The 2010 Wynn Classic announced its dates today. With 14 events scheduled it is sure to be another year of successful poker for the Wynn Las Vegas. Single Table Satellites begin on February 24th and the events close with the final championship winner declared on Wednesday, March 17th.
The $5000 championship event starts on Monday, March 15 at noon. Super satellites to the main event are available on Sunday at noon and 7 p.m. Past champions of the Wynn Classic include Keith Ferrara in 2009, Chris Moore in 2008 and Zach Hyman in 2007. For more information, and a complete schedule please see WynnPoker.com.
Originally Published On Women Poker Player Magazine On Jan 30, 2010
At the Wynn Poker Classic, 699 players began a $550 buy-in $250,000 guaranteed tournament across three Day 1s. After the Day 1s, the remaining players from each day came together for Day 2. Day 2 began with 84 players, 72 of them getting paid. I came into Day 2 with an average stack, but took two tough beats early after getting it in ahead. Currently The Venetian Poker Room is open daily from 9:00 a.m. Starting Friday September 18th, the Poker Room will remain open until 3:00 a.m. In an effort to provide our guests with a poker experience they know and love in a safe environment, The Venetian Poker Room will begin offering eight-handed cash game play on Friday. The 2010 Wynn Classic announced its dates today. With 14 events scheduled it is sure to be another year of successful poker for the Wynn Las Vegas. Single Table Satellites begin on February 24th and the events close with the final championship winner declared on Wednesday, March 17th.
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The Wynn Classic is a three-week-long series held at Wynn Las Vegas. With the first event going February 19, the series will feature 18 events through March 11 including no-limit hold'em and pot-limit Omaha.
While most of the tournaments in the Classic are under $1,000 buy-in, the series features two higher-stakes events. In addition to the $1,600 Main Event that began March 1, a $3,150 High Roller kicked off as a two-day event on February 28, and Alberta's Jody Fayant was there to put his money down.
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Fayant is always a friendly and up-beat player at the cash tables and in tournaments around western Canada, and since last year has also been very open about his gambling escapades on a Facebook page dedicated to detailing the ups and downs of the self-described 'hustler.' Fayant is exceptionally honest about both his wins and his losses, and makes it clear he doesn't consider himself a poker professional. 'I’m an avid player but not a pro by any means,' Fayant replied when asked how he characterizes himself in the poker world.
In addition to poker, Fayant is also an avid pool player, playing in several 8-ball and 9-ball tournaments around Canada in the past few months. As well, he is an agent for World Sports & Poker, an online sports book based in Curaçao, and outside the gaming world he is also a journeyman crane operator with 25 years experience, so his claim to be a recreational player holds true. Recent results might suggest otherwise, however.
While in Vegas, Fayant decided to drop $3,150 on the highest buy-in event at the Wynn Classic, after openly documenting a mostly losing trip to Sin City prior to that tournament. He entered the high roller after busting a $300 satellite to the Main Event with three players to go to the tickets, and after buying into it, his bankroll was down to $300. It truly was a case of 'win or go home.' As is his wont, Fayant put it a little more colourfully in a Facebook post: 'If I don’t cash here, I’ll have to try and spin up my last $300!'
Fayant made Day 2 of the high roller with just 14 big blinds, but he managed to grind it out and find spots to build a stack through Day 2, making it to a final table that included Jeremy Ausmus and Yang Zhang. He detailed his run on his Facebook feed, and friends were treated to a blow-by-blow account of his day, and in fact, his entire trip.
Fayant continued to find good spots and run pure, working his way through the final table until he was heads up with China's Zhang. Heads-up was a fairly quick affair, lasting only a few hands. Players made a deal heads-up that let them each lock up $83,000, with the rest of the prize pool along with the trophy staying on the table. After that, play went fairly quickly, and the tournament ended on a hand where Fayant flopped two pairs with and Zhang turned two pairs with his . The money went in on the turn, and Fayant's bigger two pairs held for the win.
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Down to his last $300, Fayant's win earned him $102,482 plus the trophy and quickly turned a losing trip into a big winner.
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