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2026 Wynn Summer Classic
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There are three events on the docket for Sunday at the Wynn Summer Classic and one of them is huge.
The first flight of the $10,400 Wynn Summer Championship kicks off at noon, local time. Late registration remains open until around 9:45 p.m. but if you can't make it, no fear. There are three more Day 1 flights to go after today's is over.
The Wynn Summer Championship is the main event of the festival and comes with a massive $10,000,000 guarantee.
If you want to get a seat on the cheap, there are also two satellites today. The first starts at 1:00 p.m. and the second at 6:00 p.m. Both satellites cost $1,100 to enter and have 10 seats guaranteed.
Daily Schedule, June 21
| Date | Day | Time | Event | Guarantee | Buy In |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 21 | Sunday | 12:00 p.m. | Wynn Summer Championship 1A | $10,000,000 | $10,400 |
| June 21 | Sunday | 1:00 p.m. | Milestone To $10,400 Wynn Summer Championship 1B | 10 seats | $1,100. |
| June 21 | Sunday | 6:00 p.m. | Milestone To $10,400 Wynn Summer Championship 1B/C | 10 seats | $1,100 |
Mehmet Siginc and Darin Utley cut a two-way deal once the $1,100 Big O event at the Wynn Summer Classic reached heads-up play.
The event attracted 147 entrants, so had a prize pool of $143,325. This far exceeded the $50,000 guaranteed by the Wynn and meant that Siginc earned $28,709 from his deal as well as winning the trophy for coming first.
Utley earned a little less than Siginc in the deal but not by much — he got $28,212 for second place.
Tsz Shing, who busted in 3rd place, took home $22,365.
Big O is an increasingly popular 5-card variant of pot limit Omaha Hi-Lo. The Wynn Summer Classic has two events of this poker variant this year. Based on the success of these events, it seems likely that Big O is here to stay.
$1,100 Big O Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mehmet Siginc | $28,709 |
| 2 | Darin Utley | $28,212 |
| 3 | Tsz Shing | $22,365 |
| 4 | Jason Borgstede | $12,398 |
| 5 | Matthew Kaplan | $9,173 |
| 6 | Samuel del Castillo Guerra | $6,880 |
| 7 | Stanislav Maximov Ivanov | $5,375 |
| 8 | Anthony di Brito | $4,336 |
| 9 | Anthony Reategui | $3,605 |
The Wynn Summer Classic's regular $1,100 No Limit Hold'em event with a $250,000 guarantee went to Abrahim Robbin on Saturday.
The event attracted 311 entries for a prize pool of $303, 225, and a total of 39 of those players cashed.
Robbin won the event after a four-way deal with Baseem Nsier, Ethan Ackerman, and Luis Rojas Martinez Del Marmol.
Robbin took home $45,179 for first place, Nsier took $41,830 for second, Ackerman $39,403 for third, and Luis Rojas Martinez Del Marmol $32,007 for fourth.
$1,100 No Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abrahim Robbin | $45,179 |
| 2 | Baseem Nsier | $41,830 |
| 3 | Ethan Ackerman | $39,403 |
| 4 | Luis Rojas Martínez Del Mármol | $32,007 |
| 5 | Edward Allen | $19,135 |
| 6 | Robert Russ | $14,565 |
| 7 | David Yonnotti | $10,868 |
| 8 | Matthew Davenport | $7,927 |
| 9 | Chien Weng | $5,852 |
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Today sees two mainline events kick off at the Wynn Summer Classic along with a $1,100 Milestone Satellite to $10,400 Wynn Summer Championship at 6:00 p.m.
The satellite has a ten-seat guarantee and late registration that will remain open until around 9:40 p.m.
The Championship itself kicks off tomorrow, but before that, today's two events kick off at midday. The first of these two events is the standard $1,100 No Limit Hold'em event with a $250,000 guarantee. One of the staples of this festival.
The second event is a more unusual $1,100 Big O (5-card pot limit Omaha) event with a $50,000 guarantee.
Both of these events have late registration that is scheduled to close around 4:30 p.m.
| Date | Day | Time | Event | Guarantee | Buy In |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 20 | Saturday | 12:00 p.m. | No Limit Hold'em | $250,000 | $1,100 |
| June 20 | Saturday | 12:00 p.m. | Big O | $50,000 | $1,100 |
| June 20 | Saturday | 6:00 p.m. | Milestone Satellite To $10,400 Wynn Summer Championship 1A/B | 10 seats | $1,100 |
The $1,100 No Limit Hold'em event at the Wynn Summer Classic yesterday went to Donovan Dean. Dean is a mid-stakes tournament regular with a fingerful of WSOPC rings and $2,851,606 in live tournament cashes.
Dean beat Harlan Karnofsky heads up in this event, securing the $51,145 top prize and a Wynn Summer Classic trophy.
Karnofsky hit the rail to collect $35,562 for his second-place finish.
Karnofsky and Dean were just the top two finishers from a field of 251 players. There weren't enough entries to hit the $250,000 guarantee. So, the Wynn sweetened the pot, making it up to the full amount.
$1,100 No Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donovan Dean | $51,145 |
| 2 | Harlan Karnofsky | $35,562 |
| 3 | Moshe Vazan | $26,554 |
| 4 | Charles Thayer | $20,894 |
| 5 | Antonio Parrado | $16,340 |
| 6 | Tao Chu | $12,522 |
| 7 | Robert Donald | $9,264 |
| 8 | Kazuo Yamamoto | $7,002 |
| 9 | Stephen Copeland | $5,352 |
Yesterday's $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Turbo at the Wynn Summer Classic had a guarantee of $100,000. The event garnered 170 entrants, allowing it to handily exceed the guarantee with a total prize pool of $165,750.
Themistoklis Tsachourdis won the event. He beat Bernardo Baptista Das Neves heads up, earning $42,502.
Das Neves earned $25,522 for second place while Jedd Kossew came third, earning $18,221 and rounding out the podium positions.
Brian Hastings also scraped into the money, busting just after the bubble in 20th. Hastings's min-cash was worth $2,466.
$1,100 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Themistoklis Tsachourdis | $42,502 |
| 2 | Bernardo Baptista Das Neves | $25,522 |
| 3 | Jedd Kossew | $18,221 |
| 4 | Stuart Taylor | $13,905 |
| 5 | Ben Joseph | $10,482 |
| 6 | Derek Wang | $7,811 |
| 7 | Ziwei Wang | $6,116 |
| 8 | Joao Canongia Ferre D C Matos | $5,003 |
| 9 | Benjamin Hamnett | $4,170 |
In a hold'em-heavy schedule like the Wynn Summer Classic's, the non-hold'em games are always a treat. The $50,000 guaranteed $1,100 Mixed Triple Draw was no exception.
A total of 192 players turned out for the event, a solid turnout for this festival's one-day events. High attendance meant the prize pool was $187,200, with $45,396 set aside for the first-place finisher.
Sean Yu was the player who managed to take the event down, earning that $45,396 check. His closest competition was Ryan Hoenig who he defeated heads up and Joshua Brower who took third.
Hoenig and Brower earned $28,155 and $20,274, respectively, for their podium finishes.
$1,100 Mixed Triple Draw Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean Yu | $45,396 |
| 2 | Ryan Hoenig | $28,155 |
| 3 | Joshua Brower | $20,274 |
| 4 | Daniel Lewis | $15,332 |
| 5 | Paul Carney | $11,382 |
| 6 | Jonathan Glendinning | $8,461 |
| 7 | Nadem Pattah | $6,421 |
