Austin Srur open-jammed hist last 450,000 from the cutoff and Z Stein called from the small blind while Dennis Wilke came along from the big blind.
The flop came and both remaining players opted to check through the turn and the river. Srur turned over , but Stein had to take the pot and eliminate Srur in 12th place for $21,617. Wilke mucked his losing hand.
Action folded to Anthony An on the button who moved all-in for 3,075,000. With Austin Srur in the big blind with crumbs left, Eddy Konarske had a difficult decision to make from the small blind. He eventually opted to call while Srur, hoping to ladder up, folded.
Anthony An:
Eddy Konarske:
The board came out and the best preflop hand held up. An was eliminated in 13th place for $21,617.
The 2022 Wynn Millions is a series comprised of 16 events with more than $15 million in guaranteed prize money. There's a tournament for just about any type of poker player — high stakes, mid-stakes, no-limit hold'em, pot-limit Omaha, bounty events, etc. And there are two seniors events for players aged 50 and above — $400 and $1,100.
The second tournament of the series took place back on February 22 with a $400 No-Limit Hold’em $40K GTD, which attracted 261 entries and awarded a $90,045 prize pool to the top 27 finishers.
Among those to cash were Melanie Pittard (24th - $914), Gary Colclough (19th - $1,108), Robert Sherwood (15th - $1,378), Juan Reyes (12th - $1,557), Eric Baldwin (10th - $1,778), David Larson (9th - $2,062), Zach Johns (4th - $6,393), and Rebecca Waiter (3rd - $9,230).
In the end, California’s Ray Teasdale defeated Pennsylvania’s Alfred Gillette in heads-up play to win the tournament for $22,753.
Wynn Millions $400 NLH $40K GTD Final Table Results
Players at the table shared the bust-out hand of Hyung Kim, who went all-in for around 2.3 million with but ran into the of Eric Ward, and the best hand held up.
Harrison Ashdown shared details of the hand and proudly stated that he got his money in well behind with against the of Christopher McFarland. Ashdown spiked a deuce after calling off about 13 big blinds and won the hand. He was at first hesitant to share the hand and initially attempted to trick PokerNews into thinking he made a great play before spilling the beans about the real hand history.
McFarland was noticeably upset at the call made by his opponent following his bust-out hand. He received $14,152 for 18th place.
David Yokoyama, moments after losing a big chuck of his stack, moved all-in for 1,550,000 from early position, and the player he lost most of his stack to — Chris Vickery — made the call.
David Yokoyama:
Chris Vickery:
The board ran out and Yokoyama won a race to double back into a decent sized stack.
The 2021 Wynn Fall Classic ran from late September through November 21. During that time, more than 21,000 entrants competed and in excess of $25 million in prize money was awarded.
PokerNews was on-site to provide live updates from some of the marquee events including:
There was a slew of big side event winners throughout the series, which included Argentina’s Federico Castaine, who became the first six-figure winner of the 2021 Wynn Fall Classic after topping a 1,790-entry field to win the $1,600 buy-in, $1,000,000 GTD NLH event for $361,180.
Another big winner was poker veteran Shawn Rice, who bested a 786-entry field to win the $1,100 NLH Seniors tournament, which nearly doubled its $400,000 guarantee by creating a $766,350 prize pool. Rice, who hails from Texas, took down $116,039 for his victory. It marked the second-largest score of his career, which dates back to 1994.
Meanwhile, players like David Brookshire ($550 H.O.R.S.E. $50K GTD for $29,110), David Jackson ($550 NLH $100K GTD for $46,033), Eric Mizrahi ($500 NLH $100K GTD for $41,025), and Fabio Freitas ($400 NLH for $21,182) all claimed titles.
and both remaining players opted to check through the 
turn and the 
river. Srur turned over 
, but Stein had 
to take the pot and eliminate Srur in 12th place for $21,617. Wilke mucked his losing hand.
and the best preflop hand held up. An was eliminated in 13th place for $21,617.
and Ashdown held on to score the elimination with aces and tens. Tran hits the rail in 14th place for $21,617.
and Kim's set of fives was good enough to eliminate Morishima in 16th place for $16,246.
and Mowad was out in 17th place, which paid $16,246.
against the 
and Yokoyama won a race to double back into a decent sized stack.
