$5,300 Wynn Winter Classic Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2021 Wynn Winter Classic
$5,300 Wynn Winter Classic Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2021 Wynn Winter Classic
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$3,306,240
Entries
672
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
672
Players Left
24
Niko Koop Leads 24 Contenders Into Day 3 of the $5,300 Wynn Winter Classic Main Event
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Only 24 players remain out of 672 entries in the $5,300 Wynn Winter Classic Main Event. The biggest stack was bagged by Niko Koop, who finished with a solid stack of 2,185,000 chips. Chris Frank (2,130,000) and Shannon Shorr (2,005,000) round out the top few biggest bagged stacks.
The prize pool of $3,306,240 smashed through the guarantee and while all of the remaining players have locked up $23,136, they will all be looking to finish on top at tomorrow’s final table, where one player will be taking the $626,499 first-place prize, which comes with the Wynn trophy.
Other notables who bagged a stack for the final day include Joseph Cheong (1,715,000), Katie Lindsay (1,615,000), Pavel Plesuv (835,000), Romain Lewis (505,000), and Tim Reilly (465,000).
Top 5 Stacks
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niko Koop | 2,185,000 |
| 2 | Chris Frank | 2,130,000 |
| 3 | Shannon Shorr | 2,005,000 |
| 4 | Mark Ioli | 1,760,000 |
| 5 | Joseph Cheong | 1,715,000 |
Some of the notables who weren’t able to make it to Day 3 include Ali Imsirovic, Kitty Kuo, Felipe Ramos, Kristen Bicknell, Anthony Zinno, Ryan Riess, Alex Foxen, Vanessa Kade, Jason Somerville, and Stephen Song.
Day 3 action for the $5,300 Wynn Winter Classic Main Event picks up on December 20 at noon local time. Stay tuned as PokerNews will be there to follow it to the end as they play down to a winner.
End-of-Day Counts
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,185,000 | -115,000 |
|
2,130,000 | 30,000 |
|
2,005,000 | 55,000 |
|
1,760,000 | 210,000 |
|
1,715,000 | 250,000 |
|
1,700,000 | 150,000 |
|
1,625,000 | |
|
1,615,000 | 65,000 |
|
1,445,000 | 535,000 |
|
1,290,000 | 60,000 |
|
1,210,000 | 765,000 |
|
1,170,000 | 185,000 |
|
1,160,000 | 40,000 |
|
985,000 | -175,000 |
|
835,000 | -310,000 |
|
700,000 | -15,000 |
|
505,000 | -90,000 |
|
470,000 | -70,000 |
|
465,000 | 215,000 |
|
430,000 | -70,000 |
|
425,000 | -525,000 |
|
420,000 | -370,000 |
|
385,000 | 180,000 |
|
205,000 | -145,000 |
Bag and Tag
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The remaining 24 players are bagging and tagging and will come back tomorrow for the final day.
Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the day.
Femi Fashakin Eliminated in 25th Place ($23,136)
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
According to the table, Femi Fashakin jammed in his remaining stack of about 300,000 on the button and Eli Berg called in the small blind.
Femi Fashakin: 
Eli Berg: 
The board ran out blanks to keep Berg ahead with his aces and Fashakin was sent home near the end of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,625,000 | 525,000 |
|
Busted |
Justin Zaki Eliminated in 26th Place ($23,136)
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Justin Zaki got his remaining 450,000 or so chips in preflop against Boris Kolev.
Justin Zaki: 
Boris Kolev: 
The board ran out 
to eliminate Zaki.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,120,000 | -30,000 |
|
Busted |
Berg Doubles Through Rezaei
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Daniel Rezaei raised to 40,000 from under the gun and Eli Berg shoved for 545,000 from middle position. Action folded around and Rezaei called.
Eli Berg: 
Daniel Rezaei: 
The board ran out 
and Berg made a queen-high straight to double up on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000 | 670,000 |
|
|
985,000 | -115,000 |
Brek Schutten Eliminated in 27th Place ($23,136)
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Brek Schutten jammed in his 210,000 remaining chips from early position and Shannon Shorr called in the small blind.
Brek Schutten: 
Shannon Shorr:
The 
flop gave Schutten an open-ended straight draw, but the 
and 
failed to improve him and he was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,950,000 | 600,000 |
|
Busted |
Three Table Redraw (full)
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| TABLE | SEAT | PLAYER | CHIPS | ||
| 33 | 1 | Daniel Rezaei | 1,100,000 | ||
| 33 | 2 | Niko Koop | 2,300,000 | ||
| 33 | 3 | Femi Fashakin | 390,000 | ||
| 33 | 4 | Eli Berg | 430,000 | ||
| 33 | 5 | Shannon Shorr | 1,350,000 | ||
| 33 | 6 | Z Stein | 500,000 | ||
| 33 | 7 | Brek Schutten | 1,170,000 | ||
| 33 | 8 | Mitchell Halverson | 1,230,000 | ||
| 33 | 9 | Steve Karp | 350,000 | ||
| 34 | 1 | Martins Adeniya | 205,000 | ||
| 34 | 2 | Katie Lindsay | 1,550,000 | ||
| 34 | 3 | Zachary McDiarmid | 910,000 | ||
| 34 | 4 | Chris Frank | 2,100,000 | ||
| 34 | 5 | Joseph Cheong | 1,465,000 | ||
| 34 | 6 | Victoria Livschitz | 790,000 | ||
| 34 | 7 | Boris Kolev | 1,150,000 | ||
| 34 | 8 | Tim Reilly | 250,000 | ||
| 34 | 9 | Justin Zaki | 575,000 | ||
| 38 | 1 | Mark Ioli | 1,550,000 | ||
| 38 | 2 | Pavel Plesuv | 1,145,000 | ||
| 38 | 3 | Ardit Kurshumi | 715,000 | ||
| 38 | 4 | Romain Lewis | 595,000 | ||
| 38 | 5 | Maxi Lehmanski | 1,550,000 | ||
| 38 | 6 | Garrett Greer | 540,000 | ||
| 38 | 7 | Justin Landi | 445,000 | ||
| 38 | 8 | Adam Monaghan | 1,160,000 | ||
| 38 | 9 | Cherie Wallace | 950,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,300,000 | |
|
|
2,100,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
1,550,000 | 215,000 |
|
|
1,550,000 | 1,268,000 |
|
|
1,550,000 | 710,000 |
|
|
1,465,000 | 130,000 |
|
|
1,350,000 | 355,000 |
|
|
1,230,000 | 931,500 |
|
|
1,170,000 | -170,000 |
|
|
1,160,000 | 310,000 |
|
|
1,150,000 | 340,000 |
|
|
1,145,000 | -395,000 |
|
|
1,100,000 | 903,000 |
|
|
950,000 | 870,000 |
|
|
910,000 | 829,000 |
|
|
790,000 | 150,000 |
|
|
715,000 | 579,000 |
|
|
595,000 | -35,000 |
|
|
575,000 | 260,000 |
|
|
540,000 | 370,000 |
|
|
500,000 | 160,000 |
|
|
445,000 | -77,000 |
|
|
430,000 | 187,000 |
|
|
390,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
350,000 | 239,500 |
A Look Back at the 2021 Wynn Fall Classic
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The 2021 Wynn Fall Classic ran from late September through November 21. During that time, more than 21,000 entrants competed and in excess of $25 million in prize money was awarded.
PokerNews was on-site to provide live updates from some of the marquee events including:
- Pete Chen winning the $2,200 Mystery Bounty for $289,193
- Omaha truck driver Donald Nimneh drawing the $250,000 bounty
- Jeremy Kottler taking down the $3,500 Championship for $643,267
- Evan Sandberg winning the $1,600 Mystery Bounty for $293,322
There was a slew of big side event winners throughout the series, which included Argentina’s Federico Castaine, who became the first six-figure winner of the 2021 Wynn Fall Classic after topping a 1,790-entry field to win the $1,600 buy-in, $1,000,000 GTD NLH event for $361,180.
Another big winner was poker veteran Shawn Rice, who bested a 786-entry field to win the $1,100 NLH Seniors tournament, which nearly doubled its $400,000 guarantee by creating a $766,350 prize pool. Rice, who hails from Texas, took down $116,039 for his victory. It marked the second-largest score of his career, which dates back to 1994.
Meanwhile, players like David Brookshire ($550 H.O.R.S.E. $50K GTD for $29,110), David Jackson ($550 NLH $100K GTD for $46,033), Eric Mizrahi ($500 NLH $100K GTD for $41,025), and Fabio Freitas ($400 NLH for $21,182) all claimed titles.
2021 Wynn Fall Classic Winners
| 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 |
| 10/27/21 | $550 NLH $5K Survivor $100K GTD | 459 | $220,320.00 | 44 Winners | N/A | $5,000.00 |
| 10/29/21 | $3500 NLH Championship $3M GTD | 1,775 | $5,724,375.00 | Jeremy Kottler | Ojai, CA | $643,267.00 |
| 11/02/21 | $550 NLH $100K GTD | 666 | $319,680.00 | Ying Wang | Menlo Park, CA | $57,283.00 |
| 11/03/21 | $550 NLH $100K GTD | 439 | $210,720.00 | David Jackson | Jacksonville, FL | $46,033.00 |
| 11/04/21 | $1100 NLH $400K GTD | 1,438 | $1,402,050.00 | Milos Ivanovic | Lanham, MD | $201,898.00 |
| 11/08/21 | $1100 NLH $200K GTD | 544 | $533,120.00 | Jacob Naumann | Largo, FL | $100,000.00 |
| 11/09/21 | $1100 NLH $200K GTD | 444 | $435,120.00 | Andrew Bony | Austin, TX | $76,859.00 |
| 11/10/21 | $550 NLH $100K GTD | 675 | $324,000.00 | Yuliyari Kolav | Bulgaria | $61,394.00 |
| 11/11/21 | $550 NLH $100K GTD | 705 | $338,400.00 | Ophir Atar | Oak Park, CA | $52,732.00 |
| 11/12/21 | $550 NLH $100K GTD | 544 | $261,120.00 | Constantinos Psallidas | Canada | $53,396.00 |
| 11/13/21 | $550 NLH $100K GTD | 494 | $237,120.00 | Eric Mizrahi | Las Vegas, NV | $41,025.00 |
| 11/14/21 | $550 NLH $100K GTD | 308 | $147,840.00 | John Buncht | Las Vegas, NV | $25,411.00 |
| 11/18/21 | $1,600 Mystery Bounty | 2,573 | $3,730,850 | Evan Sandberg | United States | $293,322 |
| 11/19/21 | $400 NLH | 277 | $95,565 | Asi Elias | United States | $21,645 |
| 11/20/21 | $400 NLH | 259 | $89,335 | Michael Killory | United States | $18,261 |
| 11/21/21 | $400 NLH | 243 | $83,835 | Fabio Freitas | Brazil | $21,182 |