$10,000 Main Event [$10,000,000 GTD]
Day 5 Started
$10,000 Main Event [$10,000,000 GTD]
Day 5 Started
Day 5 of the 2022 Wynn Millions Main Event is about to get underway with only 16 players remaining. The fifth day of the $10,000-buy-in tournament kicks off at noon local time and will play down to a final table.
Isaac Kempton had a hot Day 4 that left him with the chip lead with a stack of 5,615,000, ahead of fellow big stacks Ian Matakis (5,030,000), Michael Stembera (4,225,000) and Tony Sinishtaj (4,065,000).
Other notables who are returning for Day 5 action include 2021 GPI Breakout Player nominee Vanessa Kade and five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Shaun Deeb, who respectively sit with 3,575,000 and 2,495,000.
Defending champion Andrew Moreno won't be in the field as his deep run was cut short on Day 4 when he got his kings cracked to go out in 23rd place.
Like Day 2, 3 and 4, Day 5 will play for 90-minute levels with a 10-minute break at the end of each level.
The eventual winner of the Wynn Millions Main Event, which attracted 1,075 runners to generate $10,105,000 in prize money, will earn the lion's share of that for a seven-figure score worth $1,655,952.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is ready to bring you updates of the Day 5 action.
Play is now underway in Day 5 of the Wynn Millions Main Event and action resumes with 67:00 remaining in Level 23.
Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Neng Lee called the cutoff and Isaac Kempton checked his option in the big blind.
The flop fell and Kempton check-called for 80,000. Both players checked the turn.
The completed the board and Kempton led for 180,000. Lee called.
Kempton revealed for trips and claimed the early pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Isaac Kempton |
5,935,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
Neng Lee |
660,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
Debbie Lee opened to 80,000 in early position and Alex Livingston three-bet from the cutoff. Shankar Pillai in the big blind then four-bet shoved a stack of around 560,000 and Lee five-bet jammed for about 2,045,000. Livingston called with both players covered.
Shankar Pillai:
Debbie Lee:
Alex Livingston:
Livingston's aces were still ahead after the flop of and the runout didn't change things to send two players out in one of the first hands of the day.
Pillai had the shorter stack and therefore finished in 16th place for $94,272, while Lee earned a 15th-place finish and a pay jump to $108,602.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Livingston |
5,500,000
3,230,000
|
3,230,000 |
|
||
Debbie Lee | Busted | |
Shankar Pillai | Busted | |
|
Neng Lee ended up getting his 660,000 chips in preflop from the cutoff and was at risk against Dan "The Man" Moran in the big blind.
Neng Lee:
Daniel Moran:
The board ran out and although the turn provided an opened-ended draw for Moran, the river blanked to secure the double for Lee.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Moran |
1,920,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
Neng Lee |
1,380,000
720,000
|
720,000 |
Thomas Boivin opened to 80,000 from under the gun and Ian Matakis three-bet to 220,000 on the button.
The action folded back to Boivin, who moved all-in with a stack of about 1,000,000. Matakis folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ian Matakis |
4,500,000
-530,000
|
-530,000 |
|
||
Thomas Boivin |
1,200,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
Thomas Boivin opened to 80,000 in the cutoff and Alex Livingston flat-called on the button. Shaun Deeb also called out of the small blind.
Deeb and Boivin checked on the flop of and Livingston fired a bet of 100,000. Deeb folded while Boivin check-raised to 400,000. Livingston called.
Boivin checked on the turn and Livingston put him to the test by moving all-in. Boivin laid it down.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Livingston |
5,700,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
||
Shaun Deeb |
2,300,000
-195,000
|
-195,000 |
|
||
Thomas Boivin |
1,100,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
Isaac Kempton opened the hijack to 80,000, Tony Tran called the button, and Tony Sinishtaj defended the big blind.
The dealer spread the flop, Sinishtaj checked, and Kempton checked. Tran bet 125,000 and only Sinishtaj continued.
The landed on the turn and Sinishtaj check-folded to a bet of 225,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Isaac Kempton |
6,570,000
635,000
|
635,000 |
Tony Sinishtaj |
3,980,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
||
Tony Tran |
2,180,000
545,000
|
545,000 |