Andrew Moreno wins the Wynn Millions poker tournament with 1,460,106 $

On March 15, 2021, Andrew Moreno tweeted a post that began with "I want to go back to tournament grinding after a long hiatus." The 20-year-old poker player has been in the game for two decades, amassing over $850 in tournament earnings prior to posting this tweet, despite his primary focus on cash games Since posting this post, Moreno has made money in eight tournaments, with three table finals, two wins titles and over $ 1.6 million in accrued earnings.

Moreno's recent result made him win with a huge field of 1,313 entries removing $11 ,, guaranteed Wynn Millions $, buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament. Moreno earned $1,460.60 as the event's first-time seven-figure champion, easily surpassing his previous top cash of $203,600 as sixth-place finisher in 2018 World Series of Poker $1,500 The Monster Pile event. The latter win boosted Moreno's tournament career earnings to 2$ 547,907.

In addition to the title and money, Moreno also received 2,400 Card player Player of the Year points after reaching the top in this tournament. Earned $127,740 and 840 POY points he earned for winning in Venetian DeepStack Championship Poker Series 1$, 100 buy-in in June, along with two others POY-qualified results obtained in the last two months. As a result of his hot streak, Moreno moved up to third place in 2018 POY Global Poker sponsored races standings. He currently sits with 3,500 points total and $1,600,754 from the start of the year POY earnings.

This event also rewards PokerGO Tour ranking points. Moreno earned 1,200 points as a champion, which is enough to see as well as climbing to third place in this leaderboard.

Moreno is married to an ex Card Player writer and video presenter Kristy Arnett. The couple are expecting their first child this year. He is also the brother of professional poker player and popular vlogger Johnnie Moreno, known to many as "Johnnie VIBES". Both his wife and brother, along with other family members and friends, were on the rail when Moreno secured his victory.

The last day of this event started with Moreno in seventh token position, while WSOP Bracelet winner Clayton Maguire was at the top of the chip count. First player to be eliminated from Lion Yiming Lee to lose the Queen-Queen race with Julian Milliard-Feral's pair of sevens, finishing ninth ($202, 754).

Superb poker player Joe Kuether was next eliminated. 2013 Arizona State Poker Championship The winner moved all in to his last six big blinds from Q-4 offsuit when he folded to him in the small blind. Jaime Cervantes called with A-7 in the big blind. Kuether flopped a straight but didn't improve and was eliminated in eighth place. He earned $203,240 for his deep streak, pushing his tournament career earnings to nearly $ 7.3 million over the course of.

Despite earning this knockout, Cervantes was ultimately the next player to be eliminated. Engaged in a preflop raising war that got all his chips in the middle with his pair QQ against AK. Toby Lewis. Cervantes' queens did not win the race, and Lewis made up aces to secure the pot. Cervantes earned $203,360 as seventh-place finisher.

Moreno stayed as shortest stack towards a six-player game. He got over his short stack colleague Philip Shing who called all in for eight big blinds with J
9 in the big blind after Lewis moved all in from the small blind. Lewis put pressure on K.8. King-high turned out to be the winning hand on the river and Shing was sent with $328,140.

After a 75-minute lunch break, it took just a few laps to narrow the field down from five to just three. Julian Milliard-Feral lost the classic coin toss to A
Q against Lewis pocket tens to finish in fifth place for $456, 626. About 20 minutes late, Salim Admon three- put all-in with 99 over the under-the-gun top opening from Moreno, who quickly called with pocket queens. The higher pair held up and Amdon was knocked out in fourth place ($600,145).

The last three played a few hands, then paused to discuss the hand. Following negotiations, the three came to an agreement that led to the redistribution of the remaining cash prizes, closing in on seven-digit payout days for all three, while setting aside a percentage of the prize pool to play, with the $302 in the additional prize money for the champion and the $60,907 winner of the second places. Maguire had 16,700,000 chips for the lead at the time, while Lewis had 16,123 and Moreno 11,328.

Their agreed guaranteed payouts were as follows:

Clayton Maguire - $1,313,850
Toby Lewis - $1,235,203
Andrew Moreno - $1,160,105

After the deal was made, things quickly moved south for Lewis. In 11 hands he went from nearly 60 big blinds to around 22. British poker player and 2018 Aussie Millions The main event winner managed to make up for a small comeback, but eventually fell to third place. On his last hand, he moved all in from the button to around 30 big blinds from 3
3. Maguire called with AK.
with a small blind. Lewis was ahead on the turn, but Maguire attacked the king last to secure the pot. Lewis walked away with over $ 1.2 million negotiated in the deal. He now has $ 7 850,360 in career tournament earnings.

With that, Maguire took 22,145,000 to play heads-up against Moreno, who sat down with 20,850. Moreno closed the gap a bit early, notably winning the pot with a three-barrel bluff holding 92, which he showed after conquering Maguire's hand. On the 210th hand at the final table, Moreno limped from the button with A and Maguire raised to 1,500,000 from the big blind with AQ. Moreno limp-reraise to 5.443 ,. Maguire moved all in and Moreno called. He was threatened and behind, but K.

72K. The runout gave Moreno a winning pair of tens to see him doubled up to a 5-2 lead.

Only five hands later, the two clashed in another pre-flop game. Maquire picked up AK. on the button and pressed roughly 11 large blinds. Moreno called with AQ. K.Q5 The flop paired both players, Maguire picked up a pair, while Moreno added a draw to the flush. Q on the turn caused Moreno to attack with three queens, leaving Maguire in need of a king on the river. 8 closed the pot and title for Moreno. Maguire grossed $ 1,400,740 as a runner-up, pushing his lifetime earnings to over $ 3 million. He also took home 2,000 POY points for his strong show. It was his first POY- 2013 qualifying result, but that was enough to move it to 15th place in the ranking.

Player

Place

Earnings

POY Points PokerGO 1 2021 Andrew Moreno $ 1, 400.60 2,400

1,160

2 Clayton Maguire

$ 1, 400, 754

2,

1, 145

3

Toby Lewis

$ 1, 219.203

1, 500

1, 160

4 Salim Admon $547,

1,160

619

5

Julian Milliard-Feral $361,626 1,

457 6 Philip Shing

$328, 127

765 7 Jaime Cervantes $240,328

240

8 Joe Kuether

$219,302

361 240

2021

9 Lion Yiming Lee $ 200,800 145 202

Winner photo: Jamie Thomson / PokerNews.

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