France��s Joseph Sabe Wins $507,978 at 2022 Wynn Millions; Hyo Joo Claims PKO Title
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The 2022 Wynn Millions $10,000 buy-in Championship Event may be over, but the series rolled on over the weekend crowning a pair of new winners.
The series will conclude this Sunday, March 20, and in the meantime, there are still four events to play out. The $400 buy-in, $100K GTD No-Limit Hold��em is playing out now, as is a $400 buy-in, $40K GTD NLH tournament. From March 17-20, the $1,000 buy-in, $500K GTD NLH will take place, and then on the final day, there will be a $550 buy-in, $50K GTD NLH event.
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Sabe Wins Half a Million
One of the biggest events on the schedule was the $3,500 buy-in, $2 million GTD No-Limit Hold��em tournament that ran from March 11-14. It attracted 889 entries which surpassed the guarantee by offering up a $2,867,025 prize pool to the top 89 finishers.
Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Jack Hardcastle (13th - $38,112), Je Wook Oh (20th - $21,791), Faraz Jaka (25th - $19,032), Katie Lindsay (35th - $16,680), Mark Newhouse (47th - $12,891), Ali Imsirovic (69th - $10,168), and Nick Schulman (70th - $10,168).
The final table was stacked with accomplished players, four of which hailed from overseas. Two of those players �C France��s Joseph Sabe and Brazil��s Joao Simao �C would battle in heads-up play, with the former ultimately prevailing to capture the title and $507,978 top prize.
2022 Wynn Millions $3,500 NLH Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country/Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Sabe | France | $507,978 |
| 2 | Joao Simao | Brazil | $334,295 |
| 3 | Jacob Ferro | Florida | $227,355 |
| 4 | James Romero | Las Vegas, Nevada | $160,840 |
| 5 | Clayton Maguire | Las Vegas, Nevada | $118,408 |
| 6 | Justin Zaki | Florida | $92,318 |
| 7 | Javier Zarco | United Kingdom | $74,256 |
| 8 | Ryan Roeder | Washington | $61,641 |
| 9 | Armando Collado | Nicaragua | $51,971 |
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Hyo Joo Wins $5,200 PKO Bounty Event
Another tournament that recently wrapped took place on Sunday, March 13. The $5,200 Progressive Bounty tournament drew 88 runners, which offered up a $434,720 prize pool.
The final table of nine earned a portion of the regular prize pool, and when it reached three-handed play the remaining players opted for a deal that saw them each lock up $58,886. New Jersey��s Hyo Joo, who had amassed an additional $18,000 in bounties, was declared the champion, so he walked away with the trophy while David ��Chino�� Rheem and 2017 WSOP bracelet winner Anthony Marquez got the same amount of cash.
$5,200 PKO Bounty Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country/Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyo Joo | Palisades Park, New Jersey | $58,886* |
| 2 | Chino Rheem | Hollywood, Florida | $58,885* |
| 3 | Anthony Marquez | Carmarillo, California | $58,885 |
| 4 | Farid Jattin | Miami, Flordia | $23,155 |
| 5 | Dylan Smith | Brick, New Jersey | $17,282 |
| 6 | Dylan Linde | Las Vegas, Nevada | $13,453 |
| 7 | Amir Mirrasouli | Santa Ana, California | $10,981 |
| 8 | Saloman Shamosh | Mexico | $9,236 |
| 9 | Max Coleman | Wichita, Kansas | $8,020 |
*Denotes three-handed deal.
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2022 Wynn Millions Winners Thus Far
| Date | Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Hometown/Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/21/22 | $400 NLH $40K GTD | 313 | $107,985 | Gabriel Jin Goh | New Zealand | $17,000 |
| 2/22/22 | $400 NLH $40K GTD | 261 | $90,045 | Ray Teasdale | Chula Vista, CA | $14,047 |
| 2/22/22 | $400 Limit Omaha 8/B $25K GTD | 140 | $48,300 | Wesley Gronhoud | Nekoma, ND | $11,961 |
| 2/23/22 | $400 NLH Seniors $40K GTD | 348 | $120,060 | Lawrence Beach | Decatur, GA | $19,290 |
| 2/24-2/27/22 | $1,600 Wynn Mystery Bounty | 2,103 | $3,049,350 | Eddy Konarske | Englewood, CO | $222,072 |
| 2/28-3/1/22 | $1,100 NLH Seniors $100K GTD | 246 | $239,850 | Mark Seif | Las Vegas, NV | $60,610 |
| 3/1/22 | $400 PLO $25K GTD | 191 | $65,895 | Rishi Makkar | Canada | $18,229 |
| 3/1/22 | Event #1: $10K NLH High Roller | 49 | $490,000 | Jake Schindler | Las Vegas, NV | $166,600 |
| 3/2/22 | Event #2: $15K NLH High Roller | 40 | $600,000 | Daniel Negreanu | Las Vegas, NV | $216,000 |
| 3/7/22 | Event #3: $10K NLH High Roller | 60 | $600,000 | Ali Imsirovic | Bosnia | $180,000 |
| 3/8/22 | Event #4: $10K NLH High Roller | 73 | $730,000 | Bin Weng | USA | $189,800 |
| 3/9/22 | Event #5: $15K NLH High Roller | 43 | $645,000 | Brekstyn Schutten | USA | $219,300 |
| 3/8-3/9/22 | $1,600 PLO/NLH $100K GTD | 194 | $282,270 | Maziar Keshavarzi | USA | $61,698 |
| 3/9-310/22 | $3,000 6-Max NLH $200K GTD | 276 | $759,000 | Cliff Josephy | USA | $154,670 |
| 3/10-3/11/22 | $3,000 NLH $1k Bounty $200K GTD | 200 | $350,000 | Ben Diebold | USA | $96,810 |
| 3/3-3/11/22 | $10,000 Wynn Millions $10M GTD | 1,075 | $10,105,000 | Tony Sinishtaj | USA | $1,655,952 |
| 3/11-3/14/22 | $3,500 NLH $2M GTD | 889 | $2,867,025 | Joseph Sabe | France | $507,978 |
| 3/13/22 | $5,200 Progressive Bounty | 88 | $434,720 | Hyo Joo | Palisades Park, NJ | $58,886 |
