Maria Ho Bags Big w/ 61 Remaining in Wynn Millions; Negreanu & Koon Eliminated
On Wednesday, the $10,000 buy-in, $10,000,000 GTD Wynn Millions continued with Day 3, which saw 162 players from a 1,328-entry field return to action. After five 90-minute levels of play, just 61 players remained with bracelet winner Anthony Marquez and his stack of 1.925 million leading the way.
Others still in contention for the $2,018,866 first-place prize are Ralph Perry (1.915 million), Anthony Huntsman (1.905 million), Santiago Soriano (1.785 million), and Maria Ho (1.735 million), who round out the top five counts.
They were joined by players such as Ilyas Muradi (1.7 million), Ari Engel (1.57 million), Toby Lewis (1.51 million), Thomas Boivin (1.205 million), Joe Kuether (1.14 million), Sandeep Pulusani (1.095 million), Tom Marchese (980,000), Frank Funaro (905,000), Andrew Moreno (890,000), Cliff Josephy (875,000), and poker power couple Kristen Bicknell (745,000) and Alex Foxen (440,000).
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A $12,483,200 prize pool was up for grabs to the top 134 finishers, which meant 28 players left empty handed including Ema Zajmovic, Poker Hall of Famer Jack McClelland, bracelet winners Anuj Agarwal and David “The Dragon” Pham, Sergio Aido, and bubble boy Carlos Alvarado, who busted after running pocket kings into the two black aces of Foxen.
Some of those to cash but fail to survive the night were Robert Mizrachi (67th - $41,997), David “ODB” Baker (68th - $41,997), Jason Koon (79th - $38,179), Connor Drinan (82nd - $34,708), Benny Glaser (104th - $29,348), GGPoker Ambassador Daniel Negreanu (114th - $27,099), Poker Hall of Famer John Hennigan (119th - $25,091), 2013 WSOP Main Event champ Ryan Riess (124th - $25,091), and Chris Moorman (127th - $25,091).
As for Negreanu, he built a stack on Day 2c and was cruising for much of Day 3 until a big hand derailed him when his ace-king was beaten by ace-queen. Not long after, he was racing with an ace-queen of his own but failed to overcome the pocket nines of Scott Eskenazi. Losing that one left “Kid Poker” with a single ante, which he lost one hand later losing ace-five to ace-jack.
Just before the dinner break, Koon suffered a bad beat when he just called a preflop raise from Max Young with pocket aces. He then called a bet on a ten-high flop only to see the turn produce another ten. Young moved all in and Koon called only to see the former roll over ace-ten for trips.
While many dreams were dashed over the course of Day 3, there are still dozens of hopefuls each guaranteed a minimum $46,406 payday.
PokerNews will be back on Thursday at Noon local time to capture all the action, so be sure to join us then as the 2021 Wynn Millions rolls on.
Wynn Millions Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $2,018,866 |
| 2nd | $1,248,886 |
| 3rd | $871,314 |
| 4th | $619,160 |
| 5th | $456,629 |
| 6th | $360,140 |
| 7th | $289,361 |
| 8th | $240,302 |
| 9th | $202,765 |
flop saw Heckman check-call Engel's 95,000 continuation bet and then do the same for 160,000 after the 
fell on the turn. 
on the river, Heckman moved all in and was snap-called by Engel. 
for the six-high straight flush and thought he had won the hand until Engel rolled over 
for the seven-high straight flush, leaving him with just 30k. 
flop but it also gave Plante a broadway draw. Luckily for Bicknell, the board completed with the 
turn and the 
peeled off on the turn and the 
river secured her double up.
, Koon checked and Young moved all in. Koon, who began the hand with 156,000, called off only to see Young roll over 
flop brought backdoor flush outs for Putinas. 
turn followed by the 
river completed the flush for Putinas and the Minnesota native was eliminated from the tournament.
went down in flames to 
. An ace board with a queen on the river, Negreanu check-called Kevin Wang's river bet only to see the bad news, losing majority of his stack.
flop, Eskenazi also flopped a set. The 
turn left Negreanu drawing dead and he was left with just 10,000, which went in as the ante the very next hand.
for his last hand but failed to get lucky against his opponent's 
after the board ran out 
flop and 
