Kornuth Wins Wynn Summer Classic $3,500 NLH for $353,891; Glaser & Levy Nabs Titles

The 2021 Wynn Summer Classic, which began on May 27 and ran through July 13, was comprised of more than 30 events that offered over $16 million in guarantees. That included the highly successful $10,000 buy-in, $10,000,000 GTD Wynn Millions won by Andrew Moreno for $1.4 million and the $1,600 buy-in, $1.5 million GTD Mystery Bounty won by Uri Reichenstein.

“We couldn’t have asked for a better Summer Classic, and I certainly didn’t anticipate the fanfare created by the one-two punch of the Wynn Millions and Mystery Bounty,” Wynn Director of Poker Operations Ryan Beauregard told PokerNews. “It was fun to showcase the Wynn poker brand to such a large audience, and I’m confident that the Wynn Millions has a bright future.”

Midway through the series, PokerNews brought you a recap highlighting side event wins by Jonathan Tamayo, Spencer Champlin, and Camille Brown. Now, we take a look at some of the winners in the closing half of the recently completed Wynn Summer Classic.

Chance Kornuth Wins $3,500 NLH for $353,891

The last big tournament of the 2021 Wynn Summer Classic was the $3,500 buy-in, $1,000,000 GTD No-Limit Hold’em tournament, which attracted 530 runners and offered up a $1,711,900 prize pool.

The top 53 players made the money including Tomas Soderstrom (10th - $29,787), Joey Weissman (12th - $25,593), Alex Rocha (14th - $22,135), Thomas Boivin (20th - $16,737), Kristen Bicknell (25th - $12,733), former Wynn Winter Classic champ Michael Rocco (27th - $12,733), Ryan Laplante (37th - $9,712), Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi (38th - $9,712), and Nate Silver (40th - $9,712).

The final table was a stacked affair that included Justin Saliba, who recently captured his first WSOP gold bracelet, WPT champ Bobby Oboodi, and reigning WPT Player of the Year Brian Altman. However, it was a familiar face coming out on top as poker pro Chance Kornuth, who back in June won the MSPT Venetian for $412,086, laid claim to the title and $353,891 first-place prize.

$3,500 NLH Final Table Results

Benny Glaser Wins 3,000 PLO Event for $102K

While the Wynn Millions was nearing its end, the $3,000 buy-in, $100K GTD Pot-Limit Omaha event was playing out. That tournament attracted 146 runners and crushed the guarantee by offering up a $407,340 prize pool.

In the end, it was the UK's Benny Glaser, a three-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, who collected every chip in play to capture the first-place $70,641 payday.

$3K PLO Final Results

Allan Le a PLO Bounty Hunter

The $1,600 buy-in, Pot-Limit Omaha $500 Bounty tournament drew 123 entrants and offered up a $117,465 prize pool. The top 13 finishers got paid and among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Damjan Radanov (10th - $2,948), Ben Primus (11th - $2,948), Javier Zarco (12th - $2,572), and Ryan Tosoc (13th - $2,572).

A heads-up deal was struck and the tournament ultimately ended with Jesse Lonis finishing as runner-up for $28,159 while Allan Le of Huntington Beach, California took the trophy and $30,583 in prize money.

$1,600 PLO $500 Bounty Final Table Results

Simon Levy Closes Out Series

The 2021 Wynn Summer Classic ended with a $500 buy-in, $500K GTD No-Limit Hold’em event that drew 2,480 and more than doubled the guarantee by generating a $1,054,000 prize pool.

That was paid out to the top 269 finishers and among those to make deep run were Jared Jaffee (9th - $15,047), Ben Underwood (10th - $12,780), Terry Fleischer (20th - $6,994), Katrina Weaver (28th - $4,550), and Michael Lech (37th - $3,972).

The title came down to a pair of players from Washington, and in the end, it was Bellevue’s Simon Levy besting Seattle’s Matthew Jewett in the heads-up play to win the title and $92,147 first-place prize.

Wynn Closer $500 NLH Final Table Results

Wynn Summer Classic Winners