The 2023 Wynn Summer Classic ran from May 25 to July 19, offering $28 million in guaranteed prize pools across 48 events. At the end of it, 34,441 entrants competed and $64,529,520 in prize money was awarded.
The series featured events with buy-ins ranging from $400 to $111,000 and offered poker variants such as Pot-Limit Omaha, 5 Card PLO, Limit Omaha 8 / Stud 8, 2-7 Triple Draw, H.O.R.S.E., and 8 Game.
Among those to claim Wynn titles throughout the summer were Ari Engel ($1,100 Limit Omaha 8/B for $33,701), Chance Kornuth ($2,200 Mystery Bounty for $537,322), Bin Weng ($10,500 WPT Everyone for One Drop for $2,227,054), and Jonathan Jaffe ($111,000 Alpha8 for One Drop for $1,537,600).
Here’s a look at some other winners from the closing events of the 2023 Wynn Summer Classic.
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Elvis Toomas Victorious in $1,100 NLH
On July 17, the final open event of the Wynn Summer Classic played out on the felt with the $1,100 NLH $100K GTD. The event attracted 377 entries to generate a prize pool of $369,460 paid to the top 39 finishers.
Some of the players who cashed but fell short of the final table include pro boxer Ryan Garcia (17th - $4,397), Brian Hastings (22nd - $3,436), and Aleksandr Gofman (38th - $2,457).
At the final table, Michael Dentale took home $47,794 for a third-place finish, Rania Nasreddine took home $57,331 for a second-place finish, and Elvis Toomas claimed the trophy and $67,830 for his third recorded live tournament victory and largest career score according to the Hendon Mob.
$1,100 NLH Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elvis Toomas | Henderson, NV | $67,830 |
| 2 | Rania Nasreddine | Tulsa, OK | $57,331 |
| 3 | Michael Dentale | Brooklyn, NY | $47,794 |
| 4 | Stephen Sola | Las Vegas, NV | $25,031 |
| 5 | John Vallinas Santos | Spain | $18,436 |
| 6 | Ricardo Tombini | Brazil | $14,261 |
| 7 | Kuljinder Sidhu | United Kingdom | $11,453 |
| 8 | Manoj Ravi | Detroit, MI | $9,495 |
| 9 | Furkan Beg | Turkey | $7,980 |
Ignacio Chavero Takes Down $10,500 NLH 6-Max
On July 15, a $10,500 NLH 6-Max tournament saw 115 entrants compete for a piece of a $1,150,000 prize pool.
The top 13 players made it into the money and among those who cashed were 2023 WSOP bracelet winners Nick Schulman (4th - $92,000) and Jan Arends (6th - $54,510), in addition to Brian Kim (7th - $45,770), Kevin Rabichow (10th - $28,865), and Dominik Nitsche (12th - $25,185).
At the end of it, Spain’s Ignacio Chavero defeated Russia’s Ramin Hajiyev in heads-up play to win the trophy and $324,132 for his biggest-ever live tournament score.
$10,500 NLH 6-Max Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignacio Chavero | Spain | $324,132 |
| 2 | Ramin Hajiyev | Russia | $250,925 |
| 3 | Claas Segebrecht | Germany | $134,550 |
| 4 | Nick Schulman | Brooklyn, NY | $92,000 |
| 5 | Sung Joo Hyun | South Korea | $67,850 |
| 6 | Jans Arends | Netherlands | $54,510 |
2023 Wynn Summer Classic Winners
| Date | Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/25-5/26 | $1,100 H.O.R.S.E $50K GTD | 142 | $137,740 | Joseph Weinberger | Las Vegas, NV | $38,543 |
| 5/26-5/27 | $1,100 Limit Omaha 8 $50K GTD | 130 | $126,100 | Ari Engel | Del Ray Beach, FL | $33,701 |
| 5/27-5/28 | $1,100 Limit Omaha 8/Stud 8 $50K GTD | 125 | $121,250 | David Levi | Las Vegas, NV | $26,259 |
| 5/28-5/29 | $2,200 H.O.R.S.E. $100K GTD | 70 | $140,000 | John Cernuto | Las Vegas, NV | $36,500 |
| 5/29 | $400 NLH $40K GTD | 531 | $180,540 | Chunyu Yang | Jersey City, NJ | $36,924 |
| 5/29-5/30 | $3,000 8 Game Mix $150K GTD | 46 | $150,000 | Leonard August | Las Vegas, NV | $63,000 |
| 5/30 | $600 2-7 Triple Draw $30K GTD | 142 | $73,130 | Thor Morstol | Norway | $16,117 |
| 5/30-6/1 | $600 NLH $200K GTD | 801 | $412,515 | Garen Zobian | Las Vegas, NV | $75,494 |
| 6/1 | $500 Seniors NLH $100K GTD | 487 | $233,760 | Edward Hansen | Santa Ana, CA | $24,287 |
| 6/2 | $550 NLH $100K GTD | 630 | $302,400 | Riley Stahley | Woodbury, MN | $38,969 |
| 6/3 | $550 $5K Milestone Survivor $50K GTD | 334 | $160,320 | 32 Winners | N/A | $5,000 |
| 6/3 | $550 NLH $100K GTD | 705 | $338,400 | Carlos Caldas | Staten Island, NY | $55,146 |
| 6/8 | $3,000 NLH 6-Max $200K GTD | 319 | $877,250 | Yulian Bogdanov | Bulgaria | $205,116 |
| 6/4-6/9 | $1,100 NLH $1.5M GTD | 3,737 | $3,624,890 | Brandon Mitchell | Casa Grande, AZ | $327,817 |
| 6/9 | $1,100 NLH $200K GTD | 466 | $456,680 | Giovanni Zanette | South Africa | $80,661 |
| 6/9 | $1,100 5 Card PLO $100K GTD | 356 | $350,840 | Ravee Sundara | Houston, TX | $68,009 |
| 6/10 | $1,100 NLH $200K GTD | 516 | $505,680 | Vincas Tamasauskas | Lithuania | $104,528 |
| 6/10 | $1,100 NLH Turbo $100K GTD | 217 | $212,660 | Paolo Carinci | Canada | $46,407 |
| 6/11 | $1,100 PLO $200K GTD | 391 | $383,180 | Uri Kadosh | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | $59,585 |
| 6/11 | $1,100 NLH Turbo $100K GTD | 182 | $178,360 | Basil Hourani | Wichita, KS | $49,339 |
| 6/15 | $550 NLH $100K GTD | 661 | $317,280 | Ryan Awwad | Sacramento, CA | $60,124 |
| 6/12-6/16 | $1,600 NLH $2M GTD | 2,168 | $3,121,920 | Anthony Hall | North Franklin, CT | $300,000 |
| 6/16 | $1,100 NLH $200K GTD | 389 | $381,220 | Chad Lipton | Miami, FL | $86,319 |
| 6/16 | $1,100 NLH Turbo $100K GTD | 180 | $176,400 | Sonny Franco | France | $48,794 |
| 6/17 | $1,100 NLH $200K GTD | 357 | $349,860 | Emanuel Fernandez | Argentina | $74,947 |
| 6/17 | $1,100 NLH Turbo $100K GTD | 189 | $185,220 | Juan Vecino Duenas | Spain | $51,235 |
| 6/18-6/19 | $1,100 NLH Seniors Championship $250K GTD | 705 | $683,850 | Chiori Gannon | Las Vegas, NV | $129,588 |
| 6/19-6/20 | $5,000 Seniors High Roller $250K GTD | 155 | $728,500 | James Calderaro | Venice, FL | $211,666 |
| 6/19-6/23 | $2,200 Mystery Bounty $2.5M GTD | 3,006 | $6,012,000 | Chance Kornuth | Las Vegas, NV | $537,322 |
| 6/23 | $3,000 PLO Progressive Bounty $200K GTD | 452 | $791,000 | Roussos Koliakoudakis | Las Vegas, NV | $139,773 |
| 6/24 | $1,100 NLH $200K GTD | 652 | $638,960 | Michael Suggs Jr. | Carmel, IN | $94,726 |
| 6/24 | $1,100 NLH Turbo $100K GTD | 245 | $240,100 | Itai Levy | Israel | $38,981 |
| 6/25-6/27 | $1,600 NLH $1M GTD | 1,637 | $2,357,280 | Roman Rogovskyi | Ukraine | $338,105 |
| 6/27-7/1 | $3,500 NLH $4M GTD | 2,231 | $7,105,735 | Stefan Nemetz | Austria | $720,639 |
| 7/1 | $1,100 NLH $200K GTD | 727 | $712,460 | Sean McNulty | Bermuda | $74,962 |
| 7/1 | $1,100 NLH Turbo $100K GTD | 356 | $350,840 | Hagai Zisser | Israel | $65,160 |
| 7/2 | $1,100 NLH $200K GTD | 726 | $711,480 | Lyudmil Ivanov | Bulgaria | $130,109 |
| 7/2 | $1,100 NLH Turbo $100K GTD | 488 | $478,240 | Yannick Capocetti | Argentina | $98,859 |
| 7/3 | $550 Ladies NLH $50K GTD | 373 | $179,040 | Anna Antimony | Fort Lee, NJ | $40,540 |
| 7/3 | $1,100 NLH $200K GTD | 664 | $650,720 | Simeon Spasov | Bulgaria | $96,936 |
| 7/3 | $1,100 NLH Turbo $100K GTD | 485 | $475,300 | Dan Larsen | Denmark | $98,248 |
| 7/4 | $1,100 NLH $200K GTD | 835 | $818,300 | Kenneth Mapoy | Las Vegas, NV | $102,517 |
| 7/5-7/8 | $1,600 Mystery Bounty $2M GTD | 3,856 | $5,552,640 | Gerben Bos | Netherlands | $526,775 |
| 7/9-7/14 | $10,500 WPT Everyone for One Drop $10M GTD | 1,676 | $16,257,000 | Bin Weng | Philadelphia, PA | $2,227,054 |
| 7/14-7/16 | $111,000 WPT Alpha 8 for One Drop | 45 | $4,612,500 | Jonathan Jaffe | Plantation, FL | $1,537,600 |
| 7/15 | $10,500 NLH 6-Max | 115 | $1,150,000 | Ignacio Chavero | Spain | $324,132 |
| 7/16 | $1,100 NLH $100K GTD | 377 | $369,460 | Elvis Toomas | Henderson, NV | $67,830 |
| 7/17-7/19 | $500 Casino Employee Mystery Bounty $100K GTD | 364 | $156,520 | Michael Murray | Las Vegas, NV | $17,337 |