Becker Beware: Landon Tice Ships Wynn Millions Event for $32,025

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Landon Tice’ssummer crossbook with Jeremy Becker may not yet be underway, but the “child of the sim” is already heating up. On Wednesday, Tice took down a 2024 Wynn Millions Poker Series$400 buy-in event for $32,025 and his first Wynn trophy.

The victory for Tice, who topped a 512-player field after coming into Day 2 with 20 big blinds, shows that he means business in his upcoming high-stakes bet with Becker, which was set up by Daniel Negreanu and stipulates that both players crossbook 25 mutually played events between May 28 and July 1.

Tice took a bit of a shot at Becker in his winner’s photo, giving a yawn while holding up Becker’s trademark three-five offsuit.

But Tice has some catching up to do. The victory marked his first live victory since November 2020, when he took down the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Venetian $1,100 Main Event for $201,529. Since then, Becker has won 38 live tournaments, according to The Hendon Mob.

The festival is in full swing at Wynn Las Vegas with more than $8 million in guaranteed prize pools from Feb. 19-March 24. It will culminate with the $3,500 buy-in Wynn Millions Championship, has already awarded several trophies and five-figure prizes.

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Eric Baldwin, Myles Mullaly Win Wynn Trophies

The biggest score of the series so far went to a familiar face in Eric Baldwin, who topped a field of 1,085 runners in a $600 No Limit Hold’em event for $96,909 as the Vegas-based grinder added to his $8.4 million in live earnings.

The final table included fellow Vegas-based players Jay Fredricksen (8th - $12,772) and Aaron Massey (3rd - $48,713), as well as North Carolina’s Paul Taylor, who finished runner-up for $63,335.

Wynn Millions $600 NLH Final Table Results

PLACE	PLAYER	HOMETOWN	PRIZE (IN USD)
1	Eric Baldwin	Las Vegas, NV	$96,909
2	Paul Taylor	Concord, NC	$63,335
3	Aaron Massey	Las Vegas, NV	$48,713
4	Tyler Montoya	Las Vegas, NV	$36,620
5	Maurice Paola	Henderson, NV	$28,510
6	Sergio Soto Cruz	Jurupa Valley, CA	$22,083
7	Kevin Theodore	Las Vegas, NV	$16,933
8	Jay Fredricksen	Las Vegas, NV	$12,772
9	David Larson	Las Vegas, NV	$9,237

Baldwin, a two-time bracelet winner best known for a runner-up finish in the 2010 World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Star World Poker Classic for $1 million, received love on social media from a few notable players, including 2021 Wynn Millions championAndrew Moreno and the Wynn daily assassin himself.

Another player to land a decent Wynn Millions score was New York’s Myles Mullaly, who got through a field of 714 players in a $600 No Limit Hold’em event for $66,856. The young grinder had his first-ever live cash at last year’s Wynn Signature Series and followed it up with a sixth-place finish in the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Millionaire Maker for $287,522.

Meanwhile, the Ladies Event trophy went to California’s Qing Lu as she defeated the 85-runner field for $8,573 in the $400 buy-in event.

Some other players to pick up trophies in the first week of Wynn Millions action include Las Vegas’ Stephen Sola ($500 No Limit Hold’em - $23,159) and Hani Awad ($400 HORSE - $12,120), Israel’s Samuel Camhi ($200 NLH Turbo - $5,032) and Spain’s David Perez ($200 NLH Turbo - $4,730).

There’s still plenty of action to come, including the $3 million guaranteed Wynn Millions Championship that gets underway on March 7 and the $1.5 million guaranteed Mystery Bounty event starting on March 14, both of which will be live reported by PokerNews.

A list of Wynn Millions winners so far is available in the table below.

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2024 Wynn Millions Winners So Far

DATE	EVENT	BUY-IN	ENTRANTS	PRIZE POOL	WINNER	HOMETOWN	PRIZE (IN USD)
2/19	No Limit Hold’em	$500	230	$98,900	Stephen Sola	San Pedro, CA	$23,159
2/19	NLH Turbo	$200	114	$27,042	Jason Olenak	Las Vegas, NV	$5,500
2/20	No Limit Hold’em	$600	714	$367,710	Myles Mullaly	Rye, NY	$66,856
2/20	HORSE	$400	134	$44,890	Hani Awad	Las Vegas, NV	$12,120
2/21	Limit Omaha 8	$400	100	$33,500	Nicolas Milgrom	Las Vegas, NV	$9,510
2/22	No Limit Hold’em	$600	1,085	$558,775	Eric Baldwin	Las Vegas, NV	$96,909
2/22	NLH Turbo	$200	73	$17,299	Nikko Laochua	Las Vegas, NV	$5,405
2/23	PLO Turbo	$400	100	$34,000	Martin Reider	New York, NY	$9,652
2/24	Ladies NLH	$400	85	$28,900	Qing Lu	Walnut, CA	$8,573
2/24	NLH Turbo	$200	94	$22,882	Christopher Rosenberger	San Francisco, CA	$6,791
2/25	No Limit Hold’em	$400	126	$42,840	Briahn Smith	Henderson, NV	$11,781
2/25	NLH Turbo	$200	63	$15,849	Samuel Camhi	Israel	$5,032
2/26	NLH Turbo	$200	59	$14,207	David Perez	Spain	$4,730
02/27	No Limit Hold’em	$400	512	TBD	Landon Tice	Las Vegas, NV	$32,025
02/27	NLH Turbo	$200	TBD	TBD	Aristides Montero	N/A	$5,478

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