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Today's the day that the Wynn Summer Classic declares a champion in the $10 million guaranteed $10,400 Wynn Summer Championship. This flagship event played down to the final table yesterday, when just nine players remained from a field of 1,170.
The remaining players will be back at midday to compete for their cut of the $11,466,000 prize pool.
While the main event of the festival plays down to a winner, three other events will kick off.
The first of these three events will be a $1,100 No Limit Hold'em event starting at midday, with a guarantee of $250,000 and late registration until around 4:30 p.m.
An hour later at 1:00 p.m., Day 1A of the $1,600 Pot Limit Omaha event begins. This event has a $1,000,000 guarantee and late registration until 8:30 p.m., due to the longer, 40-minute blind levels.
Finally, there will be one of the festival's many $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Turbo events. This will kick off at 6:00 p.m., with late registration until 9:00 p.m.
Wynn Summer Classic Schedule For June 27
| Dat | Time | Event | Guarantee | Buy-In |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, June 27 | 12:00 p.m. | Wynn Summer Championship [Final Table] | $10,000,000* | $10,400* |
| Sat, June 27 | 12:00 p.m. | No Limit Hold'em | $250,000 | $1,100 |
| Sat, June 27 | 1:00 p.m. | Pot Limit Omaha - Day 1A | $1,000,000 | $1,600 |
| Sat, June 27 | 6:00 p.m. | No Limit Hold'em Turbo | $100,000 | $1,100 |
*Registration is closed for this event.
Day 3 of the Wynn Summer Championship started with 64 players from a field of 1,170 players still in the action. By the end of the day, just nine remained.
With $11,466,000 in the pot, the top two spots are both worth over a million, with more than $1.8 million reserved for the first-place finisher.
Linglin Zeng led the field at the start of the day, but by the end of the day Zeng was fourth in chips. The chip lead had passed to Jans Arends with 15,225,000 in chips.
Arends has nearly double the next biggest stack at the final table. That stack is 8,475,000 and is held by Mario Quilez.
Behind Quilez is Giorgii Skhulukhiia who bagged the third biggest stack of 8,025,000.
The final table will return later today to play down to a winner.
Wynn Summer Championship Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jans Arends | 15,225,000 |
| 2 | Mario Quilez | 8,475,000 |
| 3 | Giorgii Skhulukhiia | 8,025,000 |
| 4 | Linglin Zeng | 6,900,000 |
| 5 | Yi Ye | 5,325,000 |
| 6 | Joris Ruijs | 4,575,000 |
| 7 | Guillermo Sanchez Otero | 4,015,000 |
| 8 | Johannes Straver | 3,060,000 |
| 9 | Ben Fan | 2,175,000 |
The $25,400 High Roller at the Wynn Summer Classic attracted a rarified group of just 25 players.
Adrian Mateos won the event after two days of action. With $625,000 in the prize pool and just four places paid, the top prize was $267,185.
Mateos is already the 5th on The Hendon Mob's All-Time Money list with $67.3 million. So even a prize of this size is just a drop in the ocean.
Mateos took first by defeating Jovan Kenjic heads up to earn the trophy. Kenjic earned $162,500 for second place.
The other two players to cash were Vladimir Minko, who earned $110,940 for coming third, and Barak Wisbrod, who earned $84,375 for fourth.
$25,400 High Roller Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian Mateos | $267,185 |
| 2 | Jovan Kenjic | $162,500 |
| 3 | Vladimir Minko | $110,940 |
| 4 | Barak Wisbrod | $84,375 |
The $1,100 No Limit Hold'em event is pretty much the signature event of the Wynn Summer Classic.
There are several of these one-day events running every week of the festival and this Friday's edition of the event had a guarantee of $250,000. The guarantee was easily surpassed by the $267,150 prize pool generated by 274 entries.
Timur Margolin took first in the event. To get there, he had to defeat Deva Hetrick heads up. Margolin won $54,484 and the trophy, while Hetrick got $36,790 for second place.
Samy Dubonnet earned $27,862 for his second-place finish.
$1,100 No Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timur Margolin | $54,484 |
| 2 | Deva Hetrick | $36,790 |
| 3 | Samy Dubonnet | $27,862 |
| 4 | Idir Haiche | $22,144 |
| 5 | Michael Hooper | $17,226 |
| 6 | Victor Maceo Fryda | $13,113 |
| 7 | Yucheng Liu | $9,726 |
| 8 | Julien Yomtob | $7,225 |
| 9 | Yue Xu | $5,410 |
The $1,600 Wynn Mix Championship was one of the most exciting events on the Wynn Summer Classic schedule.
The $100,000 guaranteed event is played with a rotating mix of eight non-hold'em games. The full mix is made up of: seven card stud, 2-7 triple draw, limit Omaha eight-or-better, razz, big O, badugi, seven card stud eight-or-better, and pot limit Omaha.
The mixed game format brought in 164 non-hold'em specialists for a prize pool of $234,520.
After Day 1 of the Wynn Mix Championship, Dominick Sarle led the field of 34 survivors. Jonathan Krela (397,000) and Yun Choi (372,000) follow in second and third place.
Among the other players to find a bag were notables like Matheus Simonetti Pereira (338,000), David Baker (273,000), and Brian Hastings (212,000).
The players will return to play down to a winner later today.
$1,600 Wynn Mix Championship Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominick Sarle | 442,000 |
| 2 | Jonathan Krela | 397,000 |
| 3 | Yun Choi | 372,000 |
| 4 | Patrick Stacey | 367,000 |
| 5 | Matheus Simonetti Pereira | 338,000 |
| 6 | Frederic Moss | 330,000 |
| 7 | Paul Carney | 299,000 |
| 8 | Adam Miller | 281,000 |
| 9 | Ethan Bennett | 276,000 |
| 10 | David Baker | 273,000 |
Friday put another $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Turbo event on the board. This time the event garnered a field of 198 players, of whom Ruslan Lukash came out on top. In total, the entrants put a total of $193,050 into the kitty.
Lukash earned $47,254 for his win after a heads-up battle with Shao Li. Li won $29,036 for their second-place finish.
Gene Lee earned $20,901 for third.
$1,100 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruslan Lukash | $47,254 |
| 2 | Shao Li | $29,036 |
| 3 | Gene Lee | $20,901 |
| 4 | Davide Suriano | $15,812 |
| 5 | Alan Merdita | $11,747 |
| 6 | Yong Kim | $8,729 |
| 7 | Gianluca Cedolia | $6,920 |
| 8 | Justin Lapka | $5,636 |
| 9 | Dawid Wiktor Smolka | $4,683 |
