Malcolm Trayner Made a Millionaire in WSOP Mystery Millions
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Malcolm Trayner has captured his first WSOP bracelet after taking down Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions for a staggering first prize of $1,000,000 as the Australian player was the last man standing from a monstrous field of 18,409. Trayner got the better of Carson Richards in an entertaining heads-up duel that saw the American player pick up $536,080 for his runner-up finish.
A huge prize pool of $16,199,920 was generated with this Mystery Millions Event being the biggest-yet with its field size.
"A bit of mix, everything. Lots of excitement. Overwhelmed. I just I can't believe what's happened. A lot of happiness as well," remarked a jubilant Trayner after his momentous win.
Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions Final Table Results
Place | Player | Country | Cash Prize (USD) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Malcolm Trayner | Australia | $1,000,000 |
2 | Carson Richards | United States | $536,080 |
3 | Eugene Tito | United States | $407,970 |
4 | Junho Song | United States | $312,250 |
5 | Oshri Azran | United States | $240,350 |
6 | Amir Mirrasouli | United States | $186,080 |
7 | Michael Miller | United States | $144,900 |
8 | Christopher Castellan | United States | $113,490 |
9 | Jake Brown | United States | $89,411 |
"Disassociate from the Money"
Trayner was asked how he managed to keep his cool at such a young age of 24 and remain focused on the game.
"I mean, not gonna lie, I was a bit nervous going in, like, I made a few mistakes earlier on with falling out of turn and things like that," replied Trayner.
"But once I got used to it and settled, then it was just a matter of doing what I've done a few times or many times before, online and live as well. Just playing final table and just try to disassociate from the money and just think about the chips you have in front of you and just trying to win everyone else's chips. That was my goal."
Finally, Trayner was asked what the first thing he would do with the money.
"Have a nice dinner. Get out all the boys. A really nice treat and I have no idea what to do next. Apart from a nice dinner and maybe fly my girlfriend to business class or something,".
With this victory, Trayner climbs from 170th up to 35th on Australia's All-Time Money List and more than doubles his lifetime tournament cashes. Unbelievably, this is Trayner's first-ever WSOP tournament that he played and he managed to overcome the field and take it down �� not many people can say they have a bracelet after just playing just one WSOP event.
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Millionaires Made in Exciting Event
The Mystery Millions event at the WSOP is always a spectacle and this year was no exception as two mega $1,000,000 bounties were up for grabs. Ukraine's Valentyn Shabelnyk bagged the first of the top prizes during Day 2 and was surprisingly unphased after landing the seven-figure payout as he seemed more concerned about missing a hand. The second of the jackpot bounties was also pulled on Day 2 and went the way of DJ Buckley who had an ecstatic reaction that was clearly visible by the gigantic smile on his face.
Day 3 of the tournament started with 18 hopefuls who were all looking to ladder up the payouts and find their way to the final table. Former bracelet winners Alex Ziskin and China's Pei Li were still in contention at the start of the final day but were stopped in their tracks and ultimately finished 18th & 15th respectively.
The unofficial final table of ten saw the remaining players condense onto one table during Level 42 as Paul W Lee was eliminated in eleventh at the hands of Christopher Castellan. Not long after, Jefferson James made his way to the exit in tenth which prompted the remaining nine players to move to the feature table where the action would be streamed live on PokerGO.
Whe the final table got underway, it was Trayner who held the chip lead but Richards made early progress after getting off to a flying start when he flopped top pair holding king-queen and got all the chips into the middle against Jake Brown, who held king-four. Brown never managed to recover after that hand and was soon eliminated in ninth when his ten-nine couldn't catch up to the king-ten of Junho Song. Brown picked up $89,411 for ninth but also managed to bag one of the top bounties of $250,000 on Day 2 which will soften the blow of being the first player eliminated on the final table.
Moments later, Castellan would join Brown on the rail after he lost a crucial flip to Richards despite being a big favorite after the flop. Castellan had pocket eights and flopped a flush draw to leave the ace-king of Richards drawing to just four outs on the river, but a devastating offsuit ace meant Castellan had to make the walk to the payout desk to collect his $113,490 in eighth.
Level 44 was certainly the level of knockouts as Michael Miller became the third player to be eliminated in a short space of time. Miller shoved from under the gun with just five big blinds holding eight-five but ran head first into the pocket kings of Song. No help from the board meant Miller was out in seventh and he collected $144,900 for his efforts.
Amir Mirrasouli had been quietly going about his business on the final table but lost a vital flip with ace-ten against the pocket sixes of Trayner. A fantastic effort from Mirrasouli who picks up $186,080 for sixth.
Trayner picked up another bounty just a few hands later after he eliminated Oshri Azran but had to come from behind in order to do so. Australia's Trayner started to apply maximum pressure to the shorter stacks around him and shoved with jack-eight but Azran took a stand with ace-queen. An eight on the turn gave Trayner the pot which meant Azran had to settle for fifth and the $240,350 payday that came with it.
The three shorter stacks at the table were blinding away as Trayner continued to add chips to his stack and it was Song who eventually succumbed to the pressure after he was priced into a pot with jack-eight but couldn't improve against the ace-king of Richards. Song bagged $312,250 for his run.
Richards then got a full double-up with pocket aces at the expense of Eugene Tito who held ace-six. Tito was left severely short-stacked and despite winning a pot to claw back some chips, he couldn't gain any momentum and was eliminated in third place by Trayner for a career-best score of $407,970.
Trayner started heads-up play with an almost four-to-one chip advantage and was on the brink of bagging his first bracelet in the first hand of heads-up play after he called the three-bet shove of Richards holding ace-king. Richards held seven-six suited and managed to find a double-up when he completed his flush on the river which evened out the stacks and put Trayner's celebrations on hold.
The two battled during the two-level-long heads-up match and Richards did take the chip lead after four-bet shoving with jack-seven.
As the match played out, the edge seemed to be in Trayner's favor as he continually chipped away at his opponent's stack and once again found himself with a four-to-one chip lead.
In the last hand of the tournament, Trayner limped in with king-jack and called the sixteen-big-blind shove of Richards who held queen-ten. It was all over by the turn as a king gave Trayner an unbeatable top pair which clinched his first bracelet. A brilliant effort from both players but it's Richards that had to settle for second and the hefty $536,080 payout that was attached to it.
Congratulations to Trayner on his first bracelet in what was his very first WSOP event.
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In this Series
- 1 Dong Meng Wins Second Bracelet & $200,000 in WSOP Tournament of Champions
- 2 Jose Garcia Wins Event #2: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em for $79,134
- 3 Asher Conniff Wins First Bracelet in Event 1: $5,000 Champions Reunion for $408,468
- 4 Daniel Willis Wins First WSOP Bracelet in Event #3: $500 Kickoff NLHE
- 5 James Chen Wins WSOP Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo ($209,350)
- 6 Darius Samual's 50% Bankroll Risk Pays Off in WSOP $25K Heads-Up Championship
- 7 Mixed Game Legend John Hennigan Wins Seventh Bracelet at 2024 WSOP
- 8 Bryce Yockey BLASTS 25K Fantasy Draft Price After $5K PLO Bracelet Win
- 9 "I'm Only Here to Win Bracelets," says Nick Guagenti as He Captures His Second
- 10 Malcolm Trayner Made a Millionaire in WSOP Mystery Millions
- 11 Great Scott! Seiver Adds to Legacy with Fifth WSOP Bracelet
- 12 David Prociak Conquers The $1,500 Badugi for His Second Bracelet and $129,676
- 13 Simeon Spasov Wins $1,500 6-Max to Claim Second Bracelet for $439,815!
- 14 Robert Mizrachi Joins Brother on Five WSOP Bracelets After $10,000 Dealer's Choice Victory
- 15 20 Years in the Making: TJ Murphy Becomes a WSOP Champion
- 16 Caleb Furth Captures Maiden Bracelet in Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better for $265,361
- 17 Dylan Weisman Wins Second WSOP Bracelet in Event #18: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
- 18 Brent Hart Rises From Pack to Win Event #16: $5,000 No-Limit Hold��em
- 19 John Racener Spins Shortest Stack Up to WSOP Gold in LHE Championship
- 20 Aaron Cummings Wins His First Bracelet In Lowball Triple Draw Event
- 21 "Feeling Vindicated": Brek Schutten Wins WSOP $25,000 High Roller for $1,405,641
- 22 Sean Troha Completes Hat Trick in $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
- 23 Huge Comeback Inspires Daniel Sepiol to First Bracelet in $1,500 Shootout
- 24 Daniel Vampan Claims First Bracelet and $148,635 in $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Max
- 25 Stephen Winters Defeats 20,647 Players to Win $300 Gladiators of Poker ($401,210)
- 26 Nick Schulman Wins Fifth WSOP Bracelet in $25K High Roller ($1,667,842)
- 27 Gruneberg & Bonnacci Capture First WSOP Pennsylvania Online Bracelets of the Summer
- 28 Evan Benton Goes From Poker Beginner to WSOP Bracelet Winner
- 29 Michael Christ "Gets Lucky" On His Way to Winning Event #27: $1,500 Big O
- 30 Alen Bakovic Laughs His Way to the WSOP Event #30 $600 PLO/NLH Mix Title
- 31 Nicholas Seward Wins His First WSOP Bracelet in $3,000 6-Handed for $516,135
- 32 Phil Ivey Wins His 11th WSOP Bracelet in $10K 2-7 Triple Draw Championship
- 33 Richard Ashby Wins Second WSOP Bracelet in Same Stud Event
- 34 Alex Manzano Ascends to Win Event #33: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha DeepStack
- 35 Antonio Galiana��s Big Bluff Propels Him To First Bracelet in Event #34
- 36 Another Comeback, Another Bracelet For Phillip Hui In $1.5k H.O.R.S.E.
- 37 Timur Margolin Wins Third Bracelet in Event #36: $800 NLHE Deepstack for $342,551
- 38 John Fauver Wins The First Ever $10k Big O Championship For $681,998
- 39 Sergio Aido Wins 2024 WSOP $50,000 NLHE High Roller ($2,026,506)
- 40 Two Bracelets in Two Weeks: Scott Seiver Wins Sixth WSOP Gold in $1,500 Razz
- 41 James Obst Captures Second WSOP Bracelet in $10K Stud
- 42 Xixiang Luo Wins First-Ever WSOP NLHE/PLO Bomb Pot Mix Event
- 43 Magnus Edengren Gets His Crowning Moment in $1,500 Mixed Omaha
- 44 Kingery's Ransom: Longshoreman Ships $2K No-Limit Hold��em for $410,359
- 45 "It Was My Time": Chris Hunichen Captures First Bracelet & $2.8M in $100K High Roller
- 46 Peter Park Wins First Bracelet and $240,724 in Event #51: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty!
- 47 Dominant Performance: Pedro Neves Crushes On Way to WSOP Monster Stack Bracelet
- 48 Extra Special Day for Christopher Vitch As He Wins Event #48: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
- 49 Mostafa Haidary Tears Through the Final Four to Win Event #52: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
- 50 Third Time's the Charm: Patrick Moulder Captures First Bracelet and $177,045 in $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw
- 51 Frank Funaro Wins Second WSOP Bracelet in $10k Super Turbo Bounty
- 52 Dario Sammartino Wins First Bracelet in Event #61: $2,500 Stud 8/Omaha 8 for $222,703
- 53 Sean Jazayeri Claims First Bracelet in Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em
- 54 We Want the Funk! David Funkhouser Wins First Bracelet in $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball
- 55 Paolo Boi Stages Impressive Comeback to Win Event #60: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em ($676,900)
- 56 Daniel Negreanu Wins 7th WSOP Bracelet in $50,000 Poker Players Championship
- 57 Ben Collins' All Ins Were Unbeatable in Event #67: $500 Salute to Warriors
- 58 Heads-Up Masterclass Propels Elie Nakache to $10K PLO Championship Title
- 59 Determined Scott Seiver Captures 3rd 2024 Bracelet by Winning $10k No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw
- 60 Runner-Up No More: Shiina Okamoto Wins Ladies' Event With Fierce Determination and Confidence
- 61 WPT Announcer Tony Dunst Wins Third World Series of Poker Bracelet
- 62 David Eldridge Overcomes the Odds to Claim Second Bracelet in $25k PLO High Roller ($2,246,728)
- 63 VAMOS! Martin Alcaide Claims First Bracelet and $501,250 in Event #70: $400 Colossus
- 64 Matthew Lambrecht Wins $10,000 Mystery Bounty for First WSOP Bracelet
- 65 Team Setna is "On Cloud 9" as the Duo Take Down Event #75: $1,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold��em
- 66 Wing Po Liu Flies High To Win Second Bracelet for $209,942
- 67 Nine Years After Near Tragedy, Arash Ghaneian Wins Second Bracelet in $10,000 Stud Hi-Lo Championship
- 68 First Cash, First Bracelet as Daniel Perkusic Dominates $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
- 69 Georgios Skarparis Wins Mini Main Event After a Promise to His Student ($554,925)
- 70 Francis Anderson Wins 2024 WSOP $800 Independence Day Celebration ($501,040)
- 71 Dominating Final Table Performance Sees Aditya Agarwal Take Down Event #82: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em ($189,661)
- 72 Chance Kornuth Flips His Way to Fourth Bracelet in Event #85: $1,000 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold'em
- 73 Matthew Alsante Triumphs Over the Pros in $5K 8-Handed No Limit Hold'em ($785,486)
- 74 It��s a Poker Fairytale For Carsten Heidemann, Winner of Event #84: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold��em
- 75 2024 WSOP Online: Watson Becomes Poker's 10th Triple Crown Winner; Prociak Claims Third Bracelet
- 76 Sascha Wilhelm Scores Biggest Career Win in $1k Mystery Bounty PLO
- 77 ��This Bracelet is Worth Three��: Calvin Anderson Joins Five-Timer Club
- 78 Joseph Sanders Claims First Bracelet and $269,530 in $1.5k 6-Max PLO
- 79 Jared Bleznick Captures First Bracelet in $50k No-Limit Hold'em High Roller
- 80 Career-Best Score and First WSOP Bracelet for $3K HORSE Winner Gary Bolden
- 81 Inaugural $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship A Huge Success as Clement Richez Wins $1,041,989
- 82 Michael Rocco Caps Off Career Summer by Capturing First Bracelet
- 83 Xixiang Luo Doubles Up with Second Bracelet of the Summer in Event #96: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E.
- 84 Michael Liang Turns the Tables in Heads-Up to Win $777 Lucky 7's for $777,777
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- 87 Aneris Adomkevicius Wins First WSOP Bracelet in Event #99: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em
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