Michael Gathy, John Cernuto, and Vikenty Shegal won the Wynn Millions tournaments
On February 20, the Wynn Millions series started, and in 20 days, the champions of many tournaments were determined. Taylor Wilson, Michael Wang, and Eugene Lee were the winners of the high rollers. Also, Michael Gathy, John Cernuto, and Vikenty Shegal won the Wynn Millions tournaments, earning 62,368 USD, 25,851 USD, and 112,007 USD, respectively. The main event of the series, with a buy-in of 3,500 USD and a guarantee of 3 million USD, has recently started.
On March 1, Belgian Michael Gathy took 3rd place in the event with a buy-in of 3,000 USD, earning 54,193 USD. The next day, he still managed to win the tournament. Gathy became the champion of the PKO tournament with a buy-in of 3,000 USD and a guarantee of 200,000 USD. As a result, the guarantee was more than doubled — 407,000 USD. In the heads-up, Gathy defeated Ryan McAllister.
- Michael Gati — 62,368 USD
- Ryan McAllister — 62,368 USD
- Leonard August — 29,526 USD
- Alex Foxen — 20,202 USD
- Gregor Sverko — 14,893 USD
- John Murphy — 11,914 USD
- Ethan Yau — 9,842 USD
- Robert Borick — 8,262 USD
- Bin Weng — 7,081 USD
The 16 best players of the tournament have replenished their bankrolls. Among them were Aaron Duczak (10th place — 6,138 USD), Martin Jacobson (11th — 6,138 USD), Dylan Linde (12th — USD 5,374), Tongguang Sun (13th — 5,374 USD), Nicholas Bond (14th — 4,760 USD), Katie Lindsay (15th — 2.380 USD) and Ryan Leng (16th—2,380 USD).
There was a deal
On March 1, Wynn held an Omaha Hi-Lo tournament with a buy-in of 1,100 USD and a guarantee of 50,000 USD. Thanks to 98 inputs, the warranty was exceeded almost twice. 11 players earned money. Duke Viveros and Clyde Gaskins, who earned 2,567 USD each, got into the prizes but did not reach the finals. Two legends, Ari Engel and John Cernuto came together in the heads-up. The players decided to make a deal, according to which the first one took 23,903 USD, and Cernuto became the champion and received 25,861 USD.
- John Cernuto — 25,851 USD
- Ari Engel — 23,903 USD
- Vincent Cealicchia — 11,559 USD
- Lawrence Berg — 7,966 USD
- Cao Saechao — 5,941 USD
- Christopher Hundley — 4,715 USD
- Mark Gregorich — 3,869 USD
- Robert Goulding — 3,270 USD
- Joseph Gargiulo — 2,852 USD
On March 1, a 3,000 USD NLH 6-Max tournament was held with a guarantee of 200,000 USD. 184 players created a prize pool of 506,000 USD. The top 20 earned money, including Maria Konnikova (10th place — 11,193 USD), Ryan Leng (11th — 11,193 USD), Matthew Wantman (15th — 8,693 USD), Will The Thrill Failla (16th — 7,767 USD) and Cherish Andrews (19th — 7,028 USD).
- Vikenty Shegal — 112 007 USD
- Alex Foxen — 112,006 USD
- Michael Gathy — 54,193 USD
- Jeffrey Farnes — 37,140 USD
- Scott Eskenazi — 27,349 USD
- Maziar Keshavarzi — 21,632 USD
- Katie Lindsay — 17,720 USD
- Chan Kim — 15,028 USD
- Jake Schwartz — 12,902 USD
It was in this tournament that the aforementioned Michael Gathy took 3rd place. Alex Foxen and Vikenty Shegal, well-known to the general public, played in the heads-up. There was a deal as well. Foxen eventually became a runner-up and received 112,006 USD, and Shegal celebrated the victory, taking 112,007 USD with him.