$431,474 Win For Mihai Manole In $1,600 No Limit Hold'em
After six Day 1 flights and two days of combined field action at the Wynn Summer Classic, the $1,600 No Limit Hold'em event crowned a winner on Friday, June 12.
Mihai Manole took the $2 million guaranteed event down. Due to a high turnout, the prize pool far exceeded the guarantee, reaching $2,615,470. Manole got $431,474 of that pile of cash for his victory.
In the final hands of the tournament, Manole was up against Zheming Zhu. Zhu lost the heads-up confrontation, taking home $283,699 for second place.
Francis Cruz Pena came third for $217,735, rounding out the top three of a field that included Thomas Middleton (4th-$169,295), Olivier Busquet (14th-$15,246), Jeremy Becker (42nd-$6,193), and John Juanda (173rd-$3,562),
Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mihai Manole | $431,474 |
| 2 | Zheming Zhu | $283,699 |
| 3 | Francis Cruz Pena | $217,735 |
| 4 | Thomas Middleton | $169,295 |
| 5 | Yuekai Liu | $131,148 |
| 6 | Chao Duan | $101,122 |
| 7 | Alexander Baek | $75,145 |
| 8 | Iurii Senchylo | $55,210 |
| 9 | Cenk Nigbolu | $39,504 |