The fifth and final day of the Millionaire Maker will start soon. Two bracelet winners remain in the field, and one of them is Daniel Lazrus (60,200,000), who comes into the day with around forty-five percent of the chips in play and will be looking to take down his second bracelet.
Four-time bracelet winner Michael Gathy (21,900,000) is hoping five will be the number of the day, as this fifth day of the event starts with five players and he will be trying to win his fifth bracelet.
Ignacio Moron (30,600,000), Jeffrey Gencarelli (13,500,000), and Darryl Ronconi (7,400,000) will all be looking to win their first bracelet, along with the $1,000,000 prize.
Not only will today's event be reported here in the live updates, but those with a subscription to PokerGO can watch the live stream.
Millionaire Maker Starting Day 5 Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Daniel Lazrus
United States
60,200,000
100
2
Ignacio Moron
Spain
30,600,000
51
3
Michael Gathy
Belgium
21,900,000
36
4
Jeffrey Gencarelli
United States
13,500,000
22
5
Darryl Ronconi
United States
7,400,000
12
Day 5 starts at 4 p.m. local time on October 13 in the Amazon Room of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. The tournament resumes at Level 36 with blinds at 300,000/600,000/600,000.
Stay tuned for all the updates from the PokerNews live reporting team as one player will win a bracelet and one million dollars.
Jeffrey Gencarelli raised to 1.6 million from the cutoff and Michael Gathy three-bet to 4 million on the button. Darryl Ronconi then cold four-bet to 9 million in the big blind. Gencarelli folded and Gathy called.
The flop came . Ronconi bet 10 million and Gathy called.
When the came on the turn, Ronconi jammed for 9.1 million, and Gathy thought about it but ultimately called.
Darryl Ronconi:
Michael Gathy:
Gathy needed a river queen but the completed the board to vault Ronconi into the chip lead and leave Gathy with less than two big blinds.
Darryl Ronconi raised to 2.5 million and Daniel Lazrus three-bet to 8.5 million. Ronconi jammed for 42.6 million and Lazrus called.
Darryl Ronconi:
Daniel Lazrus:
The flop came to give Ronconi more outs with an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the , and with Lazrus one card away from victory, the board completed with the to officially confirm Lazrus’ second bracelet and one million dollar win.
Ronconi, meanwhile, will have to settle for the second-place prize of over half a million dollars for his efforts.
The 2021 World Series of Poker crowned a new gold bracelet winner at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino on Wednesday in Event #17: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em, a tournament that attracted 5,330 players and offered up a $3,428,280 prize pool.
The PokerGO live-streamed final table contained two former bracelet winners, despite the huge field. In the end, it was Daniel Lazrus collecting his second WSOP bracelet this year, claiming victory for $1,000,000.
Lazrus won his first bracelet a few months ago online in the WSOP Event #28 $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Championship ONLINE. For the new two-time champ, winning a live event at the WSOP was even better.
"This one feels much more special," said Lazrus after the win. "It feels more legitimized than online did, just because it was a different atmosphere. This makes me happy with the decision I’m making of putting a lot of time into poker. The first was an achievement, this feels like THE achievement. I didn’t realize it yet but this is a much greater feeling, I can’t even begin to describe it."
Lazrus, 31, really only started taking poker seriously two years ago.
"I only started playing about four and half years ago, at first just recreationally," he said. "I started winning, met the right guy, who put me in touch with the other right guys, just learned. Starting like two years ago I started raising stakes and studying very very aggressively almost as a priority."
Lazrus gave to credit to his support system for all of his success.
"It’s the greatest feeling in the world," said Lazrus. "I owe it all to some of the guys back there, friends that aren’t here that I’ve been playing poker with and talking hands with for years. It couldn’t be a better scenario. It would be nice if my wife could have come out but she is a teacher, so getting off wasn’t really an option. But this was a great experience, it was amazing."
2021 WSOP Millionaire Maker Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Daniel Lazrus
United States
$1,000,000
2
Darryl Ronconi
United States
$500,125
3
Jeffrey Gencarelli
United States
$377,125
4
Michael Gathy
Belgium
$288,715
5
Ignacio Moron
Spain
$222,430
6
Kevin Palmer
United States
$172,455
7
Todd Saffron
United States
$124,570
8
Adam Sherman
United States
$105,690
9
Sertac Turker
Turkey
$83,545
Others to cash on the final table were four-time bracelet winner Michael Gathy (4th for $288,715), Ignacio Moron (5th for $222,430), and Darryl Ronconi (2nd for $500,125).
At the start of the day, many eyes were on Gathy, looking for his fifth bracelet. But it was the other bracelet winner at the table Lazrus, who dominated the chip lead through much of the final day.
"Him (Gathy) and Ignacio are both really good players,” he said. “I kind of just play my game and just take it with what it is. I tried to stay out of their way but I also know they are going to make the folds that they need to with the ICM considerations, and when it’s right, I can take some of the spots."
Final Table Action
Moron was the first one to fall when his ace-nine ran into the pocket kings of Lazrus. Next to go was Gathy, who was left short after a four-bet pot against Ronconi. He was eliminated shortly thereafter and exited in fourth. Jeffrey Gencarelli was the next to go when he shoved his ace-high on the turn into the top pair of Lazrus.
With a 3-1 chip lead going in, heads up became a shove fest. Ronconi managed to chop to survive on one all-in and spike the river to double on another. Lazrus kept his cool, however, and he managed to get it in good when Ronconi bluff-jammed ten-high into the ace-jack of Lazrus. The board came clean for Lazrus and he captured his second WSOP bracelet.
Congratulations to Daniel, winner of the 2021 WSOP Event #17: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em! He joins a club of two-time bracelet winners that includes Michael Addamo, Chance Kornuth, Fedor Holz, and Tony Dunst, to name a few.