Spencer Champlin Victorious in Wynn Summer Classic Event #5: $600 NLH
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
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.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |