$10,000 Main Event [$10,000,000 GTD]
Day 1a Completed
2022 Wynn Millions
$10,000 Main Event [$10,000,000 GTD]
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2022 Wynn Millions
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$10,105,000
Entries
1,075
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
150,000
Entries
199
Players Left
53
Guilbert Bags Massive Chip Lead in Wynn Millions Main Event Day 1a
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Day 1a of the 2nd annual $10,000 buy-in, $10 million GTD Wynn Millions Main Event as part of 2022 Wynn Millions at Wynn Las Vegas wrapped up late Thursday evening with France's Johan Guilbert leading 53 players with a massive stack of 624,000.
The first of three starting flights in the Main Event attracted a total of 199 runners and lasted for ten hours as many of the best players in the world battled it out on the blue felt in the luxurious Wynn tournament area.
Guilbert, who has $3.6 million in tournament earnings, per The Hendon Mob, is on a heater that included a second-place finish in the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event last December for $892,811.
Just weeks ago, the French pro was honored at the Global Poker Awards in Las Vegas as he received the GPI Breakout Player of the Year award.
Some notable players who survived the first starting flight include Ali Imsirovic (258,066), Sam Soverel (325,500), Jason Koon (143,000,) Kristen Bicknell (111,500), Sofia Lovgren (280,000), Adam Hendrix (51,000), Kitty Kuo (135,000), Dan Smith (184,000), Dylan Linde (78,500), Sylvain Loosli (322,500) and James Romero (200,000).
Daniel Negreanu was also in the field he took down a $15,300 High Roller across the room last night room for $216,000 as part of the Wynn High Roller Series. “Kid Poker,” who finished the high roller at 3 a.m., late-registered the Main Event and ended the day with a stack of 215,500.
Players who weren’t lucky enough to make it to the end of the day include Alex Foxen, Dylan Weisman, Lanton Tice, Dan Shak and Jake Schindler.
Players who bagged on Day 1a will return on March 6 at noon for Day 2ab, which will see them compete against the first two starting flights.
The second starting flight of the nine-day tournament will pick up on March 4 at noon. Like the first flight, Day 1b is expected to attract some of the best and biggest in the game.
PokerNews will be back tomorrow to bring you updates of the Wynn Millions Main Event Day 1b action, so stay tuned.
Remember, there are still three PokerGO Tour High Rollers taking place here at the Wynn Millions, all of which count for the 2022 PGT Leaderboard. There will be $10,500 buy-in High Rollers on both March 6 & 7, as well as a $15,700 High Roller on March 8. Click here to see the current PokerGO Tour Leaderboard.
End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
624,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
||
|
373,500
93,500
|
93,500 |
|
||
|
345,500
160,500
|
160,500 |
|
327,000
232,000
|
232,000 |
|
||
|
325,500
43,500
|
43,500 |
|
||
|
322,500
72,500
|
72,500 |
|
282,500 | |
|
||
|
280,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
258,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
255,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
224,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
|
||
|
219,500
74,500
|
74,500 |
|
||
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
||
|
185,500 | |
|
|
||
|
184,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
|
|
||
|
180,500 | |
|
173,000 | |
|
171,500 | |
|
156,500
156,500
|
156,500 |
|
|
||
|
144,000 | |
|
143,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
||
|
139,000 | |
|
|
||
|
135,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
133,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
121,500 | |
Day 1a Is Over
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Day 1a ended after 10 levels of play. Stay tuned for a recap of the day's events.
Four More Hands
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The tournament director has announced there will be four more hands before the players bag and tag for the night.
Negreanu Wins a Pot Off Imsirovic
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
On a board of 
, Daniel Negreanu was in the small blind and facing a bet of 30,000 by Ali Imsirovic in the cutoff. Negreanu called. Both players checked the 
river.
Negreanu turned over 
to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
245,000
-98,000
|
-98,000 |
|
|
145,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
Guilbert Bluffs With Best Hand and Gets Called
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Johan Guilbert opened to 4,000 in early position, a middle position player called, and the small blind called.
The flop fell 
. The small blind checked, Guilbert bet 8,500, and the middle position player raised to 22,000. The small blind folded and Guilbert called.
The 
landed on the turn and Guilbert check-called for 27,000.
The 
completed the board and Guilbert jammed. His opponent went deep into the tank and after a couple of minutes, called for his stack of approximately 78,000.
Guilbert revealed 
.
"No way," his opponent said, seemingly perplexed.
"I was bluffing," Guilbert said. "Fives?"
His opponent's hand was shown to be 
indeed, and the French vlogger took the pot and added the chips to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
585,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
|
||
Magnus Buys Lucky Contest Winner into Wynn Millions Main Event
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Nadya Magnus won the 2021 GPI Female Player of the Year award and seeks a repeat performance in 2022.
She's also active in promoting the game and helping other talented women achieve success in poker. Last week, she offered up an interesting contest for women with under $100,000 in total live Hendon Mob earnings. She will buy the poker player who won it into the $10,000 Wynn Millions $10 million guaranteed Main Event March 3-11.
(2/2) I will post the puzzle sometime tomorrow when I have a free hour to be constantly watching my feed to catch t… https://t.co/iSlAVKCbf8
— Nadya Magnus (@NadyaKGB)
Magnus posted a puzzle and the first eligible person to correctly answer it won. That individual is Alecia Ackred who has $2,175 in recorded live tournament cashes, per Hendon Mob. Ackred now has an opportunity to earn her first massive score if she can run deep in the Wynn Millions Main Event later this week.
As for Magnus, she's quickly becoming one of the top women in the game and ended Kristen Bicknell's streak of three straight GPI Female Player of the Year awards. Magnus, who has nearly $1.3 million in live tournament cashes lifetime, accepted her award at the Global Poker Awards earlier this month.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Soverel Flops Quads and Busts Opponent
Level 9
: 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
With roughly 50,000 in the pot on a 
completed board, Sam Soverel bet approximately 55,000, Kitty Kuo folded, and another player went into the tank and called for the rest of their 45,000 or so chips.
Soverel tabled for quad fives and scooped the pot as his opponent hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
282,000
207,000
|
207,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
110,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
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