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

03-08-2023 16:39 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Powers	1,415,000 237,000	237,000
Amirpasha Emami	1,270,000 240,000	240,000
Alex Foxen	1,240,000 20,000	20,000

Markus Gonsalves	1,220,000 545,000	545,000

Ronald Sullivan	1,050,000 522,000	522,000
Keith Kordowski	843,000 197,000	197,000
Ben Yu	801,000 225,000	225,000

Alan Sternberg	772,000 58,000	58,000

Paul Snead	755,000 275,000	275,000
John Ypma	670,000 445,000	445,000
Andrew Moreno	530,000 150,000	150,000
Frank Stepuchin	527,000 -73,000	-73,000

Harrison Ashdown	512,000 90,000	90,000
$Gal Yifrach$ Gal Yifrach	434,000 159,000	159,000

Lawrence Berg	427,000 -324,000	-324,000

Max Kingstone	265,000 22,000	22,000
Kitty Kuo	255,000 175,000	175,000

Lendvai Doubles Through Mandavia

Adam Lamers

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Tamas Lendvai shoved all in for 110,000 in early position and Ankush Mandavia re-shoved all in from the hijack. The rest of the table folded and the two hands were tabled.

Tamas Lendvai:
Ankush Mandavia:

The board ran out and Lendvai's pocket queens held up for a double, leaving Mandavia with just over 10 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tamas Lendvai	240,000 103,000	103,000

Ankush Mandavia	104,000 -136,000	-136,000

Tags: Tamas Lendvai Ankush Mandavia

03-08-2023 16:42 UTC-7

Liberto Continues To Climb

Andrew Knowles

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The action folded around to Justin Liberto in middle position who opened for 16,000 and only James Mendoza made the call in the big blind.

The flop fanned out and Mendoza check-called a bet of 11,000 from Liberto. On the turn Mendoza checked again and Liberto continued for 18,000. Mendoza quickly folded and another pot was shipped to Liberto who continues to climbs up the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Liberto	1,240,000 100,000	100,000

James Mendoza	310,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: James Mendoza Justin Liberto

03-08-2023 16:42 UTC-7

Break Time

Adam Lamers

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Another level has passed and the remaining 122 players are heading on a 15-minute break.

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

03-08-2023 17:05 UTC-7

Kingstone Is Stone Cold Against Kings

Andrew Knowles

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The PokerNews team was called over to table #36 as all the chips were in the middle preflop between the big blind and Max Kingstone, who was at risk for his last 262,000.

Big Blind:
Wilson Igwe:

Kingstone was in need of help against the pocket kings, and when the board ran out , the flopped jack turned the tables for Kingstone to score a full double up and leave his opponent with ten big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Kingstone	555,000 290,000	290,000

Tags: Max Kingstone Wilson Igwe

03-08-2023 17:17 UTC-7

Rossitto Amps Up the Pressure

Adam Lamers

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jake Schwartz raised it up in early position and was called by both of the blinds. The flop fell and the action checked to Schwartz who bet 29,000. Michael Rossitto check-raised to 85,000 from the small blind and only Schwartz called.

The landed on the turn and Rossitto sized up a bet of 210,000. Schwartz still called and the completed the board. Rossitto reached back for a bet of 495,000, nearly his entire stack. Schwartz didn't think long before sending his cards to the muck and Rossitto raked in a monster pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Rossitto	1,230,000 185,000	185,000
Jake Schwartz	940,000 -168,000	-168,000

Tags: Jake Schwartz Michael Rossitto

03-08-2023 17:21 UTC-7

Rahim Shoves on Vierling

Adam Lamers

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jessica Vierling opened to 20,000 in the hijack and Arif Rahim defended from the big blind. The flop fell and Rahim check-called a bet of 34,000 from Vierling.

The landed on the turn and Rahim checked again. Vierling pushed out a bet of 70,000 and Rahim jammed all in for 270,000. Vierling asked for a count and thought for a minute but opted to lay her hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arif Rahim	475,000 71,000	71,000
Jessica Vierling	323,000 -17,000	-17,000

Tags: Jessica Vierling Arif Rahim

03-08-2023 17:27 UTC-7

Stuewe Goes Flush Over Flush To Score Big Pot

Andrew Knowles

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alex Foxen opened to 21,000 from under the gun and Connor Stuewe in middle position, Lenard Adams in the cutoff and the player in the big blind all made the call.

The action checked through until the river on a board of . The big blind and Foxen checked to Stuewe who slid out a bet of 40,000 and Adams raised to 124,000. It folded back around to Stuewe who snap-called.

Adams rolled over for a jack-high flush but was one-upped by the for Stuewe to take down the sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	1,450,000 210,000	210,000

Connor Stuewe	485,000 84,000	84,000
Lenard Adams	175,000 -415,000	-415,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Connor Stuewe Lenard Adams

03-08-2023 17:39 UTC-7

Nasreddine and Esposito Battle in the Blinds

Adam Lamers

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Rania Nasreddine and Andrew Esposito were heads-up in the blinds with around 100,000 in the middle already. The flop came and Nasreddine led out with a bet of 50,000. Esposito called and the landed on the turn.

Nasreddine fired out another bet of 50,000 and Esposito stuck around to see the on the river. Nasreddine checked blind and Esposito eventually checked it back. Nasreddine turned over and that was good enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Esposito	620,000 184,000	184,000
Rania Nasreddine	400,000 128,000	128,000

Tags: Andrew Esposito Rania Nasreddine