$3,500 Main Event Day 2c | 2023 Wynn Millions

03-07-2023 16:56 UTC-8

PN Podcast: Three Clocks, One Hand + Hear from Rising Content Star Caitlin Comeskey

Matt Hansen

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On the latest PokerNews Podcast episode of 2023, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen talk about the former's recent appearance on the Talk is Jericho podcast as well as the latter's trip to Texas. They then wrap up PokerNews' coverage of the EPT Paris by discussing Johan “Yoh Viral” Guilbert's controversial hand where he got the clock called on him three different times! Also, hear a winner's interview from PokerStars qualifier Razvan Belea, who took down the Main Event for €1,170,000.

Other stories covered include 1999 WSOP champ Noel Furlong leaving behind a literal fortune, Connor Richards’ Top 5 Casino Movies you must watch, and Rafi Azam winning the RGPS Jamul Main Event for $52,820.

Finally, Jesse has a conversation for his fellow Global Poker Award nominee Caitlin Comeskey to talk about her come-up in poker, content production, and much more!

Listen to the New PokerNews Podcast Here!

03-07-2023 16:55 UTC-8

Zimnik Doubles, Del Vecchio on Fumes

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Bin Weng opened to 8,000 in early position and was called by Viet Vo on the button. Nathan Zimnik shipped all in for 52,000 in the small blind and Michael Del Vecchio re-shoved all in from the big blind. Weng and Vo quickly folded and the remaining two hands were face up.

Nathan Zimnik:
Michael Del Vecchio:

It was a coin flip and the flop of favored Del Vecchio. The on the turn changed nothing but the on the river was exactly what Zimnik was looking for.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Zimnik	124,000 41,000	41,000
Michael Del Vecchio	31,000 126,000	126,000

Tags: Viet Vo Nathan Zimnik Michael Del Vecchio Bin Weng

03-07-2023 16:47 UTC-8

Dowdy Busts One

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Matt Hansen

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

An early position player was all in for 56,000 and Yuval Bronshtein called, but David Dowdy shoved from the next seat over with just under 400,000. Bronshtein got out of the way and action was heads up with the early position player at risk.

Opponent:
David Dowdy:

The board ran out and Dowdy flopped a set of kings to send his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Dowdy	513,000 319,000	319,000
Yuval Bronshtein	395,000 67,000	67,000

Tags: David Dowdy Yuval Bronshtein

03-07-2023 16:43 UTC-8

DeWitt Puts De Almeida in De Tank

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jason DeWitt raised to 9,000 in the hijack and Pierre De Almeida called from the big blind. The flop fell and De Almeida check-called a bet from DeWitt.

The turn brought the and De Almeida checked again. DeWitt tossed in a bet of 26,000 on the turn and De Almeida still called. The completed the board and De Almeida checked for the third time. DeWitt pushed in the last of his 90,000 chips which put De Almeida in the tank.

After at least three minutes passed by, the clock was called and De Almeida finally threw away his cards in the final seconds. DeWitt collected the pot and De Almeida was left shaking his head.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre De Almeida	320,000 201,000	201,000
Jason DeWitt	212,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Pierre De Almeida Jason DeWitt

03-07-2023 16:38 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lenard Adams	657,000 119,500	119,500
Jacob Powers	620,000 24,000	24,000
Duane Blanchard	615,000 93,000	93,000
Vlastimil Pustina	394,000 108,000	108,000
Andros Ioakimides	360,000 10,000	10,000
Lily Kiletto	344,000 159,000	159,000
Kathy Liebert	291,000 24,000	24,000
Noah Bronstein	262,000 36,000	36,000

Irene Carey	235,000 1,000	1,000
Adam Demersseman	216,000 79,000	79,000
Daniel Jones	139,000 101,000	101,000
Martin Jacobson	136,000 50,000	50,000

Matt Affleck	130,000 17,500	17,500
Joshua Faris	117,000 29,000	29,000
Michael Liang	116,000 26,500	26,500

03-07-2023 16:27 UTC-8

Jean Doubles Through Dowdy

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Matt Hansen

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

David Dowdy raised to 11,000 before Joseph Jean shoved his last 133,000. Dowdy called and action was heads up with Jean at risk.

Joseph Jean:
David Dowdy:

The board ran out and Jean held on with ace-queen to double through Dowdy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Jean	274,000 119,000	119,000
David Dowdy	194,000 260,000	260,000

Tags: David Dowdy Joseph Jean

03-07-2023 16:23 UTC-8

Vikenty Shegal & Alex Foxen Work in Deal in $3,000 NLH 6-Max $200K GTD

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Matt Hansen

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On March 1, the 2023 Wynn Millions hosted its $3,000 NLH 6-Max $200K GTD, which more than doubled the guarantee as 184 players created a $506,000 prize pool. Among those to make the money by finishing in the top 20 were Maria Konnikova (10th - $11,193), Ryan Leng (11th - $11,193), Matthew Wantman (15th - $8,693), Will “The Thrill” Failla (16th - $7,767), and Cherish Andrews (19th - $7,028).

Belgium’s Michael Gathy made a deep run finishing in third place for $54,193, and the next day he’d go on to win the $3,000 NLH Progressive Bounty for $62,368. At that point, the final two players worked a deal that saw Alex Foxen finish in second place for $112,006 while Vikenty Shegal got $112,007 and the trophy.

Wynn Millions $3,000 NLH 6-Max Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Vikenty Shegal	Las Vegas, NV	$112,007*
2	Alex Foxen	Las Vegas, NV	$112,006*
3	Michael Gathy	Belgium	$54,193
4	Jeffrey Farnes	Las Vegas, NV	$37,140
5	Scott Eskenazi	Mercer Island, WA	$27,349
6	Maziar Keshavarzi	San Antonio, TX	$21,632
7	Kathryn Lindsay	Las Vegas, NV	$17,720
8	Chan Kim	Horsham, PA	$15,028
9	Jake Schwartz	Fort Lauderdale, FL	$12,902

_{*Denotes heads-up deal.}

Tags: Vikenty Shegal

03-07-2023 16:23 UTC-8

Yifrach Contines to Climb

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Gal Yifrach came into the day with just over 20 big blinds but has wasted no time spinning up a healthy stack through the first couple of levels. Yifrach opened to 12,000 in the hijack and Liya Gerasimova pushed all in for 60,000 in the big blind. Yifrach called and the card were on their backs.

Liya Gerasimova:
Gal Yifrach:

Yifrach was in a dominating position and the flop of put him even further ahead. The on the turn sealed the deal for Gerasimova who was bounced from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
$Profile photo of Gal Yifrach$ Gal Yifrach	375,000 103,000	103,000

Liya Gerasimova	Busted

Tags: Liya Gerasimova Gal Yifrach

03-07-2023 16:16 UTC-8

Eliminations Throughout the Day

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Rolli	Busted
Nick Schulman	Busted

Ben Farrell	Busted
Sung Lee	Busted
Leyla Rogers	Busted
Danny Dangoor	Busted
Thomas Boivin	Busted
Yulia Lisichkina	Busted
James Mordue	Busted
Michael Price	Busted
Lisa Xie	Busted
Jeff Yarvecher	Busted
Danny Qutami	Busted
Brandon Marz	Busted
Yifu He	Busted
Michael Lavenburg	Busted
Jason Sagle	Busted
Mo Arani	Busted
Oliver Berens	Busted

03-07-2023 16:14 UTC-8

Linde Runs Into Toomas

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Matt Hansen

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Dylan Linde was all in for just over 100,000 and Elvis Toomas was the one to put him at risk. The cards were already turned up and the dealer was ready to go.

Dylan Linde:
Elvis Toomas: