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Coverage of the poker series 2021 Wynn Winter Signature Series, including results, chip counts, poker videos, and photos.

The Wynn side is the most popular and largest casino, and the former spot for the resorts firm’s poker room. The Encore casino floor is a bit smaller and is where the poker room has been located since May 2016. Wynn Las Vegas Poker Room Welcome back! Wynn Poker will reopen on Wednesday, Sept.

The Wynn Poker Room hosted four $10,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em high rollers from Dec. 3-6. The first tournament in this high-stakes onslaught kicked off at 3 p.m. local time on Thursday, Dec. 3. By the time registration had closed there had been a total of 49 entries made, building a prize pool of $490,000.

The top seven finishers made the money in the kickoff event, with the largest share going to eventual champion Martin Zamani. This was the second big score for Zamani in as many weeks. He finished third in the $1,600 buy-in _Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian main event on Nov. 23 for $148,829.

In addition to the title and the money, Zamani also earned 300 Card Player Player of the Year points as the champion of this event. With two titles and four POY-qualified final tables, Zamani has climbed into 31st place in the 2020 POY race, which is sponsored by Global Poker. He currently has 1,308 points and $388,789 in year-to-date earnings.

Fourth-place finisher Alex Foxen earned $53,900 and 150 points. This was his seventh final-table finish of the year. He moved into 16th place in the overall POY standings as a result of his latest deep run. Sixth-place finisher Cary Katz earned $29,400 and 100 POY points as the sixth-place finisher. This was Katz’s ninth final table of the year, and it moved him into second place on the leaderboard, just 85 points behind current leader Vincent Wan.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY awarded at the final table:

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The second event on the schedule attracted the largest field of the weekend, with 64 entries building a prize pool of $640,000. High-stakes tournament regular Sean Winter emerged victorious in this event, defeating Jacob Daniels heads-up to earn the title, the $179,200 top prize, and 360 POY points.

This was Winter’s 11th recorded tournament title, and it brought his lifetime earnings to more than $15.3 million. Other notables who cashed in this event include 2010 World Series of Poker bracelet winner and main event third-place finisher and Joseph Cheong (4th – $64,000), World Poker Tour Aria Summer Championship winner Matthew Wantman (5th – $51,200), WSOP bracelet winners Barry Hutter (7th – $32,000) and Sam Soverel (9th – $19,200) and 2019 WPT L.A. Poker Classic main event runner-up Matas Cimbolas (10th – $19,200).

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

The third high roller of the weekend ran on Saturday, Dec. 5. The event drew 57 entries and paid out $570,000 among the top nine finishers. It was four-time WPT final tablist Ray Qartomy who came out on top in the end, taking home $150,000 and 300 POY points for his sixth live tournament title. The win saw his lifetime tournament earnings grow to $3,781,241.

This was Qartomy’s second title of the year, having won a $5,000 buy-in event at the WPT Rock & Roll Poker Open for $53,780.

Matthew Wantman finished as the runner-up in this event for $135,000. This was his third straight final-table finish of the weekend, having placed fifth in both prior tournaments for a cumulative $90,400. As a result, his total earnings for the weekend to $225,400. He also accrued 585 POY points along the way, enough to see him move inside the top 300 in the standings.

Four-time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Rast made his first score of the weekend, finishing third for $79,800, while Barry Hutter made his second cash by placing fourth for $57,000. Three-time bracelet winner Upeshka De Silva earned $34,200 as the sixth-place finisher.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

The fourth and final event of the weekend took place on Sunday, Dec. 6. The event was a late addition to the schedule, and it drew just 26 entries for the smallest prize pool of the series: $260,000. The lower turnout meant that just the top four finishers made the money.

WSOP bracelet winner and WPT main event winner Jared Jaffee was the champion of this event. He defeated Sean Perry heads-up to take down the title and the top payout of $119,600.

The third-place finisher in the event asked to remain anonymous, while Brian Rast placed fourth for $26,000 and his second cash in as many days.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

Winner photos via the Wynn Poker Room Twitter account.

Wynn Las Vegas and Encore are known for their fine and casual dining experiences, premier shopping, and two award-winning spas. Of course, they did not fail to bring one more piece of luxury to the table — a poker room as well-appointed as it is action-packed.

The Wynn Poker Room is located next to Encore's casino and features 28 non-smoking tables and plush seating. Players can expect to try their hand at no-limit hold’em, pot-limit Omaha, and mixed-game combinations with limits ranging from $1/$3 to $25/$50 on a regular basis.

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In the summer, the Wynn organizes the popular Wynn Summer Classic, a massive series of tournaments with famous winners as Chris Moorman, Ryan Van Sanford, Antoine Saout, and Florian Duta. Besides the Summer Classic, the Wynn Poker Room hosts the Fall Classic, several Signature Weekends a year, and a big slate of weekly tournaments with big guarantees.

In September of 2018, the Wynn Poker Room announced several changes to their weekly tournaments:

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• All events are now played with a Big Blind Ante
• There are now guarantees added to the Monday-Thursday events
• All starting stacks have increased by 50%; from 10,000 to 15,000
• The Saturday event has seen an increase on the guarantee from $25,000 to $30,000