Day 1A of the Millionaire Maker is Complete
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Day 1A of Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER is a wrap. The tournament drew 3,438 entires, significantly more then last year's 3,088. The day ended with 509 players who'll return for Day 2.
Boris Kolev (290,700) is the chip leader, however, he has a few other big stacks behind him, including Barry Hutter (259,900), Scott Skirba (207,500), Michael Falson (191,700), Darwin Giles (185,000), Kevin Saul (146,200), and Jonas Wexler (150,000).
Main Event winner Joe Cada finished the day with 66,700 chips, and Elky, the recent runner-up in the $111,000 High Roller for One Drop, finished with 60,200. Garrett Greer who finished as the runner-up in the 2016 Millionaire Maker, finished Day 1A with 54,000.
Many familiar faces entered but did not survive the day. Carlos Mortenson, Liv Boeree, Melanie Weisner, Greg Raymer, Andy Frankenberger, Eddy Sabat, Olivier Busquet, Jeff Madsen, Chris Ferguson, Ari Engel, and Sam Abernathy were some of the well-known players eliminated; they'll have the opportunity to play Day 1B tomorrow at 10 a.m.
All players who advance from both starting fields will combine and play Day 2 on Monday, June 12 at 11 a.m.
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