Florian Loehnert opened to 8,000 from middle position, Kitty Kuo called in the hijack, and Joao Simao raised to 45,000 in the small blind. Loehnert jammed, Kuo folded, and Simao called.
Florian Loehnert: 
Joao Simao: 
The two were flipping and the 
flop kept Simao ahead. However, the 
turn vaulted Loehnert into the lead, and Simao couldn't find a two-outer as the 
completed the board to leave him with a short stack.
Allan Pock limped in middle position and Kathy Liebert raised to about 45,000 in the small blind, leaving herself with just one orange chip behind. Pock called.
The flop came 
and Liebert check-called off her remaining 1,000.
Kathy Liebert: 
Allan Pock: 
Liebert needed running cards to stay alive and the 
turn gave her a bit of hope with an open-ended straight draw, but the 
completed the board to send her to the rail and send the chips to Pock.
The 2021 Wynn Winter Classic kicked off with a $600 buy-in, $150K GTD No-Limit Hold'em event from December 6-8. The tournament attracted 454 entries and generated a $236,080 prize pool.
That was paid out to the top 49 finishers including Chip Jett (47th - $1,245), Carlos Loving (38th - $1,395), David Larson (37th - $1,395), Aram Zobian (31st - $1,592), Ryan Laplante (23rd - $2,085), Josh Attkisson (19th - $2,387), Bobby Poe (15th - $3,140), and final table bubble boy Vito Geruzzi (10th - $4,204).
At the final table, it was Germany's Dennis Wilke defeating Po Ying in heads-up play to win the title and $50,101 first-place prize. Ying received $31,815 for finishing as runner-up.
| Place | Player | Hometown/Nationality | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Wilke | Germany | $50,101 |
| 2 | Po Ying | Metuchen, New Hampshire | $31,815 |
| 3 | Gregory Kolo | Westlake, OH | $21,104 |
| 4 | Hemal Mehta | United Kingdom | $15,463 |
| 5 | Ryan Hughes | Payson, AZ | $11,403 |
| 6 | Cy Williams | El Macero, CA | $8,782 |
| 7 | Daniel Samson | United Kingdom | $7,035 |
| 8 | Josh Manus | Bristow, Oklahoma | $5,831 |
| 9 | Daniel Smiljkovic | Germany | $4,934 |
Michael Gathy raised to 8,000 from the cutoff and Alex Foxen three-bet to 28,000 from the big blind. Gathy called and the flop was 
.
Foxen bet 18,000 on the flop and Gathy called. The turn was 
.
Foxen check-called a bet of 26,000 from Gathy on the turn and the river was 
.
After spending a moment in the tank, Foxed shoved his last 54,000 on the river. Gathy thought for a few moments and tossed his hand in the muck.
Just before the break, a board of 
was showing and Bin Weng got the rest of his stack in from the small blind. Joseph Cheong called in the big blind and the hands were revealed.
Bin Weng:
Joseph Cheong: 
Weng had flush and straight draws, but he was drawing dead versus the turned boat of Cheong. The meaningless completed the board and Weng was gone from the tournament.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Players are now on a 15-minute break at the end of Level 12.
With around 40,000 in the pot and 
on the board, a player on the button bet 11,000 and Jason Somerville shoved his last 33,000. After thinking for a moment, Somerville's opponent called and turned over for a pair of tens. Somerville showed for a pair of kings and the lead.
The river was and Somerville secured the double.
The hijack opened to 6,000, Vanessa Kade called on the button, and the big blind defended.
The 
flop was checked around. The turn saw a check from the big blind and a bet of 14,000 from the hijack. Kade called and the big blind folded.
On the 
river, the hijack check-folded to a 10,000 bet from Kade, and she took the pot without a fight.
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