Zachary Donovan Leads Final Table In Wynn Millions Main Event
On Friday, the $3,500 Wynn Millions Main Event continued with the penultimate day of play. The remaining 19 players from a 1,314-entry field returned to play five more 90-minute levels, and after seven and a half hours of action-packed poker, it was Zachary Donovan leading the pack with an impressive stack of 11,775,000.
According to The Hendon Mob, Donovan has nearly $2.2 million in lifetime earnings including a career-best runner-up finish in the 2017 WPT Maryland Live $3,500 No Limit Hold'em Main Event for $262,930 and a first place finish in the 2019 WSOP $1,700 Circuit Event in Coconut Creek for $243,916.
Others still in contention for the $654,637 first-place prize are Pedro Ingles (7,175,000), Andrew Esposito (6,175,000), and Jacob Powers (6,075,000), just to name a few.
Final Table Seat Draw
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pedro Ingles | Spain | 7,175,000 | 36 |
| 2 | Zhigang Yang | Canada | 3,200,000 | 16 |
| 3 | Jacob Powers | United States | 6,075,000 | 30 |
| 4 | Andrew Esposito | United States | 6,175,000 | 31 |
| 5 | Cliff Ziff | United States | 4,875,000 | 24 |
| 6 | Mark Zajdner | Canada | 5,950,000 | 30 |
| 7 | Kharlin Sued | United States | 2,000,000 | 10 |
| 8 | Michael Rossitto | United States | 5,425,000 | 27 |
| 9 | Zachary Donovan | United States | 11,775,000 | 59 |
Day 5 Action
Day 5 kicked off with 19 hopefuls all looking for their deep run to continue, but as the first level of the day progressed, it was Yuval Bronshtein who exited in 19th when he got his stack in with king-queen but couldn't find improvement against the pocket nines for Esposito.
Soon later, Ronald Sullivan would pick up a monster hand with ace-king suited to move all in against the nines of Michael Rossitto and king-four for Michael Dyer. The flop brought an ace, but when the nine spiked on the turn, it was the end of the road for Sullivan as he hit the rail in 18th place.
Joseph Sabe and Orestis Kanakopoulos were the next two to go when they got their chips in but couldn't find improvement to bust in 17th and 16th place respectively.
A short while later, Kristen Deardorff picked up pocket tens but couldn't win a coin-flip against the ace-king for Powers and was sent to the payout desk in 15th place. Alex Condon's day would come to an end when he found pocket eights and moved in against the ace-jack for Ingles, but when a jack hit the flop, Condon would have to settle for a 14th place finish.
Vlastimil Pustina became short-stacked and moved in with jack-nine suited, but when Cliff Ziff made the call with ace-jack, the Czechia pro was out in 13th place. Ziff would go on a heater and eliminate Dyer in 12th place soon after when a bizarre hand happened with Dyer misreading his cards and Ziff holding with his two-pair.
Qing Liu and 2022 Wynn Millions final tablaist Michael Stembera were the last two to be eliminated before the official final table was set. Liu would find tens but was no good against the jacks for Mark Zajdner and Stembera would move in with jack-seven to hit the rail on the final table bubble when Rossitto woke up with pocket tens.
The remaining nine will return to action at Noon on Saturday with the blinds resuming at Level 30 with 100,000/200,000 and a 200,000 big blind ante. With the average stack being just under 30 big blinds, play should speed up some with all eyes on the $654,637 prize and Wynn Millions trophy.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $654,637 |
| 2 | $430,752 |
| 3 | $294,540 |
| 4 | $208,598 |
| 5 | $154,279 |
| 6 | $120,361 |
| 7 | $96,706 |
| 8 | $80,310 |
| 9 | $67,765 |
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