While the World Series of Poker rightfully dominates the headlines during the summer, it is far from the only game in town.
A couple of miles up the Las Vegas Strip, the 2025 Wynn Summer Classic is running from May 21 – July 14 at Wynn Las Vegas, with more than $40,000,000 in guarantees to be paid out along the way. There are more than 90 events on the schedule, with the centerpiece being the $10,000,000 guaranteed $10,400 buy-in Summer Championship no-limit hold’em event slated for June 26-July 2.
Several sizable tournaments have wrapped up in the past week, including one with a seven-figure guaranteed prize pool. Below is a look at the results from those key events.
Wynn Summer Classic $1,600 No-Limit Hold’em $2.5 Million GTD
Michael Wang
The $1,600 buy-in $2.5 million guaranteed no-limit hold’em event drew a field of 2,405 total entries to beat the guarantee by nearly $940,000. The event ran from June 9-13, with six starting flights and two more days of combined-field action.
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner and 2024 World Poker Tour Playground champion Michael Wang emerged victorious in the end, earning the trophy and the top prize of $555,528.
This was a new career-best for the longtime tournament fixture. It grew his career haul to more than $7.7 million, with 21 recorded titles and 470 in-the-money finishes.
Wang had plenty of stiff competition down the stretch, including the likes of Wynn Millions $3,000 buy-in event runner-up Cecile Ticherfatine (9th), 2020 WSOP Online main event champion Stoyan Madanzhiev (4th), and two-time bracelet winner Alexandre Reard (3rd).
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | Michael Wang | $555,528 | 1080 |
| 2 | Antonio Ortega | $367,623 | 900 |
| 3 | Alexandre Reard | $283,735 | 720 |
| 4 | Stoyan Madanzhiev | $216,575 | 540 |
| 5 | Rudy Cervantes | $166,620 | 450 |
| 6 | Trong Ngo | $125,942 | 360 |
| 7 | Dean Ruan | $94,757 | 270 |
| 8 | Baruch Forst | $69,533 | 180 |
| 9 | Cecile Ticherfatine | $49,751 | 90 |
Wynn Summer Classic $10,500 No-Limit Hold’em Progressive Bounty
Santhosh Suvarna
With a total of 79 entries, the $10,500 no-limit hold’em progressive bounty event wound up with $790,000 in prize money, which was paid out to the top 11 finishers.
As one might expect at this price point, plenty of big names ran deep. Among those to cash were two-time bracelet winner Yulian Bogdanov (11th), rising high-stakes star Brandon Wilson (10th), recent European Poker Tour Monte Carlo €2,200 side event champion Matthew Frankland (9th), two-time bracelet winner Boris Kolev (6th), and Bulgarian high roller Fahredin Mustafov (4th).
Two-time bracelet winner Santhosh Suvarna captured the title in the end, earning $114,165 from the main prize pool and another $98,000 in bounty payouts. India’s all-time money leader now has nearly $19 million in career earnings to his name.
Suvarna also scored 420 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. He now sits inside the top 75 in the 2025 standings presented by Coin Poker, with 2,050 total points earned across four final-table finishes so far.
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | Santhosh Suvarna | $114,165.00 | 420 |
| 2 | Ignacio Chavero | $114,165.00 | 350 |
| 3 | Ludovic Uzan | $61,380.00 | 280 |
| 4 | Fahredin Mustafov | $45,030.00 | 210 |
| 5 | Barak Wisbrod | $33,775.00 | 175 |
| 6 | Boris Kolev | $26,330.00 | 140 |
| 7 | Michael Berk | $21,090.00 | 105 |
| 8 | Manuel Fritz | $17,301.00 | 70 |
| 9 | Mathew Frankland | $14,694.00 | 35 |
Wynn Summer Classic $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Eight Max $500K GTD
Boris Angelov
The $500,000 guarantee was easily surpassed in the $3,000 buy-in eight max event that ran on June 12. A total of 256 entries resulted in $698,880 being paid out to the last 31 players standing.
Chief among that crowed was Bulgaria’s Boris Angelov, who defeated Cherish Andrews heads-up to secure the title and the top prize of $142,978. The 2024 WSOP main event fifth-place finisher now boasts career earnings in excess of $5.3 million. He also took home 612 POY points to climb to 38th on the leaderboard.
Other stars of the game who put up strong showings in this event included Mustapha Kanit (14th), bracelet winner Nick Maimone (9th), three-time WPT main event champion Brian Altman (7th), 2023 Wynn Millions main event champion Michael Rossitto (4th), and WPT champion Scott Margereson (3rd).
Andrews earned $99,416 as the runner-up. This was her sixth final-table showing of 2025, with one title earned along the way. She now sits in 82nd place in the POY rankings after this latest score.
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | Boris Angelov | $142,978 | 612 |
| 2 | Cherish Andrews | $99,416 | 510 |
| 3 | Scott Margereson | $74,232 | 408 |
| 4 | Michael Rossitto | $58,409 | 306 |
| 5 | Vlad Darie | $45,678 | 255 |
| 6 | Mauro Ferreira | $35,006 | 204 |
| 7 | Brian Altman | $25,896 | 153 |
| 8 | Ihar Soika | $19,573 | 102 |
Wynn Summer Classic $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Seniors $500K GTD
Phong Nguyen
The $500,000 guarantee was nearly doubled in the $10,000 no-limit hold’em seniors event, with 100 entries building a prize pool of $950,000.
Phong ‘Turbo’ Nguyen was ultimately the one to pose for the winner photo after a three-way deal brought the event to a close. The final three all earned $186,026 for their efforts, with Ernest Bush and Jun Liu joining Nguyen on the podium.
This was a new top score for Nguyen, besting the $119,796 he earned for a runner-up showing in a massive 6,273-entry field for a $125 buy-in at the Bicycle Casino back in 2013.
Judith Bielan, who finished second in a $10,000 seniors high roller at the 2023 WPT World Championship, made another run to the final table. This time around, she earned $39,662 as the seventh-place finisher.
UK high roller Paul Newey took home $65,312 for a fifth-place showing. He now has more than $6.4 million in lifetime cashes.
| Place | Player | Payout |
| 1 | Phong Nguyen | $186,026 |
| 2 | Ernest Bush | $186,026 |
| 3 | Jun Liu | $186,026 |
| 4 | Kevin Nathan | $86,688 |
| 5 | Paul Newey | $65,312 |
| 6 | Mike Lang | $49,875 |
| 7 | Judith Bielan | $39,662 |
| 8 | Konstantinos Nanos | $32,300 |
| 9 | John Morgan | $27,075 |
Photo credit: Wynn Poker Room.
