Event #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions
Day 1b Started
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$4,587,950
Entries
18,188
Level
48
Blinds
6,000,000 / 12,000,000
Ante
12,000,000
Entries
2,957
Players Left
146
Day 1b of the first mystery bounty event of the 2023 World Series of Poker, Event #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions, is here and is guaranteed to provide plenty of entertainment at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
With three flights remaining, the field will only continue growing, as Day 1a saw 2,023 entrants compete, with 102 making it to Day 2. With the all-important mystery bounties kicking in on Day 2, players are hoping to build a big stack so they are in a position to acquire bounties in the latter days. The potential value of those bounties is huge, especially when considering that with enough entries, two $1,000,000 bounties will be up for grabs, along with a guaranteed $1,000,000 for first place.
There have already been some big names join in the event, such as WNBA Champion Kelsey Plum, renowned Australian Comedian Jim Jefferies, and 2006 WSOP Main Event winner Jamie Gold. Day 1b will continue that trend, growing in size and notoriety.
Anyone wanting to make a charge at the overall chip lead needs to finish Day 1b with more than 2,750,000 chips, the impressive total Francis Anderson crammed into an overnight chip bag on Day 1a.
Cards will be in the air at 10 a.m. local time and players begin Day 1b with 40,000 chips. Blinds start at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. The levels for all opening flights are 30 minutes, with a 20-minute break at the conclusion of every four levels. Expected around 7 p.m. is a 75-minute dinner break allowing players to relax for a while before the event resumes. The day consists of 22 levels of play and late registration closes after Level 12.
Two more starting flights take place on June 2 and June 3, with all survivors returning for Day 2 on June 4th. Although players are limited to one reentry per flight, determined players could continue registering for a total of six bullets over the next three days.
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for full coverage of this potentially life-changing event as we continue on the road to the lucky million-dollar bounties and crowning another champion at the World Series Of Poker.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
Day 1b of the 2023 World Series of Poker Event #3: Mystery Millions is underway.
Stay tuned into PokerNews for all the updates on this and other WSOP tournaments for the whole summer.
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
$1000 Mystery Bounty time! https://t.co/zNnEPzjm8p
— Brian Lamanna (@BRLike7)
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
The under-the-gun player decided to blind-raise to 400, hoping to increase the action. A quick fold, then Gary Schneider three bet to 1,200 from early position. The next acting player four-bet to 3,600 and action folded back around to Schneider.
He quickly put his tournament life on the line announcing "all in" for approximately 20,000. After some deliberating, his opponent folded leaving Schneider to chip up closer to the original starting stack of 40,000.
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Level 2
: 200/300, 300 ante
Starting off on a good note, Nicholas Palma played a big pot versus Craig Varnell.
PokerNews caught up with the action on the turn with 5,000 already in the pot and the board showed 7x8x3xKx.
Palma led out 5,000 and received a call. The river brought another Kx and Palma led again, this time for 10,000 and Varnell thought for a minute and made the call. Palma showed AxAx and Varnell mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Level 2
: 200/300, 300 ante
Middle position raised it up to 700 and the next seat reraised to 3,000. Timothy Slater in late position flat called.
The flop came 7?6?2? and the action started with the first player who bet 3,000 and was then raised by the second player to 11,000. Slater was excited to see his set hit and pushed all in for 37,000. The first player called and the second player folded.
Middle position: QxQx
Timothy Slater: 7?7?
The turn sealed the deal and gave Slater quads with a 7? and the 6? on the river had no consequence. Slater doubled his stack and sent the middle position out the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
89,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
Level 2
: 200/300, 300 ante
After three players limped, the big blind raised to 1,200. Everyone folded except Hirofumi Sakamoto on the button, who put in the extra 1,000 chips.
Off to a flop of 4?6?9? and the big blind continued the story with a bet of 1,000. After some thought, the button made the call.
The 2? turn rolled off and again the big blind led for 2,500. Sakamoto took his time and gathered raising chips to the tune of 7,500.
The big blind thought for a long time before his cards found the muck. Sakamoto dragged the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,500
44,500
|
44,500 |
