2024 Wynn Millions

$3,500 Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info

2024 Wynn Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
73
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$3,746,500
Entries
1,180
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
403
Players Left
116

Mitchell Halverson Bags Chip Lead in Day 1b of Wynn Millions Championship

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Mitch Halverson
Mitch Halverson

Another starting flight of the $3,500 Wynn Millions Championship in Las Vegas wrapped up after ten levels of play with Mitchell Halverson leading the 116 remaining players with a stack of 629,000.

Day 1b of the Wynn Millions Championship drew 403 runners, nearly double the 236 players who bought into the previous starting flight. Players who bagged on Day 1b include Maria Ho, Cherish Andrews, Farah Galfond, Mike Holtz, Blake Bohn, Shannon Shorr, Adam Hendrix, Eric Baldwin, inaugural Wynn Millions champion Andrew Moreno and last year's runner-up Andrew Esposito.

Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts

 RANKNAMECOUNTRYCHIP COUNTBIG BLINDS
 1Mitchell HalversonUnited States629,000252
 2Jared HemingwayUnited States474,500190
 3Spencer ChamplinUnited States414,500166
 4Jake RipnickUnited States373,500149
 5John KhouryUnited States297,000119
 6Yevgeniy MinakrinUnited States288,000115
 7Chris FrankUnited States274,000110
 8Hal RotholzUnited States250,500100
 9Shannon ShorrUnited States243,00097
 10Adam HendrixUnited States242,00097

Day 1b Action

Just like on Day 1a, there were no shortage of notable names as action kicked off at noon inside Wynn Las Vegas. That included 2023 WSOP Main Event final tablist Adam Walton, who had busted in brutal fashion the previous flight but managed to ran up a stack on the second starting flight.

Another player who failed to bag Day 1a but found success on Day 1b was inaugural Wynn Millions champion Andrew Moreno, who got a boost late in the evening when he doubled through Wynn daily dominator Jeremy Becker.

Jeremy Becker
Jeremy Becker

PokerNews spent an orbit with Becker, and it happened to be an active one filled with flat calls, three-bets, and three-street call downs. Unfortunately, Becker's Day 1b reign reached an end as he unsuccessfully attempted to bluff Julien Martini before hitting the rail shortly after.

Fittingly enough for International Women's Day, there were several notable women in the Day 1b field, including Women in Poker Hall of Famer Maria Ho, soap opera star Farah Galfond, poker coach and author Lexy Gavin-Mather and 2022 GPI Female Player of the Year Cherish Andrews, who less than 24 hours earlier was holding up a trophy she won in the $2,200 NLH 6-Max event.

Cherish Andrews
Cherish Andrews

Those who bagged on Day 1b will join the Day 1a survivors that include Day 1a chip leader Fikret Kovac and the likes of Steven Jones, Landon Tice, Alex Foxen, Kristen Foxen, John Riordan and David "ODB" Baker.

Before that happens, there is still one more starting flight left to play out with Day 1c, which will get underway on Saturday, March 9 at noon local time.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on-site at Wynn Las Vegas tomorrow for continued coverage of the Wynn Millions Championship.

Tags: Adam HendrixAdam WaltonAlex FoxenAndrew EspositoAndrew MorenoBlake BohnCherish AndrewsEric BaldwinFarah GalfondFikret KovacJeremy BeckerJohn RiordanJulien MartiniKristen FoxenLandon TiceLexy Gavin-MatherMaria HoMike HoltzMitch HalversonShannon ShorrSteven Jones