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

$3,500 Main Event

Day 2c Started

03-07-2023 11:36 UTC-7

Days 2c Seat Draw

Adam Lamers

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
30	1	Chris Csik	87,500	35
30	2	Yuval Bronshtein	434,000	174
30	3	David Dowdy	172,500	69
30	4	Harrison Ashdown	227,000	91
30	5	Francisco Fragoso	193,500	77
30	6	Seth Berger	116,500	47
30	7	Rommel Liscano	86,500	35
30	8	Thomas Zanot	181,500	73
30	9	Joseph Jean	155,000	62

31	1	Daniel Rezaei	75,500	30
31	3	Olga Iermolcheva	180,500	72
31	4	Max Kingstone	230,000	92
31	5	Michael Price	43,500	17
31	6	Andres Morales	199,000	80
31	7	Michael Liang	142,500	57
31	8	Lisa Xie	44,000	18
31	9	Ronald Sullivan	339,000	136

33	1	Keith Kordowski	127,500	51
33	2	Jeff Yarchever	18,000	7
33	3	Balakrishna Patur	157,500	63
33	4	Thomas Gabriel	88,500	35
33	5	Sara Ralston	142,500	57
33	6	Sebastien Grax	150,000	60
33	7	Dorian Rios	138,000	55
33	8	Danny Qutami	43,000	17
33	9	Lily Kiletto	325,000	130

34	1	Cherish Andrews	138,000	55
34	2	Patrick Truong	198,500	79
34	3	Brett Apter	191,000	76
34	4	Toan Nguyen	194,500	78
34	5	Filipp Khavin	127,000	51
34	6	George Rakitzis	52,000	21
34	7	Jeff Madsen	148,500	59
34	8	Fabian Rolli	52,500	21
34	9	Bob Buckenmayer	280,000	112

35	1	Brandon Marz	56,000	22
35	2	Scott Matte	182,500	73
35	3	Seth Fischer	137,000	55
35	4	Yifu He	70,000	28
35	5	Timothy Telliard	160,500	64
35	6	Kathy Liebert	257,000	103
35	7	Benoit-Carl Coulombe	116,500	47
35	8	Jacob Powers	343,500	137
35	9	Irene Carey	158,000	63

36	1	Michael Del Vecchio	105,500	42
36	2	Philippe Casciola	97,000	39
36	3	Bin Weng	260,500	104
36	4	Neil Chriss	237,000	95
36	5	Kristen Deardorff	76,000	30
36	6	Nicholas Bond	79,000	32
36	8	Viet Vo	192,000	77
36	9	Nathan Zimnik	165,000	66

37	1	Olav Prinz von Sachsen	172,000	69
37	2	Michael Lavenburg	62,500	25
37	3	Rick Biever	483,000	193
37	4	Lukas Pazha	232,000	93
37	5	Liya Gerasimova	216,000	86
37	6	Anes Kovacevic	261,500	105
37	7	Sung Lee	38,000	15
37	8	Nathan Russler	236,000	94
37	9	Gal Yifrach	60,500	24

38	1	Leyla Rogers	37,500	15
38	2	Danny Dangoor	166,500	67
38	3	Andrew Esposito	335,500	134
38	4	Mike Meskin	117,000	47
38	5	Duane Blanchard	265,500	106
38	6	Jason DeWitt	205,000	82
38	7	Thao Yang	129,000	52
38	8	Vanessa Kade	75,000	30
38	9	Daniel Jones	122,000	49

39	1	Sean Winter	21,500	9
39	2	Ben Farrell	29,500	12
39	3	Chris Lee	179,000	72
39	4	Noah Bronstein	216,000	86
39	5	Jason Sagle	50,500	20
39	6	Mo Arani	46,000	18
39	7	Joshua Faris	94,500	38
39	8	Martin Jacobson	204,000	82
39	9	Lenard Adams	382,500	153

40	1	Michael Slate	108,500	43
40	2	Eric Tankanow	75,500	30
40	3	Jaspal Brar	81,000	32
40	4	Jay Goldenberg	91,500	37
40	6	Zachary Camp	268,000	107
40	7	John Krpan	60,000	24
40	8	David Van Noy	183,000	73
40	9	Brandon Eisen	220,000	88

41	1	Billy Pilossoph	56,500	23
41	2	Marcus Garza	166,000	66
41	3	Metin Aksoy	54,500	22
41	4	Vlastimil Pustina	173,500	69
41	5	Derek Gregory	195,500	78
41	6	Mark Zajdner	198,500	79
41	7	Ori Elul	153,000	61
41	8	Rellie Sigua	99,500	40
41	9	Akram Ali	88,000	35

42	1	Matt Volosevich	101,000	40
42	2	James Mordue	38,000	15
42	3	Sam Rashid	266,000	106
42	4	Sameer Al Janedi	159,500	64
42	5	Michael Wang	70,000	28
42	6	Markus Gonzalves	172,500	69
42	7	Thomas Boivin	45,000	18
42	8	David McGowan	125,500	50
42	9	Quy Dao	142,000	57

43	1	Gintautas Putinas	136,000	54
43	2	Scott Dobbs	146,000	58
43	3	Abbas Heidari	186,000	74
43	4	Elvis Toomas	66,500	27
43	5	Matty Levine	81,500	33
43	6	Phung Dao	62,500	25
43	7	Andy Park	71,500	29
43	8	Andros Ioakimides	332,000	133

44	1	Vladimir Vasilyev	116,000	46
44	2	Raman Afanasenka	52,000	21
44	3	Phong Nguyen	66,000	26
44	4	Pierre De Almeida	304,500	122
44	5	Jack Duong	184,000	74
44	6	Mark Dickstein	123,000	49
44	7	Osmni Dardon	102,000	41
44	8	Ken O'Donnell	128,500	51
44	9	Dylan Linde	158,000	63

45	1	Oliver Berens	28,000	11
45	2	Dennis Rubba	31,500	13
45	3	Cory Nordstrand	49,500	20
45	4	JC Tran	216,500	87
45	5	Spencer Champlin	126,500	51
45	6	Amir Emami	51,000	20
45	8	Shijia Liu	28,500	11
45	9	Timothy Chang	67,000	27

46	2	Nick Schulman	123,500	49
46	3	Matt Affleck	99,500	40
46	4	Jason Obinger	188,500	75
46	5	Fawaz Siddiqui	156,500	63
46	6	Kyle Carlston	134,000	54
46	7	Yulia Lisichkina	96,500	39
46	8	Mark Ioli	52,000	21
46	9	Peiwen Wang	63,000	25

47	1	Pierce McKellar	282,000	113
47	2	Arif Rahim	192,000	77
47	3	Tamas Lendvai	180,000	72
47	4	Anderson Huang	41,500	17
47	5	Andy Frankenberger	189,000	76
47	6	Adam Demersseman	137,000	55
47	7	Ben Palmer	117,500	47
47	8	Landon Tice	36,000	14
47	9	Chris Sparks	157,500	63

48	1	Dustin Dirksen	166,000	66
48	2	Gim Sleiman	51,500	21
48	3	Zachary Smiley	110,000	44
48	4	Tony Swift	52,000	21
48	5	Lawrence Berg	205,000	82
48	6	Zhigang Yang	146,500	59
48	7	Blue Rannefeld	217,000	87
48	8	Ben Boston	274,000	110
48	9	David Manikos	84,000	34

03-07-2023 11:36 UTC-7

Welcome to Day 2c of the $3,500 Wynn Millions Championship

Matt Hansen

Welcome to Day 2c of the $3,500 Wynn Millions Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. Cards go in the air at 12 p.m. for the last in a double header of Day 2 groups.

Rick Biever returns as the chip leader after a Day 1c that drew 560 entries, from which 156 players remain to battle on Day 2c. Close behind Biever is two-time WSOP bracelet winner Yuval Bronshtein. Bronshtein has top finishes in all poker variants, and a deep run would take him over the $3 million mark in lifetime winnings.

Rounding out the top five returning chip counts are Lenard Adams, Jacob Powers, and Ronald Sullivan.

Wynn Millions Championship Top 10 Day 1c Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Rick Biever	United States	483,000
2	Yuval Bronshtein	Israel	434,000
3	Lenard Adams	United States	382,500
4	Jacob Powers	United States	343,500
5	Ronald Sullivan	United States	339,000
6	Andrew Esposito	United States	335,500
7	Andros Ioakimides	United States	332,000
8	Lily Kiletto	United States	325,000
9	Pierre De Almeida	France	304,500
10	Pierce McKellar	United States	282,000

Players will return in Level 10 with blinds at 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante. Action on Day 2ab came to an end after four levels when the field approached the bubble. The plan for Day 2c is to play four 90-minute levels. The surviving players will join the 89 remaining hopefuls from Day 2ab on Wednesday at 12 p.m. local time.

Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team for live updates from the floor of the $3,500 Main Event at the 2023 Wynn Millions.

Tags: Andros Ioakimides Jacob Powers Lenard Adams Lily Kiletto Pierce McKellar Pierre De Almeida Rick Biever Ronald Sullivan Yuval Bronshtein

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

03-07-2023 13:04 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Matt Hansen

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Cards are now in the air for Day 2c of the $3,500 Wynn Millions Championship. A group of 156 hopefuls will play four 90-minute levels today before they bag up for Day 3.

03-07-2023 13:11 UTC-7

Minnesota Players Battle Heads-Up in $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. $50K GTD

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

From February 28 through March 1, the $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. $50K GTD tournament played out. A field of 115 entrants generated a prize pool of $111,500, which was reserved for the top 13 finishers. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table was Rose Bottler (10th - $2,800), Paul Sokoloff (11th - $2,800), Hal Rotholz (12th - $2,443), and Ryan Hughes (13th - $2,443).

The final table had some recognizable names in Ari Engel (7th - $4,440), Ron Ware (5th - $6,581), and Brett Richey (3rd - $13,051). In the end, it was two players from Minnesota battling heads-up with Jon Breneman ultimately besting James Johnson to win the tournament for $25,122.

Wynn Millions $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Jon Breneman	Woodbury, MN	$35,122
2	James Johnson	Princeton, MN	$20,659
3	Brett Richey	Las Vegas, NV	$13,051
4	Leonard August	Las Vegas, NV	$8,924
5	Ron Ware	Las Vegas, NV	$6,581
6	Brian Yoon	Las Vegas, NV	$5,287
7	Ari Engel	Las Vegas, NV	$4,440
8	Ron Schiffman	Las Vegas, NV	$3,765
9	Maxx Coleman	Las Vegas, NV	$3,235

Tags: Jon Breneman

03-07-2023 13:13 UTC-7

Manikos Delivers a Blow to Boston

Adam Lamers

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ben Boston raised to 6,000 in middle position and David Manikos called on his left. They went heads-up to a flop of and Boston continued with a bet of 4,000. Manikos called and the landed on the turn.

Boston fired out another bet of 10,000 and Manikos stuck around to see the on the river. Boston checked this time and Manikos checked it back. Boston turned over but Manikos flopped an ace with to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Boston	254,000 -20,000	-20,000
David Manikos	115,500 31,500	31,500

Tags: Ben Boston David Manikos

03-07-2023 13:17 UTC-7

Rakitzis Scores an Early Double

Adam Lamers

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Toan Nguyen opened to 5,000 in early position and George Rakitzis shoved all in for 45,500 in the hijack. The action folded back to Nguyen who quickly made the call.

George Rakitzis:
Toan Nguyen:

The flop came and Nguyen was still out front with a pair of jacks. However, the on the turn gave Rakitzis a huge lead, and the on the river ensured him of a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toan Nguyen	149,000 -45,500	-45,500
George Rakitzis	95,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: George Rakitzis Toan Nguyen

03-07-2023 13:20 UTC-7

Buckenmayer Flops a Set

Matt Hansen

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Patrick Truong raised to 6,000 from under the gun and Toan Nguyen called from middle position before Bob Buckenmayer came along from the small blind and Cherish Andrews defended the big blind.

The flop was and everyone checked to see on the turn.

Buckenmayer led out for 12,000 and Andrews got out of the way before Truong called and Nguyen went into the muck.

The river was and Buckenmayer fired 17,000. Truong called and mucked the losing hand when Buckenmayer showed for a set of threes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Buckenmayer	315,000 35,000	35,000
Patrick Truong	163,000 -35,500	-35,500
Toan Nguyen	148,000 -1,000	-1,000
Cherish Andrews	145,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Bob Buckenmayer Cherish Andrews Patrick Truong Toan Nguyen

03-07-2023 13:36 UTC-7

Esposito and Dangoor Spend Some Time in the Tank

Adam Lamers

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jason DeWitt started the action with a raise to 5,500 in middle position and was called by three players. Andrew Esposito reraised to 20,000 out of the small blind and was called by Thao Yang and Danny Dangoor.

The flop came and Esposito continued with a bet of 35,000. Yang got out of the way but Dangoor stuck around for the on the turn.

Esposito thought for a couple of minutes before pushing out a bet of 55,000. Dangoor also went into the tank, for well over three minutes, btu eventually decided to lay his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Esposito	423,000 87,500	87,500
Jason DeWitt	227,000 22,000	22,000

Danny Dangoor	88,000 -78,500	-78,500
Thao Yang	88,000 -41,000	-41,000
Vanessa Kade	80,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Thao Yang Jason DeWitt Danny Dangoor Andrew Esposito