Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Day 1b players are now on their first 10-minute break of the day.
With 5,500 in the pot and a flop of , noted businessman John Morgan, who you might recall played in the inaugural $1 million Big One for One Drop, checked and the player to his left bet 2,000.
Morgan woke up with a check-raise to 6,000 and his opponent called to see the turn. Morgan bet 4,500, his opponent called, and the completed the board on the river.
The three clubs on board didn't slow down Morgan, who bet 7,500. His opponent thought long and hard before folding, and then another player at the table encouraged Morgan to show his hand.
"I never show my bluffs," Morgan said with a smile.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Morgan | 65,000 | 25,000 |
Action on the table folded around to Matas Cimbolas who raised from the cutoff and Jeremy Ausmus three-bet to 2,000 on the button.
The blinds folded and action was back on Cimbolas who four-bet to 6,000. Ausmus called, bringing the action heads-up to the flop.
Cimbolas continued for 4,500 and then led out for 8,000 after the paired the board on the turn. Ausmus called both bets and the double-paired the board on the river.
Cimbolas took a few moments and then moved the rest of his stack in the middle. Ausmus snap-called and quickly rolled over for the nuts and Cimbolas quickly tossed into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeremy Ausmus
|
70,000 | 30,000 |
Matas Cimbolas
|
1,000 |
The player in middle position raised to 600 and was called by Joon Park from the hijack before Harrison Gimbel three-bet to 2,500 from the cutoff.
Elvis Toomas called on the button and action folded back around to the initial raiser who called while Park mucked his hand.
The flop saw action checked to Gimbel who continued with a 3,500 uncontested bet.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Harrison Gimbel
|
41,300 | 1,300 |
Joon Park | 37,800 | -2,200 |
Elvis Toomas | 37,600 |
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 #12: $600 NLH, 1,350 runners created a $702,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 152 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Craig Varnell (76th - $2,084), Ryan Eriquezzo (29th - $3,579), Daniel Hendrickson (16th - $6,108), Bryan Mileski (14th - $7,036), and Seneca Easley (10th - $9,443).
In the end, it was California native Camille Brown who collected every chip in play to capture the first-place $70,641 payday.
Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Camille Brown | Riverside, CA | $49,901 |
2 | Tae Song | Arlington, VA | $48,902 |
3 | Bobby Poe | Las Vegas, NV | $47,731 |
4 | William Weller | Fresno, CA | $44,618 |
5 | Hannes Jeschka | Germany | $44,340 |
6 | Yin Wu | Las Vegas, NV | $42,896 |
7 | Josh Prager | Yuba City, CA | $41,141 |
8 | Tony Hoang | Canada | $13,127 |
9 | Jorge Confesor | Providence, RI | $11,092 |
A series of preflop raises saw Nicholas Rigby go all in from the small blind and Daniel Strelitz called off his stack from the big blind.
Daniel Strelitz:
Nicholas Rigby:
It was a classic race with Strelitz looking to connect with either of his two overs and did after the flop hit the felt.
Unfortunately for him, the victory was short lived as the fell on the turn giving Rigby a set of jacks. Strelitz needed to spike a ten to hit broadway but the river sent him to the rebuy desk.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nicholas Rigby
|
85,000 | 85,000 |
Daniel Strelitz
|
40,000 |
Date | Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Hometown | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/31/21 | $1,100 NLH $1M GTD | 1,720 | $1,677,000 | Jonathan Tamayo | Himble, TX | $237,935 |
5/31/21 | $550 NLH $100 Bounty $50K GTD | 247 | $93,860 | Andreas Ioakimides | Ballwin, MO | $23,719 |
6/2/21 | $400 Limit Omaha 8/B $20K GTD | 176 | $60,720 | Dean Joe | Austin, TX | $14,127 |
6/2/21 | $600 NLH $150K GTD | 743 | $386,360 | Spencer Champlin | Scarborough, ME | $70,641 |
6/4/21 | $550 Seniors NLH $50K GTD | 293 | $140,640 | John Merchant | League City, TX | $23,647 |
6/4/21 | $550 HORSE $25K GTD | 146 | $70,080 | John Hoang | Lav Vegas, NV | $14,839 |
6/5/21 | $400 NLH $40K GTD | 371 | $127,995 | Robert Houck | Midlothian, VA | $16,891 |
6/6/21 | $400 NLH $40K GTD | 376 | $129,720 | Olesya Koval | Las Vegas, NV | $14,986 |
6/6/21 | $400 PLO $20K GTD | 126 | $43,470 | Thomas Zanot | Las Vegas, NV | $13,686 |
6/9/21 | $600 NLH $250K GTD | 1,350 | $702,000 | Camille Brown | Riverside, CA | $49,901 |
6/11/21 | $550 8-Game Mix $25K GTD | 148 | $71,040 | Nicolas Milgrom | Las Vegas, NV | $21,065 |
6/11/21 | $400 NLH $40K GTD | 261 | $90,045 | Jeremy Felicetti | Niagara Falls, NY | $15,922 |
6/12/21 | $400 NLH $40K GTD | 256 | $88,320 | Christopher Smith | La Mesa, CA | $16,203 |
6/12/21 | $300 NLH Ladies $20K GTD | 93 | $24,087 | Judith Bielan | Del Ray Beach, FL | $6,274 |
6/13/21 | $400 NLH $40K GTD | 302 | $104,190 | George Janssen | Bad Axe, MI | $25,258 |
6/13/21 | $1,600 PLO $500 Bounty $100K GTD | 149 | $142,295 | Anonymous | N/A | $39,530 |
6/14/21 | $400 NLH $40K GTD | 284 | $97,980 | Ryan Roeder | Seattle, WA | $23,754 |
6/15/21 | $400 NLH $40K GTD | 252 | $86,940 | Kevin Theodore | Seattle, WA | $17,769 |
6/19/21 | $1,600 NLH $1M GTD | 1,312 | $1,902,400 | George Antonakos | Marina Del Ray, CA | $293,530 |