Hot on the heels of this Mystery Bounty, Wynn will host a $3,500 buy-in, $1 million GTD No-Limit Hold��em Event.
That tournament, which starts players with 30,000 in chips and plays 40-minute levels, offers a pair of starting flights at Noon on Wednesday, July 7, and Thursday, July 8 respectively.
The surviving players will then return for Day 2 at Noon on Friday, July 9.
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Wynn Millions, we��d be remiss if we didn��t tell you about some of the side events that have taken place out over the past month at the Wynn Summer Classic.
In Event #5: $600 NLH, 743 runners created a $386,360 prize pool that was paid out to the top 80 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Stephen Song (64th - $1,399), Bryan Piccioli (41st - $2,022), Jeffrey Trudeau (19th - $3,490), Vanessa Kade (16th - $3,968), and Sen Mu (10th - $6,144).
In the end, it was Maine native Spencer Champlin who collected every chip in play to capture the first-place $70,641 payday.
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
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| 1 | Spencer Champlin | Scarborough, ME | $70,641 |
| 2 | Dave Alfa | Las Vegas, NV | $46,325 |
| 3 | Nick Blackburn | Long Bottom, OH | $31,488 |
| 4 | Darin Utley | Cedar Rapids, IA | $22,293 |
| 5 | Eugenio Pernia Soto | Venezuela | $16,495 |
| 6 | Toko Luu | San Jose, CA | $12,750 |
| 7 | Kevin Wang | Las Vegas, NV | $10,239 |
| 8 | David Larson | Las Vegas, NV | $8,500 |
| 9 | Stephen Sweat | Asheboro, NC | $7,168 |
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Level 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000)
After a player opened with a raise, 2020 WSOP Global Casino Champ AJ Kelsall three-bet jammed for 690,000. The original raiser called with 
and was well ahead of Kelsall's 
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The 
flop gave Kelsall a gutshot straight draw, and the 
turn added a flush draw to the mix.
Unfortunately for him, the river was a brick and Kelsall was eliminated in 25th place for $8,366.
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What began with 211 envelopes was whittled down to approximately 35 before the top bounty of $100,000 was awarded.
After being eliminated from the tournament in 55th place for $5,210, New Jersey's Jay Kavoor opted to redeem his last bounty ticket. Earlier in the day, he redeemed one and won $2,500, which wasn't a bad score. Well, he topped it significantly on the second pull to bring his total payout for the day up to $107,710!
Here's is the moment of his victory:
The $100k prize is off the board in @WynnPoker $1,600 Mystery Bounty. Only about 35 envelopes remained when Jay Kov�� https://t.co/Ow6Ga6XlTP
— PokerNews (@PokerNews)
We missed the elimination of Shannon Shorr in 28th place, but he filled us in on some details after the fact.
According to him, the player in the cutoff opened with a raise and Shorr three-bet jammed from the big blind with 
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Unfortunately for him, his opponent called with 
and the kicker played on a clean and low runout.
Shorr's elimination brings about the three-table redraw as just 27 players remain.
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Level 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000)
Carlos Veidas got his stack of 490,000 all in preflop and was looking to hold against Joey Senescu.
Carlos Veidas: 
Joey Senescu: 
Veidas had the better ace and the kicker made the difference after the board ran out 
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Senescu was left with a short stack and went bust not long after in 29th place for $7,351.
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Level 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000)
Rubin Chappell got his last 460,000 or so all in preflop and was at-risk against Stephen Krestynick.
Rubin Chappell:
Stephen Krestynick: 
The board ran out 
and Krestynick eliminated Chappell. He immediately redeemed the bounty and drew an envelope containing $2,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,800,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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-825,000
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1,600,000
1,100,000
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1,500,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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1,450,000
1,044,000
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1,044,000 |
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1,400,000
1,240,000
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1,240,000 |
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1,300,000
969,000
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969,000 |
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1,200,000
1,036,000
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1,036,000 |
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1,075,000
648,000
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648,000 |
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885,000
-215,000
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-215,000 |
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810,000
380,000
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380,000 |
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590,000
315,000
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315,000 |