Tony Sinishtaj, who won the Wynn Millions Main Event back in March for $1.6 million, was involved in the action with a completed board of out. He slid enough chips forward to put his left-hand neighbor Kevin Klunder to the test for his remaining 130,000.
Klunder took the better part of two minutes before calling it off with . Sinishtaj slammed open for two pair to claim the scalp and send Klunder to the rail.
Jordan Koransky moved all in for 61,000 from early position and Nick Maimone called from middle position. Sep Ebrahimi called from the big blind but then check-folded to a bet of 50,000 from Maimone on the flop.
Nick Maimone:
Jordan Koransky:
Maimone had flopped top pair and it held as the board ran out the on the turn followed by the on the river.
Meanwhile, it was a rough Day 2 for recent MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event champ Shea Quintin, who began the day sixth in chips. Unfortunately for him, he was recently eliminated from the tournament.
Action picked up with three players all in, Frederick Brown in middle position, Stephen Song from the cutoff, and Johan Schumacher from the small blind. Brown had both players covered and was looking for the double knockout.
Frederick Brown:
Stephen Song:
Johan Schumacher:
The board was good for Brown when the came out to give him two bounties and send Schumacher and Song home.
Alex Jim opened with an all-in shove from early position for about 50,000. Action folded all the way to Norbert Szecsi in the big blind who made the call and put Jim at risk.
Norbert Szecsi:
Alex Jim:
The board ran out to give Szecsi the pot and the bounty while Jim was eliminated.
Tzu Huang raised to 20,000 from the hijack and Noah Muallem went all in on the button for 339,000. Andriy Lyubovetskiy called all in from the big blind for 127,000, bringing the action back to Huang.
Huang took his time assessing the situation before calling it off, putting two players at risk in the process.
Andriy Lyubovetskiy:
Noam Muallem:
Tzu Huang:
Muallem jolted out of his seat after the cards went on their backs. "Come on, one time dealer!" he yelled, and found a favorable flop of to put him in the lead.
"No queen, no nine!" he begged, and the turn remained safe.
"No queen, no nine!" he once again shouted, but the dealer slapped the on the felt to give Lyubovetskiy the winner. The bracelet winner pumped his fists in excitement, while Muallem quickly assessed the new situation.
"Okay, I still got his bounty," pointing at Huang's stack, but a count proved otherwise as Huang had still 26,000 left after paying off the 212,000 that Muallem still had in front of him.
"Table change! Who wants it?" Huang chuckled after being left with dust.
The short-stacked Mario Masson moved all in for 27,000 from the button and Sebastien Grax called from the small blind. Tristan Bain then three-bet jammed for around 200,000 from the big and Grax got out of the way.
Tristan Bain:
Mario Masson:
Masson was at risk but received a favorable runout when the board came .
On June 6, the $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament during the Wynn Summer Classic attracted 242 entrants, creating a prize pool of $237,160, easily surpassing the $200,000 guarantee.
Players from all around the world, not just here in Nevada, showed up to compete. In the end, it was California resident Edvin Setaghian as the only player still with chips. The champion received $59,930 for his impressive and dominant performance at the luxurious Wynn Resort in Las Vegas.
Prior to that championship run, Setaghian had just $69,000 in career live tournament scores, according to Hendon Mob, so he nearly doubled his prior cashes.
Setaghian defeated Jose Catela from Portugal heads up to win the title. The runner-up didn't leave empty-handed, however, and took home $36,997 for his deep run. The final table of nine featured players from three separate countries (United States, Portugal and Hungary). Valdemar Kwaysser (5th place for $12,403) and Marton Czoszor (7th place for $7,684) are both Hungarians.