Arne Kern takes down WSOP Millionaire Maker

His third ever cash at the WSOP brings the bracelet and $1.1 million to the young German.

The Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Millionaire Maker was the third biggest, since the debuting event in 2013, with 7,361 entries and a total prize pool of $9,937,350. 17 players returned to the last day with Arne being 11th in chips.

The first player to be busted at the final table was Chad Hahn (8th; $82,018). Hahn was followed by Sean Marshall, who shoved with pocket fives and got called by the Jacks of Barny Boatman.

Long-time UK pro, Barny put his remaining chips into the middle in a 70-30 situation, but his Ace-King got outdrawn by the Ace-Jack of Arne's to send Barny to the rail at 7th place, good for $175,865.

Manuel Ruivo exited at 6th place when he ran into the pocket Aces of Samad Razavi with pocket nines. The board ran out clean, and Manuel could collect his $230,120 prize at the cage.

Michael Souza finished 4th for a career-best $402,614, while Justin Liberto, who finished 4th in the 2013 Milli Maker almost repeated his performance, as he finished 5th this year for $303,294.

The winner of the 2015 WSOP Main Event, two-time bracelet winner, Joe McKeehen got 3rd for $538,276, increasing his total live earning to $15,488,573.

As a high-roller regular, Joe is always a force to be reckoned with, even when short in chips: “I knew that he was a very good player, and I was hoping that he would be the one... heading backward, not having a lot of chips. I tried to keep him down, yes, but he played a lot of pots with me as well.” said Arne after his victory.

Kern beat UK pro, Samad Razavi in the heads-up. Razavi earned $724,756 for finishing as the runner-up. Despite Razavi having 80% of the chips at one point, Kern managed to come from behind and eventually had his opponent down to only 11 million, when all the money went in.

Samad:
Kern:

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With this score, Arne multiplied his total earnings by 20 as he only had about $50K in live cashes prior to this event. According to the young student/poker pro, this win will probably make it easier to decide about his future plans: “I've been playing for about five years,” he told WSOP, “and this might change my decision.”

Final results:

1st: Arne Kern, $1,173,223
2nd: Samad Razavi, $724,756
3rd: Joe McKeehen, $538,276
4th: Michael Souza, $402,614
5th: Justin Liberto, $303,294
6th: Manuel Ruivo, $230,120
7th: Barny Boatman, $175,865
8th: Ralph Massey, $135,383
9th: Sean Marshall, $104,987