Nick Petrangelo Wins Wynn Summer Classic Championship ($2,221,775)
It's not often that a $2.2 million victory isn't the largest of a poker player's career. But that's the quality of the poker resume that Nick Petrangelo has amassed over the last 15 years.
Petrangelo now has over $37 million in live earnings, according to The Hendon Mob, after taking down the $10,400 Wynn Summer Classic Championship for $2,221,775.
He defeated a Gustavo Ortega Jimenez heads-up to top a 1,440-player field. Jimenez had to settle for second-place ($1,516,617) while third-place finisher Lewis Spencer also took home seven figures ($1,123,597).
2024 Wynn Summer Classic Championship Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | $2,221,775 |
| 2 | Gustavo Ortega Jimenez | United States | $1,516,617 |
| 3 | Lewis Spencer | United Kingdom | $1,123,597 |
| 4 | Selahaddin Bedir | Turkey | $832,749 |
| 5 | Kurt Jewell | United States | $616,553 |
| 6 | Rehman Kassam | United Kingdom | $457,511 |
Winner's Reaction
The final day began with six players, and after start-of-day short stack Rehman Kassam and Kurt Jewell were eliminated, four-handed play was relatively even.
"It's cool to get a break from streams and just play in the corner of the room and no one knows what's going on!"
However, Petrangelo surged and eliminated both Selahaddin Bedir and Lewis Spencer in quick succession, before finishing off Gustavo Ortega Jimenez heads-up.
"I really love playing in Vegas in these events that start really deepstacked and stay deep for a long time," Petrangelo told PokerNews after his win. "It's cool to get a break from streams and just play in the corner of the room and no one knows what's going on!
"It's pretty rare for me that there's 220 buy-ins for first. Usually I play for like eight so it's pretty cool."
Petrangelo says that despite his recent poker resume being littered with countless high roller tournament wins and cashes, events like this remind him of earlier in his poker career.
"I've played so many tournaments like this over the course of my career, so I do feel like I have a good feel for the fields. Even though now I do play some of the bigger stuff, people forget that some of us have been playing for 17 years and when we were coming up these things were the biggest thing we played all year.
"I don't forget what I learned from all those reps playing these things."
With plenty of poker still to play, Petrangelo says he's looking forward to taking some time off before heading to Europe to resume Triton and PokerGO tournament action.
"Nowadays with the way the schedule is, there's always something. It's one long game!"
