$1,600 Mystery Bounty | 2022 Wynn Summer Classic

07-14-2022 09:41 UTC-7

Wynn Summer Classic $1,600 Mystery Bounty Event is Underway!

Chad Holloway

The 2022 Wynn Summer Classic kicked off back on May 31 and now less than a week remains!

This year's Wynn Summer Classic wconsisted of dozens of events with buy-ins ranging from $500 to $5,500, including poker variants like Pot-Limit Omaha, Limit Omaha 8 or Better, H.O.R.S.E. and 8-Game Mix. The series will offer over $15.8 million in guaranteed prize money, including seven events with guarantees reaching seven figures.

Right now, the $1,600 Mystery Bounty — the last of multiple bounty events — is taking place and offering up a massive guarantee of $1.5 million. There are three separate starting flights, and PokerNews will bring you info and chip counts from each. We will then pick up traditional live updates on Day 2, which is when the bounty component kicks in, on Saturday, July 16.

The series will close out on July 18 with $500 Casino Employee Mystery Bounty, a two-day event with two starting flights and $100,000 in guaranteed prize money.

Remaining 2022 Wynn Summer Classic Remaining Schedule

DATE	DAY/TIME	EVENT	GUARANTEE	ENTRY	CHIPS	LEVELS
7/13	WED 12 P.M.	Mystery Bounty Day 1A	$1,500,000	$1,600	30,000	40
7/14	THU 7 P.M.	Mystery Bounty Day 1B		$1,600	30,000	40
7/15	FRI 12 P.M.	Mystery Bounty Day 1C		$1,600	30,000	40
7/16	SAT 12 P.M.	Mystery Bounty Day 2
7/17	SUN 12 P.M.	No Limit Hold'Em	$100,000	$550	20,000	30
7/18	MON 12 P.M.	Casino Employee Mystery Bounty Day 1A	$100,000	$500	25,000	30
7/19	TUE 12 P.M.	Casino Employee Mystery Bounty Day 1B		$500	25,000	30
7/20	WED 12 P.M.	Casino Employee Mystery Bounty Day 2

07-14-2022 09:48 UTC-7

Sean Conklin Leads as 50 Players Advance from Day 1a Flight

Chad Holloway

Day 1a of the 2022 Wynn Summer Classic $1,600 Mystery Bounty took place on Wednesday, July 13, and attracted 459 runners. Of those, 50 advanced to Day 2 with Sean Conklin and his stack of 897,000 leading the way. Felix Bleiker (750,000), Joffrey Lhote (604,000), Roderick Macneil (594,000), and Pierre Merlin (511,000) round out the top five from the opening flight.

Others to make it through were Martin Finger (421,000), Ryan Hughes (359,000), Bernie Wen (273,000), Wesley Pantling (224,000), Michael Marder (201,000), Allyn Shulman (85,000), and the short-stacked Michael Bruno (43,000).

All the Day 1a survivors will return for Day 2 action at Noon local time on Saturday, July 16.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Conklin	897,000

Felix Bleiker	750,000
Joffrey Lhote	604,000
Roderick Macneil	594,000
Pierre Merlin	511,000
Junxiu Zhang	480,000
Andrei Stoenescu	422,000
Martin Finger	421,000

Bogdan Milea	417,000
Jiraj Hampton	377,000
Jeffrey Hong	369,000
Jamie Shaevel	363,000
Ryan Hughes	359,000

Desmond Haynes	354,000
Daniyal Gheba	344,000
Gregor Sverko	325,000
Walter Bell	320,000
Anthony Scherer	311,000
Nathan Chow	281,000
Bernie Wen	273,000
Ezequiel Waigel	261,000
Bradlee Spyhalski	260,000
Vid Zagar	257,000
Matias Tabaj	254,000
Marco Fontanella	234,000

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Tags: Sean Conklin

07-15-2022 11:28 UTC-7

Gao Shouyi & Sebastian Toro Bag Big as 54 Players Advance from Day 1b Flight

Chad Holloway

Day 1b of the 2022 Wynn Summer Classic $1,600 Mystery Bounty took place on Thursday, July 14, and attracted 496 runners, which along with Day 1a's 459 brought the field up to 955 runners with the third and final flight still to go.

Of those, just 54 survived the night with Gao Shouyi and his stack of 1,009,000 leading the way. That is a bit ahead of Day 1a chip leader Sean Conklin, who made it through with 897,000.

Phil Guenzel (879,000), Sebastian Toro (675,000), Han Feng (628,000), and Steve Niste (589,000) round out the top five from the second flight.

Others to make it through were Sean Ragozzini (468,000), Irene Carey (394,000), Clayton Fletcher (287,000), Simeon Naydenov (278,000), Jim Agate (266,000), Vlad Revniaga (194,000), Christian Harder (156,000), and Nick Zautra (63,000).

All the Day 1a and 1b survivors, 104 in total, will return for Day 2 action at Noon local time on Saturday, July 16. They will also be joined by any survivors from the third and final flight on Friday.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shouyi Gao	1,009,000 1,009,000	1,009,000
Phil Guenzel	879,000 879,000	879,000
Sebastian Toro	675,000 675,000	675,000
Han Feng	628,000 628,000	628,000
Mihai Niste	589,000 589,000	589,000
Steve Saklad	585,000 585,000	585,000
Joseph Spanne	578,000 578,000	578,000
Edgar Gabiryelyan	496,000 496,000	496,000
Sean Ragozzini	468,000 468,000	468,000
James Pilpa	464,000 464,000	464,000
Irene Carey	394,000 394,000	394,000
Matt Solitro	390,000 390,000	390,000
Rong Wang	380,000 380,000	380,000
Filippo Ragone	351,000 351,000	351,000
Carl Shaw	333,000 333,000	333,000

Andre Rieder	321,000 321,000	321,000
Elias Nassif	292,000 292,000	292,000
Clayton Fletcher	287,000 287,000	287,000
Danny Nguyen	281,000 281,000	281,000

Simeon Naydenov	278,000 278,000	278,000

Tom Kinney	277,000 277,000	277,000
Brett Kennedy	269,000 269,000	269,000
Jim Agate	266,000 266,000	266,000
Melanie Pittard	259,000 259,000	259,000
Miltiadis Kyriakides	213,000 213,000	213,000

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Tags: Gao Shouyi Sean Conklin

07-16-2022 10:32 UTC-7

Tamer Kamel Leads as 135 Players Advance from Day 1c Flight

Chad Holloway

Day 1c of the 2022 Wynn Summer Classic $1,600 Mystery Bounty took place on Friday, July 15, and attracted 2,190 runners, which along with Day 1a's 459 and 1b's 496 brought the field up to 955 runners with the third and final flight still to go.

Of those, just 135 survived the night with Tamer Kamel and his stack of 1,123,000. That is ahead of Day 1b leader Gao Shouyi (1,009,000) and Day 1a chip leader Sean Conklin (897,000).

Johnathen McCullagh (895,000), Roscoe Light (868,000), Nicolas Noguera (825,000), and Lucas Blanco (797,000) round out the top five from the thir flight.

Others to make it through were Luke Blindert (760,000), Ryan Laplante (599,000), Jonas Wexler (528,000), Shannon Shorr (489,000), Darren Rabinowitz (352,000), and Jason Wheeler (311,000).

The survivors from all flights, 239 in total, will return for Day 2 action at Noon local time on Saturday, July 16. That is when the Mystery Bounty envelopes will be in play. PokerNews will be there every step of the way until a winner is crowned, so stay tuned!

Player	Chips	Progress
Tamer Kamel	1,123,000 1,123,000	1,123,000
Johnathen McCullagh	895,000 895,000	895,000
Roscoe Light	868,000 868,000	868,000
Nicolas Noguera	825,000 825,000	825,000
Lucas Blanco	797,000 797,000	797,000
Luke Blindert	760,000 760,000	760,000
Adrian State	670,000 670,000	670,000
Daniel Dombrowski	615,000 615,000	615,000
Ryan LaPlante	599,000 599,000	599,000

David To	570,000 570,000	570,000
James Nicholas	567,000 567,000	567,000
Maxi Lehmanski	551,000 551,000	551,000
Konstantin Hammermueller	550,000 550,000	550,000
Henry Liang	547,000 547,000	547,000
Jonas Wexler	528,000 528,000	528,000

Florian Duta	526,000 526,000	526,000
Jesus Maldonado	523,000 523,000	523,000
Mike Linster	503,000 503,000	503,000

Prabhakar Kerri	503,000 503,000	503,000
Shannon Shorr	489,000 489,000	489,000

Travis Egbert	475,000 475,000	475,000
Aylar Lie	469,000 469,000	469,000
Joshua Prager	425,000 425,000	425,000
Quang Vu	421,000 421,000	421,000
Steve Karp	410,000 410,000	410,000

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Tags: Tamer Kamel

07-16-2022 11:50 UTC-7

Tamer Kamel Leads 239 Runners On Day 2 of The 2022 Wynn Summer Classic $1,600 Mystery Bounty

Cottrell van Wingerden

The three starting flights of the 2022 Wynn Summer Classic $1,600 Mystery Bounty are now complete and it is Day 1c chipleader Tamer Kamel who heads the 239 survivors sitting on a gargantuan stack of 1,123,000.

Close on his heels is Shouyi Gao with the only other seven figure stack (1,009,000). Day 1a chipleader Sean Conklin rounds out the top three some ways behind on 897,000.

2022 Wynn Summer Classic $1,600 Mystery BountyTop Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Chip Count
1	Tamer Kamel	1,123,000
2	Shouyi Gao	1,009,000
3	Sean Conklin	897,000
4	Johnathen McCullagh	895,000
5	Phil Guenzel	879,000
6	Roscoe Light	868,000
7	Nicolas Noguera	825,000
8	Lucas Blanco	797,000
9	Luke Blindert	760,000
10	Felix Bleiker	750,000

All returning players are in the money and have locked up an minimum cash of $2,350 but all eyes will surely be on the top prize of $277,123 and the potential $100,000 top bounty that any runner could draw.

Day 2 resumes at 12 p.m. PDT Saturday July 16th at which point play will continue until a winner is crowned. With the mystery bounty portion of the tournament coming into play on Day 2, it is sure to be an exciting spectacle not to be missed. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to provide comprehensive coverage of this event as it continues to a conclusion.

Tags: Sean Conklin Shouyi Gao Tamer Kamel

07-16-2022 13:41 UTC-7

Stoenescu Binks Top Bounty

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The first of three $100,000 bounties is off the table as Andrei Stoenescu just pulled one of the coveted envelopes out of the drum. He jumped up and down in excitement as he was handed an enormous (in more than one sense of the word) cardboard check.

When asked what he was going to do with the money, Stoenescu said "there's still two bounties to go". In any event, he cannot be too disappointed if he ends up taking only one of the top bounties home to Romania.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Stoenescu	930,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Andrei Stoenescu

07-16-2022 13:46 UTC-7

Plantin Finds Two Big Bounties

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Nicolas Plantin just drew two big bounties, first finding a $10,000 envelope before drawing $50,000 for a grand total of $60,000. He remains in the field and so will have the opportunity to find more big scores before the end of the tournament.

Tags: Nicolas Plantin

07-16-2022 15:09 UTC-7

Blanco Draws Back to Back Big Ones

Jeff McMillan

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Lucas Blanco from Madrid got ready to draw his first bounty and reacted excitedly as he pulled the $50,000. His friend embraced him as he pumped his fist.

But he had another one to draw and lo and behold it was a $25,000 as he did a little bit of a dance to celebrate pulling $75,000 with just two envelopes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Blanco	1,670,000 873,000	873,000

Tags: Lucas Blanco

07-16-2022 15:29 UTC-7

Marder Felts Prager

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

A player on the button opened to 50,000 and Michael Marder moved all in out of the small blind. Josh Prager then called with the shorter stack in the big blind to put himself at risk while the button player folded.

Josh Prager:
Michael Marder:

Prager was flipping for his tournament life while Marder was looking to score a big pot and a shot at a $100,000 bounty. Marder pulled into a commanding lead following the flop and stayed ahead on the turn and river to get the knockout, though he told the table he will wait until the next break to pull his bounty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Marder	1,150,000 575,000	575,000
Josh Prager	Busted

Tags: Josh Prager Michael Marder

07-16-2022 16:47 UTC-7

Kerri Rivers Bohmerwald Out

Jeff McMillan

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

There was a large pot of about 445,000 in the middle and the flop reading . Michael Boherwald slid forward a bet of 340,000. Prabhakar Kerri jammed all in and Bohmerwald called.

Bohmerwald had the which was ahead of Kerri's . The turn was the but the river was cruel as the came off to bust Bohmerwald and give Kerri the big time pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Prabhakar Kerri	2,457,000 1,954,000	1,954,000
Michael Bohmerwald	Busted

Tags: Michael Boherwald Prabhakar Kerri