On June 27, Franco Spitale won the Millionaire Maker tournament in Las Vegas, part of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). The 54th event on the WSOP schedule saw Spitale claim a top prize of $1,250,125, boosting his career earnings to over $1.9 million.
“It’s still, it’s hard for me to believe it. You know, it’s too much. Really? I dreamed about this all my life. I promised my little girl, I have a daughter called Emma, that the next trophy would be for her, so this trophy is for her,” Spitale shared with reporters after his victory.
The $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em event attracted a massive field of 10,939 entries across three starting flights, creating a prize pool of $14,603,565. The top 1,641 players each earned at least $3,000.
| Result | Player | Prize |
| 1 | Franco Spitale | $1,250,125 |
| 2 | Justin Carey | $1,001,170 |
| 3 | Stephen Dauphinais | $651,040 |
| 4 | Paul Saso | $500,110 |
| 5 | Harvey Jackson | $376,470 |
| 6 | Charles Kersey | $289,630 |
| 7 | Jason Hickey | $224,270 |