2023 Wynn Millions

$3,500 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2023 Wynn Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
86
Prize
$604,637
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$4,171,950
Entries
1,314
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
342
Players Left
94

Former Aussie Millions Champ Peter Costa Wins $1,100 Seniors Event

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Peter Costa
Peter Costa

The 2023 Wynn Millions kicked off on February 20 and is slated to run through March 19. While the $3,500 buy-in, $3 million GTD Wynn Millions Main Event is capturing the big headlines, there have been a series of side events playing over the past couple of weeks.

From February 27-28, the $1,100 Seniors NLH $100K GTD saw 240 entrants generate a $232,800 prize pool, which was reserved for the top 27 finishers. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Michael Ruter (10th - $4,598), Danny Bigelow (14th - $3,562), Cy Williams (19th - $2,863), and Arnie Friedman (25th - $2,363).

At the final table, a three-way deal was struck that ultimately saw Peter Costa win the tournament for $44,179. If that name sounds familiar, it’s probably because you recognize Costa as the winner of the 2003 Aussie Millions Main Event for $221,862.

“Just before the mass shutdowns due to COVID in 2020, I decided that I had unfinished business with poker,” Costa shared on social media. “It was just a matter of when rather than if, regardless of the fact that I was not getting any younger … This year, I was determined that the unfinished business needed to be finished.”

He continued: “Looking back at this event, it really was fun seeing the numbers dwindle down with me and my short stack being mere bystanders for the most part … I was just enjoying the moment for it was - a fun time with really nice people.”

Some of his accomplishments that year included victories in the $300 Limit Hold’em event at the California State Poker Championship for $115,662; Bellagio’s $2,500 Limit Hold’em for $112,000; $5,000 Championship Event at the 2002 Hall of Fame Poker Classic for $101,520; a pair of victories at the 2002 Four Queens Poker Classic for nearly $40,000; and winning the Late Night Poker Series 6 Grand Final for $78,275.

Wynn Millions $1,100 Seniors NLH $100K GTD Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Peter CostaLas Vegas, NV$44,179*
2Mark GregorichLas Vegas, NV$39,376*
3Mark JohnsonLas Vegas, NV$35,454*
4Brendan ShillerLas Vegas, NV$16,529
5Nick PhoenixEncino, CA$12,175
6Sejo KasicLas Vegas, NV$9,382
7Larry WrightMcQueeney, TX$7,543
8Gary SimpsonRancho Santa Margarita, CA$6,262
9Dennis PollockGrand Junction, CO$5,331

*Denotes three-way deal.

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