Thursday (June 12) at the 2025 Wynn Summer Classic saw the field of the massive $1,600 No Limit Hold’em tournament combine for Day 2 and play down to a final table.
Thursday also saw winners crowned in the $3,000 No Limit Hold’em 8-Max event and another $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Turbo event.
Boris Angelov v. Cherish Andrews Heads Up In $3,000 NLH 8-Max
Boris Angelov.
From a field of 256 players, Boris Angelov and Cherish Andrews emerged as the last two players standing in the $3,000 No Limit Hold’em 8-Max.
The pair has almost $8 million in live cashes between the two of them — $4,596,323 for Angelov and $3,443,914 for Andrews.
The 256 entries to the 8-max event put $698,880 in the pot. As a result, the pair of sharks were circling a top prize of $142,978.
Cherish Andrews.
Unfortunately, no Wynn Summer Classic trophy will join the two WSOPC rings and a WSOP bracelet on Andrews's mantlepiece.
Instead, Angelov took the event down and Andrews earned $99,416 for her second-place finish.
$3,000 No Limit Hold’em 8-Max Final Table Results
Rank
Player
Hometown
Prize
1
Boris Angelov
Sofia, Bulgarian
$142,978
2
Cherish Andrews
Saint Thomas, PA
$99,416
3
Scott Margereson
Chesterfield, United Kingdom
$74,232
4
Michael Rossitto
Messina, Italy
$58,409
5
Vlad-Victor Darie
London, United Kingdom
$45,678
6
Mauro Pacheco Ferreira
Carcair, Portugal
$35,006
7
Brian Altman
Boston, MA
$25,896
8
Ihar Soika
Moscow, Russia
$19,573
Olonoh Wins $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Turbo
Adekunle Olonoh.
Another day, another $1,000 NLH Turbo at the Wynn Summer Classic. This time the turnout was 179 players, putting $174,525 in the prize pool.
Adekunle Olonoh took the top spot after a long night battling for the crown.
Olonoh earned $32,384 for taking on Justin Lapka heads up and emerging victorious.
Despite his disappointment, Lapka earned $29,641 for second place.
Yesterday, 298 players returned for Day 2 of the $1,600 No Limit Hold’em event. It’s the biggest event of the Wynn Summer Classic so far with 2,405 entries and $3,439,150 in the prize pool.
By the end of the day, nine players remained, with Michael Wang leading them. Wang bagged 24,925,000 in chips giving him a safe margin over Alexandre Reard (17,600,000) in second place.
They share a table with bracelet winner Stoyan Madanzhiev, who sits behind a stack of 10,900,000.
The final table will be back later today to decide who wins the $555,528 first-place prize.
$1,600 No Limit Hold’em Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Chip Count
1
Michael Wang
24,925,000
2
Alexandre Reard
17,600,000
3
Dean Ruan
13,150,000
4
Antonio Galiana Ortega
11,725,000
5
Stoyan Madanzhiev
10,900,000
6
Rudy Cervantes
6,200,000
7
Baruch Forst
4,400,000
8
Cecile Ticherfatine
4,200,000
9
Trong Ngo
3,200,000
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Today, is a little busier than usual. On top of the $1.6k NLH event’s return for the final table at midday, there will be three more events kicking off.
First up, also at midday, the $1,100 No Limit Hold'em ($250k GTD). This single day event starts with 30,000 in chips and 30-minute blind levels. Late registration is open until around 4:30 p.m.
Following that, at 2:00 p.m., the $10,500 No Limit Hold'em Progressive Bounty (PKO) kicks off. Late registration is available until 5:30 p.m. However, there is a $400 discount on the buy in if you register before the tournament start time.
Last but not least, the Wynn is hosting an $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Turbo at 6:00 p.m. with late registration until 9:00 p.m. This event has 20-minute blind levels.
TIME
EVENT
GUARANTEE
ENTRY
CHIPS
LEVELS
END OF REG.
12:00 p.m.
No Limit Hold'em Final Table
12:00 p.m.
No Limit Hold'em
$250,000
$1,100
30,000
30
4:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
NLH Progressive Bounty (PKO)
$10,500**
100,000
30/40
5:30 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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Wednesday (June 11), was all about the $1,600 No Limit Hold’em event at the 2025 Wynn Summer Classic.
The final two flights of the $2,500,000 guaranteed event dominated the Wynn’s tournament space while the last two tables of the $10,000 Seniors No Limit Hold’em event played down to a winner.
Phong Nguyen Wins Seniors Event After Three-Way Chop
Ernest Bush came into the final day of the $10,000 Seniors No Limit Hold’em event with an overwhelming chip lead. His stack contained 1,178,000 in chips while the next biggest stack (in front of Michael Lang) contained just 616,000.
At the bottom of the pile, Konstantinos Nanos had the small stack with 113,000 in chips in front of him.
Despite his paucity of chips, Nanos was able to hang in on the felt while Michael Farris (10th - $23,750) and Curt Kohlberg (11th - $23,750) were knocked out, bringing the field down to the final table.
When the final table eventually reached the final three players, they struck an agreement for an even split. As a result of this deal, Phong Nguyen , Ernest Bush, and Jun Liu all earned $186,026 each.
Then they played on with Nguyen emerging as the final winner, earning himself one of the huge Wynn Summer Classic trophies to go with the cash.
$10,000 Seniors NLH 50+ Final Table Results
Place
Player
Hometown
Prize
1
Phong Nguyen
Tustin, CA
$186,026
2
Ernest Bush
Fort Lauderdale, FL
$186,026
3
Jun Liu
Shanghai, China
$186,026
4
Kevin Nathan Roseville, CA
$86,688
5
Paul Newey
Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom
$65,312
6
Michael Lang
Henderson, NV
$49,875
7
Judith Bielen
Las Vegas, NV
$39,662
8
Konstantinos Nanos
Essen, Germany
$32,300
9
John Morgan
Las Vegas, NV
$27,075
Prize Pool Of $3.4m Up For Grabs In $1.6k No Limit Hold'em
Alexandre Reard.
With all six Day 1 flights tallied up, the prize pool for the $1,600 No Limit Hold’em came to $3,439,150. This is by far the biggest prize pool of the festival so far.
The vast majority of those funds came from the players who entered during yesterday’s Day 1E and Day 1F Turbo flights. The huge turnout brought the number of entries up to 2,405.
The number of survivors from all six Day 1 flights came to 298 players, all of whom will return later today for Day 2.
Their leader is Alexandre Reard with 1,200,000 in chips. However, he cannot get too comfortable, with so much to play for and Hang Xu close behind him in second place with 943,000 in chips.
$1,600 No Limit Hold’em Combined Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Chip Count
1
Alexandre Reard
1,200,000
2
Hang Xu
943,000
3
Craig Mason
926,000
4
Corel Theuma
879,000
5
Sachin Joshi
868,000
6
Daniel Koysev
835,000
7
Alfie Poetra
831,000
8
Thomas Cannuli
808,000
9
Donovan Dean
777,000
10
Lok Tsui
777,000
2025 Wynn Summer Classic Results
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With the massive Day 1 flights for the $2.5m $1,600 No Limit Hold’em tournament completed, the tournament floor will fill up at midday with the combined Day 2 field of the event.
At 2:00 p.m., the $3,000 No Limit Hold’em 8-Max will kick off. Players can enter until around 6:30 p.m. when late registration closes.
Then at 6:00 p.m., there will be another $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Turbo tourney. Late registration runs until around 9:00 p.m.
TIME
EVENT
GUARANTEE
ENTRY
CHIPS
LEVELS
END OF REG.
2:00 p.m.
NLH 8-Max
$500,000
$3,000
30,000
30
6:30 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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