2022 Wynn Millions

$10,000 Main Event [$10,000,000 GTD]
Day: 1b
Event Info

2022 Wynn Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$1,655,952
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$10,105,000
Entries
1,075
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
150,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
332
Players Left
90

Jaffe Bags Chip Lead in Wynn Millions Main Event Day 1b

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Jonathan Jaffe
Jonathan Jaffe

Day 1b of the 2nd annual $10,000 buy-in, $10 million GTD Wynn Millions Main Event as part of 2022 Wynn Millions at Wynn Las Vegas wrapped up late Friday evening with Jonathan Jaffe leading 90 players with a sizable stack of 382,000.

The second of three starting flights in the Main Event attracted a total of 332 runners, and many of the best players in the world battled it out on the blue felt in the luxurious Wynn tournament area. Combined with the first flight, there have been 531 total entries, and 143 players have bagged so far.

Joao Simao (375,500), Philip Shing (350,000), and Vanessa Kade (345,000) also bagged big stacks.

Elvis Toomas began the day by moving all-in blind in the first hand, thanks to a prop bet. He lost, but re-entered and used those new chips to make it to the end of the day with a bagged stack of 132,000.

Some other notable players who survived the second starting flight include Andrew Lichtenberger (137,000), Jake Schindler (78,500), Daniel Lazrus (264,000), Landon Tice (74,500), Shannon Shorr (103,000), Alex Foxen (115,500), Cary Katz (148,500), and Jake Schwartz (88,000).

Players who weren’t lucky enough to make it to the end of the day include Anthony Zinno, Chance Kornuth, Sean Perry, Joe McKeehen, Tony Dunst, Maria Ho, and defending champion Andrew Moreno, but they will all have one last opportunity in tomorrow’s flight.

Those who bagged on Day 1b will return on March 6 at noon for Day 2ab, which will see them compete against the first two starting flights.

The third and final starting flight of the nine-day tournament will pick up on March 5 at noon. Like the first two flights, Day 1c is expected to attract some of the best and biggest in the game.

PokerNews will be back tomorrow to bring you updates of the Wynn Millions Main Event Day 1c action, so stay tuned.

Remember, there are still three PokerGO Tour High Rollers taking place here at the Wynn Millions, all of which count for the 2022 PGT Leaderboard. There will be $10,500 buy-in High Rollers on both March 6 & 7, as well as a $15,700 High Roller on March 8. Click here to see the current PokerGO Tour Leaderboard.

Tags: Alex FoxenAndrew LichtenbergerCary KatzDaniel LazrusJake SchindlerJake SchwartzJoao SimaoJonathan JaffeLandon TicePhilip ShingShannon ShorrVanessa Kade

Schwartz Gets Foxen to Fold

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Noah Schwartz
Noah Schwartz

Alex Foxen opened to 3,500 in middle position and saw a flop against Noah Schwartz on the button and the big blind.

The flop came {4-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Foxen bet 3,500 when checked to. Both players called. The turn brought the {q-Diamonds} and the big blind and Foxen both checked, while Schwartz fired a bet of 12,000. Only Foxen called.

Foxen checked again on the {8-Diamonds} river and Schwartz put out a stack of chips to put Foxen all-in for around 20,000.

Foxen shuffled his chips and studied the board as Schwartz ordered a drink and told the table a story involving his ex-wife, another man and the hood of his car.

"I need to work on my speech play," Schwartz told Foxen. "If you hate money, call."

"What about if I'm pretty indifferent?" replied Foxen.

Foxen eventually folded and told Schwartz he laid down ace-king. Schwartz showed him the {4-Diamonds} and told him it was a good fold.

Player Chips Progress
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
125,000 85,000
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
20,000 -4,000

Tags: Noah SchwartzAlex Foxen

Quads Over Quads for Dicarlo

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Sal Dicarlo
Sal Dicarlo

Sal Dicarlo got his 11,700 chips in preflop and was up against two other players.

Sal Dicarlo: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Opponent: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Opponent: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{4-Clubs}, and although one opponent made quad jacks, Dicarlo's quad kings took the main pot, while the other player took the side pot to stay alive as a consolation prize.

"Made quads and broke even," someone at the table noted to the winner of the side pot.

Player Chips Progress
Salvatore Dicarlo us
Salvatore Dicarlo
36,000 36,000

Schwartz Coolers Deeb

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Jake Schwartz opened to 1,000 in middle position and Shaun Deeb three-bet to 3,300 as the player next to act. The action folded back to Schwartz, who called.

Schwartz checked on the flop of {4-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and Deeb bet 3,000. Schwartz called. Schwartz checked again on the {a-Clubs} turn and Deeb bet 6,500. Schwartz responded by re-raising all-in for around 27,000 and Deeb snap-called.

Jake Schwartz: {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}
Shaun Deeb: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}

Deeb had a set of aces but it was no good against the flush of Schwartz. The board didn't pair as the river bricked off and Schwartz secured the double-up, while Deeb was left with crumbs.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Schwartz us
Jake Schwartz
67,000 67,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
4,000 -36,000

Tags: Jake SchwartzShaun Deeb

Toomas Doubles with Rockets

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante
Elvis Toomas
Elvis Toomas

Elvis Toomas, who is on his second bullet after busting in the first hand of the day, opened to 1,000 from under the gun and the action folded to the small blind, who three-bet to 4,600.

Toomas responded with a four-bet to 16,700 and his opponent five-bet all-in with Toomas covered. Toomas snap-called with 36,300.

Elvis Toomas: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Small Blind: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

Toomas had his opponent pipped and the board ran out {3-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{4-Spades} to earn him a double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Elvis Toomas us
Elvis Toomas
73,000 33,000

Tags: Elvis Toomas

Laplante Busts Kornuth in Battle of Blinds

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante
Ryan Laplante
Ryan Laplante

Ryan Laplante limped the small blind and Chance Kornuth raised to 800 in the big blind. Laplante three-bet to 3,000 and Kornuth called.

The dealer spread the {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{2-Spades} flop and Laplante led with a bet. Kornuth raised to 6,000 and Laplante called.

On the {3-Diamonds} turn, the rest of Kornuth's chips went in.

Chance Kornuth: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Ryan Laplante: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}

The {3-Diamonds} completed the board and Laplante's aces held to claim the pot in the blind versus blind cooler.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante
WSOP 1X Winner
60,000 20,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Busted

Prop Bet Ousts Toomas on First Hand

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante
Elvis Toomas
Elvis Toomas

Elvis Toomas knew what he was going to do in the first hand of the Main Event before the cards were even dealt. Toomas recently lost a last-longer prop bet with girlfriend Christina Gollins, which meant he had to move all-in blind in the first hand.

The action folded to Toomas on the button, who kept his word and promptly pushed his stack of 40,000 chips in the middle for a 200x raise. It only took a few seconds for Kristopher Templeman in the small blind to follow suit and commit his full stack to the middle, while the big blind folded.

Elvis Toomas: {j-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
Kristopher Templeman: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}

It was bad news for Toomas as his jack-eight had run smack into the cowboys of Templeman. The flop of {4-Spades}{9-Hearts}{5-Spades} did not help Toomas and the runout of {4-Hearts}{3-Hearts} sealed his fate as the first player out on Day 1b.

Gollins, meanwhile, is playing a tighter style and sits a few tables away from where her other half busted.

PokerNews was there to capture the hand on video:

Player Chips Progress
Kristopher Templeman ca
Kristopher Templeman
80,000 80,000
Christina Gollins us
Christina Gollins
40,000
Elvis Toomas us
Elvis Toomas
Busted

Tags: Christina GollinsElvis ToomasKristopher Templeman

Day 1b of Wynn Millions Main Event Almost Underway

Wynn Millions
Wynn Millions

The 2022 Wynn Millions at Wynn Las Vegas continues today with Day 1b of the 2nd annual $10,000 buy-in, $10 million GTD Wynn Millions Main Event. The second of three starting flights is scheduled to get underway today at noon local time.

Like yesterday's starting flight, players will begin with a starting stack of 40,000 and are allowed one re-entry per starting flight, with late registration open until the start of level 9 (approximately 9:40 p.m.).

Also like the other starting flights, Day 1b will play for ten 60-minute levels with 10-minute breaks every two levels. Beginning on Day 2, play will last for five levels per day and levels will increase to 90 minutes in duration with a 10-minute break after each level.

Wynn Millions Main Event Schedule

*DateDayTime (PT)Tournament* 
3-MarThursdayNoonWynn Millions Day 1A 
4-MarFridayNoonWynn Millions Day 1B 
5-MarSaturdayNoonWynn Millions Day 1C 
6-MarSundayNoonWynn Millions Day 2AB 
7-MarMondayNoonWynn Millions Day 2C 
8-MarTuesdayNoonWynn Millions Day 3 
9-MarWednesdayNoonWynn Millions Day 4 
10-MarThursdayNoonWynn Millions Day 5 
11-MarFridayNoonWynn Millions Day 6 Finale 

The first starting flight of the Main Event attracted top poker talent, including Ali Imsirovic, Sam Soverel, Jason Koon, Kristen Bicknell, Sofia Lovgren, Erik Seidel, Adam Hendrix, Kitty Kuo and Johan Guilbert, who bagged a big chip lead with a stack of 624,000.

Many more top tournament pros and high stakes crushers are expected to make an appearance during Day 1b, so stay tuned as PokerNews brings you updates of the action.

Tags: Adam HendrixAli ImsirovicErik SeidelSofia LovgrenJason KoonJohan GuilbertKitty Kuo