$3,500 Championship
Day 1b Completed
2024 Wynn Millions
$3,500 Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2024 Wynn Millions
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$3,746,500
Entries
1,180
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
403
Players Left
116
Mitchell Halverson Bags Chip Lead in Day 1b of Wynn Millions Championship
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Another starting flight of the $3,500 Wynn Millions Championship in Las Vegas wrapped up after ten levels of play with Mitchell Halverson leading the 116 remaining players with a stack of 629,000.
Day 1b of the Wynn Millions Championship drew 403 runners, nearly double the 236 players who bought into the previous starting flight. Players who bagged on Day 1b include Maria Ho, Cherish Andrews, Farah Galfond, Mike Holtz, Blake Bohn, Shannon Shorr, Adam Hendrix, Eric Baldwin, inaugural Wynn Millions champion Andrew Moreno and last year's runner-up Andrew Esposito.
Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | NAME | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitchell Halverson | United States | 629,000 | 252 | |
| 2 | Jared Hemingway | United States | 474,500 | 190 | |
| 3 | Spencer Champlin | United States | 414,500 | 166 | |
| 4 | Jake Ripnick | United States | 373,500 | 149 | |
| 5 | John Khoury | United States | 297,000 | 119 | |
| 6 | Yevgeniy Minakrin | United States | 288,000 | 115 | |
| 7 | Chris Frank | United States | 274,000 | 110 | |
| 8 | Hal Rotholz | United States | 250,500 | 100 | |
| 9 | Shannon Shorr | United States | 243,000 | 97 | |
| 10 | Adam Hendrix | United States | 242,000 | 97 |
Day 1b Action
Just like on Day 1a, there were no shortage of notable names as action kicked off at noon inside Wynn Las Vegas. That included 2023 WSOP Main Event final tablist Adam Walton, who had busted in brutal fashion the previous flight but managed to ran up a stack on the second starting flight.
Another player who failed to bag Day 1a but found success on Day 1b was inaugural Wynn Millions champion Andrew Moreno, who got a boost late in the evening when he doubled through Wynn daily dominator Jeremy Becker.
PokerNews spent an orbit with Becker, and it happened to be an active one filled with flat calls, three-bets, and three-street call downs. Unfortunately, Becker's Day 1b reign reached an end as he unsuccessfully attempted to bluff Julien Martini before hitting the rail shortly after.
Fittingly enough for International Women's Day, there were several notable women in the Day 1b field, including Women in Poker Hall of Famer Maria Ho, soap opera star Farah Galfond, poker coach and author Lexy Gavin-Mather and 2022 GPI Female Player of the Year Cherish Andrews, who less than 24 hours earlier was holding up a trophy she won in the $2,200 NLH 6-Max event.
Those who bagged on Day 1b will join the Day 1a survivors that include Day 1a chip leader Fikret Kovac and the likes of Steven Jones, Landon Tice, Alex Foxen, Kristen Foxen, John Riordan and David "ODB" Baker.
Before that happens, there is still one more starting flight left to play out with Day 1c, which will get underway on Saturday, March 9 at noon local time.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on-site at Wynn Las Vegas tomorrow for continued coverage of the Wynn Millions Championship.
End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
629,000 | |
|
||
|
474,500 | |
|
414,500 | |
|
373,500 | |
|
297,000 | |
|
288,000 | |
|
274,000 | |
|
250,500 | |
|
243,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
||
|
242,000 | |
|
239,500 | |
|
||
|
228,500
68,500
|
68,500 |
|
||
|
228,000 | |
|
227,000 | |
|
224,500 | |
|
223,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
218,000 | |
|
|
217,500 | |
|
214,000 | |
|
||
|
201,000 | |
|
195,500 | |
|
|
195,000 | |
|
192,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
190,000 | |
|
188,500 | |
Day 1b Has Ended
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Day 1b of the Wynn Millions Championship has wrapped up with the clocks showing 126 players remaining.
Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's action.
Four More Hands
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The tournament director has instructed dealers to deal four more hands before players will bag for the evening.
2023 Runner-Up Esposito Flops a Set of Jacks
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Maria Ho opened to 4,000 from under the gun and a middle position player three-bet jammed a stack of 48,000. Last's year's runner-up, Andrew Esposito, then four-bet jammed a stack of around 100,000 to bring a fold from Ho.
Middle Position: A♦K♣ 
Andrew Esposito: J♥J♦
The flop of K♠J♠8♦ gave Esposito a set of jacks to have his opponent drawing nearly dead before the runout of 3♥10♠ confirmed the opponent's elimination with less than 15 minutes left in the evening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Updated Counts as the Night Winds Down
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
629,000 | |
|
|
||
|
260,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
||
|
|
220,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
||
|
210,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
165,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
|
165,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
||
|
160,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
160,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
160,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
155,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
150,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
135,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
130,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
|
||
|
115,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
95,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
85,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
75,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
75,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
||
|
70,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
50,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
40,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Holtz Bets Out Jaffee
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
New PokerNews Podcast co-host Mike Holtz opened to 3,500 in middle position and Jared Jaffee defended out of the big blind.
Jaffee checked on the flop of 8♦4♦K♦ and Holtz continued for 2,000. Jaffee folded without a fight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
||
|
130,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
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PokerNews Podcast: Welcome Kyna England & Mike Holtz; Maurice Hawkins Clap Back & More
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
In the 819th episode of the PokerNews Podcast sponsored by sponsored by PokerStars, Chad Holloway welcomes two new co-hosts to the show in poker players Kyna England and Mike "Brock Lesnar" Holtz. The new PN Pod crew dives into the latest news, gossip, and stories from the poker industry.
That includes Chad sharing why Maurice Hawkins, who made headlines after cashing for six figures only to have his past backing situations resurface, is pissed at both him and PokerNews; why poker is being banned in the world's largest retirement community down in Florida; and who they all like in the cross book bet between Jeremey Becker & Daniel Negreanu and Landon Tice & Matt Berkey.
Plus, hear about Kyna England's experience on the hit show Game of Gold, the crew's experiences with Uber Eats ghost kitchens, and learn who won the signed copy of Lexy Gavin-Mather's new poker book Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Tournaments.
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