2025 Wynn Summer Classic
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Sunday (June 15), saw three new events start kick off at the 2025 Wynn Summer Classic.
The $2,200 Mystery Bounty kicked off with Day 1A of this $3,000,000 guaranteed event drawing a big crowd.
Meanwhile, the $1,00 Seniors No Limit Hold’em and a $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Turbo event both went from shuffle up to wind-down over the course of the day.
Big Turnout For Day 1A Of Mystery Bounty Event
The big event yesterday was the $2,200 Mystery Bounty which kicked off Day 1A. This mystery bounty flight brought 264 players out of the woodwork, hunting for hands, chips, and eventually heads.
The way the Mystery Bounty works is that every player who makes it to Day 2 will be assigned a mystery bounty. Whoever eliminates that player earns that bounty and the chance to draw a random prize with a value between $500 and $250,000.
From the 264 entries on the first of four Day 1 flights, 33 players made it to Day 2.
Rabah Ait Abdelmalek now leads the way with 640,000 in chips. He is followed in second by an Australian pro, Joshua Mccully, with 572,000.
Other notable players who bagged include Paulius Vaitiekunas (552,000), Michael Jozoff (536,000), Faraz Jaka (411,000), and Ethan "Rampage" Yau (385,000).
Day 1B starts later today, and there are satellites running at 10 a.m. today and tomorrow.
$2,200 Mystery Bounty ($3m GTD) Day 1A Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rabah Ait Abdelmalek | 640,000 |
| 2 | Joshua Mccully | 572,000 |
| 3 | Jiaming Zhao | 557,000 |
| 4 | Paulius Vaitiekunas | 552,000 |
| 5 | Michael Jozoff | 536,000 |
| 6 | Brett Bassock | 528,000 |
| 7 | Ryo Hara | 526,000 |
| 8 | Brendan Fehily | 456,000 |
| 9 | Frank Cucchiara | 456,000 |
| 10 | Yake Wu | 454,000 |
Vladimir Belekhov Takes Down $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Turbo
Sunday’s $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Turbo ($100k GTD) went to Vladimir Belekhov.
Belekhov beat a field of 198 players, earning a first-place prize of $47,254 culled from a total prize pool of $193,050.
This is Belekhov's first recorded live tournament win.
In order to take down the event, Belekhov had to beat Meir Meystel heads up. Meystel came second, earning $29,036.
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Turbo ($100k GTD) Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Belekhov | Las Vegas, NV | $47,254 |
| 2 | Meir Meystel | Miami Beach, FL | $29,036 |
| 3 | Dan Abouaf | Paris, France | |
| 4 | Kevin Naegelen | Amuems, France | $15,812 |
| 5 | Dhiraj Sharma | Edmonton, Canada | $11,747 |
| 6 | Abdelhakim Zoufri | Ridderkerk, Netherlands | $8,729 |
| 7 | Ross Tyler | Lubbock, TX | $6,920 |
| 8 | Anil Jivani | Lawrenceville, GA | $5,636 |
| 9 | Sung Kim | Lemoore, CA | $4,683 |
Fredrick Arni Wins $1,100 Seniors No Limit Hold’em Event
The $1,100 Seniors No Limit Hold’em 50+ is a closed event with entry only available to those aged 50 and up.
Despite the limited market, the event still drew in enough players to more than double the guarantee of $250,000. A total of 549 players entered the event, making the total prize pool $535,275. Of this, $98,711 was earmarked for first place.
Fredrick Arni, of Rancho Cucamonga in California, won that top prize, beating Jay Jesse heads up.
Jesse won $65,831 for second place.
$1,100 Seniors No Limit Hold’em 50+ ($250k GTD) Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fredrick Arni | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | $98,711 |
| 2 | Jay Jesse | Colorado Springs, CO | $65,831 |
| 3 | Jerome Robin | -, France | $50,632 |
| 4 | Andrew Rose | Las Vegas, NV | $39,990 |
| 5 | Andrei Konopelko | Minsk, Belarus | $30,991 |
| 6 | Tamas Lendvai | Las Vegas, NV | $23,535 |
| 7 | Tony Ho | Richmond, TX | $17,588 |
| 8 | Eric Cloutier | San Clemente, CA | $12,963 |
| 9 | David Larson | Las Vegas, NV | $9,240 |
2025 Wynn Summer Classic Results
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What's Coming Up Today?
Players hoping to grab a cheap seat in the Mystery Bounty, have a shot at one in the $400 Milestone Satellite to $2,200 Mystery Bounty at 10:00 a.m. You can enter the event all the way up until 1:00 p.m.
Then, the main course is Day 1B of the $3,000,000 guaranteed $2,200 Mystery Bounty which starts at midday. Late registration ends around 7:30 p.m.
To wrap the day up, there will be another $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Turbo event at 6:00 p.m.The faster pace of blind levels of this event means that the late registration period will end a little quicker, closing out around 9:00 p.m.
| TIME | EVENT | GUARANTEE | ENTRY | CHIPS | LEVELS | END OF REG. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 a.m. | Milestone Satellite to $2,200 Mystery Bounty* | 10 Seats | $400 | 20,000 | 20 | 1:00 p.m. | ||
| 12:00 p.m. | Mystery Bounty Day 1B | $3,000,000 | $2,200 | 40,000 | 40 | 7:30 p.m. | ||
| 6:00 p.m. | No Limit Hold'em Turbo | $100,000 | $1,100 | 30,000 | 20 | 9:00 p.m. |
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One of the biggest tournaments thus far at the Wynn Summer Classic was the $1,600 buy-in, $2.5 million GTD No-Limit Hold’em event that kicked off on June 9. The tournament drew 2,405 runners and surpassed its guarantee by offering up a $3,439,150 prize pool to the top 298 finishers.
Some players to make deep runs but fall short of the final table were Ryan McAllister (11th - $36,290), Michael Zulker (15th - $19,184), Brandon Zuidema (21st - $11,067), Clayton Flecther (28th - $8,849), and Corel Theuma (46th - $6,587).
The final table had some familiar faces in Stoyan Madanzhiev (4th - $216,575) and Alexandre Reard (3rd - $283,735), but in the end it was well-known poker pro Michael Wang defeating Antonio Ortega in heads-up play to win the title for a massive $555,528 top prize, which is a new career-high surpassing the $541,604 he won for taking down the 2022 WSOP Event #87: $5,000 NLH.
The win brought Wang up to $7,443,421 in career earnings according to the Hendon Mob. It marked the second high-profile win in eight months for Wang as back in October he etched his name on the Mike Sexton Champions Cup by winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Playground for $298,088.
$1,600 NLH $2.5M GTD Final Table Results
| Winner | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Wang | $555,528 |
| 2 | Antonio Ortega | $367,623 |
| 3 | Alexandre Reard | $283,735 |
| 4 | Stoyan Madanzhiev | $216,575 |
| 5 | Rudy Cervantes | $166,620 |
| 6 | Trong Ngo | $125,942 |
| 7 | Dean Ruan | $94,757 |
| 8 | Baruch Forst | $69,533 |
| 9 | Cecile Ticherfatine | $49,751 |
Two more winners were crowned on Saturday as the Wynn Summer Classic continued, with all eyes looking to the first starting flight of the $3,000,000 GTD Mystery Bounty, which gets underway later on Sunday.
Tzur Levy Wins $1,100 NLHE $250k GTD
Israel's Tzur Levy recently surpassed $1,000,000 in career cashes, and now has his first title since March 2020. He triumphed in the 367-player $1,100 NLH $250k GTD to take home $70,413.
He defeated Ben Dobson heads-up, with final-table finishes for Colton Blomberg and 888poker Ambassador Lucia Navarro.
There was a tenth-place finish for Bin Weng ($5,216) with other notables such as Scott Margereson (43rd - $2,263) and Kunal Patni (46th - $2,173) also finishing in the money.
$1,100 NLHE $250k GTD Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tzur Levy | Israel | $70,413 |
| 2 | Benjamin Dobson | United Kingdom | $46,955 |
| 3 | Emilien Pitavy | France | $36,115 |
| 4 | Maxx Holland | United States | $28,303 |
| 5 | Jeremiah Williams | United States | $21,958 |
| 6 | Felix Rabas | Austria | $16,713 |
| 7 | Colton Blomberg | United States | $12,471 |
| 8 | Lucia Navarro | Spain | $9,096 |
| 9 | Adam Duong | United States | $6,517 |
Taylor Secures Victory in $1,100 NLH Turbo
The UK's Stuart Taylor secured his largest cash since a 16th place finish in the 2024 Wynn Summer Championship, winning Saturday's $1,100 NLH Turbo.
Last year also saw Taylor win two titles as part of the Wynn Summer Classic — the Seniors High Roller for $294,029 and a $1,100 Turbo for $53,012.
This victory might not have netted him quite as much, but topping a 183-player field and victory over heads-up opponent Je Oh secured him $38,011.
$1,100 NLH Turbo Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stuart Taylor | United Kingdom | $38,011 |
| 2 | Je Oh | United States | $32,500 |
| 3 | Matthew Cosentino | United States | $19,317 |
| 4 | David Yue | United States | $14,614 |
| 5 | Ilyas Muradi | United States | $10,857 |
| 6 | Connor Rash | United States | $8,068 |
| 7 | LaDarren Banks | United States | $6,395 |
| 8 | Stefan Dimitrov | Bulgaria | $5,209 |
| 9 | Scott Baumstein | United States | $4,328 |
What's Coming Up at the Wynn Summer Classic?
Sunday sees three events get underway: The $1,100 Seniors event comes with a $250,000 guarantee and gets underway bright and early at 10 a.m.
Then, Day 1a of the $3,000,000 GTD Mystery Bounty starts at midday with a $2,200 buy-in. Late registration on this first of four starting flights is open until 7:30 p.m.
Later, a $1,100 NLH Turbo gets underway at 6 p.m.
