Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
The remaining 115 players are going on another 15-minute break.
Christopher Lastiwka raised it up from middle position and Cole Ferraro three-bet to 36,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Lastiwka slid out a four-bet to 95,000.
Ferraro looked back at his cards before shoving all in for around 345,000. Lastiwka thought for a minute but decided to dump his cards into the muck, sending the pot to Ferraro.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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450,000
53,000
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53,000 |
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280,000
178,000
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178,000 |
Last winter, Harrison Gimbel won the Wynn Millions $3,000 Championship, earning $455,388 for his victory.
The Championship was the Wynn Millions festival's main event, coming with an enormous trophy that should look good on Gimbel's shelf, joining his considerable collection of poker baubles.
That collection already included a triple crown of sorts with a PCA title for winning the 2010 PCA $10,500 Main Event, a WPT title for the 2016 WPT Rolling Thunder $,3500 Main Event, and a WSOP bracelet for the 2017 WSOP Event #68: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em.
Gimbel's win attracted congratulations from other poker notables including Andrew Neeme and Faraz Jaka, both of whom also posted their congrats on X.com.
The accolades were hard won as every player in the final nine had a strong track record in live tournaments. However, it was a French pro, Cecile Ticherfatine, who ended up as Gimbel's heads up opponent. Ticherfatine took home $310,901 for her second-place finish.
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harrison Gimbel | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $455,388 |
| 2 | Cecile Ticherfatine | Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France | $310,901 |
| 3 | Cole Ferraro | Las Vegas, NV | $230,339 |
| 4 | Mike Allis | Post Falls, ID | $170,728 |
| 5 | Dale Roesel | Hixson, TN | $126,396 |
| 6 | Peter Mugar | Boston, MA | $93,794 |
| 7 | Elvyn Bello Santos | Bellflower, CA | $70,114 |
| 8 | James Bechtel | Gilbert, AZ | $53,472 |
| 9 | Chahn Jung | Los Angeles, CA | $41,632 |
Michael Babani opened to 11,000 in middle position and Shundan Xiao just ripped all in for 261,000. The action folded back to Babani who mulled it over for a couple of minutes before making the call.
Shundan Xiao: A♠K♥
Michael Babani: K♦Q♠
Xiao was in a dominating position but couldn't bare the thought of watching as she turned away from the table. The board ran out 10♠9♥8♥7♥K♠ and Xiao held on with a pair of kings and the better kicker. Babani, who was the start-of-day chip leader, quickly saw the majority of his chips disappear.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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542,000
274,500
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274,500 |
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330,000
440,000
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440,000 |
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Daniel Maor and Jesse Lonis were heads-up on the turn with a board reading J♦10♣2♦4♦. Maor checked in early position and Lonis put together a bet of 22,000 in position which Maor called.
The 4♣ paired the board on the river and Maor checked again. Lonis announced all in for 131,000 and Maor was left with a decision for his remaining 91,000 chips. Maor opted to let his hand go and Lonis was awarded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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218,000
73,000
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73,000 |
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91,000
174,500
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174,500 |
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Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Taylor Paur opened to 8,000 in middle position and picked up three callers along the way. The flop came J♣10♣3♠ and the action checked around to the 6♥ on the turn.
Paur fired out a bet of 20,000 on the turn and only Chahnhoon Jung called from a couple of seats over. The river was the A♥ and Paur slid out a bet of 80,000. Jung ripped all in and Paur quickly ditched his cards, leaving himself with just 55,000 after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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370,000
159,500
|
159,500 |
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55,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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Neel Murthy and Chino Rheem were heads-up going to the river on a board of 9♣6♣2♦J♠ and the 4♣ completed the board. Murthy checked to Rheem who counted out a bet of 50,000. Murthy thought for a minute and then called.
Rheem flipped over A♣10♣ for the nut flush and Murthy was forced to concede the pot to one of the chip leaders on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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638,000
506,500
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506,500 |
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|
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270,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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770,000
170,500
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170,500 |
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|
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503,000
306,000
|
306,000 |
|
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|
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318,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
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|
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300,000
81,500
|
81,500 |
|
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|
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240,000
130,500
|
130,500 |
|
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|
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184,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
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|
|
150,000
59,500
|
59,500 |
|
|
145,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
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|
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140,000
34,500
|
34,500 |
|
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|
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135,000
43,500
|
43,500 |
|
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|
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117,000
27,500
|
27,500 |
|
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|
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110,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
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|
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70,000
21,000
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21,000 |
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