Pedro Ingles raised to 325,000 on the button and Jacob Powers called from the big blind. The flop came and Powers checked to Ingles who bet 150,000. Powers check-raised to 300,000 and Ingles called.
Powers through a blind bet of 150,000 before the landed on the turn. Ingles raised to 925,000 which forced Powers to fold his face up.
The action at the final table has slowed to a snail's pace with hardly any significant pots taking place. Zachary Donovan opened to 350,000 in middle position and Cliff Ziff opted to fold his big blind, showing .
A couple of hands later, Ziff made it 450,000 to go on the button and Zajdner just ripped all in for around 4,500,000 in the small blind. Ziff thought for a brief moment but ditched his cards to the muck, announcing that he folded pocket nines.
Zachary Donovan opened to 350,000 in early position and Cliff Ziff called on the button. They went heads-up to a flop of and Donovan check-called a bet of 275,000 from Ziff.
The paired the board on the turn and both players checked to the on the river. Donovan led out with a bet of 500,000 and Ziff sent his cards to the muck. Donovan flashed as he raked in the pot.
On Friday, the $3,500 Wynn Millions Main Event continued with the penultimate day of play. The remaining 19 players from a 1,314-entry field returned to play five more 90-minute levels, and after seven and a half hours of action-packed poker, it was Zachary Donovan leading the pack with an impressive stack of 11,775,000.
According to The Hendon Mob, Donovan has nearly $2.2 million in lifetime earnings including a career-best runner-up finish in the 2017 WPT Maryland Live $3,500 No Limit Hold'em Main Event for $262,930 and a first place finish in the 2019 WSOP $1,700 Circuit Event in Coconut Creek for $243,916.
Others still in contention for the $654,637 first-place prize are Pedro Ingles (7,175,000), Andrew Esposito (6,175,000), and Jacob Powers (6,075,000), just to name a few.
Final Table Seat Draw
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Pedro Ingles
Spain
7,175,000
36
2
Zhigang Yang
Canada
3,200,000
16
3
Jacob Powers
United States
6,075,000
30
4
Andrew Esposito
United States
6,175,000
31
5
Cliff Ziff
United States
4,875,000
24
6
Mark Zajdner
Canada
5,950,000
30
7
Kharlin Sued
United States
2,000,000
10
8
Michael Rossitto
United States
5,425,000
27
9
Zachary Donovan
United States
11,775,000
59
Day 5 Action
Day 5 kicked off with 19 hopefuls all looking for their deep run to continue, but as the first level of the day progressed, it was Yuval Bronshtein who exited in 19th when he got his stack in with king-queen but couldn't find improvement against the pocket nines for Esposito.
Soon later, Ronald Sullivan would pick up a monster hand with ace-king suited to move all in against the nines of Michael Rossitto and king-four for Michael Dyer. The flop brought an ace, but when the nine spiked on the turn, it was the end of the road for Sullivan as he hit the rail in 18th place.
Joseph Sabe and Orestis Kanakopoulos were the next two to go when they got their chips in but couldn't find improvement to bust in 17th and 16th place respectively.
A short while later, Kristen Deardorff picked up pocket tens but couldn't win a coin-flip against the ace-king for Powers and was sent to the payout desk in 15th place. Alex Condon's day would come to an end when he found pocket eights and moved in against the ace-jack for Ingles, but when a jack hit the flop, Condon would have to settle for a 14th place finish.
Vlastimil Pustina became short-stacked and moved in with jack-nine suited, but when Cliff Ziff made the call with ace-jack, the Czechia pro was out in 13th place. Ziff would go on a heater and eliminate Dyer in 12th place soon after when a bizarre hand happened with Dyer misreading his cards and Ziff holding with his two-pair.
Qing Liu and 2022 Wynn Millions final tablaist Michael Stembera were the last two to be eliminated before the official final table was set. Liu would find tens but was no good against the jacks for Mark Zajdner and Stembera would move in with jack-seven to hit the rail on the final table bubble when Rossitto woke up with pocket tens.
The remaining nine will return to action at Noon on Saturday with the blinds resuming at Level 30 with 100,000/200,000 and a 200,000 big blind ante. With the average stack being just under 30 big blinds, play should speed up some with all eyes on the $654,637 prize and Wynn Millions trophy.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$654,637
2
$430,752
3
$294,540
4
$208,598
5
$154,279
6
$120,361
7
$96,706
8
$80,310
9
$67,765
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