Wang, Wilson & Lee Score PokerGO High Roller Titles at Wynn Millions

March 09, 2023

The prestigious Wynn Millions festival is currently underway in Las Vegas as the $3,500 buy-in Main Event reaches Day 4 with just a few dozen players remaining. There have also been several side event winners side events underway, including Taylor Wilson, Michael Wang and [Removed:461], who took down the three PokerGO High Rollers on the Wynn Millions schedule.

Wilson started things out by taking down High Roller Event #1: $10,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $304,704, while Wang won the second No-Limit Hold'em event for $308,016 and Lee closed out with a victory in the $10,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event for $280,819.

Read about Day 3 of the Wynn Millions Main Event!

Wilson Defeats Oganyan in High Roller Event #1: $10,500 No-Limit Hold'em for Career-Best $304,70

The three High Roller Wynn events kicked off with High Roller Event #1: $10,500 No-Limit Hold'em on March 7, an event that drew 92 runners for a prize pool of $920,000. Those runners included plenty of heavy hitters, including Vikenty Shegal (9th - $27,600), PokerGO founder Cary Katz (7th - $37,444), Daniel Negreanu (5th - $57,500) and Andrew Lichtenberger (4th - $77,096).

Joseph Cheong bowed out in third place for $111,872 before a heads-up battle between Aram Oganyan and Taylor Wilson that saw Wilson taking down the event for $304,70 and Oganyan earning $176,824 for his runner-up finish.

The victory brings Wilson up to $1.3 million in Hendon Mob earnings and gives him his largest career cash.

High Roller Event #1: $10,500 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Results

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Wang Bests Zobian in High Roller Event #2: $10,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $308,016

The next PokerGO High Roller event on the schedule, High Roller Event #2: $10,500 No-Limit Hold'em, had a prize pool of $930,000 and drew a field of 93 players including Darren Elias (11th - $25,110) and David Stamm, who was eliminated on the bubble by fifth-place finisher Jeremy Ausmus, according to PokerGO updates.

Katz found another deep run after finishing seventh in High Roller Event #1: $10,500 No-Limit Hold'em, finishing in third for $178,746 and jumping to the top of the PokerGO Tour (PGT) leaderboards. Michael Wang then defeated Aram Zobian after entering heads-up play with a big chip lead. Wang earned $308,016, his third-biggest career cash.

In addition to taking home $178,746, Zobian made his way to second on the PGT leaderboard after napping a victory and fourth-place finish at the PokerGO Cup in January.

High Roller Event #2: $10,500 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Results

Lee Gets Career-Best $280,819 in High Roller Event #3: $10,500 Pot-Limit Omaha

Closing out the PokerGO High Rollers at Wynn Millions was High Roller Event #3: $10,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, which attracted 77 entrants for a prize pool of $770,000. Among the players who made the money in the PLO event were Norway's Kent Staahle (8th - $28,567) and PokerGO regulars Jeremy Ausmus (5th - $53,130) and Sam Soverel (4th - $69,685).

Brazil's Joao Simao was eliminated in third place for $100,100 before [Removed:461] defeated 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final tablist Michael Duek to win a career-best $280,819 after entering the event with less than $25,000 in live earnings.

Duek earned $161,700, his third-best cash behind a third-place finish in Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at the 2022 WSOP for $548,015 and his third-place finish in the $10,000 Main Event for $4 million.

High Roller Event #3: $10,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Results

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