Day 3 of the MILLIONAIRE MAKER Begins at 11:00 a.m., Messmer Leads
Out of the 7,361 entries to take their shot at a seven-figure payday and WSOP gold in Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER, only 155 will return for Day 3 action at 11:00 a.m. local time at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
Aaron Messmer is currently leading the way with 1,089,000; he was the only player to bag a stack in excess of 1 million chips. Clyde Shimp (978,000), Manig Loeser (914,000), Sean Marshall (878,000), and Stanley Lee (866,000) round out the top five stacks.
Many familiar faces are still in contention, including two previous Main Event winners. Joe McKeehen (487,000) and Greg Merson (295,000) remain in the hunt, along with Thayer Rasmussen (693,000), Joe Kuether (596,000), Eddy Sabat (524,000), Day 1a chip leader Kyle Hartree (487,000), Joseph Cheong (459,000), JC Tran (387,000), Elio Fox (348,000), Wendy Freedman (319,000), Ralph Massey (279,000), Arkadiy Tsinis (198,000), and Kevin Gerhart (169,000).
Day 3 is scheduled to play out over 10 one-hour levels with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a dinner break after six levels. Blinds will be 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000-chip ante when play resumes. The remaining players are scheduled to play down to a winner on Day 4.
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