Event #17 of the 2021 WSOP is the $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em tournament. As the name suggests, this event guaranteed a $1,000,000 prize to the winner. The tournament had two starting flights on October 8 and October 9, with the remaining players from those two flights combining for Day 2 on October 10 before eventually playing down to a winner on Day 5 on October 13.
In previous years, this event has played out something like a mid-stakes Main Event (with the Colossus standing in as a sort of low-stakes main event). So the Milly’s turnout is a good indicator of the series health at large.
The Millionaire Maker didn’t draw as many players as the WSOP organizers may have hoped. This tourney drew 5,330 entries piling up a prize pool of $3,428,280. The lowish turnout created a somewhat lopsided payout structure, with $1 million for first, $500,125 for second, and a slow fade through to the min-cash of $2,400.
John Gorsuch earned $1,344,930 and his first WSOP bracelet for winning the MILLIONAIRE MAKER in 2019. The massively popular event drew 8,809 total entries to create a huge prize pool of $11,892,150.
Read about the 2021 WSOP Event #17 winner here.
Event Info
| Game: | MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold'em |
| Date: | Friday, Oct 8, 10 AM |
| Buy-in: | $1,500 |
| Starting Stack: | 25000 |
| Level Duration: | 60 Min |
| Reigning Champion: | N/A |
| 2021 Total Entries: | 5,326 |
| 2021 Prize Pool: | $7,110,210 |
| 2021 Winner: | Daniel Lazrus |
Pay Outs
| Rank | Player | Nationality | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Lazrus | USA | +1000000 |
| 2 | Darryl Ronconi | USA | +500125 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Gencarelli | USA | +377135 |
| 4 | Michael Gathy | BE | +288715 |
| 5 | Ignacio Moron | MX | +222430 |
| 6 | Kevin Palmer | USA | +172455 |
| 7 | Todd Saffron | USA | +134570 |
| 8 | Adam Sherman | USA | +105690 |
| 9 | Sertac Turker | TR | +83545 |
