1.940 Spieler bezahlten gestern das Buy-In von $1.000 für das Event #9 NLHE und generierten damit einen Preispool von $1.746.000. Nach 11 gespielten Blindstufen trennte sich die Spreu vom Weizen und so schafften es 161 Titelaspiranten den ersten Turniertag zu überleben. Bester deutschsprachiger Spieler ist Dominik Nitsche.
Den Teilnehmerrekord beim Millionairs Makers zu toppen ist alles andere als einfach. So konnten sich für das $1.000 Event #9 „lediglich“ 1.940 Spieler begeistern. Zahlreiche Pokerpromis wie zum Beispiel Greg Merson, Faraz Jaka, Phil Laak oder Jonathan Duhamel tummelten sich in den Massen.
Aufgrund der turbolastigen Blindstruktur lichteten sich die Reihen wie gewohnt sehr schnell in dem $1.000 Event. In dem letzten Level des Tages dezimierte sich das Feld bereits bis zur Bubble und noch weiter. Letztendlich dürfen 161 Spieler Morgen zum Recall antreten, darunter auch Dominik Nitsche auf Rang 69 als bester verbliebener deutschsprachiger Spieler. Chipleader ist der Amerikaer Adam Geyer, der fast doppelt so viel Chips eintüten durfte wie sein engster Verfolger.
WSOP Event #9 NLHE
Buy-In: $1.000
Entries: 1.940
Preispool: $1.746.000
Verbleibende Spieler: 161
Chipcounts:
| Rang | Name | Herkunft | Chipcount |
| 1 | Adam Geyer | AUSTIN, TX, US | 177,500 |
| 2 | Ryan Jaconetti | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 99,700 |
| 3 | Chris Hunichen | COLUMBIA, SC, US | 99,000 |
| 4 | Keven Stammen | Cincinnati, OH, US | 94,800 |
| 5 | Vinny Pahuja | HICKSVILLE, NY, US | 93,200 |
| 6 | John Lin | LOS ANGELES, CA, US | 93,000 |
| 7 | Hieu Tran | ESSEX, MD, US | 84,100 |
| 8 | Mike Pickett | MINNEAPOLIS, MN, US | 83,400 |
| 9 | Alexandros Kolonias | Volos, , GR | 75,100 |
| 10 | Mark Radoja | GUELPH, ON, CA | 72,700 |
| 11 | Daniel Park | Lake Forest, CA, US | 72,100 |
| 12 | Douglas Ashmore | HOUSTON, TX, US | 70,500 |
| 13 | David Eldridge | CRANBERRY TWP, PA, US | 69,100 |
| 14 | David Chase | ALAMEDA, CA, US | 67,600 |
| 15 | Edmilson Oliveira | BR | 67,100 |
| 16 | Damien Annuschat | Corona, CA, US | 66,600 |
| 17 | Nabih Zaczac | BAL HARBOUR, FL, US | 66,000 |
| 18 | Frank Patti | KANSAS CITY, MO, US | 65,100 |
| 19 | Thiago Nishijima | SAO PAULO, , BR | 63,900 |
| 20 | Charles Welch | Dundalk, MD, US | 62,800 |
| 21 | David Inselberg | VALLEY STREAM, NY, US | 62,400 |
| 22 | Faraz Jaka | SAN JOSE, CA, US | 62,000 |
| 23 | Christian Haugo | RAPID CITY, SD, US | 61,500 |
| 24 | Jeffrey Smith | ENCINITAS, CA, US | 60,600 |
| 25 | Champie Douglas | AUSTIN, NV, US | 60,300 |
| 26 | Daniel Davies | Qualicum Beach, BC, CA | 57,000 |
| 27 | Daniel Buzgon | MARLTON, NJ, US | 57,000 |
| 28 | Michael Wynn | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 56,400 |
| 29 | Owen Crowe | HALIFAX, NS, CA | 56,000 |
| 30 | Glenn Swanlund | North Vancouver, BC, CA | 55,700 |
| 31 | Najib Kamand | SURREY LONDON, , GB | 55,600 |
| 32 | Salvatore Bianco | MUGNANO, , IT | 55,600 |
| 33 | Nghiahiep Nguyen | SAN JOSE, CA, US | 55,400 |
| 34 | Vladimir Dobrovolskii | Las Vegas, NV, US | 55,000 |
| 35 | Marco Pondrelli | US | 55,000 |
| 36 | Richard Whitebrook | MIAMI BEACH, FL, US | 54,700 |
| 37 | Roland Israelashvili | Forest Hills, NY, US | 54,100 |
| 38 | Gionni Demers | JACKSON, NJ, US | 54,000 |
| 39 | Joshua Hillock | FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, US | 53,000 |
| 40 | Carter Gill | MADRAS, OR, US | 52,900 |
| 41 | Frank Rusnak | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 52,700 |
| 42 | Tyler Patterson | Everett, WA, US | 51,600 |
| 43 | Tony Dunst | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 51,200 |
| 44 | Rachel Kranz | NEW YORK, NY, US | 50,900 |
| 45 | Matthew Lengal | Las Cruces, NM, US | 47,800 |
| 46 | Perry Lin | HOBOKEN, NJ, US | 47,500 |
| 47 | Rene Angelil | HENDERSON, NV, US | 46,800 |
| 48 | Scott Hill | Burnaby, BC, CA | 46,600 |
| 49 | Dung Nguyen | Van Nuys, CA, US | 46,000 |
| 50 | Rodney Brown | ANAHEIM HILLS, CA, US | 45,800 |
| 51 | Sean Giesbrecht | VANCOUVER, BC, CA | 45,000 |
| 52 | Jacob Daniels | Katy, TX, US | 44,900 |
| 53 | Randal Flowers | WINTERVILLE, NC, US | 44,500 |
| 54 | Bob Bounahra | BELIZE CITY, BZ | 43,000 |
| 55 | Peter Johnson | Tustin, CA, US | 42,500 |
| 56 | Kevin Wright | CYPRESS, TX, US | 42,200 |
| 57 | Nathel Fontana | Lynchburg, VA, US | 41,300 |
| 58 | Rupesh Pattni | TEMPLE CITY, CA, US | 39,900 |
| 59 | Michael Register | Tucson, AZ, US | 39,700 |
| 60 | Christopher Louviere | Bangs, TX, US | 38,800 |
| 61 | Elish Patel | San Francisco, CA, US | 38,500 |
| 62 | Simeon Naydenov | Sofia, BG | 38,000 |
| 63 | Henry Paniccia | CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI, US | 37,400 |
| 64 | Lauri Pesonen | FI | 37,200 |
| 65 | Brad Libson | ANNAPOLIS, MD, US | 36,900 |
| 66 | Jeff Cote | Saint-Mathieu-De-Beloeil, QC | 36,500 |
| 67 | Nathan Fair | Champlin, MN, US | 36,500 |
| 68 | Kevin O’Donnell | SCOTTSDALE, AZ, US | 36,300 |
| 69 | Dominik Nitsche | MINDEN, , DE | 35,300 |
| 70 | Dylan Linde | COEUR D ALENE, ID, US | 35,300 |
| 71 | Richard Fitzgerald | Sioux Falls, SD, US | 34,000 |
| 72 | Donald Civic | Orchard Hills, , AT | 33,500 |
| 73 | Brent Wheeler | SAINT CHARLES, IL, US | 33,400 |
| 74 | Ken Wu | Burnaby, BC, CA | 33,300 |
| 75 | Robert Choi | HOUSTON, TX, US | 32,500 |
| 76 | Stuart Pfeifer | LOS ANGELES, CA, US | 32,400 |
| 77 | Jerry DeNicholas | TAMPA, FL, US | 30,900 |
| 78 | Christopher Bonita | WINTHROP, MA, US | 30,500 |
| 79 | Nam Le | TUSTIN, CA, US | 30,500 |
| 80 | Kevin Poel | Beringen, , BO | 30,300 |
| 81 | Michael Costello | Ithaca, NY, US | 30,000 |
| 82 | Neal Elgin | Chapin, SC, US | 29,800 |
| 83 | Alexandru Masek | Los Angeles, CA, US | 29,200 |
| 84 | David Marczak | Eagle, ID, US | 28,700 |
| 85 | Richard Klein | LITTLETON, CO, US | 28,600 |
| 86 | Adalberto Orrigo | Sa Gata Li Battiati, , IT | 28,100 |
| 87 | Peter Cross | Surrey, , CA | 27,900 |
| 88 | Benoit Jean | Granby, QC, CA | 27,000 |
| 89 | Justin Kinslow | Millet, , CA | 26,700 |
| 90 | Christopher MacNeil | PEABODY, MA, US | 25,700 |
| 91 | Kenneth Hicks | HUNTINGTON, WV, US | 25,700 |
| 92 | Kyle Cartwright | BARTLETT, TN, US | 25,500 |
| 93 | Son Chau | Victoria, , CA | 25,400 |
| 94 | Caryn Barab | Eugene, OR, US | 25,400 |
| 95 | Spencer Champlin | Scarborough, ME, US | 25,300 |
| 96 | Tom Cage | MAMMOTH LAKES, CA, US | 25,000 |
| 97 | Salvatore Casale | Gloversville, NY, US | 24,700 |
| 98 | Angela Moed | US | 24,500 |
| 99 | Jorge Vergara | Los Angeles, CA, US | 23,900 |
| 100 | Mike Allis | POST FALLS, ID, US | 22,700 |
| 101 | Debbie Kim | Brooklyn, NY, US | 22,700 |
| 102 | Jacob Bucher | BUCKHANNON, WV, US | 22,500 |
| 103 | Ryan Hartmann | MINNEAPOLIS, MN, US | 21,300 |
| 104 | Shannon Shorr | Homewood, AL, US | 21,000 |
| 105 | Joseph Valenzuela | La Puente, CA, US | 21,000 |
| 106 | Will Jaffe | BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY, US | 20,700 |
| 107 | Javier Figueroa | CHICAGO, IL, US | 20,500 |
| 108 | Alexander Turyansky | SOURBRUDEN, , DE | 20,500 |
| 109 | Mika Paasonen | Janakkala, FI | 20,500 |
| 110 | Byung Lee | Lawndale, CA, US | 19,700 |
| 111 | Christian Harder | ANNAPOLIS, MD, US | 19,100 |
| 112 | David Champion | MUFREESBORO, TN, US | 19,100 |
| 113 | Gregg Merkow | PLANO, TX, US | 19,000 |
| 114 | Gary Mentro | COLLEGE PARK, MD, US | 18,800 |
| 115 | Greg Konrad | New York, NY, US | 18,800 |
| 116 | Stuart Marshak | CHICAGO, IL, US | 18,700 |
| 117 | Fernando Arista | MEXICO DF, , MX | 18,600 |
| 118 | Walmor Schmitt | BR | 18,400 |
| 119 | Amnon Filippi | NEW YORK, NY, US | 18,000 |
| 120 | Cleiton Piotto Assuncao | Passos, , BR | 17,900 |
| 121 | Walter Treccarichi | IT | 17,600 |
| 122 | Raymond Chan | SAN FRANCISCO, CA, US | 17,300 |
| 123 | Axel Mollenkott | -, , DE | 16,800 |
| 124 | Suzanne Miller | Auburn, AL, US | 16,800 |
| 125 | Steve Gross | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 16,100 |
| 126 | Dalton Mills | JACKSONVILLE, FL, US | 16,000 |
| 127 | Idris Drief | Barnet, , GB | 15,800 |
| 128 | David Wojtczak | Seattle, WA, US | 14,900 |
| 129 | Brad Tucker | Fairview, TX, US | 14,800 |
| 130 | Brian Zekus | MINNEAPOLIS, MN, US | 14,700 |
| 131 | Mo Chun | STATEN ISLAND, NY, US | 14,700 |
| 132 | Brandon Garrity | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 14,300 |
| 133 | Masato Yokosawa | JP | 14,300 |
| 134 | Troy Baker | Granbury, TX, US | 14,000 |
| 135 | Cid Campelo | Curitiba, , BR | 14,000 |
| 136 | Tom Braband | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 14,000 |
| 137 | Britton Purvis | VALLEY VLG, CA, US | 13,600 |
| 138 | Ivan Tononi | BRAY, , IT | 13,400 |
| 139 | Joseph Loguidice | ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, US | 13,200 |
| 140 | Samuel Murphy | CEDAR HILL, TX, US | 13,100 |
| 141 | Royce Cohen | BENSALEM, PA, US | 13,000 |
| 142 | Jorge Arriola | MIDLAND, TX, US | 13,000 |
| 143 | Mitch Schock | BISMARCK, ND, US | 11,700 |
| 144 | Richard Murnick | MONTCLAIR, NJ, US | 11,600 |
| 145 | Sebastien Plaa | FR | 11,500 |
| 146 | Mark Drover | ST.JOHN’S, NL, CA | 9,600 |
| 147 | David Hoote | CHESAPEAKE, VA, US | 9,400 |
| 148 | Cornel Medes | MANGALIA, , RO | 9,000 |
| 149 | Shadron Walton | AUSTIN, TX, US | 8,700 |
| 150 | D Schlosser | Plainville, NY, US | 8,300 |
| 151 | Michael Gross | Naples, FL, US | 7,500 |
| 152 | Huy Nguyen | SAN JOSE, CA, US | 7,100 |
| 153 | Jacob Schindler | PHILADELPHIA, PA, US | 6,200 |
| 154 | Travis Roseberry | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 5,700 |
| 155 | Tylor Hemme | Palmdale, CA, US | 5,500 |
| 156 | Stephen Kmet | HAINESPORT, NJ, US | 5,500 |
| 157 | Krzysztof Stybaniewicz | Lakewood, CO, US | 5,400 |
| 158 | Ray Qartomy | HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA, US | 3,000 |
| 159 | Hyuck Kwon | Flushing, NY, US | 1 |
| 160 | Jason Hallee | SHERBROOKE, QC, CA | 1 |
| 161 | Hien Ly | SAN DIEGO, CA, US | 1 |
