2023 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Day: 1a
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$1,201,564
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$13,905,360
Entries
10,430
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
4,585
Players Left
1,012

Big Double Up For Oliver Before The Dinner Break

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A player in middle position opened to 2,200, but was raised by Jack Oliver from the big blind to 8,000. He was called by the initial raiser, and both players discovered flop of 10?A?8?.

Oliver continued with a bet of 3,500. But this time, he was the one who got raised to 9,500. He called and checked on the turn 3?. And when his opponent bet 11,000, Oliver moved all in for 27,600 chips. He was immediately called.

Jack Oliver: A?8?
Opponent: A?Q?

Oliver was ahead and needed to avoid a queen. No such card appeared as it was the A? on the river, and Oliver doubled up just before the dinner break. On the other hand, his opponent is now down to two blinds.. On the other hand, his opponent is now down to two blinds.

Player Chips Progress
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Jack Oliver
92,000
92,000
92,000

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"Bucket List Event": Moneymaker Makes WSOP $50k Poker Players Championship Debut

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker

Twenty years after his defining victory in the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event that ignited the Poker Boom, Chris Moneymaker came to Las Vegas looking to further his already cemented status as one of the most important figures in poker history.

Only 27 years old at the time, Moneymaker spun a $40 satellite victory into $2.5 million in perhaps the most memorable and consequential WSOP victory of all time. Now a household name in poker, Moneymaker has now put up a $50,000 buy-in — the biggest of his two-decade poker career — to play the prestigious WSOP Poker Players Championship for the first time at the 2023 WSOP.

PokerNews spoke with Moneymaker during Day 1 on June 18 as he battled against the likes of Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh and two-time defending champion Dan "Jungleman" Cates, all of whom were seated at the 2003 Main Event champion's table.

Read About Moneymaker in the 2023 PPC

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

End Of Late Registrations ; 4,575 Entrants

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players on Day 1a of the $1,500 Millionaire Maker had until the end of Level 8 to entry or re-entry the tournament. After the dinner break, late registrations were closed.

According to the screens, 4,575 entrants were registered on this Day 1a (1,000 more than last year), and around 50 players who already have their tickets are still waiting to take a seat.

Anastasakis Sends One Out

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

[Removed:435] opened to 2,500 and the hijack three-bet to 7,000, which was called by Anastasakis.

The flop came J?3?7? and Anastasakis check-called his opponent's continuation bet for 4,500. Things heated on the 9? turn. This time Anastasakis quickly check-call the all-in bet from his opponent for 18,000 and the following showdown:

Hijack: K?K?
[Removed:435]: 10?8?

Anastasakis had hit the straight and a flush draw and busted his opponent after the Q? completed the board on the river.

Player Chips Progress
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[Removed:435]
130,000
130,000
130,000

King On The River For Rosenblum

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

From under the gun, a player opened to 2,500 and was raised to 6,200 by another player in middle position. In the hijack, Russell Rosenblum decided to four-bet to 22,000. It was too much for the initial raiser, who folded his hand.

But for the middle position player, it wasn't enough as he reraised all in to approximately 40,000 chips. Rosenblum quickly called.

Middle position player: Q?Q?
Russell Rosenblum: A?K?

The middle position player's hand held on 2?7?J?7?. But the K? on the river gave a better pair to Rosenblum, who won the flip and increased his stack to 120,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Russell Rosenblum
120,000

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Straight for Babayev

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A player opened to 2,500 and Ana Marquez called next to him, followed by Agharazi Babayev in the big blind.

The flop revealed K?J?Q? and it checked to the initial raiser who continued for 2,000. Marquez folded but Agharazi raised top 9,000, which was called by his opponent.

The turn fell the A? and both checked to see the 9? river. Agharazi bet 7,500 and after a minute, his opponent called, showing K?K?. It wasn't good enough to win the pot as Agharazi tabled A?10? for the straight.

Player Chips Progress
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Agharazi Babayev
133,000
133,000
133,000
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Ana Marquez
28,500
3,500
3,500

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Updated Chip Counts

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Srikanth Yadlapati us
Srikanth Yadlapati
198,000
49,000
49,000
Profile photo of Samuel Bifarella fr
Samuel Bifarella
152,000
152,000
152,000
Profile photo of Vanessa Kade ca
Vanessa Kade
145,000
71,000
71,000
Profile photo of Camille Brown us
Camille Brown
145,000
145,000
145,000
Profile photo of Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
78,000
27,000
27,000
Profile photo of Florian Duta ro
Florian Duta
70,000
40,500
40,500
Profile photo of Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
58,000
28,000
28,000
Winamax
Profile photo of Maria Lampropulos ar
Maria Lampropulos
49,000
24,000
24,000
Profile photo of Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
38,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
23,000
23,000
23,000
WSOP 3X Winner