France’s Joseph Sabe Wins $507,978 at 2022 Wynn Millions; Hyo Joo Claims PKO Title
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The 2022 Wynn Millions $10,000 buy-in Championship Event may be over, but the series rolled on over the weekend crowning a pair of new winners.
The series will conclude this Sunday, March 20, and in the meantime, there are still four events to play out. The $400 buy-in, $100K GTD No-Limit Hold’em is playing out now, as is a $400 buy-in, $40K GTD NLH tournament. From March 17-20, the $1,000 buy-in, $500K GTD NLH will take place, and then on the final day, there will be a $550 buy-in, $50K GTD NLH event.
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Sabe Wins Half a Million
One of the biggest events on the schedule was the $3,500 buy-in, $2 million GTD No-Limit Hold’em tournament that ran from March 11-14. It attracted 889 entries which surpassed the guarantee by offering up a $2,867,025 prize pool to the top 89 finishers.
Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Jack Hardcastle (13th - $38,112), Je Wook Oh (20th - $21,791), Faraz Jaka (25th - $19,032), Katie Lindsay (35th - $16,680), Mark Newhouse (47th - $12,891), Ali Imsirovic (69th - $10,168), and Nick Schulman (70th - $10,168).
The final table was stacked with accomplished players, four of which hailed from overseas. Two of those players – France’s Joseph Sabe and Brazil’s Joao Simao – would battle in heads-up play, with the former ultimately prevailing to capture the title and $507,978 top prize.
2022 Wynn Millions $3,500 NLH Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country/Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Sabe | France | $507,978 |
| 2 | Joao Simao | Brazil | $334,295 |
| 3 | Jacob Ferro | Florida | $227,355 |
| 4 | James Romero | Las Vegas, Nevada | $160,840 |
| 5 | Clayton Maguire | Las Vegas, Nevada | $118,408 |
| 6 | Justin Zaki | Florida | $92,318 |
| 7 | Javier Zarco | United Kingdom | $74,256 |
| 8 | Ryan Roeder | Washington | $61,641 |
| 9 | Armando Collado | Nicaragua | $51,971 |
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Hyo Joo Wins $5,200 PKO Bounty Event
Another tournament that recently wrapped took place on Sunday, March 13. The $5,200 Progressive Bounty tournament drew 88 runners, which offered up a $434,720 prize pool.
The final table of nine earned a portion of the regular prize pool, and when it reached three-handed play the remaining players opted for a deal that saw them each lock up $58,886. New Jersey’s Hyo Joo, who had amassed an additional $18,000 in bounties, was declared the champion, so he walked away with the trophy while David “Chino” Rheem and 2017 WSOP bracelet winner Anthony Marquez got the same amount of cash.
$5,200 PKO Bounty Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country/Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyo Joo | Palisades Park, New Jersey | $58,886* |
| 2 | Chino Rheem | Hollywood, Florida | $58,885* |
| 3 | Anthony Marquez | Carmarillo, California | $58,885 |
| 4 | Farid Jattin | Miami, Flordia | $23,155 |
| 5 | Dylan Smith | Brick, New Jersey | $17,282 |
| 6 | Dylan Linde | Las Vegas, Nevada | $13,453 |
| 7 | Amir Mirrasouli | Santa Ana, California | $10,981 |
| 8 | Saloman Shamosh | Mexico | $9,236 |
| 9 | Max Coleman | Wichita, Kansas | $8,020 |
*Denotes three-handed deal.
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2022 Wynn Millions Winners Thus Far
| Date | Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Hometown/Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/21/22 | $400 NLH $40K GTD | 313 | $107,985 | Gabriel Jin Goh | New Zealand | $17,000 |
| 2/22/22 | $400 NLH $40K GTD | 261 | $90,045 | Ray Teasdale | Chula Vista, CA | $14,047 |
| 2/22/22 | $400 Limit Omaha 8/B $25K GTD | 140 | $48,300 | Wesley Gronhoud | Nekoma, ND | $11,961 |
| 2/23/22 | $400 NLH Seniors $40K GTD | 348 | $120,060 | Lawrence Beach | Decatur, GA | $19,290 |
| 2/24-2/27/22 | $1,600 Wynn Mystery Bounty | 2,103 | $3,049,350 | Eddy Konarske | Englewood, CO | $222,072 |
| 2/28-3/1/22 | $1,100 NLH Seniors $100K GTD | 246 | $239,850 | Mark Seif | Las Vegas, NV | $60,610 |
| 3/1/22 | $400 PLO $25K GTD | 191 | $65,895 | Rishi Makkar | Canada | $18,229 |
| 3/1/22 | Event #1: $10K NLH High Roller | 49 | $490,000 | Jake Schindler | Las Vegas, NV | $166,600 |
| 3/2/22 | Event #2: $15K NLH High Roller | 40 | $600,000 | Daniel Negreanu | Las Vegas, NV | $216,000 |
| 3/7/22 | Event #3: $10K NLH High Roller | 60 | $600,000 | Ali Imsirovic | Bosnia | $180,000 |
| 3/8/22 | Event #4: $10K NLH High Roller | 73 | $730,000 | Bin Weng | USA | $189,800 |
| 3/9/22 | Event #5: $15K NLH High Roller | 43 | $645,000 | Brekstyn Schutten | USA | $219,300 |
| 3/8-3/9/22 | $1,600 PLO/NLH $100K GTD | 194 | $282,270 | Maziar Keshavarzi | USA | $61,698 |
| 3/9-310/22 | $3,000 6-Max NLH $200K GTD | 276 | $759,000 | Cliff Josephy | USA | $154,670 |
| 3/10-3/11/22 | $3,000 NLH $1k Bounty $200K GTD | 200 | $350,000 | Ben Diebold | USA | $96,810 |
| 3/3-3/11/22 | $10,000 Wynn Millions $10M GTD | 1,075 | $10,105,000 | Tony Sinishtaj | USA | $1,655,952 |
| 3/11-3/14/22 | $3,500 NLH $2M GTD | 889 | $2,867,025 | Joseph Sabe | France | $507,978 |
| 3/13/22 | $5,200 Progressive Bounty | 88 | $434,720 | Hyo Joo | Palisades Park, NJ | $58,886 |
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