2021 Wynn Fall Classic

$3,500 NLH Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2021 Wynn Fall Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$643,267
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$5,724,375
Entries
1,775
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
314
Players Left
33

Who Will Make the Money on Day 2 of the Wynn Fall Classic $3,500 Championship?

Wynn
Wynn

Welcome to Day 2 of the Wynn Fall Classic $3,500 Championship!

Day 1a saw 56 players advance from the first starting flight with 101 survivors from Days 1b and today, they will be joined by the 157 players who made it through on Day 1c. The time has arrived for the 314 surviving players to combine all under one roof.

At 12 p.m. PT, those 314 players that are still in contention from the 1,775 total entries will battle it out for the lion's share of the $5,724,375 prize pool.

The top 188 players will make it into the money meaning over 100 will be leaving empty-handed today. Entering Day 2 with the chip lead is Naor Slobodskoy, who bagged a whopping 679,000 on Day 1a.

FlightEntriesAdvancing to Day 2
Day 1a34156
Day 1b554101
Day 1c880157
Totals1,775314

Day 2 Top 10 Stacks

PositionPlayerChip Count
1Naor Slobodskoy679,000
2Katie Lindsay644,000
3Kenneth McKeown634,000
4Daniel Rezaei611,000
5Ben Farrell600,000
6Max Corcoran586,000
7Juan Pardo555,000
8Kristen Bicknell546,000
9Jason Min502,000
10Leonardo Patacconi500,000

Players in the top ten all hold comfortable stacks with each of the top five sitting with over 100 big blinds. That doesn't mean there are not plenty of formidable contenders still left in the field, Scott Hempel (429,000), Nadya Magnus (423,000), Ali Imsirovic (403,000), Brian Hastings (402,000) and Ryan Riess (319,000) will make their way up the mountain in hopes of making a deep run.

While the latter sits comfortably, an uphill battle is in store for WSOP bracelet winners Vladimir Peck (120,000), Damian Salas (119,00), Chris Moorman (110,000), Justin Saliba (88,000), Steve Zolotow (66,000), and Adrian Buckley (43,000) if they wish to make it into the money here on Day 3.

Day 2 Schedule

Play will begin at noon local time, with blinds picking up at Level 16 where blinds will be 3,000/6,000/6,000. The plan is to play a total of ten 60-minute levels with a 10-minute break between every two levels.

LevelDurationSmall BlindBig BlindBB Ante
16603,0006,0006,000
17604,0008,0008,000
Break 10    
1860500010,00010,000
19606,00012,00012,000
Break 10    
209010,00015,00015,000
219010,00020,00020,000
Break 60    
226015,00025,00025,000
236015,00030,00030,000
Break 10    
246020,00040,00040,000
256025,00050,00050,000
End of Day    

At the end of 10 levels, all remaining players will bag up for the night and return for Day 3 on Tuesday, November 2 at noon local time.

There will be 314 players returning for Day 2 action, and only 188 spots will be grabbing a piece of the prize pool. With over 100 players needing to drop to reach the money and judging by the previous flights, the tournament should retain the action-filled play that has been up to this point.

After the money is reached, a min-cash of $7,860 will be distributed with each payouts increasing until the eventual champion earns themselves $812,270.

Final Table Payouts

PositionPrize
1$812,270
2$541,524
3$372,542
4$265,296
5$196,466
6$153,127
7$123,360
8$102,352
9$86,381

A full list of the payouts can be found in the payouts tab.

Who will make it into the money? Stay tuned here as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all of the action as the day unfolds.

Tags: Ali ImsirovicBen FarrellBrian HastingsChris MoormanDamian SalasDaniel RezaeiKristen BicknellNadya MagnusNaor SlobodskoyRyan RiessSteve Zolotow

Tens Hold for Matakis

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ian Matakis
Ian Matakis

Roman Hrabec raised all in for 130,000 from middle position and Ian Matakis isolated from the hijack.

Roman Hrabec: {2-Spades}{2-Hearts}
Ian Matakis: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

Matakis held the better made hand and nothing changed after the {9-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} runout as he eliminated Hrabec from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Ian Matakis us
Ian Matakis
300,000
175,000
175,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Roman Hrabec cz
Roman Hrabec
Busted

Tags: Ian MatakisRoman Hrabec

Simao Sets Up Hedley for Double

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Joao Simao
Joao Simao

A series of preflop raises saw Joao Simao get his 233,000 stack into the middle from the small blind and was called by Andrew Hedley from under the gun.

Joao Simao: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Andrew Hedley: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}

Simao woke-up with aces at the perfect time and didn't have a sweat as the board ran out a clean {4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{9-Spades}{a-Hearts} and secured his double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Joao Simao br
Joao Simao
480,000
259,000
259,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Andrew Hedley gb
Andrew Hedley
140,000
140,000
140,000

Tags: Andrew HedleyJoao Simao

Min Rivers Lucky Ace to Drop Opponent as Money Bubble Looms

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Jason Min
Jason Min

The hijack player raised to 20,000 and Jason Min three-bet to 54,000 from the cutoff.

Action folded back around to the initial raiser who four-bet to 100,000 and Min called bringing about the {7-Spades}{4-Spades}{q-Hearts} flop.

Min jammed after his opponent continued for 60,000 and the hijack player called off their 200,000 stack.

Opponent: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Jason Min: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

Min flopped top pair but was still trailing his opponents pocket kings and the {7-Clubs} that paired the board on the turn didn't change a thing.

Min was left needing an ace or queen and luckily for him, the dealer dropped the {a-Spades} on the river as he eliminated his opponent from the tournament a few spots off from the money bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Min us
Jason Min
850,000
348,000
348,000

Tags: Jason Min

Trio Bust in Same Hand to Burst Money Bubble

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Poker News
Poker News

During hand-for-hand play, whenever there was an all-in and a call, action was paused at the table. In just the second hand of hand-for-hand play, there were four all-ins situations at four different tables, with just one resulting in a double-up.

At the far end of the room, there was all-in action preflop between Andrew Kagan from the small blind and Taus Lilius from the button with Kagan's stack at risk.

Andrew Kagan: {j-}{j-}
Taus Lilius: {k-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

Kagan was ahead with his made hand of jacks until the {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} flop fell pairing the king of Lilius. The {8-Diamonds} turn left Kagan needing the case jack to stay alive but the {q-Diamonds} completed the board on the river and ended his tournament.

At another table, Robert McLaughlin was all in for 60,000 with the {a-Spades}{k-Spades} and way ahead of Naor Slobodskoy's {k-Clubs}{10-Spades}. However, the board ran out {7-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{10-Hearts} for the brutal river beat to send McLaughlin out the door.

Finally, Ran Ilani was all in and racing for his tournament life against Phachara Wongwichit.

Ran Ilani: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Phachara Wongwichit: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

Ilani was looking to improve to stay alive, but that proved easier said than done as the board ran out {6-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}.

Just like that three players hit the rail to burst the money bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
850,000
390,000
390,000
Natural8
Naor Slobodskoy il
Naor Slobodskoy
750,000
71,000
71,000
Taus Lilius dk
Taus Lilius
565,000
-25,000
-25,000
Andrew Kagan
Andrew Kagan
Busted
Robert McLaughlin us
Robert McLaughlin
Busted
Ran Ilani il
Ran Ilani
Busted

Tags: Andrew KaganRan IlaniRobert McLaughlinTaus Lilius

Harwood Sends One Packing With Cowboys

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Loni Harwood
Loni Harwood

Action folded to the cutoff player who raised all in for roughly 30,000 and Loni Harwood called from the button.

Opponent: {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}
Loni Harwood: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

Harwood was ahead with her made hand and it stayed that way after the {8-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{10-Hearts} flop paired her opponents ten.

The {6-Clubs} turn did give Harwood a pretty good sweat as it gave her opponent straight and flush draws, but the {4-Hearts} completed the board on the river and ended their tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
430,000
125,000
125,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Loni Harwood

Foxen Continues to Build

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Alex Foxen
Alex Foxen

Alex Foxen Raised to 26,000 from the hijack and then called the 70,000 three-bet from the button player.

The {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{a-Spades} flop saw Foxen check-call the 100,000 continuation bet from his opponent and the {4-Clubs} turn was checked by both players bringing the {8-Hearts} river.

Foxen this time led out for 65,000 and his opponent called only to fold after Foxen showed {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
1,600,000
300,000
300,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Alex Foxen

No Big Blind Special for Bicknell

Level 20 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Kristen Bicknell
Kristen Bicknell

In the final hand before players went on break, Kristen Bicknell was seen leaving her seat after losing all of her chips to Mitchell Halverson and he was kind enough to fill us in on the action.

According to Halverson, he raised to 36,000 from the small blind and Bicknell defended her big blind to see a rainbow {a-}{7-}{4-} flop.

He continued for 20,000 and Bicknell called.

The {k-Spades} turn put two spades on the board and he made a pot sized bet of 130,000. Bicknell called and the {8-Clubs} completed the board on the river.

He then jammed for for roughly 330,000 and Bicknell called off her stack holding less.

Bicknell showed {k-}{7-} for two pair but it was no good as Halverson held {6-Spades}{5-Spades} for the nuts and eliminated her from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Mitchell Halverson us
Mitchell Halverson
1,550,000
810,000
810,000
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Kristen BicknellMitchell Halverson

No Lucky Seven for Forman

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Steven Forman
Steven Forman

A series of preflop raises saw Steve Forman four-bet jam for roughly 800,000 from the cutoff and Vlad Darie called from the button.

Steve Forman: {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}
Vlad Darie: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}

Forman was way behind and the {k-Spades}{9-Spades}{k-Hearts} flop was no help.

The {q-Diamonds} turn brought possible chop outs if a queen or nine were to fall on the river but the {5-Spades} completed the board and ended his tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Vlad Darie ro
Vlad Darie
2,900,000
800,000
800,000
WPT 1X Winner
Steve Forman us
Steve Forman
Busted

Tags: Vlad DarieSteve Forman

Harwood Out Kicked by Betbesé

Level 22 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Loni Harwood
Loni Harwood

Loni Harwood open-jammed for roughly 200,000 from middle position and Nicolás Betbesé isolated from late position.

Loni Harwood: {a-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}
Nicolás Betbesé: {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

Harwood was behind needing help but none came from the {8-Clubs}{j-Spades}{k-Spades}{9-Hearts}{a-Hearts} runout and she was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Nicolás Betbesé ar
Nicolás Betbesé
625,000
485,000
485,000
Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Loni HarwoodNicolás Betbesé