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2026 Wynn Summer Classic
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A champion in a big event will be crowned, a new event will begin, and two Day 1 flights of another tournament will run all in one day at the 2026 Wynn Summer Classic.
That's what is on the plate inside Wynn Las Vegas on Tuesday as the action in the big summer series rolls on. We'll start things off at 11 a.m. with Day 1c of the $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em tournament, which guarantees at least $1,500,000 in the pot.
Next up, at noon local time, is the beginning of the $1,600 T.O.R.S.E., a $100,000 guaranteed tournament.
At the same time, the final table of the $1 million guaranteed $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em takes place. We'll have a winner in that one before the day's end.
The last event to start on Tuesday will be the Day 1d flight in that aforementioned $1,500,000 guaranteed tournament. This flight is a turbo flight and will be a shorter quicker session for the players.
As always, make sure you come back tomorrow to find out how today's action played out.
In the 969th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by FanDuel Poker, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Ben Ludlow are at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas for the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
To kick things off, they talk about a big hand played by Phil Ivey, one that left the usually stone-faced poker pro in shock. See the hand and learn what happened! From there, it's a discussion on why Jeremy Ausmus may have been denied a vlogger pass, big names falling just short of gold bracelets, and Alan Keating no-showing the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship.
Speaking of that tournament, Daniel Negreanu was cruising right along until he suffered a series of unfortunate events, including a river bad beat that you can see in this episode. Some other things you can see are the $1,000,000 bounty pull from the $550 Mini Mystery Millions tournament and highlights from the Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) Event #100 with Matt Stout.
Finally, the PokerNews Podcast has a new sponsor in Think Jerky, and as fate would have it, there's a poker connection between Chad and the brand's Pat's Cheesesteak stick that dates back more than a decade to a poker game in Philadelphia. Learn all about that, and while you're at it, be sure to check out Think Jerky!
Find out all about those stories and more in this week's episode of the PokerNews Podcast! Oh, and be sure to check out the audio version of the PokerNews Podcast that is available on all major podcasting platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.
A new PokerNews Podcast drops three times a week during the 2026 WSOP! You can expect a new episode every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 8a PT / 11a ET / 4p UK time. Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you do not miss an episode!
There are a dozen players with monster stacks heading to Day 2 in the $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em on Monday. But no one has more chips than Matthew Davenport, who bagged 1,131,000 on Day 1, good for 141 big blinds.
That's an impressive stack, no doubt, but Davenport will be facing some close competition with three other players over 1 million chips. Not only that, but there two others with over 100 big blinds.
Day 2 kicks off at 1 p.m. at Wynn Las Vegas with 185 of the original 1,492 players returning to action. It will be a grueling battle to the finish line in a tournament with over $1.4 million in the prize pool.
Top 10 Chips Counts Entering Day 2
| Place | Player | Chip Counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Davenport | 1,131,000 |
| 2 | Michael Reisman | 1,075,000 |
| 3 | Fabian Gumz | 1,036,000 |
| 4 | Tongguang Sun | 1,032,000 |
| 5 | Joseph Jacob Soundarajan | 909,000 |
| 6 | Juan Carlos Vecino Duenas | 896,000 |
| 7 | Jason Wheeler | 774,000 |
| 8 | Huy Nguyen | 753,000 |
| 9 | Kristopher Rundquist | 744,000 |
| 10 | Scott Sisler | 736,000 |
We're getting into full swing at the Wynn Summer Classic now that the calendar has shifted to June.
On Monday, we'll start things off at 11 a.m. local time with Day 1a of one of the biggest events of the summer, and that is the $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em, a tournament with $1.5 million guaranteed. There will be five Day 1 flights running through June 3, with the Day 2 restart scheduled for June 4.
At 1 p.m. today, the 185 players who still have chips in a separate $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em tournament, this one a $1 million guaranteed event that has over $1.4 million in the prize pool, will come back to Wynn Las Vegas for Day 2. Matthew Davenport is holding onto the chip lead in that one.
The $1.5 million guaranteed NLH event will have a second Day 1 starting flight on Monday at 6 p.m.
Stay tuned to PokerNews tomorrow to find out how Monday's action all played out.
