The Hands that Made Jonathan Dimmig a Millionaire in the WSOP Millionaire Maker

"This is a dream come true," the #WSOP8 #MillionaireMaker winner said right after besting an incredible field of 7,977 entrants who had generated a prizepool of $10,768,950.

@Jonathan Dimmig said he had played the #WSOP  Main Events in the past three years but this is his first big cash and takes him from $35,712 in live earnings since 2010 to $1,355,299!!!

 "This is a dream come true!"

Jonathan Dimmig emerged as the chip leader at the end of Day 2 and came into the final table on Day 4 fifth in chips. He was initially 10 million short of the chip leader, @Steve Graner whom he eliminated in sixth place when his 8♣ 9♣ hit a higher straight than Graner's 5♣ 5♠.

Next big moment for Jonathan was hand 139, when he eliminated @Andrew Teng with a rivered set for his  2♠ 2♣.

In hand 184, Dimmig, with A♥ 10♠  took out @James Duke who went all in first with a short stack and Q♠ 8♦ :

Hand 185 was the first one of heads-up play and gave Dimmig a two-to-one chip advantage. Jeffrey Coburn raised to 1.5 million and was called. He made a continuation bet after the 9♦ 8♦ 5♦ flop and Jonathan Dimmig responded with a raise. Coburn moved all in and was called:

Hand 190 ended the heads up with @Jeffrey Coburn who raised to 1.5 million and Dimmig called. Dimmig moved all in after the flop came 3♦ 3♠ 2♣  and Coburn decided his K♦ Q♥ could hold up:

All the results are up on RankingHero:  Event 8 WSOP No Limit Hold'em Millionare Maker

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