Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Action is now in full swing for the GGPoker World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online series. Fifteen bracelets have already been awarded, with dozens more yet to be handed out. On deck for today is one of the most popular events of any WSOP schedule, Day 2 of Event #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER.
The final Day 1 starting flight is still playing out for the MILLIONAIRE MAKER. but 820 players have already booked their seat in today's final day. Through the 15 starting flights, a total of 6,232 players tried their hand at becoming a millionaire. As things stand now, 764 players will share in the massive prize pool sitting at almost $9 million, and the winner is slated to get just shy of $1.5 million.
There are quite a few big names already in the event including GGPOker ambassador Felipe Ramos, Daniel "Dan.Almeida" De Almeida, Peter Chen, Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker, Brad Owen, Markus "_PrinzOfDTO_" Prinz, Dan "oiltrader" Shak, Pedro "WhyNotChili" Ivars, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Fedor Holz, Mike McDonald, and Leon Tsoukernik among many others. Currently the player at the top of the chip counts is Kenny "Lambert44" Hallaert who will be unbagging 1,213,754 chips for Day 2, with the winner of last week's Short Deck Championship, Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb, sitting down on Day 2 with the second biggest stack, 1,144,317.
Action proceeds on Day 2 with 15 minute levels until the final table is set, with Day 2 starting at blinds of 5,000/10,000/1,000. Players started Day 1 with stacks of 50,000, but of course by the time they make today's Day 2 they'll have added more chips to those stacks. Stay tuned here throughout the day for updates on the action as they play down to crown poker's newest millionaire by the end of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,213,754
1,213,754
|
1,213,754 |
|
1,144,317
1,144,317
|
1,144,317 |
|
1,114,218
1,114,218
|
1,114,218 |
|
1,098,738
1,098,738
|
1,098,738 |
|
1,056,719
1,056,719
|
1,056,719 |
|
1,055,476
1,055,476
|
1,055,476 |