Wynn Spring Classic $1M GTD Championship
Day 2 Completed
2021 Wynn Spring Classic
Wynn Spring Classic $1M GTD Championship
Day: 2
Hendrix, Auer and Qartomy Pace Final 34 in Wynn Main Event
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The final 34 contenders have emerged in the Wynn Spring Classic $3,500 Championship, and three players have paced well ahead of the others to position themselves for the best chance at the $391K first-place prize.
Tops in the counts is Adam Hendrix, who looked destined to lap the rest of the field after an incredibly hot start to the day. Hendrix began his rampage a few levels in versus fellow big stack Ben Underwood, when Hendrix made a huge call for stacks with a weak full house — trips were on the board — and was shown a bluff. He then cracked the aces of Matt Bond with a set of eights and was off to the races with 350 big blinds.
Second place is Matthias Auer, who looked set to bag a merely very good stack until the final level of the day, when he got aces over the tens of Qing Liu blind versus blind for a heap to double past 2 million.
Finally, there's Ray Qartomy. The boisterous regular picked up his momentum late as well, gambling with a combo draw on the turn for most of his stack and hitting then having kings hold in a three-way all in that busted high roller star Sergi Reixach and Ryan Remington.
Those three hold a combined 6 million of the 24 million in play with only 300,000 total separating Hendrix from Qartomy.
Others making it through to Day 3 included Chino Rheem, Jeremy Ausmus, Ankush Mandavia, Eric Afriat, Sean Winter and Chris Moorman. They'll be set for a long final day on Monday.
About 200 players — counting late registrations during the first two levels — were in action total, which pushed the prize pool to just shy of $2 million from 614 entries. Some of those getting a slice of that with top-63 finishes were Upeshka De Silva, Matt Stout, Nick Pupillo, Seungmook Jung and recent WPT runner-up Tuan Phan.
Play resumes Monday at noon, so come back to PokerNews then to see who grabs the monster prize awaiting the winner.
End of Day 2 Counts (full)
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,290,000 | 390,000 |
|
2,165,000 | 65,000 |
|
1,940,000 | -60,000 |
|
1,465,000 | 85,000 |
|
1,400,000 | |
|
1,160,000 | 716,000 |
|
1,110,000 | 20,000 |
|
845,000 | 315,000 |
|
830,000 | 170,000 |
|
805,000 | 305,000 |
|
745,000 | 125,000 |
|
665,000 | -260,000 |
|
630,000 | -70,000 |
|
615,000 | 504,000 |
|
610,000 | 210,000 |
|
565,000 | -95,000 |
|
560,000 | -160,000 |
|
555,000 | 317,000 |
|
540,000 | 195,000 |
|
535,000 | 411,500 |
|
495,000 | 329,000 |
|
480,000 | 225,000 |
|
465,000 | 393,500 |
|
460,000 | -15,000 |
|
455,000 | 140,000 |
Auer Doubles Through Liu
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Cards were on their backs and everything had been dealt out in a battle of the blinds. Qing Liu in the small had 
in front of him but was smacked by the 
of Matthias Auer. The board had run 
, safe for the aces. It was clear the money went in preflop as only a few chips were in the middle.
Liu sent 1,045,000 to his neighbor.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,100,000 | 1,150,000 |
|
|
700,000 | -700,000 |
Qartomy Makes it to 2 Mill
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Ray Qartomy bet 52,000 from the big blind on 
and Scott Stewart made it a check-raise to 180,000 in the small blind. Qartomy peeled and the river was the 
. Stewart checked. Qartomy slid in 375,000 and Stewart counted out calling chips and stuck them in.
Qartomy flicked in 
for the nuts and Stewart mucked with a shake of the head.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000 | 100,000 |
|
205,000 | -195,000 |
Places 39-47
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
These players earned $10,435.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Mandavia Drops Three-Bet Pot
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Ankush Mandavia opened for 26,000 second to act and called a three-bet to 71,000 from Vlastimil Pustina in the cutoff. Mandavia check-called 51,000 on the 
flop and faced a bigger bet of 151,000 on the 
turn. This time, he gave it up pretty quickly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
925,000 | 275,000 |
|
|
444,000 | -356,000 |
Not Low, But Good Enough for Qartomy to Bust Two
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
"Keep it low!" shouted Ray Qartomy.
Cards were on their backs between Qartomy and two opponents, both of whom he covered and had beat with . Sergi Reixach had 
and Ryan Remington 
.
High cards arrived but the 
was even better for Qartomy. The kept everyone live, but the 
river was the blank Qartomy desired.
"Ship it to papa!" he said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,900,000 | 1,240,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Van Blarcum and Moorman Battle in the Blinds
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Chris Moorman bet 20,000 on 
and Aaron Van Blarcum made it 52,000 on his left. Moorman peeled and both players checked the 
. On the 
river, Moorman slid in 90,000. Van Blarcum tanked awhile and gave it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
720,000 | 120,000 |
|
340,000 | -16,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000