Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Day 1c players are on their first 10-minute break of the day.
With the tournament clock currently reading 424 runners, it means the Wynn Millions has surpassed its $10,000,000 guarantee. Entering today, 412 runners were needed to get to the mark after taking into account Day 1a's 263 and 1b's 389.
With late registration and the single re-entry option open until the start of Level 9 (approximately 10 p.m. PT), the prize pool will only continue to increase!
Action on the table folded around to Daniel Negreanu who raised from the hijack and Mihai Manole defended his big blind to see a flop.
Manole check-called Negreanu's 1,500 continuation bet bring the turn. Both players checked and then did the same after the completed the board on the river.
Manole showed to Negreanu who said, "Well I'm glad I didn't value bet sevens right there", as he mucked .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mihai Manole | 42,000 | 42,000 |
Daniel Negreanu | 32,000 | -8,000 |
Ameer Wakil opened action for 500 from middle position and was called by Filipp Khavin, Rob Wazwaz from the hijack and Zhen Cai from the cutoff before Mark Hammond squeezed for 2,500 on the button.
Hammond was called by all players except Wazwaz, bring the action four-ways to the flop. Action was checked to Hammond who continued for 2,500, both Wakil and Khavin called while Cai folded.
The turn brought the and action was checked to Hammond who tossed out a 10,000 uncontested bet to win the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mark Hammond | 83,200 | 83,200 |
Zhen Cai | 66,500 | 66,500 |
Filipp Khavin | 25,400 | 25,400 |
Ameer Wakil | 22,100 | 22,100 |
Rob Wazwaz
|
15,400 | -24,600 |
There was a heated heads-up battle between Andrew Moreno from early position and Xuan Liu from the cutoff.
The board read and there was already 23,500 already in the middle when Moreno fired out a 18,000 bet. Liu thought briefly before releasing and Moreno picked-up the decent sized pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Xuan Liu | 88,700 | 88,700 |
Andrew Moreno | 45,600 | 45,600 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rich Alsup
|
40,000 | |
Dapo Ajayi | 40,000 | |
Martin Zamani | 40,000 | |
Dan Sepiol
|
40,000 | |
Alex Rocha | 40,000 | |
Chris Klodnicki
|
40,000 | |
Ronnie Bardah
|
40,000 | |
Farid Jattin | 40,000 | |
Joey Couden
|
40,000 | |
Matt Stout | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Frank Stepuchin
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
Seth Davies
|
40,000 | |
Daniel Buzgon | 40,000 | |
Thomas Boivin | 40,000 | |
Isaac Baron
|
40,000 | |
Chad Alberti | 40,000 | |
Calvin Anderson
|
40,000 | |
Justin Zaki | 40,000 | |
Alex Greenblatt | 4,000 |
Dino Nigro opened for 1,100 from under the gun and was called by Angie Tran from the cutoff, along with Kevin Calenzo on the button.
The flop was checked to the Calenzo who fired out 1,600 and only Nigro called to see the fall on the turn. Both players checked to showdown after the completed the board on the river.
Nigro showed for ace-high and Calenzo rolled over to win the pot with a pair of fives.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kevin Calenzo | 43,200 | 3,200 |
Angie Tran | 38,700 | 38,700 |
Dino Nigro
|
37,800 | 37,800 |
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 #23: $1,600 NLH, 1,312 runners created a $1,902,400 prize pool that was paid out to the top 134 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Humberto Brenes (120th - $3,824), Jordan Cristos (93rd - $4,853), Timothy McDermott (31st - $9,980), Richard Bai (14th - $11,357), and Robert Peacock (10th - $26,312).
In the end, it was California native George Antonakos who collected every chip in play to capture the first-place $293,530 payday.
Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | George Antonakos | Marina Del Rey, CA | $293,530 |
2 | Mostapha El Kabir | Netherlands | $201,422 |
3 | David Mowery | Las Vegas, NV | $134,309 |
4 | Alex Visbisky | Cheektowaga, NY | $95,120 |
5 | Sergio Aido | Spain | $70,351 |
6 | Patrick Truong | Pflugerville, TX | $54,884 |
7 | Taurean Shawdon | Honolulu, HI | $44,098 |
8 | Dave Alfa | Las Vegas, NV | $36,621 |
9 | Paul Bergen | Las Vegas, NV | $30,901 |