The action continued at the 2025 Wynn Summer Classic on June 6 with four winners crowned.
David Stefanski scored a career-best $376K payday in the $1,100 NLH, while Vladas Tamasauskas returned to the winner’s circle.
Elsewhere, Ted Spivack locked up the biggest score of his career, and Panama’s Jose Severino secured victory in 5-Card PLO.
Dusti Smith also grabbed the chip lead in the $3,000 Ladies High Roller just days after a runner-up WSOP finish, and will be eyeing victory when the 14 ladies resume later today.
Smith Leads $3,000 Ladies High Roller
Dusti Smith
Fresh off her runner-up finish in Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em at the World Series of Poker, Dusti Smith has wasted no time in getting back in the action as she leads the 14 survivors in the Wynn $3,000 Ladies High Roller.
The event attracted a total of 76 entries, with big names still in contention including former PCA Main Event champion Maria Lampropulos, Victoria Livschitz, Sinead Davenport and Xuan Liu.
Just eleven places will be paid with $61,335 awaiting the champion.
A big six-figure payout of $376,595 is reward enough for David Stefanski after he defeated Ryan Hunsinger heads-up to to win the $1,100 Wynn Summer Classic $1.5M GTD.
He topped a field of 2,466 players to take home the largest cash of his career, surpassing the $325,034 he received for finishing 16th in the 2015 WSOP Main Event.
On Friday, Vladas Tamasauskas defeated a 231-player field to win the $1,100 NLH $250K GTD and notch his first win in 555 days.
Back in 2023, he secured victory in a Poker Masters $10,000 and a $10,000 Aria High Roller in the space of three months, but since then has failed to secure another triumph. He came close with a runner-up spot on the MSPT, but now has secured victory at the Wynn and the $51,145 that comes with it.
He defeated Javier Zarco heads-up, who would have to settle for $35,562, but appeared happy on social media with his one-day score.
Congratulations to Ted Spivack for the largest score of his poker career, with victory in the $1,100 Big O.
He defeated a field of 251 players to take home $50,067, surpassing the almost $45,000 he won at the 2016 UKIPT Birmingham Main Event.
He defeated Christopher Alcindor heads-up, denying the Canadian his biggest cash prize of his career. He still walked away with $35,812.
$1,100 Big O $50K GTD Final Table Results
Rank
Player
Country
Payout
1
Ted Spivack
United Kingdom
$50,067
2
Christopher Alcindor
Canada
$34,812
3
Christopher Wilson
United States
$25,994
4
Sterling Lopez
United States
$20,453
5
Alexander Orlov
Russia
$15,995
6
Jeramy Govert
United States
$12,258
7
Michael Simhai
United States
$9,068
8
Jiyang Gan
United States
$6,854
Heads-Up Deal Hands Severino Victory in 5-Card PLO
Jose Severino's lead at the top of Panama's all-time money list leader just got a little bit bigger, after victory in the $1,100 5-Card PLO. He took home just $1 more than runner-up Gabriel Ramos after an assumed heads-up deal.
Severino cashed twice during the 2024 Wynn Summer Classic, including a sixth-place finish in the $2,200 No Limit Hold'em for $144,184, but this time he grabbed the title, trophy and $35,449 in prize money.
$1,100 5-Card PLO Turbo $100K GTD Final Table results
Rank
Player
Country
Payout
1
Jose Severino
Panama
$35,449
2
Gabriel Ramos
United States
$35,448
3
Ruslan Nazarenko
United States
$19,423
4
John Riordan
United States
$14,694
5
Lou Ojeda
United States
$10,916
6
Dennis Weiss
Austria
$8,112
7
Daniel Ezekiel
United Kingdom
$6,430
8
Kensy Galeas
United States
$5,237
What's Happening Today at the Wynn Summer Classic
Today sees the start of another multi-flight No-Limit Hold'em tournament, with Day 1a getting underay at 12 p.m. This NLH Progressive Bounty tournament comes with a buy-in of $1,600 and a $500,000 guarantee.
Meanwhile there is a $1,100 Limit Hold'em tournament and a $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo. They get underway at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. respectively.