2023 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Day: 5
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$1,201,564
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$13,905,360
Entries
10,430
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 5
Entries
7
Players Left
1

Vitor De Souza Coutinho Eliminated in 7th Place ($222,749)

Level 40 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Vitor De Souza Coutinho
Vitor De Souza Coutinho

Myles Mullaly raised to 4,000,000 with J?J? and Andreas Kniep took about 30 seconds before three-betting to 10,200,000 with 10?10?.

Vitor De Souza Coutinho four-bet all in for 17,400,000 with A?K?. Mullay mucked his hand and Kniep made the call.

Vitor De Souza Coutinho: A?K?
Andreas Kniep: 10?10?

It was a classic coin-flip and the board ran out 9?8?3?2?4? for Kniep's tens to hold as his rail exploded and De Souza Coutinho was eliminated in seventh place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pavel Plesuv md
Pavel Plesuv
71,100,000
-4,000,000
-4,000,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Andreas Kniep de
Andreas Kniep
65,400,000
25,400,000
25,400,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Paul Gunness us
Paul Gunness
48,800,000
4,700,000
4,700,000
Profile photo of Florian Ribouchon fr
Florian Ribouchon
36,100,000
Profile photo of Myles Mullaly us
Myles Mullaly
28,200,000
Profile photo of Anton Smirnov ru
Anton Smirnov
11,800,000
-4,000,000
-4,000,000
Profile photo of Vitor De Souza Coutinho br
Vitor De Souza Coutinho
Busted

Tags: Andreas KniepMyles MullalyVitor De Souza Coutinho

Kniep's Continuation Bet Gets Through

Level 40 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Andreas Kniep raised to 4,200,000 in the small blind with 8?3? and Vitor De Souza Coutinho made the call with 10?8? in the big blind.

On the A?K?7? flop, Kniep fired for 3,000,000 and that got the job done as De Souza Coutinho's cards hit the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pavel Plesuv md
Pavel Plesuv
75,100,000
11,200,000
11,200,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Andreas Kniep de
Andreas Kniep
40,000,000
2,600,000
2,600,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Florian Ribouchon fr
Florian Ribouchon
36,100,000
-9,900,000
-9,900,000
Profile photo of Myles Mullaly us
Myles Mullaly
28,200,000
-4,000,000
-4,000,000
Profile photo of Anton Smirnov ru
Anton Smirnov
15,800,000
-4,000,000
-4,000,000
Profile photo of Vitor De Souza Coutinho br
Vitor De Souza Coutinho
12,200,000
-3,800,000
-3,800,000

Tags: Andreas KniepVitor De Souza Coutinho

Smirnov Shows No Fear to Take it Down

Level 40 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Anton Smirnov bet for 6,500,000 from early position with A?Q?. Everyone else took their time, but eventually folded around for him to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pavel Plesuv md
Pavel Plesuv
63,900,000
-6,400,000
-6,400,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Florian Ribouchon fr
Florian Ribouchon
46,000,000
5,900,000
5,900,000
Profile photo of Paul Gunness us
Paul Gunness
44,100,000
-6,700,000
-6,700,000
Profile photo of Andreas Kniep de
Andreas Kniep
37,400,000
-800,000
-800,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Myles Mullaly us
Myles Mullaly
32,200,000
Profile photo of Anton Smirnov ru
Anton Smirnov
19,800,000
Profile photo of Vitor De Souza Coutinho br
Vitor De Souza Coutinho
16,000,000
-4,800,000
-4,800,000

Tags: Anton Smirnov

Gunness Puts Pressure on Ribouchon

Level 40 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Paul Gunness
Paul Gunness

Florian Ribouchon raised 3,200,000 with A?4?, and Paul Gunness defended the big blind with Q?9?.

When the 10?8?3? flop hit the felt, both players checked to see the 8? on the turn. Ribouchon checked once again and Gunness fired a bet of 2,700,000. Ribouchon made the call.

The 6? hit the felt and Ribouchon checked for a final time before Gunness put out a bet of 7,500,000. Ribouchon surrendered the pot by tossing his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Paul Gunness us
Paul Gunness
50,800,000
26,700,000
26,700,000
Profile photo of Florian Ribouchon fr
Florian Ribouchon
40,100,000
-5,900,000
-5,900,000

Tags: Florian RibouchonPaul Gunness

Kniep Double Barrels

Level 40 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Myles Mullaly limped the small blind with J?8? and Andreas Kniep checked his option with 6?5?.

The dealer fanned a flop of A?J?4? and Mullaly check-called a bet of 1,800,000.

The K? hit the turn and Mullaly checked before Kniep bet 5,200,000. Mullaly instantly fired his cards into the muck, sending the pot to Kniep.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andreas Kniep de
Andreas Kniep
38,200,000
3,400,000
3,400,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Myles Mullaly us
Myles Mullaly
32,200,000
-11,400,000
-11,400,000

Tags: Andreas KniepMyles Mullaly

PN Podcast: Poker Hall of Fame Nominees & Guest Joey Ingram on the Future of Poker

Level 40 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Joey Ingram
Joey Ingram

On the latest PokerNews Podcast episode, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen continue The Chad & Jesse Poker Show straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

They are joined by Joey Ingram, AKA Papi, a lover of four-card poker. A prolific poker podcaster, Ingram is known for his marathon emergency investigations into such controversial matters as the Mike Postle and Robbi Jade Lew cheating allegations. Ingram, who was in L.A. for the Hustler Casino Live $1,000,000 Cash Game, recently returned to Las Vegas and was at the 2023 WSOP for the first time when he sat down with the guys.

Hear what Ingram thinks the future holds for poker, which just might surprise you.

Chad and Jesse also break down all ten nominees for the Poker Hall of Fame Class of 2023. Only one will get in, and it’ll undoubtedly be a close affair with so many deserving individuals.

Listen to the New PokerNews Podcast Here!

Level: 40

Blinds: 800,000/1,600,000

Ante: 1,600,000

Final Seven Competing for Gold as Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Crowns a Winner Today

Pavel Plesuv
Pavel Plesuv

A whopping 10,430 entries over the course of two starting flights made an attempt for gold in Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas and just seven players remain.

Pavel Plesuv enters today's play as a dominating chip leader, with a total of 70,300,000 chips. Plesuv is looking to claim the $1,201,564 first-place prize to add to his total live earnings of $6,037,058 and take home his first WSOP gold bracelet.

Florian Ribouchon is second in chips to start the day with a total of 46,000,000 in chips, which is 15 big blinds behind Plesuv and Myles Mullaly is right on his tail with 43,600,000.

Final Seven Chip Counts

SeatPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
2Pavel PlesuvMoldova70,300,00044
3Anton SmirnovRussia19,800,00012
4Paul GunnessUnited States24,100,00015
6Florian RibouchonFrance46,000,00029
7Myles MullalyUnited States43,600,00027
8Andreas KniepGermany34,800,00022
9Vitor De Souza CoutinhoBrazil20,800,00013

The massive prize pool of $13,905,360 means that each of the remaining players is guaranteed $222,749, but only one player will be able to collect the jaw-dropping first-place prize of $1,201,564 that awaits the winner.

Final Table Results and Remaining Payouts

PlaceWinnerCountryPrize
1  $1,201,564
2  $1,003,554
3  $650,058
4  $501,182
5  $373,524
6  $287,522
7  $222,749
8Andras MatraiHungary$173,683
9Charles BenoitCanada$136,302

Play will resume at 1 p.m. local time on Wednesday at the Horseshoe feature table as the world watches to discover who will become the latest overnight millionaire of the 54th annual World Series of Poker.

The action will be streamed on PokerGO starting at 2 p.m. and the updates will be in sync with the stream to avoid spoilers. Keep it locked in to PokerNews to find out who will rise to the top and earn a shiny new WSOP gold bracelet!

Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker

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