A player in late position, Michael Allen raised all in for about 2,000,000 and Champie Douglas called on the button.
Michael Allen: A♠J♦
Champie Douglass: 4♥4♦
The board came out with a lot of sweat for Douglass, 10♥7♦9♦Q♣2♠ every card that came out Douglass said "Oh that's not good". But in the end the fours reigned over the ace jack and Douglass added to his already massive stack.
The tension was palpable at the 2023 World Series of Poker for the highly anticipated Day 3 of the Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. With an unexpected field of 327 coming back for Day 3, Only 41 players battled through to Day 4. These players are fighting for the grand prize of $1,201,564 and the coveted WSOP Bracelet.
The top chip leaders of the day include Andreas Kniep, who sits atop the leaderboard with a stack of 19,600,000. Following closely behind is Champie Douglas, who has advanced with 16,225,000 in chips.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Andreas Kniep
Germany
19,600,000
78
2
Champie Douglas
United States
16,225,000
65
3
Pavel Plesuv
Moldova
14,175,000
57
4
Paul Gunness
United States
13,850,000
55
5
Andras Matrai
Hungary
12,875,000
52
6
Michael Smith (SK)
Canada
11,425,000
46
7
Powen Fang
Taiwan
10,175,000
41
8
Arnaud Mattern
France
7,565,000
30
9
Michael McNicholas
United States
7,550,000
30
10
Javier Zarco
Spain
7,250,000
29
Other big stacks include Pavel Plesuv, who stayed near the top of the leaderboard for most of the day with (14,175,000). Right behind Plesuv on the leaderboard is Paul Gunness (13,850,000), and finally Andras Matrai (12,875,000).
Players laddered up the payout ranks through Day 3, with the players who survived the night confirming a take home of at least $36,576. Some notable players, all of which have at least one WSOP gold bracelet to their name, already include Erick Lindgren (3,825,000), David “ODB” Baker (4,650,000), Ian Matakis (6,500,000), and Blair Hinkle (6,650,000).
Day 3 saw 327 players return to their seats as around 1/8th of the starting players bagged to continue to Day 4. The high-profile casualties kept coming at a rather rapid pace such as Winamax Team Pro’s Mustapha Kanit, Last years WSOP Main Event Champion Espen Jorstad, and prior WSOP Main Event Winner Martin Jacobson.
Day 4 of the record-breaking Event #53: #1,500 Millionaire Maker will continue at 10 a.m. local time Tuesday and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the key hands as they play down to 5 players for the final day.