Relating to summer season poker in Las Vegas, the World Collection of Poker (WSOP) isn’t the one sport on the town. Different venues up and down the Strip host their very own sequence, together with the much-beloved Wynn Poker Room.
The 2025 Wynn Summer time Traditional kicked off again on Could 21 and can run via July 14. There are greater than $40 million in ensures throughout that point, together with the $10,400 buy-in, $10 million GTD Summer time Championship which options 4 beginning flights and runs from June 26 via July 2.
In 2024, poker professional Nick Petrangelo prevailed over a area of 1,440 entrants to win the Wynn Summer time Traditional Championship for $2,221,775.
Right here’s a have a look at a number of the latest winners from the 2025 Wynn Summer time Traditional.
Michael Wang Wins $555K
One of many largest tournaments to this point on the Wynn Summer time Traditional was the $1,600 buy-in, $2.5 million GTD No-Restrict Maintain’em occasion that kicked off on June 9. The match drew 2,405 runners and surpassed its assure by providing up a $3,439,150 prize pool to the highest 298 finishers.
Some gamers to make deep runs however fall wanting the ultimate desk have been Ryan McAllister (eleventh – $36,290), Michael Zulker (fifteenth – $19,184), Brandon Zuidema (twenty first – $11,067), Clayton Flecther (twenty eighth – $8,849), and Corel Theuma (forty sixth – $6,587).
The ultimate desk had some acquainted faces in Stoyan Madanzhiev (4th – $216,575) and Alexandre Reard (third – $283,735), however ultimately it was well-known poker professional Michael Wang defeating Antonio Ortega in heads-up play to win the title for an enormous $555,528 high prize, which is a brand new career-high surpassing the $541,604 he gained for taking down the 2022 WSOP Occasion #87: $5,000 NLH.
The win introduced Wang as much as $7,443,421 in profession earnings based on the Hendon Mob. It marked the second high-profile win in eight months for Wang as again in October he etched his identify on the Mike Sexton Champions Cup by profitable the World Poker Tour (WPT) Playground for $298,088.
$1,600 NLH $2.5M GTD Closing Desk Outcomes
1Michael Wang$555,528
2Antonio Ortega$367,623
3Alexandre Reard$283,735
4Stoyan Madanzhiev$216,575
5Rudy Cervantes$166,620
6Trong Ngo$125,942
7Dean Ruan$94,757
8Baruch Forst$69,533
9Cecile Ticherfatine$49,751
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Large One for Santhosh Suvarna
On Friday evening, a $10,100 buy-in NLH PKO match occurred and noticed 79 entrants create a $790,000 prize pool. The highest 11 finishers made the cash together with Brandon Wilson (tenth – $13,035), Michael Berk (seventh – $21,090), Fahredin Mustafov (4th – $45,030), and Ludovic Uzan (third – $61,380).
The ultimate two gamers labored a deal that noticed them every lock up $114,165 in prize cash, however finally it was India’s Santhosh Suvarna, a WSOP gold bracelet winner and common on the high-stakes scene, being topped the winner.
$10,500 NLH PKO Closing Outcomes
1Santhosh Suvarna$114,165*
2Ignacio Moron$114,165*
3Ludovic Uzan$61,380
4Fahredin Mustafov$45,030
5Barak Wisbrod$33,775
6Boris Kolev$26,330
7Michael Berk$21,090
8Manuel Fritz$17,301
9Mathew Frankland$14,694
10Brandon Wilson$13,035
11Yulian Bogdanov$13,035
*Denotes heads-up deal.
Romain Locquet Nabs a Title
On Friday, June 13, the $1,100 buy-in, $100K GTD NLH occasion drew 195 runners and supplied up a $190,125 prize pool to the highest 23 finishers. Amongst these to money however fall wanting the ultimate desk have been Matt Ploof (tenth – $3,963), Robert Natividad (fifteenth – $3,084), Victor Paredes (18th – $2,585), and Tyler Hirschfeld (twenty second – $2,436).
Ultimately, Romain Locquet bested Derek Normand in heads-up play to win the title and a $46,536 first-place prize.
$1,100 NLH Turbo Closing Desk Outcomes
1Romain Locquet$46,536
2Derek Normand$28,596
3Thomas Waters$20,584
4Cagdas Ersoy$15,573
5Gregrory Pardo$11,569
6Clement Michaud$8,597
7Rodrigo Zouvi$6,815
8Vlad-Victor Darie$5,550
9Thomas Eychenne$4,612
A Title for Alban Juen
One other match to play out on Friday was the $1,100 buy-in, $250K GTD NLH, which cruised by its assure, attracting 378 entries and providing up a $368,550 prize pool to the highest 47 finishers.
Some acquainted names to money have been Hugues Girard (tenth – $5,372), Donovan Dean (14th – $3,927), Jeremy Mintz (twenty sixth – $2,769), Daniel Lazrus (thirty fourth – $2,529), and Tyler Inexperienced (forty sixth – $2,238)
When the mud settled on the match, France’s Alban Juen was the final participant standing to say the title and $72,526 in prize cash. Apparently, it marked the second yr in a row that Juen gained a Wynn Summer time Traditional, as final yr he topped a 2,532-entry area in an $1,100 NLH match for a career-high $380,767.
$1,100 NLH Turbo Closing Desk Outcomes
1Alban Juen$72,526
2I-Chun Chiu$48,362
3Mathieu His$37,197
4Brad Kibel$29,151
5Sameer Chaturvedi$22,616
6Yan Jiang$17,214
7Thuy Nguyen$12,845
8Antonio Vargas Alvarado$9,369
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Chad Holloway
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