Day 3 Photos Courtesy Jamie Thomson
2021 Wynn Fall Classic
$3,500 NLH Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2021 Wynn Fall Classic
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$5,724,375
Entries
1,775
Level
38
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
33
Players Left
1
Denys Shafikov Eliminated in 25th Place ($31,704)
Level 27
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Kevin McKenzie moved all in for around 1.4 million under the gun and Denys Shafikov called off for 820,000 from the small blind.
Denys Shafikov: 
Kevin McKenzie: 
It was a classic flip and the proverbial coin came down in McKenzie's favor after the board ran out 
to give him a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,250,000 | 1,260,000 |
|
Busted |
Scott Drobes Eliminated in 26th Place ($31,704)
Level 27
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
With a completed board of 
showing, Scott Drobes moved his remaining chips on from the middle from the big blind and was called by Pim Gieles from late position.
Drobes showed 
for a pair of eights but he was way behind Gieles who flopped a set of tens 
and Drobes took his exit in 26th place for $31,704.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,700,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
Busted |
2021 Wynn Fall Classic Winners Thus Far...
Level 27
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
| Date | Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/30/21 | $400 NLH $40K GTD | 193 | $66,585.00 | Mike Youngman | Deerfield, IL | $16,476.00 |
| 10/01/21 | $400 NLH $40K GTD | 204 | $70,380.00 | Johnny Oshana | Los Gatos, CA | $14,871.00 |
| 10/02/21 | $1100 NLH $200K GTD | 300 | $294,000.00 | Maziar Kesharvarzi | San Antonio, TX | $71,281.00 |
| 10/03/21 | $1100 NLH $200K GTD | 263 | $257,740.00 | Bin Weng | Philadelphia, PA | $65,136.00 |
| 10/04/21 | $1100 NLH $200K GTD | 325 | $318,500.00 | Mr. Zhu | China | $62,466.00 |
| 10/05/21 | $1600 NLH $1M GTD | 1790 | $2,595,500.00 | Federico Castaine | Argentina | $361,180.00 |
| 10/09/21 | $1100 NLH $200K GTD | 339 | $332,220.00 | Michael Leanes | Bakersfield, CA | $77,679.00 |
| 10/11/21 | $2200 NLH Mystery Bounty $2M GTD | 2333 | $3,032,900.00 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | $289,193.00 |
| 10/15/21 | $1100 NLH $200K GTD | 408 | $399,840.00 | Roland Rokita | Austria | $87,341.00 |
| 10/16/21 | $1100 NLH $200K GTD | 393 | $385,140.00 | Tan Nguyen | Evans, GA | $71,932.00 |
| 10/17/21 | $400 NLH Ladies $40K GTD | 171 | $58,995.00 | Chien Weng | Taiwan | $16,318.00 |
| 10/17/21 | $1600 PLO $500 Bounty $200K GTD | 274 | $398,670.00 | Jiaqi Zu | Columbia, MD | $63,442.00 |
| 10/18/21 | $1600 NLH $500 Bounty $200K GTD | 368 | $351,440.00 | Paulo Porto Cillena | Spain | $67,535.00 |
| 10/19/21 | $550 H.O.R.S.E. $50K GTD | 240 | $115,200.00 | David Brookshire | Baltimore, MD | $29,110.00 |
| 10/22/21 | $1100 PLO $100k GTD | 336 | $329,280.00 | Roee Shalom | Israel | $57,643.00 |
| 10/23/21 | $1100 NLH $200K GTD | 342 | $335,160.00 | Anthony Denove | Hollywood, CA | $78,336.00 |
| 10/24/21 | $1100 NLH Seniors $400K GTD | 786 | $766,350.00 | Shawn Rice | Lubbock, TX | $116,039.00 |
| 10/26/21 | $550 Omaha 8/B $50K GTD | 178 | $85,440.00 | John Hensen | Greenfield, MA | $23,629.00 |
Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
John O'Neal Eliminated in 27th Place ($31,704)
Level 26
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Matt Waxman moved all in for 895,000 under the gun and John O'Neal called off for 785,000 next to act. The rest of the players folded and the hands were tabled.
John O'Neal: 
Matt Waxman:
O'Neal held the superior pocket pair and held through both the 
flop and 
turn. However, disaster struck when the spiked on the river to give Waxman the two-outer for the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000 | 690,000 |
|
Busted |
Song & Cohn Jam Into Slobodskoy's Cowboys
Level 26
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Naor Slobodskoy raised to 125,000 from under the gun, Matthew Cohn three-bet jammed for 1,005,000 from late position and Stephen Song came over the top for 1,080,000 from the button.
Action folded back to Slobodskoy who snap-called having both players covered and all three hands were tabled.
Matthew Cohn: 
Stephen Song:
Naor Slobodskoy: 
Slobodskoy was licking his chops after seeing both his opponent's held an ace and the 
runout eliminated both Cohn and Song from the tournament with each earning $27,860 respectively.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,800,000 | 3,400,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
WSOP Big 50 Champ Runs Into Lilius Buzzsaw
Level 26
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
After Valentino Konakchiev opened with a raise from the cutoff, WSOP Big 50 bracelet winner Femi Fashakin three-bet to 430,000 from the button.
Taus Lilius then jammed his big stack in from the small blind, Konakchiev folded, and Fashakin quickly called off for approximately 2.2 million total.
Femi Fashakin: 
Taus Lilius: 
Just one hand after eliminating Michael Gathy, Lilius woke up with a monster to put Fashakin on the verge of elimination.
"Wow, what a set-up," Fashakin said as he stood up.
He then watched helplessly as the board ran out 
to send him to the rail in 30th place for $27,860.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,000,000 | -300,000 |
|
Busted |
Big Slick Doesn't Do the Trick for Foxen
Level 26
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
A preflop raising war resulted in Alex Foxen getting his stack of roughly 1.7 million all in preflop in a classic flip against Thomas Eychenne.
Alex Foxen:
Thomas Eychenne:
Foxen was the one at risk and in need of improvement.
Unfortunately for him, that didn't happen as the board ran out 
to send him out the door in 31st place for $27,860.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,700,000 | 2,245,000 |
|
Busted |
Gathy Dusted By Lilius
Level 26
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
After Femi Fashakin raised from the cutoff, Michael Gathy three-bet from the small blind. Taus Lilius responded by moving all in from the big, Fashakin folded, and Gathy called off his short stack.
Taus Lilius:
Michael Gathy: 
The 
flop gave Gathy a diamond flush draw, but he failed to connect as the bricked on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
Gathy was eliminated in 32nd place for $27,860.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,000,000 | -2,300,000 |
|
Busted |