Jonathan Dimming Wins Event #8: Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em
The Millionaire Maker event ($1,500 buy-in) saw a record field of 7,977 entries that created a massive $10,768,950 prize pool! After 4 days of play, including the final table that lasted for 12 hours of play!, Jonathan Dimming from Buffalo, New York, had all the chips in play and received an incredible $1,319,587 along with his first gold bracelet.
Dimming, who's now residing in Las Vegas, quit his full-time job about a year and a half ago when he realised that he could make more money playing poker. He played about 8 WSOP tournaments prior to the The Millionaire Maker event but never scored a single cash. One can just imagine how happy he must be with winning $1,319,587, which is the largest first-place prize so far at the 2014 WSOP!
Final table results:
1st: Jonathan Dimmig - $1,319,587
2nd: Jeff Coburn - $815,963
3rd: James Duke - $614,368
4th: Andrew Teng - $465,972
5th: Bradley Anderson - $355,913
6th: Stephen Graner - $273,854
7th: Jason Johnson - $211,394
8th: Andrew Dick - $164,118
9th: Maurice Hawkins - $128,150
Brock Parker Wins Event #10: $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Low Championship
At the 2009 WSOP Brock Parker made headlines when he won not one but two World Series of Poker gold bracelets in the same week! On Wednesday, he finally managed to win his third bracelet on his seventh final table since winning bracelet #2 five years ago. According to WSOP, it was his first bracelet to come in an event besides Hold'em. Prior to this year, he had only made one WSOP final table in a non-Hold'em event (a PLO tourney in 2011).
Final table results:
1st: Brock Parker - $443,407
2nd: Richard Ashby - $274,019
3rd: Ofir Mor - $198,058
4th: Shirley Rosario - $146,522
5th: Viatcheslav Ortynskiy - $110,113
6th: Jason Mcpherson - $84,195
7th: Steve Lustig - $65,472
8th: Melissa Burr - $51,768
9th: Dan Kelly - $41,595
Justin Bonomo Wins Event #11: No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed
After two days of intensive play, the final table kicked off on day three and saw Justin Bonomo playing heads-up against Mike Sowers already within the first two hour of play. Bonomo made a come back from more than a 4:1 chip deficit against Sowers to win the top prize of $449,980 and, more importantly, collect his first gold bracelet!
This tournament drew 1,587 players - about 500 more players that last year's event. The top 162 players received a slice of the $2,142,150 prize pool, including Jeff Madsen (117th), David "Bakes" Baker (100th), and Jason Mercier (86th). Below are the final table results:
1st: Justin Bonomo - $449,980
2nd: Mike Sowers- $278,518
3rd: Daniel Strelitz - $180,587
4th: Lance Harris - $119,977
5th: Niel Mittelman - $80,341
6th: Taylor Paur - $55,703
