Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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2022 Wynn Summer Classic
Mark Kaganovsky opened to 400 from under the gun and was called by William Pappas one seat over as well as Tsz Pun out of the big blind.
Action checked through the flop to the
turn. Pun led out for 1,000, forcing Kaganovsky out of the hand but getting a call from Pappas.
Pun fired off a second barrel on the river, tossing 3,000 into the middle. It did not take long for Pappas to muck his hand and send the pot Pun's way.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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42,500 | |
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41,000 | |
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37,000 |

Long-time talented poker pro Victor Ramdin, returned to the winner's circle for the first time since 2019. He shipped the $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em event, a $100,000 guaranteed tournament, at the Wynn Summer Classic on June 11.
Ramdin, who resides in Las Vegas, took home $44,013 as part of a heads-up chop arrangement with runner-up Brian Nadell, who received $39,725 for his efforts. Natascha Stamm, a German poker player finished in third place for $20,258, while talented pro Ari Engel was the fourth place finisher, good for $13,884. The tournament attracted 194 entries, creating a prize pool of $189,150 at the luxurious Las Vegas Strip casino.
For Ramdin, it's been a long time coming for a player who was once among the top earning tournament players in the world. He now has over $5 million in live tournament cashes, according to Hendon Mob. His biggest score was $1,331,889 in 2006 when he took down the $10,000 buy-in WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic. He has 57 World Series of Poker cashes among his impressive resume.
2022 Wynn Summer Classic June 10-11 $1,100 NLH Final Table Results
Place | Player | Prize |
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1 | Victor Ramdin | $44,013 |
2 | Brian Nadell | $39,725 |
3 | Natascha Stamm | $20,258 |
4 | Ari Engel | $13,884 |
5 | Maury Barrett | $10,224 |
6 | Karl Tretter | $8,086 |
7 | Shirley Rosario | $6,624 |
8 | Frederic Moss | $5,618 |
9 | Timothy Wong | $4,823 |
Andrea Castano-Villarrea opened to 600 from under the gun and was called by Ronan Sweeney one seat over as well as a player in middle position and Michael Brinkenhoff out of the big blind.
Brinkenhoff checked on the flop and Castano-Villarrea continued for 800. Sweeney called as did the middle position player but Brinkenhoff folded to send action three-way to the turn.
Castano-Villarrea unloaded another bet, this time 3,200, on the turn. Sweeney folded his hand but the middle position player was going nowhere and called.
On the river Castano-Villarrea bet once more only to see his opponent raise to 12,000. Convinced his holding was no good, Castano-Villarrea folded to send the reasonably large pot his opponent's way.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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38,500
1,500
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1,500 |
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34,000
34,000
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34,000 |
Niveau: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300

With roughly 20,000 in the pot on a flop, Pierce McKellar bet 4,000 in the small blind, a middle position player called, and the cutoff called.
The landed on the turn and McKellar moved in his stack of 30,200. Both opponents called all in and were covered.
Cutoff:
Middle Position:
Pierce McKellar:
"Brick one time," McKellar pleaded.
The river did just that to keep McKellar ahead with his cowboys.
"That's what we're looking for!" McKellar exclaimed. "Yeah PokerNews, write that down," he said as he scooped the pot and soared to the top of the early Day 1a leaderboard.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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115,000
75,000
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75,000 |

Andrew Ostapchenko opened to 600 from under the gun and received calls from a player on the button, the small blind, and Mehrdad Shelechi out of the big blind.
Both blinds checked after the flop and Ostapchenko continued for 800. The button and small blind both called before Shelechi raised to 3,000. Ostapchenko counted out his stack before moving all in, eliciting quick folds from both the button and small blind players and a snap-call from Shelechi, who had Ostapchenko covered.
Andrew Ostapchenko:
Mehrdad Shelechi:
Ostapchenko was at risk and behind, needing to catch a diamond to make the nut flush. The turn changed nothing but the
river provided the diamond Ostapchenko was looking for, handing him a full double up.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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37,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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16,600
16,600
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16,600 |
On a flop, a middle position player check-called for 1,600 against Mikiyo Aoki in the hijack.
The duo checked the turn to the
river, where the middle position player check-called against a bet of 5,000 by Aoki.
Aoki tabled to claim the pot and she added to her increasing stack as her opponent mucked his hand.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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105,000
65,000
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65,000 |
Rob Wazwaz, who less than two weeks ago took down WSOP Event #25: $800 NLH Deepstack for a career best $358,346, limped from under the gun and action folded to Zachary Smiley in late position, who raised to 2,300. The remaining players got out of the way and Wazwaz made the call to send the two players heads-up to the flop.
Wazwaz checked to the preflop raiser on the flop and Smiley continued for 1,800. Wazwaz did not hesitate for long before calling.
Action checked through the turn to the
river, where Wazwaz led out for 700. Smiley, not content with such a small bet, raised to 3,500, enough to get Wazwaz out of the hand.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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61,000
21,000
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21,000 |
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45,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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Players are now on their first 10-minute break of the day.