Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Players have been sent on their second 15-minute break of the day. They will return to blinds of 400/800 with a 800 big blind ante.
A player opened to 1,200 from under the gun and action folded around to Frank Bonnaci in the big blind, who defended.
Bonnaci checked on the flop and called after his opponent continued for 2,200.
Action checked through the turn to the river, where Bonnaci took over the betting lead, tossing 5,600 into the middle. The under the gun player gave it some thought but did end up calling and was shown by Bonnaci for rivered two pair, causing him to muck his own holding.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Frank Bonnaci
|
133,000 |
With roughly 20,000 in the pot on a completed board, a middle position player checked, and Evan Sandberg moved all in from the cutoff for approximately 27,000. His opponent thought about it but ultimately folded to concede the pot without a showdown.
Sandberg won the $1,600 Mystery Bounty during the most recent Wynn Fall Classic, and will be looking put together a run to add another Wynn replica trophy to his collection.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Evan Sandberg | 47,000 | 47,000 |
Picking up the action after the flop, Loni Harwood in middle position was involved in a hand with the small blind and big blind. With the board reading action was checked to Harwood, who led out for 2,500. The small blind called while the big blind folded to send action heads-up to the turn.
On the turn the small blind checked for a second time and Harwood, unafraid of inflating the pot, pushed 8,000 into the middle. Again, her opponent made the call.
The small blind checked once more after the river, prompting Harwood to continue her aggressive line with a bet of 15,000. The player in the small blind thought for some time before calling and was shown , a hand he could not beat, sending the large pot Harwood's way and keeping her moving up the chip counts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Loni Harwood
|
167,000 | 29,000 |
The top two finishers in the Wynn Summer Classic's June 4 $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament are from the United Kingdom. John Howard took first place for $58,942, while his fellow countryman, Raul Martinez Gallero, was the runner-up and received $36,385.
The tournament had an impressive field of 238 entrants. With $233,240 in the pot, there wasn't much of a sweat for the Wynn's poker room to hit the $200,000 guarantee. Thus far, the Wynn Summer Classic has been absolutely crushing it in terms of attendance, and this event was no outlier.
Howard beat a tough field that included some talented pros such as Justin Liberto (7th place for $7,557). He didn't just score big at the Wynn. The champ essentially earned his first ever recorded live tournament cash. According to Hendon Mob, his only other previous cash was for $28 back in 2009.
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | John Howard | $58,942 |
2 | Raul Martinez Gallero | $36,385 |
3 | Nicholas Bond | $23,907 |
4 | Andrew Ostarchenko | $16,560 |
5 | Kenny Huynh | $12,198 |
6 | Victor Paredes | $9,400 |
7 | Justin Liberto | $7,557 |
8 | Christopher Ng | $6,274 |
9 | Adam Demersseman | $5,341 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
The button opened to 1,300, the small blind called, and Loni Harwood called in the big blind.
The dealer fanned the flop, the small blind checked, and Harwood bet 3,000. The button folded and the small blind continued to the turn, where they check-folded to Harwood's bet of 8,000.
Harwood claimed the pot and added the chips to her growing stack early on Day 1c.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Loni Harwood
|
138,000 | 109,000 |
Some details of this hand were related to PokerNews by the table. Mark Zajdner opened in late position and Lachezar Petkov three-bet jammed out of the big blind. Zajdner made the call with the bigger stack to put his opponent at risk.
Lachezar Petkov:
Mark Zajdner:
Zajdner had been hit by a cruelly cold deck but could still come from behind. That outcome became far less likely after the flop with the turn and river completing a clean runout for Petkov.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Lachezar Petkov | 72,000 | |
Mark Zajdner | 19,000 | -35,000 |
Robert Borick was in early position and Albert Nguyen was in the small blind when each player contributed 16,200 to the pot preflop.
The dealer spread the flop and Nguyen's remaining stack of approximately 39,000 went into the middle.
Albert Nguyen:
Robert Borick:
Both players had an overpair, but it was Nguyen ahead with the aces, and the and completed the board to secure Nyguyen's double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Albert Nguyen | 111,000 | 111,000 |
Robert Borick | 55,000 | 55,000 |