Wynn Poker Tournaments

Ask Las Vegas regulars to name the best poker room on the Strip, and Wynn comes up almost every time. It’s known for professional staff, deep-stacked tournaments and the Wynn Classic series, which in 2026 paid out a $1.82 million first prize and hosted a $10 million guaranteed championship. This guide covers upcoming dates, the latest results, every Wynn series, buy-ins and satellites, the poker room and travel tips, and we keep it updated as new schedules are confirmed.

Wynn Poker at a Glance

Detail	Information
Venue	Wynn Las Vegas, Las Vegas Strip
Address	3131 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89109
Poker room phone	(702) 770-7654
Tables	28 in the main poker room
Hours	Open 24 hours, 7 days a week
Minimum age	21
In-house tournament brand	The Wynn Classic (first held in 2007)
Main 2026 series	Signature Series, Wynn Millions, Summer Classic, Fall Classic
Hosted tour	WPT World Championship (fifth Wynn edition in 2026)
Biggest 2026 event	Wynn Summer Championship, $10,400: 1,170 entries, $11,466,000 prize pool
Typical buy-ins	$200 to $10,400, with high rollers at $25,800
Director of Poker Operations	Andrew Ormsby
Tournament Director	Ray Pulford

What Is Wynn Poker?

Wynn Poker is the poker room inside Wynn Las Vegas, one of the Strip’s most upscale resorts. The room has 28 tables, each with a personal USB charger. It also has a sports betting window and dozens of large high-definition screens showing live sports, so you can follow the game while you play.

What keeps players coming back is the operation behind it. Wynn is known for well-run tournaments with friendly structures, attentive floor staff and a steady flow of cash game action. Food and cocktail service come to the table, auto-shufflers keep the game moving, and players earn dining comps for every hour they play.

Who runs the room?
In May 2026, Andrew Ormsby was promoted to Director of Poker Operations after eight years as Operations Manager. He replaced Ryan Beauregard, who moved into a Vice President role at Wynn’s upcoming Al Marjan Island resort in the UAE. Ormsby leads a team that includes Tournament Director Ray Pulford and Assistant Director Ryan Kirk, who previously ran Aria’s poker room.

Who plays at Wynn?
Everyone, which is a big part of the appeal. A typical Wynn tournament mixes local grinders, tourists, mid-stakes pros and, during summer, world-class players in town for the WSOP. The 2026 Summer Classic champions included Adrian Mateos and Kathy Liebert, but $200 turbos and $400 daily events run alongside the big-ticket tournaments.

Upcoming Wynn Poker Tournament Schedule 2026–2027

Upcoming Tournament Dates

We list only events with confirmed dates.

Series	Dates	Events	Headline event	Status	Our coverage
Wynn Fall Classic 2026	Sep 28–Oct 25, 2026	44	800NLH(400K GTD)	Final days	[Internal link: Wynn Fall Classic 2026]
WPT World Championship Festival	Nov 27–Dec 21, 2026	56+	$10,400 WPT World Championship	Confirmed	[Internal link: WPT World Championship 2026 guide]
Wynn Signature Series	Jan 11–24, 2027	18	TBA	Confirmed	[Internal link: Wynn Signature Series January 2027]
Wynn Millions 2027	Not yet announced	—	—	Pending	—
Wynn Summer Classic 2027	Not yet announced	—	—	Pending	—

What to watch for: In 2026, Wynn Millions ran from mid-February to late March and the Summer Classic ran from late May to mid-July, alongside the WSOP. Expect similar windows in 2027. Those are patterns, not confirmed dates.

WPT World Championship 2026: Key Events

The biggest event on the near-term Wynn calendar is the WPT World Championship Festival, returning to Wynn for the fifth time from November 27 to December 21, 2026. The schedule carries roughly $19–20 million in guarantees.

Event	Buy-in	Guarantee	Dates
WPT World Championship (Mystery Bounty)	$10,400	No guarantee; $1M added to bounty pool	Dec 13–20
WPT Prime Championship	$1,100	$5,000,000	Dec 5–14
Super Gold Million (Mystery Bounty, new)	$400	$3,000,000	Dec 10–14
NLH High Roller	$25,800	—	Dec 17–18
NLH 6-Max / 8-Max	$10,500	—	During festival

How the 2026 Main Event works: The $10,400 Main Event uses a Mystery Bounty format for the first time. ClubWPT Gold is adding $1 million in cash to the bounty pool, and players can enter once per starting flight across three flights. There’s no official guarantee.

Why the Prime Championship matters: In 2025, the WPT Prime Championship nearly doubled its $5 million guarantee. A $1,100 buy-in with a $5 million guarantee is one of the best-value tournaments in Las Vegas all year.

Wynn Fall Classic 2026: What It Offers

The Fall Classic, which ends October 25, is the most affordable Wynn series of the year. It has 44 events with buy-ins mostly from $200 to $800, plus satellites, and more than $2 million in combined guarantees. Highlights include an 800NLH(400K GTD), $600 NLH events with 150K–300K guarantees, a 400NLH(200K GTD), seniors events and nightly $200 turbos with $10K guarantees.

How to Qualify Through Satellites

Wynn runs “Milestone” satellites throughout its series. These are cheaper tournaments that award seats into the bigger events:

• Championship satellites: At the 2026 Summer Classic, $1,100 satellites guaranteed 10 seats into the $10,400 Championship.
• Mid-tier satellites: 400–500 satellites awarded seats into $2,200 and $3,500 events.
• Daily satellites: 125–200 satellites run during most series, often guaranteeing 5–10 seats into $1,100 events.
• Fall Classic 2026: $125 and $160 Milestone satellites with 6,000–8,000 guarantees.

Tip: Satellites usually run the evening before each Day 1 flight. A $1,100 satellite into a $10,400 event can save you more than $9,000 if you win a seat.

[Internal link: How poker satellites work – beginner’s guide]

Latest Wynn Poker Results and Winners

2026 Tournament Results

Series	Event	Entries	Prize pool	Winner	First prize	Full report
Wynn Summer Classic	$10,400 Wynn Summer Championship	1,170	$11,466,000	Johannes Straver (Netherlands)	$1,824,370	[Internal link]
Wynn Millions	$3,500 Wynn Millions Championship	694	More than $2.2M	Joseph Spanne (USA)	$397,319	[Internal link]
Wynn Millions	1,600NLH(1M GTD)	781	$1,116,830	—	$207,774	[Internal link]
Wynn Millions	1,100NLH(400K GTD)	—	$523,030	Fabian Gumz	$101,437	[Internal link]

Spotlight: 2026 Wynn Summer Championship

The $10,400 Summer Championship was the biggest tournament ever held at the Wynn outside the WPT. It drew 1,170 entries against a $10 million guarantee and finished with an $11,466,000 prize pool. Johannes Straver of the Netherlands won $1,824,370. Runner-up Giorgiy Skhulukhiya took $1,224,978, and Jans Arends earned $922,325 for third.

The guarantee was beaten by nearly $1.5 million, which shows how strong demand is for big-buy-in tournaments in Las Vegas during WSOP season.

Spotlight: 2026 Wynn Millions Championship

Joseph Spanne won his first major title in the $3,500 Wynn Millions Championship, earning 397,319afterbeatingChahnJungheads-up(271,245). Quang Vu finished third for $200,955. The event drew 694 entries across three flights and built a prize pool of more than $2.2 million.

The same series also showed how wide Wynn’s schedule is. Mixed-game events such as Big O, H.O.R.S.E., T.O.R.S.E., 2-7 Triple Draw and 2-7 Mixed Limits all had their own champions, alongside $200 turbos and seniors events.

Major Wynn Poker Tournament Series

Wynn Millions

Wynn’s late-winter festival in 2026 ran from February 16 to March 22. It was built around a $3,500 Championship with a $2 million guarantee, a $1,600 NLH with a $1 million guarantee and a $1,100 NLH with a $500K guarantee. The Wynn Millions name has a big history. In 2021, a $10,000 Wynn Millions event drew 1,328 entries for a $12,483,200 prize pool, and Andrew Moreno won $1,460,160.

Wynn Summer Classic

Wynn’s flagship series runs alongside the WSOP each summer, and it’s the reason many visiting players split their time between the two. The 2026 edition (May 20–July 13) carried eight-figure combined guarantees, headlined by the 10,400SummerChampionship(10M guaranteed). It also included a 3,500NLH(5M GTD), a 2,200MysteryBounty(3M GTD), several 1,600–2,200 events with $2M guarantees, PLO events up to $3,000 and a $25,800 High Roller.

Wynn Fall Classic

The Fall Classic runs from late September through October and has become the most budget-friendly Wynn festival. The 2026 edition has 44 events with buy-ins up to $800 and more than $2 million in guarantees. Past Fall Classics featured bigger buy-ins. The 2021 edition’s $3,500 Championship drew 1,775 entries for a $5,724,375 prize pool.

Wynn Signature Series

These shorter, lower-stakes festivals fill gaps in the Wynn calendar. In 2026, Signature Series ran January 5–19 (29 events, more than $1.4M guaranteed, buy-ins 200–1,100), April 20–May 3 and August 17–September 7. The next one is scheduled for January 11–24, 2027, with 18 events. The January 2026 edition included nine mixed-game events, which is a sign of Wynn’s growing commitment to non-hold’em games.

WPT World Championship at Wynn

The World Poker Tour’s season finale has called Wynn home since its revival. The 2026 festival (November 27–December 21) will be the fifth at Wynn. In 2025, the $1,100 $2M guaranteed event alone drew 3,284 entries for $3,169,060, with Viet Vo winning $374,230. Brandon Wilson won the $25,800 High Roller for $341,250.

Wynn Winter Classic (Historic)

Wynn added a December Winter Classic in 2019, headlined by a $5,000 Championship that drew 557 entries for $2,740,440. The 2021 edition’s $5,300 Championship drew 672 entries for $3,306,240. In recent years, the WPT World Championship has taken over Wynn’s December slot.

The Wynn Classic: History and Past Champions

How the Wynn Classic began
The first Wynn Classic was held in February–March 2007. Its $10,000 Championship was won by Zachary Hyman for $729,033. For its first four years it was a single annual festival. Wynn added a Summer Classic in 2011, a Fall Classic in 2012 and a Winter Classic in 2019. Today the Wynn Millions, Summer Classic, Fall Classic and Signature Series cover most of the year.

How buy-ins changed
The early Classics were high-buy-in events: $10,000 from 2007 to 2009, then about $5,000. From 2015, Wynn shifted to 1,600–2,100 Championships, and field sizes grew sharply. The Spring Classic Championship drew 198 entries in 2007 and 984 in 2018. Then, in the 2020s, Wynn moved back to big buy-ins with huge fields. That led to the $12.5 million Wynn Millions in 2021 and the $11.5 million Summer Championship in 2026.

Wynn Spring Classic Championship Winners

Year	Buy-in	Entries	Prize pool	Winner	Prize
2007	$10,200	198	$1,920,600	Zachary Hyman	$729,033
2008	$10,200	183	$1,775,100	Chris Moore	$692,286
2009	$10,200	104	$1,008,800	Keith Ferrera	$348,036
2010	$5,150	242	$1,173,700	Brandon Cantu	$363,844
2011	$5,170	212	$1,028,200	Tim West	$318,738
2012	$5,170	190	$921,500	Isaac Baron	$240,512
2013	$5,000	207	$1,003,950	Ray Dehkharghani	$235,931
2014	$5,200	86	$417,100	Brandon Allen	$79,875
2015	$2,100	248	$481,120	Maxim Sorokin	$101,619
2016	$1,600	499	$726,662	Ludovic Geilich	$150,662
2017	$1,600	818	$1,190,190	Eric Baldwin	$188,450
2018	$1,600	984	$1,431,720	David “The Dragon” Pham	$240,254
2019	$1,600	982	$1,428,810	Terry Fleischer	$184,376
2020	$1,600	687	$1,000,000	Kevin Buck	$166,837

Wynn Summer Classic Championship Winners

Year	Event	Entries	Prize pool	Winner	Prize
2012	$2,600 Championship	249	$603,825	Michael Hack	$125,103
2013	$5,180 Championship	60	$300,000	Kenna James	$83,000
2014	$1,600 Championship	754	$1,097,070	Paul Balzano	$180,583
2015	$1,600 Championship	427	$621,285	Raymond Travis Rice	$102,795
2016	$1,600 Championship	1,030	$1,492,356	Joseph Cappello	$270,955
2017	$1,600 Championship	2,035	$2,960,925	Ardavan Yazdi	$237,610
2018	$1,600 Championship	2,119	$3,083,145	Florian Duta	$429,161
2019	$1,600 Championship	2,287	$3,327,585	Justin Adams	$345,892
2021	$1,600 Mystery Bounty	1,518	$1,442,100	Uri Reichenstein	$217,948
2021	$10,000 Wynn Millions	1,328	$12,483,200	Andrew Moreno	$1,460,160
2026	$10,400 Summer Championship	1,170	$11,466,000	Johannes Straver	$1,824,370

Wynn Fall Classic Championship Winners

Year	Buy-in	Entries	Prize pool	Winner	Prize
2012	$1,590	268	$389,940	James Hoeppner	$77,760
2013	$1,600	249	$362,295	Josh Pollock	$84,050
2014	$1,600	290	$421,950	Terry Fleischer	$76,334
2015	$1,600	267	$388,485	Joe McKeehen	$90,125
2016	$1,600	361	$525,165	Tom Middleton	$99,000
2017	$1,600	447	$650,385	Matt Affleck	$139,348
2018	$1,600	594	$864,270	Steve Sung	$170,550
2019	$1,600	1,024	$1,489,920	Bob Shao	$222,820
2021	$3,500	1,775	$5,724,375	Jeremy Kottler	$643,267

Wynn Winter Classic Championship Winners

Year	Buy-in	Entries	Prize pool	Winner	Prize
2019	$5,000	557	$2,740,440	Michael Rocco	$540,800
2021	$5,300	672	$3,306,240	Eli Berg	$626,499

Notable names:

• Terry Fleischer has won two Wynn Classic Championships: the 2014 Fall Classic and the 2019 Spring Classic.
• Joe McKeehen won the 2015 Fall Classic in the same year he won the WSOP Main Event.

Poker Tournament Basics: Terms You’ll See at Wynn

• Buy-in: The cost to enter, for example $10,400 (prize pool contribution plus fees).
• Guarantee (GTD): The minimum prize pool Wynn promises, regardless of turnout.
• Overlay: When entries fall short of the guarantee and the house adds the difference. This is extra value for players.
• Starting flights (Day 1A, 1B…): Several starting days for one tournament. Survivors combine on Day 2.
• Re-entry: Buying in again after busting during late registration.
• Milestone satellite: Wynn’s name for satellites that award seats into its bigger events.
• Mystery Bounty: Knocking out a player earns a random bounty prize, which can be far larger than the buy-in.
• PKO (Progressive Knockout): Part of each bounty goes to the eliminator and part is added to their own bounty.
• Mixed games: Non-hold’em formats such as H.O.R.S.E., Big O, 2-7 Triple Draw and Stud.
• Turbo: Faster blind levels for quicker tournaments.
• ITM (in the money): Finishing in a paid position.

Tournament Buy-ins, Satellites and Prize Pools

Match your bankroll to the right Wynn event:

Budget per event	Best fit at Wynn
Under $300	200turbos(10K GTD), Milestone satellites (125–200)
300–800	Daily 400–800 NLH (Fall Classic and Signature Series, 100K–400K GTD), WPT Super Gold Million ($400, $3M GTD)
1,000–2,500	1,100–1,600 NLH (400K–2M GTD), WPT Prime Championship ($1,100, $5M GTD), $2,200 Mystery Bounties
3,000–5,000	3,500Championships(2M–$5M GTD), $3,000 PLO Mystery Bounty, $5,000 Seniors High Roller
$10,000+	$10,400 Summer Championship and WPT World Championship, $25,800 High Rollers

Best value for most players: The WPT Prime Championship ($1,100, 5Mguaranteed)andtheSuperGoldMillion(400, $3M guaranteed) in December offer huge prize pools for modest buy-ins.

Wynn Poker Room: Cash Games and Amenities

Cash games
Wynn spreads No-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha from low stakes up to high-stakes games with no maximum buy-in. Its low- and mid-stakes games are known for deeper maximum buy-ins than most Strip rooms, which suits players who prefer deep-stacked play. Mixed games also run, especially during series. Check the room or PokerAtlas for live game lists, since stakes running change throughout the day.

Amenities

• Personal USB chargers at every seat
• Sports betting window inside the room
• Large HD screens showing live sports
• Tableside food delivery and cocktail service
• Auto-shufflers
• Massage service
• Phone-in waitlist
• Free WiFi
• Non-smoking room
• Discounted hotel rates for players
• Currency exchange and valet parking

Comps: Players earn about $1.50 per hour played, redeemable for dining at Wynn.

Good to know: Wynn charges for parking, and the room doesn’t run poker jackpots. Players who chase bad-beat jackpots should look elsewhere for that.

Travel Guide to Wynn Poker in Las Vegas

• Location: Wynn Las Vegas is on the north end of the Strip at 3131 S. Las Vegas Blvd., next to its sister resort Encore.
• Airport: Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) is about 15–20 minutes away by taxi or rideshare, depending on traffic.
• Getting around: The Fashion Show Mall and the Venetian are within walking distance. Other poker rooms, including Aria and the WSOP at the Horseshoe and Paris, are a short ride away.
• When to go:
  • Summer (late May–mid-July) brings the Summer Classic and WSOP crowds. It has the most action but also peak hotel prices and extreme heat.
  • December brings the WPT World Championship.
  • January and spring Signature Series are quieter and cheaper.
• Hotel tip: Wynn offers discounted room rates for poker players. Ask the poker room before booking during a series.

How to Register for Wynn Poker Tournaments

1. Check the official schedule on the Wynn Poker website, its social channels or PokerAtlas. Confirm start times, late registration windows and structure sheets.
2. Register at the poker room cage or registration desk. Bring a valid government-issued photo ID. You must be 21 or older.
3. Pre-register for big events where it’s offered, to avoid long lines on busy Day 1 flights.
4. Try a Milestone satellite first if you’d like to qualify for less.
5. For WPT events, check the World Poker Tour’s official schedule. WPT events at Wynn may have their own registration process and online qualifiers through ClubWPT Gold and partner sites.

Registration policies can vary by series, so confirm with the poker room before you travel.

Practical Tips from the Tournament Floor

1. Arrive early on big Day 1 flights. Summer Championship flights and WPT Prime days can have long registration lines.
2. Play the value events. Large guarantees at 400–1,100 buy-ins often provide better return for recreational players than the high rollers.
3. Plan your bullets. Most Wynn events allow re-entry. Decide your maximum number of entries before the tournament starts.
4. Summer means tougher fields. During WSOP season, top pros play Wynn events between bracelet events, so expect stronger competition.
5. Use your comps. Hourly dining comps add up during a long series.

Is Wynn Poker Worth It? Pros and Cons

Pros

• One of the best-run and most respected poker rooms in Las Vegas
• Tournaments for every bankroll, from $200 turbos to $25,800 high rollers
• Huge guarantees, including $10M for the 2026 Summer Championship
• Hosts the WPT World Championship
• Excellent amenities, dining comps and deep-stacked cash games
• Strong mixed-game offering

Cons

• Paid parking and Strip hotel prices
• No poker jackpots
• Summer events attract very tough fields during WSOP season
• Peak periods mean crowded rooms and long registration lines

Our verdict

Whether you’re a local grinder, a tourist planning a Vegas trip or a pro chasing big guarantees, Wynn is one of the best tournament destinations in the world. For most players, the best upcoming opportunity is December’s WPT World Championship festival, especially the $1,100 Prime Championship and the $400 Super Gold Million.

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