Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
$10,000 Wynn Millions ($10M GTD)
$10,000 Wynn Millions ($10M GTD)
Day: 1c
Wenzl Flops Trips for Double
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
Action on the table folded around to Robert Wenzl who raised all in for 4,100 on the button and Bin Weng isolated from the small blind.
Bin Weng: 
Robert Wenzl: 
Wenzl was way behind needing some help and found it after the 
flop gave him trip jacks. The 
turn was a good card for Wenzl as it left Weng drawing dead and the 
river secured his much needed double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,900 | |
|
||
|
|
10,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Phoenix Wins Battle of the Blinds
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
Action quickly folded around to the small blind where Nick Phoenix raised to 900 before calling the big blinds 3,000 three-bet .
The 
board was checked to showdown where Phoenix tabled to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,500
43,500
|
43,500 |
Zamani Looking to Rebuild
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
Shawn Rice opened for 700 from early position and the player in the lojack called. A short-stacked Martin Zamani then three-bet jammed for 2,900 from the button, both blinds folded, and Rice isolated by four-betting to 10,000 straight.
Shawn Rice:
Martin Zamani: 
"I like your hand," Rice said upon seeing Zamani's kings.
The 
flop paired Rice, but that was all the help he would get as the 
bricked the turn followed by the 
on the river. Ship the small double to Zamani.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | |
|
7,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
Elpayaa Felted by Young
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
Joe Elpayaa open-jammed for his last 900 from early position and Orson Young isolated on the button after three-betting to 3,000.
Joe Elpayaa: 
Orson Young: 
Elpayaa was in desperate need of some help but didn't find any from the 
runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,200
61,200
|
61,200 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Sepiol Applies Pressure
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
Mihai Manole raised from late position and action folded around to Daniel Sepiol who defended his big blind.
The 
flop was checked by both players to the turn where Sepiol led out and Manole called bringing the 
river.
With 4,100 in the pot, Sepiol check-raised to 9,500 after Manole fired out 2,700 and after some time in the tank, Manole released giving Sepiol the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,500
48,500
|
48,500 |
|
35,200
-6,800
|
-6,800 |
Checking It Down with Zinno & Reilly
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
Greg Himmelbrand raised to 700 from middle position and Tim Reilly called from the cutoff. Jack McClelland folded from the button before Anthony Zinno three-bet to 4,000 from the small blind.
Himmelbrand got out of the way and Reilly thought for a bit before calling to see a flop of 
.
Both players checked and then action repeated itself on the turn as well as the river.
Zinno tabled the 
for the nut no-pair and it was good as Reilly sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
21,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Jonathan Tamayo Wins Wynn Summer Classic Event #2: $1,100 NLH ($237,935)
Level 4
: 200/400, 400 ante
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.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Tamayo | Humble, 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 |
Chip Counts From the Back Half of Room Part 1
Level 4
: 200/400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
121,300
121,300
|
121,300 |
|
55,000 | |
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
37,600
37,600
|
37,600 |
|
||
|
32,400
32,400
|
32,400 |
|
31,200
-8,800
|
-8,800 |
|
||
|
30,200
-9,800
|
-9,800 |
|
|
||
|
29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
||
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
22,500
-17,500
|
-17,500 |
|
22,300
22,300
|
22,300 |
|
15,400
15,400
|
15,400 |
|
||
|
8,700
8,700
|
8,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
7,900
-21,100
|
-21,100 |