Over 2,200 entrants showed up for Event #4 of the 2014 World Series of Poker, a $1,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament. A top prize of $360,000, just about enough for one year’s worth of daily $1K events, is on the line and Kyle da_kyky Cartwright (pictured) leads the way entering the final day.

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When Friday’s play began, 186 players remained, each of whom was in the money. Cartwright ended the day with 973,000 in chips, leading the second place stack of fellow PocketFives member Daniel dazedace Dizenzo by about 60,000. Cartwright is a five-time WSOP Circuit ring winner and a graduate of the University of Memphis. He Tweeted when all was said and done, “Bagged 973k coming back to 8/16k. 12 left. Sucks all my best buds gotta miss the Milli Maker tomorrow to rail me.”

As for how Dizenzo’s Friday went, he logged the final elimination of the day in Event #4 at the Rio by busting Jeff Gross in 13th place. Gross had A-10 and was up against Dizenzo’s pocket fives for a race. PocketFives karma was on his side, as the board ran out 3-9-3-6-2 to give Dizenzo the second place stack headed into the overnight break.

Dizenzo also sent Michael Katz to the rail in 14th place after Katz ran K-Q into Q-Q. Dizenzo had a full house by the time all was said and done and scooped Katz’s stack of 53,000 in chips.

Here are the chip stacks of the 12 remaining players in the $1K No Limit Hold’em tournament. The blinds were at 6,000-12,000 with an ante of 2,000 when play stopped, heading into 8,000-16,000:

Kyle da_kyky Cartwright – 973,000 (60 bb)
Daniel dazedace Dizenzo – 912,000 (57 bb)
Ylon Schwartz – 832,000 (52 bb)
Jeremy Dresch – 672,000 (42 bb)
Blake Barousse – 634,000 (39 bb)
Steve Chanthabouasy – 631,000 (39 bb)
Robert pokerguru740 Kuhn – 533,000 (33 bb)
Michael Sortino – 422,000 (26 bb)
Matthew O’Donnell – 406,000 (25 bb)
Ken Weinstein – 261,000 (16 bb)
Jason Paster – 234,000 (14 bb)
Geoffrey Mooney – 163,000 (10 bb)

Vanessa Selbst (pictured, right) won Event #2 of the WSOP, a $25,000 Mixed-Max No Limit Hold’em tournament, after defeating Jason Mo in the finals. Selbst notched her third bracelet in the process, tying Barbara Enright for the most by a woman in WSOP history. Selbst apparently had some furry friends on her rail, as WSOP coverage noted that her puppies were allowed on set to root on their mom. Selbst’s wife was also in the house to witness her third bracelet win.

The PokerStarspro overcame a series of deficits during heads-up play to pull through, including a 7:1 chip lead by Al Decarolis in the semifinals and a 5:1 lead by Mo in the finals.

The Rio is bustling to start the weekend, as the Millionaire Maker $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event, which guarantees a seven-figure top prize, kicks off at 11:00am Pacific Time on Saturday from the Rio with the first of two starting flights. The second flight is at 5:00pm.

A bevy of pros were present at the event according to their Twitter feeds, including Matt Glantz, who joked, “Little late, but finally arrived at #WSOP. MillyMaker 1st event. Plan to send a bunch of kids back to their parents’ basement today.”

According to Kevin KevmathMathers, as of 1:40pm Eastern Time, there were 4,512 entrants in the Millionaire Maker, with another 100 in line. By the time the event started, that number was up to 4,732. Caesars Interactive Entertainment’s Seth Palansky added on Twitter, “We’ve already got more in today’s Flight A @WSOP than last year’s Milly Maker. May beat single flight record of 4,407 set in Seniors Event.” Last year’s Millionaire Maker had 6,343 total entrants.

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