Action folded around to Frank Funaro who raised to 2,500 on the button and the big blind defended.
The 
flop saw Funaro continued for 1,200 and his opponent called bringing the 
turn. Action was checked to Funaro who took down the pot with a 3,000 bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | 43,600 |
Registration has officially closed on Day 1a of the Wynn Millions with 263 entrants. The remaining players will play two more levels before bagging and tagging on the night.
Remember, there are still two more starting flights to go with Days 1b and 1c at Noon local time on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Players are on their final 10-minute break of the day, late registration will be closed upon return.
Action on the table folded around to Ryan Riess who raised to 2,200 on the button and was called by Mitchell Halverson from the small blind before Manig Loeser three-bet all in for 15,600 from the big blind.
Riess got out of the way while Halverson called and the two players tabled their hands.
Manig Loeser: 
Mitchell Halverson: 
Neither player held a made hand but Loeser was ahead and nothing changed after the 
flop. The 
turn was safe for Loeser as he just needed to fade the river but it came the 
and ended his tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
122,000 | |
|
84,000 | 14,000 |
|
Busted |
The player under the gun opened with a raise and was called by Ali Imsirovic from the small blind, along with Chad Eveslage from the big blind.
The 
flop was checked around to the 
turn where Eveslage fired out 2,500 and was called by both opponents.
Once the completed the board on the river, action was checked to Eveslage who took down the pot with a 5,000 bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | 93,300 |
|
85,000 | -20,000 |
Maria Konnikova, author of The Biggest Bluff (check out our review here), raised to 2,000 from late position only to have Sergi Reixach three-bet to 8,000 from the small blind.
Konnikova called and the flop came down 
. Reixach led out for 6,000 and then called when Konnikova raised to 18,000, which left her 25,000 behind.
After the dealer burned and turned the , Reixach checked and then snap-called when Konnikova moved all in.
Sergi Reixach: 
Maria Konnikova: 
Reixach had turned two pair to take the lead and it held when the 
bricked on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000 | 85,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | 5,000 |
|
130,000 | 50,000 |
|
125,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
105,000 | 60,000 |
|
70,000 | 18,000 |
|
65,000 | -10,000 |
|
60,000 | -20,000 |
|
60,000 | 22,000 |
|
40,000 | |
|
40,000 | -2,300 |
|
40,000 | |
|
28,000 | -92,000 |
|
26,000 | 13,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Nitis Udornpim opened for 2,000 from under the gun and was called by Kristen Bicknell from middle position, along with Shaun Deeb from the cutoff.
Once the 
flop hit the felt, Udornpim continued for 4,000 and only Bicknell called to see the turn. Udornpim led out for 14,000 and was quickly called by Bicknell, bringing the 
river.
Udornpim jammed putting Bicknell at risk and sending her deep into the tank. After some time passed, Bicknell mucked her hand and asked Udornpim to show.
"I'll show for $100," Udornpim replied. Bicknell coughed up the dough and Udornpim rolled over 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
42,300 | 10,300 |
|
|
13,000 | -32,300 |
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Wynn Millions, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about some of the side events that have taken place out over the past month at the Wynn Summer Classic.
In Event #2: $1,100 NLH, 1,720 runners created a $1,677,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 189 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Eric Baldwin (64th - $5,211), Jared Jaffee (45th - $6,437), Mike Shin (30th - $8,162), Jerod Smith (22nd - $10,598), and John Paul Cao (10th - $21,538).
In the end, it was Texas native Jonathan Tamayo who collected every chip in play to capture the first-place $237,935 payday.
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Tamayo | Himble, Texas | $237,935 |
| 2 | Jorge Arrioca | Midland, Texas | $158,644 |
| 3 | Czeslaw Szerszen | Berkeley Lake, GA | $109,139 |
| 4 | Kelly Kielbasa | Bridgeland, UT | $77,721 |
| 5 | Peter Johnson | Austin, TX | $57,556 |
| 6 | Michael Azzaro | Yonkers, NY | $44,860 |
| 7 | Ray Tucke | Canton, OH | $36,139 |
| 8 | Frank Stepuchin | Las Vegas, NV | $29,985 |
| 9 | Harold Silva | Kaneohe, HI | $25,306 |