Isaac Kempton opened to 60,000 from the hijack and Niko Koop three-bet shoved a stack of about 300,000 from the cutoff. Joao Simao then re-shoved from the small blind and Kempton folded to get the hand heads-up.
Niko Koop:
Joao Simao:
It was a coin flip headed to the flop of , which gave Simao a full house to make it anything but. The runout of didn't change things and Koop was eliminated in 27th place for $62,857.
Daniel Moran was in the big blind in a heads-up pot against Sean Perry in the small blind on a board reading .
Perry led out with a turn bet of 135,000 and Moran called. The river brought the and Perry sized up to 365,000. Moran tanked for multiple minutes and shifted around under his tan Champion hoodie before moving all-in for around 1,000,000.
Perry took about a minute before putting in a call, only to muck when Moran showed for aces up to stay alive and win the massive pot.
Isaac Kempton was in a heads-up pot against Shawn Daniels on a board reading with a few hundred thousand in chips already in the middle.
Kempton moved all-in with Daniels covered and his opponent entered the tank before calling off with around 900,000.
Shawn Daniels:
Isaac Kempton:
Daniels had flopped a monster with top two pair but Kempton had him beat with a flopped straight. The on the river didn't change things and Daniels hit the rail, while Kempton added a big portion to his stack to take the chip lead.
David Dowdy open-jammed a stack of 300,000 from under the gun and Sam Soverel flat-called off of a stack of 700,000 as the player next to act.
The action folded to Debbie Lee in the small blind, who moved all-in with Soverel covered. Soverel tanked for multiple minutes and stared off behind his signature black Ray-Bans and eventually called off for his tournament life.
David Dowdy:
Sam Soverel:
Debbie Lee:
Lee's jacks were still far in front when the flop came , but the on the turn catapulted Dowdy ahead. The on the river didn't change things and Dowdy secured a triple-up while Soverel was eliminated a tiny side pot went in Lee's direction.
"To be fair, I showed queens last time," Dowdy said after the hand.
Jake Daniels got his stack of about 305,000 in preflop and was at risk against Sean Perry.
Jake Daniels:
Sean Perry:
The board ran out and Daniels let out an understandable sound of frustration as Perry once again got lucky on the river, while Daniels made his way to the payout desk for his finish in 45th place.
"Thank you, Sean," said Kim Ng, who has exactly one big blind and secured the ladder.
Chino Rheem was in position in a heads-up pot against Isaac Kempton.
The board read and Kempton led out with a bet of 180,000. Rheem called. The river then brought the and Kempton moved all-in for 600,000.
"I guess I should just fold," Rheem thought aloud. "I'm losing to ace-seven, I'm losing to ace-jack ... But I kind of want to win a big pot."
Rheem ended up calling and Kempton showed the winner with , which out-kicked the of Rheem.
A few hands later, Rheem got to the river against Shawn Daniels on a board of and moved all-in for around 200,000, a move that sent Daniels into the tank.
"Sorry, I have a queen," Daniels told the table.
"You can't fold a queen," goaded Rheem.
"I don't think so, either," Daniels replied.
Daniels made the call and Rheem showed a bluff with , which was no good against the of Daniels.
"You win. Game over," Rheem said as he stood up from his seat and left the tournament area.
Filipp Khavin jammed under the gun for 245,000, Sylvain Loosli called in middle position, and Brandon Lulov mulled over his decision on the button for a minute or two before moving all-in for approximately 970,000. Action folded back to Loosli who snap-called.
Filipp Khavin:
Brandon Lulov:
Sylvain Loosli:
The board ran out to keep Loosli in front with his rockets and eliminate Khavin and Lulov in the cooler. Meanwhile, Loosli soars near the top of the leaderboard.
Neng Lee opened to 35,000 in early position, Joshua Pollock jammed for 215,000 in middle position, and Tony Sinishtaj called the big blind. Lee thought about it but folded.
Joshua Pollock:
Tony Sinishtaj:
The board ran out and Pollock hit the river to keep his tournament life alive.
Lee mentioned he had folded queens, luckily for Pollock, who secured the fortunate double with his set of eights.
Sean Perry was seen in the tank as he faced a decision for his tournament life in a heads-up pot against Daniel Moran.
The board read and Moran jammed to put Perry all-in for around 600,000 with about 500,000 already in the pot.
Perry's eyes darted back and forth between the board and Moran and he shuffled his chips and thought through the hand.
Eventually, Perry put out a stack of chips for a crying call. Moran nodded in defeat and tabled for ace-high, while Perry showed to stay alive and leave Moran with crumbs.
Day 4 of the 2nd annual $10,000 buy-in, $10 million GTD Wynn Millions Main Event is almost underway and will kick off at noon local time as part of 2022 Wynn Millions at Wynn Las Vegas.
This year's Main Event attracted many of poker's biggest and brightest stars to generate a total prize pool of $10,105,000 off of 1,075 entries, and now only 54 players remain.
Belgian Thomas Boivin bagged the biggest stack by a good margin with 2,500,000 chips and leads the field with nearly 167 big blinds. Hyo Joo (2,080,000) went on a run late in Day 3 to secure the second-biggest stack heading into Day 4, while Debbie Lee (2,000,000), Niko Koop (1,890,000), and Ian Matakis (1,775,000) round out the top five.
All of the remaining players have already cashed for a minimum of $38,384, but all eyes are on the $1,655,952 first-place prize and the glamorous Wynn Millions Main Event trophy.
Defending champion Andrew Moreno knows a bit about the glory of the Wynn Millions title, and he will be looking to go back-to-back in the first two Wynn Millions as he takes a healthy stack of 985,000 into Day 4.
Others still in contention for the title include Sylvain Loosli (1,305,000), Sam Soverel (1,300,000), Shaun Deeb (1,015,000), Katie Lindsay (955,000), Joey Weissman (945,000), Shannon Shorr (935,000), Chad Eveslage (620,000), Jesse Sylvia (540,000), Brock Wilson (530,000), Vanessa Kade (485,000), Sean Perry (390,000), Jake Daniels (305,000), and Sofia Lovgren (255,000).
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team brings you updates of the Day 4 action.