On a completed board of with roughly 400,000 in the pot, David Miscikowski was in the big blind facing a bet for all of his approximately 550,000 chips by Vanessa Kade in middle position. Eventually, Miscikowski called.
Kade tabled for flopped top set, and Miscikowski mucked his hand as he made his way to the payout desk in 36th place.
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.
Isaac Kempton was in position in a heads-up pot against Rok Gostisa.
Kempton bet out on the flop of and Gostisa check-raised to around 400,000, leaving himself with just 5,000 behind. Kempton made the call.
Gostisa checked on the turn and Kempton bet a small 5,000 to put his opponent all-in. Gostisa called.
Rok Gostisa:
Isaac Kempton:
Gostisa's pair of kings was out-kicked by the big slick of Kempton and he hit the rail as the peeled off on the river, sending yet another pot to Kempton.
Dylan DeStefano raised to about 125,000 from early position, representing most of his stack. Sean Perry called in middle position, and David Dowdy jammed the big blind. Perry folded, and DeStefano called for his 50,000 or so behind.
Dylan DeStefano:
David Dowdy:
The vaulted DeStefano in front to the turn, but the completed the board to give Dowdy Broadway and send DeStefano to the payout desk.
Andrew Moreno was in late position in a heads-up pot against Vanessa Kade in the big blind.
Kade checked on the flop of and Moreno bet 80,000. Kade called. Kade checked again on the turn and Moreno checked back.
Kade checked for a third time on the river and Moreno took a moment before putting out a bet of 405,000 with much less than that in the pot. Kade laid it down.
Last summer, the inaugural $10,000 buy-in, $10,000,000 GTD Wynn Millions attracted 1,328 entries over three starting flights, which surpassed the seven-figure guarantee by creating a $12,483,200 prize pool (the largest in Wynn Poker history).
On Day 2ab, 240 players returned with Bryn Kenney, tournament poker's all-time money leader, and his stack 376,500 leading the way. Coming in with the seventh-largest stack of 295,500 was Alex Foxen. Eventually, the latter was moved to the former's table and a hand for the ages would go down.
At the time, Foxen had chipped up into the chip lead ever so slightly over Kenney, who appeared to still be the other big stack in the room. That is when the two poker superstars had a head-on collision.
The hand took place early in Level 12 (1,500/2,500/2,500) when Kenney raised preflop and Foxen called from the hijack. The players on the button and in the big blind came along and it was four-way action to the flop.
The big blind checked, Kenney continued for 9,000, and only Foxen called to see the turn, which was another .
Kenney bet again, this time 10,000, and Foxen just called to see a complete the board on the river.
This time Kenney checked and Foxen over-bet the pot to the tune of 112,000. Kenney woke up with an all-in check-raise to approximately 240,000, and Foxen, who barely had the bigger stack, snap-called.
Kenney tabled for aces full of queens, but it was no good as Foxen rolled over for quads.
With that, Kenney was eliminated while Foxen pulled in the largest pot of the tournament thus far (by a wide margin) chipping up to 650,000. It was a standout moment in an event that would go on to be nominated for "Event of the Year" at the Global Poker Awards.