2021 Wynn Spring Classic

Wynn Spring Classic $1M GTD Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info

2021 Wynn Spring Classic

Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$1,985,676
Entries
614
Players Left
2
Average Chip Stack
12,280,000
Total Chips
24,560,000
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
269
Players Left
82

McKeehen Bags Day 1a, Looks to Add to Recent Winnings

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Joe McKeehen
Joe McKeehen

A slew of well-known pros turned out and the field nearly met the guarantee on the first day, making for a successful Day 1a of the Wynn Spring Classic $3,500 Championship.

When the first 10 levels were a wrap, about 90 of the 268 entries had punched tickets to Sunday's Day 2.

Among the players advancing was former WSOP Main Event champ Joe McKeehen. McKeehen didn't exactly have a banner day as he busted a couple of bullets before turning things around, but he did bag a solid stack with 209,500. Most importantly, McKeehen is on a roll coming into this event, as he had a near miss with a second-place finish at WPT Venetian worth $491K and followed that up with a victory in the $10K High Roller just yesterday here at the Wynn for $224,100.

Combined, that's north of $700K in cashes, and McKeehen has put himself in good position to add to that total if he can author another deep run.

The biggest stacks of the bunch belonged to Paul Balzano (397,000), James Anderson (325,000) and Brian Green (311,500). Balzano has made his presence felt at the Wynn before, chopping the Wynn Summer Classic $1,600 Championship for $180,583 back in 2014.

Some of those running dry on chips at least once included Ali Imsirovic, Nick Pupillo, Darren Elias and Sergi Reixach. All will have plenty more chances on Saturday's Day 1b, which will surely see the prize pool race past the $1 million guarantee early on.

Action resumes with Day 1b at noon local time, so be sure to come back to PokerNews to monitor the final starting day.