew Wantman | United States | 60,400 |
| Pavilion | 292 | 2 | Mark Gallo | United States | 56,200 |
| Pavilion | 292 | 3 | David Litt | United States | 24,200 |
| Pavilion | 292 | 4 | Tim Marsters | Australia | 50,200 |
| Pavilion | 292 | 5 | Phil Hellmuth | United States | 13,200 |
| Pavilion | 292 | 6 | Doug Lorgeree | United States | 42,300 |
| Pavilion | 293 | 1 | Steve Sung | United States | 18,800 |
| Pavilion | 293 | 2 | Junayed Khan | United States | 6,900 |
| Pavilion | 293 | 3 | Brad Albrinck | United States | 35,500 |
| Pavilion | 293 | 4 | Donny Rubinstein | United States | 16,500 |
| Pavilion | 293 | 5 | David Tarbet | United Kingdom | 41,300 |
| Pavilion | 293 | 6 | Zachary Milchman | United States | 17,200 |
| Pavilion | 294 | 1 | Masayoshi Tanaka | Japan | 36,400 |
| Pavilion | 294 | 2 | Cory Chaput | United States | 8,000 |
| Pavilion | 294 | 3 | Patrick Leonard | United Kingdom | 42,000 |
| Pavilion | 294 | 4 | Ben Ponzio | United States | 62,600 |
| Pavilion | 294 | 5 | Maksim Pisarenko | Russia | 48,600 |
| Pavilion | 294 | 6 | Nicholas Seiken | United States | 34,700 |
| Pavilion | 295 | 1 | Michael Taylor | United States | 9,900 |
| Pavilion | 295 | 2 | Ashton Berner | United States | 28,200 |
| Pavilion | 295 | 3 | James Davis | United States | 8,300 |
| Pavilion | 295 | 4 | Charles Marty | United States | 19,600 |
| Pavilion | 295 | 5 | Jeffrey Lennon | United States | 39,500 |
| Pavilion | 295 | 6 | Andrey Zaichenko | Russia | 55,400 |
| Pavilion | 296 | 1 | Sokchheka Pho | United States | 18,800 |
| Pavilion | 296 | 2 | Matt Szymaszek | United States | 57,600 |
| Pavilion | 296 | 3 | Bryan Saltzman | United States | 6,900 |
| Pavilion | 296 | 4 | Aaron Steury | United States | 27,300 |
| Pavilion | 296 | 5 | Steven Wolansky | United States | 25,300 |
| Pavilion | 296 | 6 | Ron Ware | United States | 45,100 |
| Pavilion | 297 | 1 | John Centeno | United States | 37,800 |
| Pavilion | 297 | 2 | Isaac Crow | United States | 63,900 |
| Pavilion | 297 | 3 | Donald Maloney | United States | 30,600 |
| Pavilion | 297 | 4 | Michael Mizrachi | United States | 74,500 |
| Pavilion | 297 | 5 | Sampo Ryynanen | Finland | 28,400 |
| Pavilion | 297 | 6 | Sachin Bhargava | United States | 45,900 |
| Pavilion | 298 | 1 | Ryan Hughes | United States | 31,100 |
| Pavilion | 298 | 2 | Andreas Hole | Norway | 36,400 |
| Pavilion | 298 | 3 | Chris Back | Canada | 47,700 |
| Pavilion | 298 | 4 | Robert Campbell | Australia | 6,000 |
| Pavilion | 298 | 5 | John Monnette | United States | 6,100 |
| Pavilion | 298 | 6 | Ramachandra Nagaraja | United States | 17,500 |
| Pavilion | 299 | 1 | Kevin Song | United States | 18,400 |
| Pavilion | 299 | 2 | Brayden Gazlay | United States | 14,600 |
| Pavilion | 299 | 3 | Frederic Moss | Canada | 7,900 |
| Pavilion | 299 | 4 | Jeremy Ensrud | United States | 2,900 |
| Pavilion | 299 | 5 | Kevin Johnson | United States | 16,200 |
| Pavilion | 299 | 6 | Qinghai Pan | United States | 7,800 |
| Miranda | 600 | 1 | Sean Yu | United States | 22,500 |
| Miranda | 600 | 2 | Joseph Melancon | United States | 14,000 |
| Miranda | 600 | 3 | Richard Bremer | United States | 22,100 |
| Miranda | 600 | 4 | Matthew Schreiber | United States | 30,400 |
| Miranda | 600 | 5 | Joseph Mandia | United States | 14,700 |
| Miranda | 600 | 6 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | 6,700 |
| Miranda | 601 | 1 | Ian O'Hara | United States | 47,600 |
| Miranda | 601 | 2 | Matt Glantz | United States | 66,300 |
| Miranda | 601 | 3 | Minh Trinh | United States | 13,100 |
| Miranda | 601 | 4 | Michael Coombs | United States | 17,200 |
| Miranda | 601 | 5 | Jameson Painter | United States | 33,200 |
| Miranda | 601 | 6 | Adam Miller | United States | 11,900 |
| Miranda | 602 | 1 | Frederik Brink | Denmark | 43,900 |
| Miranda | 602 | 2 | John Racener | United States | 29,500 |
| Miranda | 602 | 3 | Jimmy Fricke | United States | 10,300 |
| Miranda | 602 | 4 | Brandon Wong | United States | 16,500 |
| Miranda | 602 | 5 | Bart O'Connell | United States | 9,100 |
| Miranda | 602 | 6 | Andrey Zhigalov | Russia | 23,100 |
| Miranda | 603 | 1 | Vladimir Shchemelev | Russia | 29,600 |
| Miranda | 603 | 2 | John Cernuto | United States | 74,000 |
| Miranda | 603 | 3 | Avdo Djokovic | United States | 15,500 |
| Miranda | 603 | 4 | David "Bakes" Baker | United States | 30,600 |
| Miranda | 603 | 5 | Shannon Petluck | United States | 1 |
| Miranda | 603 | 6 | Max Pescatori | Italy | 33,800 |
| Miranda | 604 | 1 | Hsiao Liu | United States | 7,400 |
| Miranda | 604 | 2 | Raymond Henson | United States | 4,900 |
| Miranda | 604 | 3 | Matthew Woodward | United States | 3,600 |
| Miranda | 604 | 4 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 25,700 |
| Miranda | 604 | 5 | Jussi Nevanlinna | Finland | 60,300 |
| Miranda | 604 | 6 | Jon Turner | United States | 29,600 |
| Miranda | 605 | 1 | Hunter Mcclelland | United States | 51,000 |
| Miranda | 605 | 2 | Steven Albini | United States | 9,600 |
| Miranda | 605 | 3 | Christopher Kusha | United States | 10,700 |
| Miranda | 605 | 4 | Cory Zeidman | United States | 23,000 |
| Miranda | 605 | 5 | Alex Livingston | Canada | 50,700 |
| Miranda | 605 | 6 | Paul Holder | United States | 26,400 |
| Miranda | 606 | 1 | Kane Kalas | United States | 13,200 |
| Miranda | 606 | 2 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 28,000 |
| Miranda | 606 | 3 | Chris Tryba | United States | 46,400 |
| Miranda | 606 | 4 | Chris Ferguson | United States | 7,900 |
| Miranda | 606 | 5 | Mark Horowitz | United States | 8,800 |
| Miranda | 606 | 6 | Mike Wattel | United States | 11,100 |
| Miranda | 607 | 1 | Ryan Himes | United States | 27,100 |
| Miranda | 607 | 2 | Kristijonas Andrulis | Lithuania | 7,200 |
| Miranda | 607 | 3 | Tuvya Felt | United States | 14,700 |
| Miranda | 607 | 4 | Shannon Shorr | United States | 24,900 |
| Miranda | 607 | 5 | Bradley Smith | Canada | 50,300 |
| Miranda | 607 | 6 | Aleksandr Gofman | Russia | 95,800 |
| Miranda | 608 | 1 | Carol Fuchs | United States | 50,500 |
| Miranda | 608 | 2 | Mike Sexton | United States | 35,800 |
| Miranda | 608 | 3 | Robin Ylitalo | United States | 31,100 |
| Miranda | 608 | 4 | Julius Reiner | United States | 13,500 |
| Miranda | 608 | 5 | Douglas Raney | United States | 36,200 |
| Miranda | 608 | 6 | Jen Harman | United States | 46,300 |
| Miranda | 609 | 1 | Milos Skrbic | Serbia | 8,800 |
| Miranda | 609 | 2 | Layne Flack | United States | 33,000 |
| Miranda | 609 | 3 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 8,700 |
| Miranda | 609 | 4 | Seth Hippensteel | United States | 32,300 |
| Miranda | 609 | 5 | Phillip Hui | United States | 27,000 |
| Miranda | 609 | 6 | David Bach | United States | 27,800 |
| Miranda | 610 | 1 | Horacio Chaves Cortes | Paraguay | 32,200 |
| Miranda | 610 | 2 | Michael Ross | United States | 35,500 |
| Miranda | 610 | 3 | Ivo Donev | Austria | 21,000 |
| Miranda | 610 | 4 | Keith Kiyomura | United States | 18,800 |
| Miranda | 610 | 5 | Brian Yoon | United States | 7,200 |
| Miranda | 610 | 6 | Michael Horowitz | United States | 7,300 |
| Miranda | 611 | 1 | Hernan Salazar | United States | 46,200 |
| Miranda | 611 | 2 | Mark Gregorich | United States | 29,700 |
| Miranda | 611 | 3 | Andrew Brown | United States | 19,700 |
| Miranda | 611 | 4 | Robert Ricciuti | United States | 16,700 |
| Miranda | 611 | 5 | Murilo Figueredo | Brazil | 51,400 |
| Miranda | 611 | 6 | Lawrence Berg | United States | 46,000 |
| Miranda | 612 | 1 | Chad Campbell | United States | 32,400 |
| Miranda | 612 | 2 | Adam Koplan | United States | 27,000 |
| Miranda | 612 | 3 | Jeremy Heartberg | United States | 9,500 |
| Miranda | 612 | 4 | Usmaan Mela | United States | 17,625 |
| Miranda | 612 | 5 | James Petzing | United States | 20,400 |
| Miranda | 612 | 6 | Garrett Riley | United States | 22,100 |
| Miranda | 613 | 1 | Daniel Colpoys | United States | 34,300 |
| Miranda | 613 | 2 | Timothy Wong | United States | 34,800 |
| Miranda | 613 | 3 | Philip Long | United Kingdom | 26,000 |
| Miranda | 613 | 4 | Alex Foxen | United States | 28,300 |
| Miranda | 613 | 5 | Samuel Gorr | Australia | 1 |
| Miranda | 613 | 6 | Katherine Fleck | United States | 17,000 |
| Miranda | 614 | 2 | Lonnie Heimowitz | United States | 30,600 |
| Miranda | 614 | 3 | Timothy Batow | United States | 10,800 |
| Miranda | 614 | 4 | Roland Israelashvili | United States | 20,700 |
| Miranda | 614 | 5 | Matthew Gonzales | United States | 12,200 |
| Miranda | 614 | 6 | David Diiorio | United States | 35,000 |
| Miranda | 615 | 1 | Steve Billirakis | United States | 9,000 |
| Miranda | 615 | 2 | Wei Jie Weng | Austria | 27,200 |
| Miranda | 615 | 3 | Chris Klodnicki | United States | 27,600 |
| Miranda | 615 | 4 | Maria Ho | United States | 1,600 |
| Miranda | 615 | 5 | Schuyler Thornton | United States | 15,700 |
| Miranda | 615 | 6 | Kyle Miaso | United States | 26,900 |
| Miranda | 616 | 1 | Arthur Morris | United States | 31,100 |
| Miranda | 616 | 2 | Philip Sternheimer | United States | 1,800 |
| Miranda | 616 | 3 | William Klevitz | United States | 10,200 |
| Miranda | 616 | 4 | Cody Shedd | United States | 40,900 |
| Miranda | 616 | 5 | Yuebin Guo | United States | 34,300 |
| Miranda | 616 | 6 | Owais Ahmed | United States | 4,500 |
| Miranda | 617 | 1 | Ashish Gupta | Australia | 72,600 |
| Miranda | 617 | 2 | Joshua Mountain | United States | 20,500 |
| Miranda | 617 | 3 | Brian Zekus | United States | 12,800 |
| Miranda | 617 | 4 | Jeff Madsen | United States | 21,500 |
| Miranda | 617 | 5 | Chris Bjorin | Sweden | 34,700 |
| Miranda | 617 | 6 | Kenneth Po | United States | 23,900 |
| Miranda | 618 | 1 | Arto Loikkanen | Finland | 22,900 |
| Miranda | 618 | 2 | Gregory Donatelli | United States | 19,600 |
| Miranda | 618 | 3 | Raymond Matthaei | United States | 2,600 |
| Miranda | 618 | 4 | Jake Schwartz | United States | 30,800 |
| Miranda | 618 | 5 | Nicolas Adamakis | United States | 18,800 |
| Miranda | 618 | 6 | Alex Rocha | United States | 35,100 |
| Miranda | 619 | 1 | Luis Velador | United States | 12,900 |
| Miranda | 619 | 2 | Nicholas Pupillo | United States | 10,300 |
| Miranda | 619 | 3 | Christopher Vitch | United States | 44,100 |
| Miranda | 619 | 4 | Eric Rodawig | United States | 35,100 |
| Miranda | 619 | 5 | Tim Finne | United States | 11,700 |
| Miranda | 619 | 6 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 19,000 |
| Miranda | 620 | 1 | Patrick Serda | Canada | 58,000 |
| Miranda | 620 | 2 | Kristan Lord | United States | 34,900 |
| Miranda | 620 | 3 | Kyung Han | United States | 14,000 |
| Miranda | 620 | 4 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | 30,200 |
| Miranda | 620 | 5 | Matt Grapenthien | United States | 44,200 |
| Miranda | 621 | 1 | Ville Haavisto | Finland | 16,600 |
| Miranda | 621 | 2 | Mike Watson | Canada | 31,400 |
| Miranda | 621 | 4 | Stephen Moreschi | United States | 26,000 |
| Miranda | 621 | 5 | Tyler Groth | United States | 36,800 |
| Miranda | 621 | 6 | Venkata Tayi | United States | 13,600 |
| Miranda | 622 | 1 | Jason Papastavrou | United States | 10,300 |
| Miranda | 622 | 2 | Tamon Nakamura | Japan | 12,700 |
| Miranda | 622 | 3 | Daniel Zack | United States | 21,500 |
| Miranda | 622 | 4 | Carlos Chadha-Villamarin | United States | 7,200 |
| Miranda | 622 | 5 | Rami Boukai | United States | 27,500 |
| Miranda | 622 | 6 | Alexander Freund | Austria | 8,100 |
| Miranda | 623 | 1 | Jason Acosta | United States | 46,400 |
| Miranda | 623 | 2 | Michael Vergeront | United States | 26,600 |
| Miranda | 623 | 3 | Felipe Ramos | Brazil | 10,000 |
| Miranda | 623 | 4 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | 30,600 |
| Miranda | 623 | 5 | Sean Akhavi | United States | 14,100 |
| Miranda | 623 | 6 | Noah Bronstein | United States | 10,200 |
| Miranda | 624 | 1 | Keeth Beharrell | Canada | 73,500 |
| Miranda | 624 | 2 | Marco Johnson | United States | 41,100 |
| Miranda | 624 | 3 | Gennady Shimelfarb | United States | 33,300 |
| Miranda | 624 | 4 | John Bunch | United States | 54,000 |
| Miranda | 624 | 5 | Dan Smith | United States | 40,000 |
| Miranda | 624 | 6 | Al Barbieri | United States | 44,700 |