$10,000 Main Event [$10,000,000 GTD] Day 1b | 2022 Wynn Millions

03-04-2022 15:48 UTC-7

Laplante Takes Small Pot From Dunst

Brandon Bloom

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

With about 3,000 in the middle on a flop, Ryan Laplante checked, Tony Dunst bet 1,000, and Laplante called.

Both players checked the turn, and Laplante led for 1,500 on the river, causing Dunst to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Laplante	70,000 10,000	10,000

Tony Dunst	31,000 -4,000	-4,000

03-04-2022 15:55 UTC-7

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Kade	48,000 10,000	10,000
Philip Shing	30,000

Schwartz Coolers Deeb

Connor Richards

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 and Deeb bet 3,000. Schwartz called. Schwartz checked again on the turn and Deeb bet 6,500. Schwartz responded by re-raising all-in for around 27,000 and Deeb snap-called.

Jake Schwartz:
Shaun Deeb:

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	67,000 67,000	67,000
Shaun Deeb	4,000 -36,000	-36,000

Tags: Jake Schwartz Shaun Deeb

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

03-04-2022 16:22 UTC-7

Shing Chips Up

Brandon Bloom

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

On a completed board of with roughly 30,000 in the pot, the small blind checked, and Philip Shing bet 16,500 in the cutoff. His opponent folded and Shing took the pot to chip back up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Shing	65,000 35,000	35,000

03-04-2022 16:34 UTC-7

Weng Wins Pot Off Ho

Connor Richards

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Maria Ho opened to 1,100 in early position and Bin Weng defended out of the big blind.

Weng checked on the flop of and Ho continued with a bet of 1,000. Weng called.

Weng checked again on the turn and Ho checked back. Weng checked a third time on the river and Weng also checked.

Weng turned over for sixes and sevens to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Weng	95,000 37,000	37,000

Maria Ho	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Bin Weng Maria Ho

03-04-2022 16:38 UTC-7

Various Counts

Brandon Bloom

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	165,000 55,000	55,000

Bill Klein	89,000 2,000	2,000
Chris Moorman	77,000 38,000	38,000

Alex Foxen	65,000 6,000	6,000

Michael Wang	42,000 2,000	2,000

Victoria Livschitz	41,000 41,000	41,000
Justin Saliba	40,000 40,000	40,000

Landon Tice	40,000 40,000	40,000
Brock Wilson	35,000
Anthony Zinno	30,000 30,000	30,000

Aaron Massey	24,000
Tony Dunst	10,000 -21,000	-21,000

03-04-2022 16:50 UTC-7

A Look Back at Last Year's Brutal "Wynn Millions Massacre" Hand

Brandon Bloom

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Last summer, the inaugural $10,000 buy-in, $10,000,000 GTD Wynn Millions attracted 1,328 entries over three starting flights, which surpassed the seven-figure guarantee by creating a $12,483,200 prize pool (the largest in Wynn Poker history).

On Day 2ab, 240 players returned with Bryn Kenney, tournament poker's all-time money leader, and his stack 376,500 leading the way. Coming in with the seventh-largest stack of 295,500 was Alex Foxen. Eventually, the latter was moved to the former's table and a hand for the ages would go down.

At the time, Foxen had chipped up into the chip lead ever so slightly over Kenney, who appeared to still be the other big stack in the room. That is when the two poker superstars had a head-on collision.

The hand took place early in Level 12 (1,500/2,500/2,500) when Kenney raised preflop and Foxen called from the hijack. The players on the button and in the big blind came along and it was four-way action to the flop.

The big blind checked, Kenney continued for 9,000, and only Foxen called to see the turn, which was another .

Kenney bet again, this time 10,000, and Foxen just called to see a complete the board on the river.

This time Kenney checked and Foxen over-bet the pot to the tune of 112,000. Kenney woke up with an all-in check-raise to approximately 240,000, and Foxen, who barely had the bigger stack, snap-called.

Kenney tabled for aces full of queens, but it was no good as Foxen rolled over for quads.

With that, Kenney was eliminated while Foxen pulled in the largest pot of the tournament thus far (by a wide margin) chipping up to 650,000. It was a standout moment in an event that would go on to be nominated for "Event of the Year" at the Global Poker Awards.

Click here to read more about the hand!

03-04-2022 17:10 UTC-7

Short-Stacked Deeb Doubles

Brandon Bloom

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

A middle position player opened to 1,000 and Shaun Deeb three-bet to 3,000 on the button, leaving himself 200 behind. Action folded back to the middle position player who raised to 74,000. Deeb was able to find the call for his remaining 200 chips.

Shaun Deeb:
Opponent: