Hyman takes Wynn classic main prize

Californian Zachary Hyman took the inaugural Wynn Poker Classic this week, picking up an enormous $749 033 check in his first major win after beating out a field of 198 entrants, many of them big names in professional poker.

The $10 000 +$200 Main Event reached final table status after three tough days of play, and what a table it was with some of the most experienced and high profile pros in the game. There was Johnny Chan, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, Chris "The Canada Goose" Roos, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Chau Giang and Ted Lawson, all among the nine survivors going after the lion's share of the tournament's $1 920 600 prize pool.

It all ended in a heads up between Hyman and Ted Lawson, with the latter taking home $384 120, ahead of third placed Chris Moore on $192 060 and "The Canada Goose" Roos on $103 712.