2022 Wynn Millions

$1,600 Mystery Bounty [$1,500,000 GTD]
Day: 2
Event Info

2022 Wynn Millions

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$250,953
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$1,500,000
Entries
2,103
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
2,103
Players Left
1

Weaver Picks Up Two Bounties

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Katrina Weaver
Katrina Weaver

Ben Ector shoved for 485,000 from under the gun and action folded around to a player in middle position who said "100K".

The player was mistaken and not aware of Ector's all in, so he chose to fold and surrender the 100,000 bet. Action folded to Katrina Weaver for a call from the small blind. A player in the big blind shoved behind for around 650,000 and Weaver called.

Ben Ector: {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}
Big Blind: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Katrina Weaver: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

The board ran out {3-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and Weaver turned a jack to pick up a big pot and two mystery bounties.

Player Chips Progress
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Katrina Weaver
3,250,000
1,425,000
1,425,000
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Ben Ector
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Weaver Takes from Ector

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

A few minutes after finding a double with {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}, Katrina Weaver was picking up more chips on her way up the leaderboard.

Weaver raised to 100,000 from the button and Ben Ector called from the big blind.

The flop came {7-Clubs}{6-Spades}{4-Clubs} and both players checked. The turn was {k-Spades}.

Weaver fired 250,000 and Ector folded quickly to give her another pot. Weaver is chipping up as Day 2 nears its final four tables.

Player Chips Progress
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Katrina Weaver
1,825,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
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Ben Ector
635,000
-790,000
-790,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Garles Wins Huge Pot as Opponent Penalized

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

A player from early position moved all-in for 405,000. Action folded over to the button who called and then showed his cards, perhaps not realizing there was still players behind him left to act.

Tim Garles, in the big blind also made the call. The flop came out {9-Clubs}{7-Spades}{4-Hearts} and Garles moved all-in and the button folded.

Early Position: {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Tim Garles: {7-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

The turn of {a-Diamonds} gave the player at risk top pair but Garles spiked the {7-Clubs} on the river for trips and busted a player. Garles then called the floor over to make a ruling on the player who exposed his hand before preflop action closed. The floor manager ruled that a one-round penalty would be enforced. Garles said the penalized player had {a-}{5-} as he saw the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Tim Garles
1,850,000
675,000
675,000

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Lentini Hits River Straight to Bust Player

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

A player in early position moved all-in for around 300,000 with {q-}{q-} and Giuliano Lentini made the call on the button with {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs}.

The board ran out {3-}{4-}{6-}{10-}{7-} to give Lentini a winning straight and send his opponent to the payout line.

Player Chips Progress
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Austin Srur
3,800,000
3,606,000
3,606,000
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Josh Light
1,650,000
-50,000
-50,000
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Nagy Laszlo
950,000
150,000
150,000
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Giuliano Lentini
850,000
225,000
225,000

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Level: 25

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

Bozkurt Chips Up Near 3 Million

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

With around 500,000 in the pot and {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}{q-Diamonds} on the board, a player in early position checked and Ekrem Bozkurt put out a stack of brown T-25,000 chips. His opponent went into the tank while Bozkurt leaned back to wait.

After several minutes in the tank, Bozkurt's opponent got away from it and he took another pot. The California native has chipped up near 3 million with around 44 players left in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Ekrem Bozkurt
2,945,000
555,000
555,000

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Ector Sends Mu to the Rail

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Ben Ector raised to 80,000 from middle position and a player in the next seat over called. Sen Mu shoved his last 400,000 from the button and Ector re-shoved his big stack. The player next to Ector folded and action was heads-up, with Mu at risk.

Sen Mu: {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
Ben Ector: {k-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} and Ector found a king on the turn to send Mu to the rail and score another bounty.

Player Chips Progress
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Ben Ector
1,425,000
-125,000
-125,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Sen Mu
Busted

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Matt Affleck Among Star Power Still Standing in Mystery Bounty

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Matt Affleck
Matt Affleck

The Wynn Mystery Bounty tournament brought out a plethora of big name poker pros. Among those stars is Matt Affleck, a long-time pro who has over $3.3 million in live tournament cashes according to the Hendon Mob.

The Washington native infamously lost one of the most memorable bad beats in World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event history in 2010. With 15 players remaining in poker's most prestigious annual event, he got his money in with pocket aces preflop against the eventual champion, Jonathan Duhamel, who was holding pocket jacks.

Duhamel would receive some help from the first four cards on the board — {10-}{9-}{7-}{q-} — and could win the hand on the river if he hit his open-ended straight draw or a set. The river in the 41 million chip pot, the largest pot of the tournament up to that point, was the {8-} and Affleck's dreams of becoming a world champion were shattered on a cruel bad beat.

He still took home $500,000, but ESPN viewers witnessed the raw emotions of a poker player suffering a rough bad beat late in the WSOP Main Event. Instead of having the chip lead, he was out in 15th place.

Affleck, a respected pro within the poker community, has bounced back from the bad beat quite nicely over the past 12 years. He now has 49 cashes in WSOP bracelet events and has put together an impressive poker career.

The Seattle sports enthusiast is chasing another large cash in the $1,600 buy-in Wynn Mystery Bounty tournament. With 50 players remaining, he has an above average stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Affleck
1,370,000
-150,000
-150,000

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PokerGO Tour Adds Five March High Rollers to Schedule During Wynn Millions

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Wynn Poker
Wynn Poker

Following the cancellation of the Super High Roller Bowl Russia, the PokerGO Tour is adding a new stop in Las Vegas at the Wynn poker room March 1-8, which will coincide with the highly-anticipated Wynn Millions.

The mini series features five high-stakes no-limit hold'em poker tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $10,000 (plus $500 fee) to $15,000 (plus $700 fee). A $300 discount is available for the $10k's for players who register prior to the 2 p.m. start time, and $400 discount for the $15k's.

PokerGO recently wrapped up its second annual PokerGO Cup series where Jeremy Ausmus was the overall series champion and Sean Perry won multiple events. The tour rolls on in Las Vegas early next month over at Wynn.

The full schedule is as follows:

DateBuy-InStarting Stack
3/1$10,000 + $500100,000
3/2$15,000 + $700100,000
3/6$10,000 + $500100,000
3/7$10,000 + $500100,000
3/8$15,000 + $700100,000

Ali Imsirovic won the first-ever PokerGO Tour last year. The second season is just getting under way in 2022 and Nick Petrangelo holds an early lead while Perry is in second place, right where he finished in 2021. However, it's far too early in the year to start making projections on who will sit atop the standings at the end of December when it counts the most.

Click here for more on the PokerGO Tour!

Wynn Millions High Rollers
Wynn Millions High Rollers