$3,500 NLH Championship Day 2 | 2022 Wynn Summer Classic

06-27-2022 12:58 UTC-7

Toma Over a Million

Brandon Bloom

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

As reported by Tsugunari Toma, an early position player opened to 13,000, the hijack called, and Toma raised to 45,000 on the button. Action folded back to the hijack who called.

The flop came , and the hijack check-called for 50,000. On the turn, the hijack again check-called for 50,000. The completed the board, the hijack checked, Toma bet 95,000, and his opponent called.

Toma tabled and took the pot with a flush to move over a million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tsugunari Toma	1,050,000 397,000	397,000

Tags: Tsugunari Toma

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

06-27-2022 13:08 UTC-7

Sotiropoulos Finds a Double

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Before the blinds went up, Georgios Sotiropoulos opened to 12,000 from middle position and was called by Michael Rossitto on the button. Yuliyan Kolev, who recently took down WSOP Event #37: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em for a career high $1,125,189, three-bet to 43,000 out of the small blind and Sotiropoulos responded by moving all in. Rossitto got out of the way while Kolev called with the bigger stack to put Sotiropoulos at risk.

Georgios Sotiropoulos:
Yuliyan Kolev:

Sotiropoulos was flipping for his tournament life but found immediate help on the flop. The turn left Kolev looking for one of the two remaining jacks to bust his opponent but was unable to hit on the river, leaving himself short while sending a large pot Sotiropoulos' way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Sotiropoulos	422,000 177,000	177,000

Yuliyan Kolev	65,000 -62,000	-62,000

Tags: Georgios Sotiropoulos Michael Rossitto Yuliyan Kolev

06-27-2022 13:12 UTC-7

Stolt Ousted by O'Connor

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Brandon Bloom

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Before the blinds went up, Raj Ramakrishnan opened to 12,000 on the button, Jamie O'Connor three-bet to 98,000 in the small blind with only about 41,000 behind, and Arian Stolt shoved in the big blind for 124,000. Ramakrishnan folded and O'Connor called.

Arian Stolt:
Jamie O'Connor:

Stolt found help on the flop, but it also gave his opponent a set. The turn left him drawing dead to the river, and O'Connor picked up the pot as Stolt made his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raj Ramakrishnan	320,000 50,000	50,000
Jamie O'Connor	283,000 -143,000	-143,000
Arian Stolt	Busted

Tags: Arian Stolt Jamie O'Connor

06-27-2022 13:22 UTC-7

Boat for Siddiqui

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Brandon Bloom

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With roughly 200,000 in the pot on a completed board, Mohammad Siddiqui had jammed in the hijack and the big blind was contemplating for his remaining stack of about 160,000. After some time, he called.

Siddiqui tabled for a flopped boat, and his opponent showed as he hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohammad Siddiqui	840,000 430,000	430,000

Tags: Mohammad Siddiqui

06-27-2022 13:26 UTC-7

Wang Set Up For Deep Run

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Rong Wang opened to 17,000 from under the gun and faced a three-bet to 57,000 by a player in late position. Action folded back around to Wang who made the call to send the two players heads-up to the flop.

Wang checked to the three-bettor on a flop of and called when his opponent continued for 70,000.

With a large pot brewing, Wang checked for a second time after the turn. The late position player was in no mood to slow down and pushed a stack of chips totaling 121,000 across the betting line. Wang likewise had no issues playing for stacks and made the call.

Both players checked on the river and Wang turned over for the turned set. Shaking his head in frustration, the late position player mucked while Wang, raking in his newly acquired chips, moved up the leaderboard as the field approaches the money bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rong Wang	865,000 547,000	547,000

Tags: Rong Wang

06-27-2022 13:38 UTC-7

Victor Ramdin Back on Winning Track in Wynn Summer Classic

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Brandon Bloom

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Long-time talented poker pro Victor Ramdin, returned to the winner's circle for the first time since 2019. He shipped the $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em event, a $100,000 guaranteed tournament, at the Wynn Summer Classic on June 11.

Ramdin, who resides in Las Vegas, took home $44,013 as part of a heads-up chop arrangement with runner-up Brian Nadell, who received $39,725 for his efforts. Natascha Stamm, a German poker player finished in third place for $20,258, while talented pro Ari Engel was the fourth place finisher, good for $13,884. The tournament attracted 194 entries, creating a prize pool of $189,150 at the luxurious Las Vegas Strip casino.

For Ramdin, it's been a long time coming for a player who was once among the top earning tournament players in the world. He now has over $5 million in live tournament cashes, according to Hendon Mob. His biggest score was $1,331,889 in 2006 when he took down the $10,000 buy-in WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic. He has 57 World Series of Poker cashes among his impressive resume.

2022 Wynn Summer Classic June 10-11 $1,100 NLH Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Victor Ramdin	$44,013
2	Brian Nadell	$39,725
3	Natascha Stamm	$20,258
4	Ari Engel	$13,884
5	Maury Barrett	$10,224
6	Karl Tretter	$8,086
7	Shirley Rosario	$6,624
8	Frederic Moss	$5,618
9	Timothy Wong	$4,823

06-27-2022 13:50 UTC-7

Makkar Scores a Knockout

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Brandon Bloom

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Gaurav Makkar opened to 17,000, an opponent shoved for approximately 130,000, and Makkar called.

At-Risk Player:
Gaurav Makkar:

The flop vaulted Makkar ahead, and the and completed the board to secure the pot for him as his opponent made his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaurav Makkar	530,000 371,000	371,000

06-27-2022 13:54 UTC-7

Kolev Rocketed Out of the Tournament

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Yuliyan Kolev opened to 60,000 from middle position, leaving himself just a few chips behind. The player on the button announced call while both blinds got out of the way to send the two players to the flop.

On a flop of Kolev tossed his last chips into the middle and was snapped off.

Yuliyan Kolev:
Button Player:

Kolev was in dire straits, needing running cards to survive. The turn and river bricked out, however, sending the Bulgarian to the rail just a few spots shy of the money.