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Ramdin, Lagodich & Petronack Among 2022 Wynn Summer Classic Winners

Patrick Mandelle July 30, 2022 4 min read

July 30, 2022

This summer, the 2022 Wynn Summer Classic ran alongside the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

This year’s Wynn Summer Classic consisted of dozens of events with buy-ins ranging from $500 to $5,500, including poker variants like Pot-Limit Omaha, Limit Omaha 8 or Better, H.O.R.S.E. and 8-Game Mix. The series offered over $15.8 million in guaranteed prize money, including seven events with seven-figure guarantees.

PokerNews offered live updates from several events:

Here’s a look at some other winners from the 2022 Wynn Summer Classic.

Victor Ramdin Back on Winning Track in Wynn Summer Classic

Long-time talented poker pro Victor Ramdin, returned to the winner’s circle for the first time since 2019. He shipped the $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em event, a $100,000 guaranteed tournament, at the Wynn Summer Classic on June 11.

Ramdin, who resides in Las Vegas, took home $44,013 as part of a heads-up chop arrangement with runner-up Brian Nadell, who received $39,725 for his efforts. Natascha Stamm, a German poker player finished in third place for $20,258, while talented pro Ari Engel was the fourth-place finisher, good for $13,884. The tournament attracted 194 entries, creating a prize pool of $189,150 at the luxurious Las Vegas Strip casino.

For Ramdin, it’s been a long time coming for a player who was once among the top-earning tournament players in the world. He now has over $5 million in live tournament cashes, according to Hendon Mob. His biggest score was $1,331,889 in 2006 when he took down the $10,000 buy-in WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic. He has 57 World Series of Poker cashes among his impressive resume.

$1,100 NLH Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Victor Ramdin	$44,013
2	Brian Nadell	$39,725
3	Natascha Stamm	$20,258
4	Ari Engel	$13,884
5	Maury Barrett	$10,224
6	Karl Tretter	$8,086
7	Shirley Rosario	$6,624
8	Frederic Moss	$5,618
9	Timothy Wong	$4,823

Frank Lagodich Defeats Jeremy Kottler

On July 12, an $1,100 buy-in, $200K GTD No-Limit Hold’em tournament was held at the 2022 Wynn Summer Classic. The event attracted 529 runners and offered up a $518,420 prize pool to the top 53 finishers including Chad Stewart (10th – $9,811), Eric Siegel (13th – $7,750), Hayato Kitajima (24th – $3,856), Kami Hudson (32nd – $3,368), Bob Shao (45th – $2,569), and Anthony Bogard (53rd – $2,569).

In heads-up play, it came down to a pair of accomplished pros in Frank Lagodich and Jeremy Kottler. The former ultimately prevailed to win the tournament for $107,165, while Kottler, who last November won the 2021 Wynn Fall Classic $3,500 Championship for $643K, had to settle for second place and $69,987 in prize money.

It marked the third six-figure score of Lagodich’s career and helped bring his lifetime earnings up over $630,000 according to the Hendon Mob.

$1,100 NLH Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Frank Lagodich	$107,165
2	Jeremy Kottler	$69,987
3	Carlton Peake	$47,241
4	Josip Simunic	$33,334
5	Pierre Bou-nahra	$24,521
6	Wissam Zalzali	$18,870
7	Francisco Neto	$15,138
8	Adam Kisicoff	$12,546
9	David Chace	$9,812

Jeff Petronack Wins One of Last Events

One of the last tournaments on the 2022 Wynn Summer Classic schedule was a $550 buy-in, $100K GTD No-Limit Hold’em event, which attracted 435 entrants and more than doubled the guarantee by creating a $208,800 prize pool.

The top 44 finishers got a piece of it including Yiannia Liperis (10th – $3,775), Gladys Landegger (18th – $2,143), Scott Sisler (25th – $1,634), Gavin Munroe (35th – $1,427), and Eric Siegel (44th – $1,247).

At the final table, Minnesota’s Jeff Petronack bested Pennsylvania’s Danny Vo in heads-up play to claim the title and $45,607 top prize. According to the Hendon Mob, it was the second-largest score of Petronack’s career after he earned $48,799 for finishing runner-up in the 2012 MSPT Meskwaki Casino.

$1,100 NLH Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Jeff Petronack	$45,607
2	Danny Vo	$29,441
3	Nicolas Plantin	$19,836
4	Daniel Snow	$13,885
5	David Froyalde	$10,252
6	Wayne Harmon	$7,893
7	Neil Cullen	$6,348
8	Erwann Pecheux	$5,272
9	Kengo Tahara	$4,453

2022 Wynn Summer Classic Winners

*Date	Tournament	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Hometown/Country	Prize*
6/3/22	$600 NLH $200K GTD	938	$487,760	Lawrence King	Orlando, FL	$69,000
6/3/22	$550 Seniors $50K GTD	266	$127,680	Robert Williamson	Henderson, NV	$25,552
6/4/22	$1,100 NLH $200K GTD	238	$233,240	John Howard	United Kingdom	$58,942
6/5/22	$1,100 NLH $200K GTD	238	$233,240	Maziar Keshavarzi	San Antonio, TX	$46,107
6/6/22	$1,100 NLH $200K GTD	242	$237,160	Edvin Setaghian	Glendale, CA	$59,930
6/7-6/10/22	$1,100 NLH $1M GTD	1,827	$1,781,325	Daniel Yu	Las Vegas, NV	$183,147
6/10-6/11/22	$1,100 HORSE Championship $100K GTD	194	$189,150	Victor Ramdin	Las Vegas, NV	$44,013
6/22/22	$1,100 NLH $200K GTD	314	$307,720	Jan Bednar	Czech Republic	$71,954
6/12-6/13/22	$2,200 Limit Omaha 8/B Championship $100K GTD	160	$156,000	Caleb Shumard	Pueblo, CO	$39,893
6/13-6/17/22	$2,200 Mystery Bounty $2.5M GTD	2,854	$5,708,000	Manuel Machado	Portugal	$410,485
6/18/22	$1,100 NLH $200K GTD	246	$241,080	Soony Franco	France	$50,728
6/19/22	$1,100 NLH $200K GTD	420	$411,600	Daniel Smiljikovic	N/A	$79,012
6/19-6/20/22	$3,000 PLO $250K GTD	170	$467,500	Michael Leiborin	France	$135,831
6/20-6/21/22	$1,100 Seniors NLH $250K GTD	618	$602,550	Tolga Dimerel	Istanbul	$109,572
6/23/22	$550 PLO $100K GTD	588	$282,240	Lovell Wilkerson	Columbia, SC	$40,000
6/21-6/23/22	$1,600 NLH $1M GTD	1,446	$2,096,700	Adam Hendrix	Alaska	$257,885
6/24/22	$3,500 NLH Championship $3.5M GTD	1,428	$4,605,300	Jin Ho Hong	Korea	$696,011
6/27/22	$5,200 NLH Porgressive Bounty $250K GTD	134	$393,960	Felipe Ketzer	Brazil	$94,865
7/2/22	$550 NLH $100K GTD	392	$188,160	Colton Blomberg	Tempe, AZ	$41,102
7/1-7/2/22	$3,000 8-Game Mix $150K GTD	105	$288,750	Sam Panzica	Fort Lauderdale, FL	$66,178
6/28-7/22/22	$1,600 NLH $2M GTD	2,574	$3,732,300	Mitch Garshofsky	Las Vegas, NV	$333,329
7/3/22	$550 NLH $100K GTD	464	$222,720	Josh Allen	Castle Rock, CO	$47,722
7/4/22	$550 NLH $100K GTD	362	$173,760	James Clarke	United Kingdom	$32,727
7/5/22	$550 Ladies NLH $50K GTD	166	$79,680	Marguerite Spagnuolo	Staten Island, NY	$18,840
7/5-7/8/22	$1,100 NLH $1M GTD	2,441	$2,379,975	Xiang Lin	Brooklyn, NY	$185,955
7/8/22	$1,100 NLH $200K GTD	566	$544,680	Ken Donarski	Willowbrook, IL	$85,141
7/9/22	$1,100 NLH $200K GTD	629	$616.42	Marc Foggin	United Kingdom	$116,796
7/10/22	$1,100 NLH $200K GTD	316	$309,680	Carlo Sciannameo	Sutton, MA	$64,550
7/11/22	$550 NLH $100K GTD	400	$192,000	Kauno Jaeppinen	Finland	$41,944
7/12/22	$1,100 NLH $200K GTD	529	$518,420	Frank Lagodich	Canton, OH	$107,165
7/13-7/16/22	$1,600 Mystery Bounty $1.5M GTD	2,190	$2,080,500	Paul Tedeschi	France	$232,474
7/17/22	$550 NLH $100K GTD	435	$208,800	Jeff Petronack	Hugo, MN	$45,607
7/20/22	$500 Casino Employee Mystery Bounty	335	$144,050	Tyrone Kelley	N/A	$18,596