Guilbert Bags Massive Chip Lead in Wynn Millions Main Event Day 1a
Day 1a of the 2nd annual $10,000 buy-in, $10 million GTD Wynn Millions Main Event as part of 2022 Wynn Millions at Wynn Las Vegas wrapped up late Thursday evening with France's Johan Guilbert leading 53 players with a massive stack of 624,000.
The first of three starting flights in the Main Event attracted a total of 199 runners and lasted for ten hours as many of the best players in the world battled it out on the blue felt in the luxurious Wynn tournament area.
Guilbert, who has $3.6 million in tournament earnings, per The Hendon Mob, is on a heater that included a second-place finish in the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event last December for $892,811.
Just weeks ago, the French pro was honored at the Global Poker Awards in Las Vegas as he received the GPI Breakout Player of the Year award.
Some notable players who survived the first starting flight include Ali Imsirovic (258,066), Sam Soverel (325,500), Jason Koon (143,000,) Kristen Bicknell (111,500), Sofia Lovgren (280,000), Adam Hendrix (51,000), Kitty Kuo (135,000), Dan Smith (184,000), Dylan Linde (78,500), Sylvain Loosli (322,500) and James Romero (200,000).
Daniel Negreanu was also in the field he took down a $15,300 High Roller across the room last night room for $216,000 as part of the Wynn High Roller Series. “Kid Poker,” who finished the high roller at 3 a.m., late-registered the Main Event and ended the day with a stack of 215,500.
Players who weren’t lucky enough to make it to the end of the day include Alex Foxen, Dylan Weisman, Lanton Tice, Dan Shak and Jake Schindler.
Players who bagged on Day 1a will return on March 6 at noon for Day 2ab, which will see them compete against the first two starting flights.
The second starting flight of the nine-day tournament will pick up on March 4 at noon. Like the first flight, Day 1b is expected to attract some of the best and biggest in the game.
PokerNews will be back tomorrow to bring you updates of the Wynn Millions Main Event Day 1b action, so stay tuned.
Remember, there are still three PokerGO Tour High Rollers taking place here at the Wynn Millions, all of which count for the 2022 PGT Leaderboard. There will be $10,500 buy-in High Rollers on both March 6 & 7, as well as a $15,700 High Roller on March 8. Click here to see the current PokerGO Tour Leaderboard.
to change nothing, and Eveslage took the pot with his rockets. Meanwhile, Imsirovic took a hit but still holds one of the top stacks, and Shak was eliminated.
flop and Lin check-called an 8,500 bet.
landed on the turn and Lin checked-jammed after Imsirovic bet 45,000, putting his stack of approximately 165,000 in the middle. Imsirovic called.
completed the board to keep Imsirovic ahead with his set, and he added the chips to his large stack.
. Foxen checked and called a turn bet of 4,300 from his opponent. 
river and his opponent bet 12,500. Foxen moved all-in to put his opponent in for his last 55,400. The opponent tanked for about a minute and called. 
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of Peter Cross. The flop of 
and Lovgren scooped the massive pot, while a side pot went to Wigg and Cross was eliminated.
flop, and the 
completed the board to confirm the pot for Loosli, as he added the chips to his growing stack.
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to claim the pot. Saliba re-entered and received a new stack of 40,000 chips.
, Kitty Kuo led out with a bet of 700 and Andy Park called.
and Kuo bet a hefty 3,000, which Park called. Kuo then checked on the 
