Day 1d, Final Starting Flight Of Millionaire Maker, Is Firing Up at 10 a.m.
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Today sees the fourth and final starting flight (Day 1d) of Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. First place is guaranteed to be at least $1,000,000!
Day 1d starts at 10 a.m. when players will pick up their starting stacks of 25,000 and play 11 levels of 60 minutes each. There will be 20-minute breaks every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 8 (about 7 p.m.).
Registration remains open until the start of Level 9, which comes after the dinner break at about 8:15 p.m. Players are allowed one reentry per flight. Registration closes for good this evening and when it does, an estimate of the final field size and total prize pool will be available. Official numbers will not be released until Day 2.
The survivors of all four starting flights will combine for Day 2 at 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 22. Play will continue for another ten levels, with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 17. This event will reach a winner on Day 5, which will take place on Wednesday, June 25.
Traditional PokerNews coverage will begin on Day 2 and continue until a new millionaire is found!
Last year's event saw Argentina's Franco Spitale besting the event's biggest-ever field of 10,939 to win $1,250,125.
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10,939 | Franco Spitale | Argentina | $1,250,125 |
| 2023 | 10,430 | Pavel Plesuv | Romania | $1,201,564 |
| 2022 | 7,961 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | $1,125,141 |
| 2021 | 5,330 | Daniel Lazrus | United States | $1,000,000 |
| 2019 | 8,809 | John Gorsuch | United States | $1,344,930 |
| 2018 | 7,361 | Arne Kern | Germany | $1,173,223 |
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