Day 1a of the 2022 Wynn Summer Classic $1,600 Mystery Bounty took place on Wednesday, July 13, and attracted 459 runners. Of those, 50 advanced to Day 2 with Sean Conklin and his stack of 897,000 leading the way. Felix Bleiker (750,000), Joffrey Lhote (604,000), Roderick Macneil (594,000), and Pierre Merlin (511,000) round out the top five from the opening flight.
Others to make it through were Martin Finger (421,000), Ryan Hughes (359,000), Bernie Wen (273,000), Wesley Pantling (224,000), Michael Marder (201,000), Allyn Shulman (85,000), and the short-stacked Michael Bruno (43,000).
All the Day 1a survivors will return for Day 2 action at Noon local time on Saturday, July 16.