Clayton Maguire Leads Wynn Millions Final Table; $2,018,866 Awaits Winner
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On Friday, the $10,000 buy-in, $10,000,000 GTD Wynn Millions continued with the penultimate day of play. The remaining 18 players from a 1,328-entry field returned to play down to a final table, and after eight hours of play it was Clayton Maguire (11.925 million) leading the pack for the second night in a row.
According to The Hendon Mob, Maguire has nearly $1.5 million in lifetime earnings including a career-best $368,159 for winning the 2009 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final. He also won a gold bracelet in 2016 when he won the World Series of Poker Online Event #66: $1,000 NLH for $210,279.
Others still in contention for the $2,018,866 first-place prize are Toby Lewis (4.98 million), Joe Kuether (4.42 million), and Andrew Moreno (2.825 million), just to name a few.
The Wynn Millions Final Table
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Toby Lewis | 4,980,000 |
| 2 | Joe Kuether | 4,420,000 |
| 3 | Lion Yiming Lee | 2,695,000 |
| 4 | Jaime Cervantes | 7,575,000 |
| 5 | Philip Shing | 2,740,000 |
| 6 | Clayton Maguire | 11,925,000 |
| 7 | Julian Milliard-Feral | 8,350,000 |
| 8 | Andrew Moreno | 2,825,000 |
| 9 | Salim Admon | 7,720,000 |
Day 5 Recap
The first elimination of the day came when Dylan Smith got his stack all in on the turn with two pair aces and fours against Jaime Cervantes�� pair of aces. However, the river paired nines to counterfeit Smith sending him out the door in 18th place for $97,274.
Valentyn Shabelnyk bowed out in 17th after getting unlucky with ace-king against ace-queen all in preflop, and from there it��d take several hours for the next elimination to occur. It happened when WSOP bracelet winner Sandeep Pulusani jammed his short stack with ace-deuce suited only to run into the pocket sevens of Julian Milliard-Feral.
Not long after, Anthony Huntsman and World Poker Tour champ Ilyas Muradi exited in 15th and 14th place respectively, both taking home $128,645. Right after dinner, bracelet winner Anthony Marquez exited in 13th place when his pocket sevens lost a race to the ace-jack of Kuether.
Hyun Kim then lost a race of his own with pocket sixes falling to ace-seven to fall in 12th place, and he was followed out the door by Jesse Yaginuma, who got it in with pocket queens against Maguire��s tens only to see the latter turn a diamond flush.
The final elimination of the night was that of Santiago Soriano, who was primed to double with Big Slick against the ace-four of Milliard-Feral only to see the Frenchman pair his four on the turn.
With that, play came to an end with 27 minutes remaining in Level 29 (60,000/120,000/120,000), which is where things will pick up at the final table.
PokerNews will be back on Saturday at Noon local for the Day 6 finale action. Be sure to join us then as the 2021 Wynn Millions rolls on.
Remaining Wynn Millions Prizes
| 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 |
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