2024 Wynn Millions

$1,600 Mystery Bounty
Day: 2
Event Info

2024 Wynn Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$190,950
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$1,831,680
Entries
1,272
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
157
Players Left
1

$1,600 Mystery Bounty

Day 2 Completed

Adrian Lopez Bests Two POYs to Win Wynn Millions Mystery Bounty ($190,950)

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Adrian Lopez
Adrian Lopez

After more than 14 hours of exciting bounty action, San Diego's Adrian Lopez won the $1,600 Mystery Bounty at the 2024 Wynn Millions Festival for a career-best $190,950 and the golden Wynn trophy. Lopez, a business owner and longtime recreational grinder, won more than four times his previous career earnings as he triumphed in a back-and-forth heads-up battle with runner-up Chad Wassmuth.

“It’s my biggest win yet so far, so it feels pretty good," Lopez told PokerNews in a winner's interview. "I have a full-time job, I’m a business owner, so whenever I get the chance I try to come out here and play a couple events. It feels good to win it.”

It was a final table made for the Wynn that included reigning GPI Player of the Year Bin Weng and 2022 Female POY Cherish Andrews, both of whom are known for crushing in this venue. Weng wound up in sixth place for $44,950 before Andrews fell in third for $101,650, her second six-figure score of the series after taking down the $2,200 6-Max for $182,927 earlier.

Wynn Millions Mystery Bounty Final Table Results

 PLACENAMECOUNTRYPRIZE (IN USD)
 1Adrian LopezUnited States$190,950
 2Chad WassmuthUnited States$131,925
 3Cherish AndrewsUnited States$101,650
 4Bariz SudhanshuUnited States$77,105
 5Jay ChaudharyUnited States$59,025
 6Bin WengUnited States$44,950
 7Craig MasonUnited States$34,750
 8Robert FrenchUnited States$26,125
 9[Removed:456]Spain$19,425

Wynn Mystery Bounty Continues to Dazzle

The bounty barrel outside the Wynn Poker Room was the place to be on Sunday afternoon as dozens of players gathered eagerly for a chance to draw one of two $100,000 bounties. The first six-figure bounty went fairly quickly as Craig Mason pulled the lucky slip during Level 20.

In the same hour, Mitch Garshofsky pulled the first $50,000 bounty before Britton Purvis followed suit by pulling the second one. Meanwhile, the first three $25,000 bounties went to Jerod Smith, Colin Robinson and Stephen Le Peau while Matt Dodd and Hesam Alagha picked up $10,000 bounties.

Wynn Crushers Weng & Andrews Headline Final Table

The second $100,000 bounty went unclaimed for hours on end as anxious, jittery, and sometimes superstitious players thoughtfully selected envelopes and ripped them open before slowly peeling or pulling out the slips that revealed fortune or tribulation.

It took until the final table for the $100,000 to be claimed as [Removed:456] pulled the lucky envelope after falling in ninth place. Fellow six-figure-bounty-puller Mason was out shortly after in seventh.

[Removed:456]
[Removed:456]

Weng was next to go as the reigning POY three-bet jammed with ace-jack and couldn't win a flip against the eights of Wassmuth. Jay Chaudhary and Bariz Sudhanshu respectively fell in fourth and fifth before Andrews jammed her short stack with ace-three, only to run into the queens of Wassmuth before failing to improve and falling in third.

Cherish Andrews
Cherish Andrews

Lopez held the chip lead for most of the final table after a pivotal hand against 10th-place finisher Greg Orlick where he flopped a set against Orlick's top pair top kicker.

“That was the biggest hand right there, it gave me the big chip lead," he said. "I tried to keep the chip lead the whole way. I had it for most of the final table, but the heads-up battle kept taking some of my chips."

Lopez and Wassmuth exchanged doubles and chip leads before a final confrontation where Lopez limp-jammed with pocket nines, and Wassmuth called with the inferior pocket sevens.

Chad Wassmuth
Chad Wassmuth

"It just went back and forth until finally a cooler, nines versus sevens," he said. "Got lucky.”

While Wassmuth walked off to lay claim to the final $25,000 bounty, Lopez FaceTimed his wife to show her the trophy.

“I don’t play as often as I want to, and everytime I get out she’s always like ‘you’re always so close.’ … And it just felt good to actually prove that you can win it.”

This concludes the PokerNews coverage for this event, make sure to follow all the action from around the world right here.

Tags: Adrian LopezBariz SudhanshuBin WengBritton PurvisChad WassmuthCherish AndrewsCraig MasonGreg OrlickHesam AlaghaJay ChaudharyJerod SmithMatt DoddPaul MartinRobert FrenchStephen Le Peau

Chad Wassmuth Eliminated in 2nd Place ($131,925)

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Chad Wassmuth
Chad Wassmuth

Adrian Lopez completed on the button and Chad Wassmuth raised in the big blind. Lopez responded with a three-bet jam and Wassmuth called with a smaller stack.

Chad Wassmuth: 77 All in
Adrian Lopez: 99

Wassmuth had the worse pocket pair and couldn't spike a seven as the board ran out QA448 to mark his elimination in second place.

Player Chips Progress
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Adrian Lopez
38,000,000
14,000,000
14,000,000
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Chad Wassmuth
Busted

Tags: Adrian LopezChad Wassmuth

Level: 34

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 400,000

Lopez Pips & Doubles

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Adrian Lopez opened on the button and called as Chad Wassmuth three-bet jammed in the big blind.

Adrian Lopez: A9 All in
Chad Wassmuth: Ax7x

Lopez had his heads-up opponent pipped and held for a double as the board ran out K62Q10.

Player Chips Progress
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Adrian Lopez
28,000,000
16,000,000
16,000,000
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Chad Wassmuth
10,000,000
-3,000,000
-3,000,000

Tags: Adrian LopezChad Wassmuth

Cherish Andrews Eliminated in 3rd Place ($101,650)

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Cherish Andrews
Cherish Andrews

In a blind versus blind confrontation, Cherish Andrews was all in against the bigger-stacked Chad Wassmuth to her left.

Cherish Andrews: A4 All in
Chad Wassmuth: QQ

Andrews had run into queens and couldn't hit an ace as the board ran out K3696 to mark her elimination in third place for $101,650.

It is Andrews' second six-figure score of the series after earlier taking down the $2,200 6-Max for $182,927.

Player Chips Progress
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Chad Wassmuth
13,000,000
-1,500,000
-1,500,000
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Cherish Andrews
Busted

Tags: Chad WassmuthCherish Andrews

Bariz Sudhanshu Eliminated in 4th Place ($77,105)

Level 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Bariz Sudhanshu
Bariz Sudhanshu

Bariz Sudhanshu was all in and at risk for around 2,200,000 against Adrian Lopez.

Bariz Sudhanshu: A3 All in
Adrian Lopez: A4

The flop of 5KJ and 7 turn made a chop seem imminent before the 4 rolled off on the river for Sudhanshu to be eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Adrian Lopez
12,000,000
-500,000
-500,000
Profile photo of Bariz Sudhanshu us
Bariz Sudhanshu
Busted

Tags: Adrian LopezBariz Sudhanshu

Level: 33

Blinds: 150,000/300,000

Ante: 300,000