Event #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship Day 1a | 2023 WSOP Paradise

12-09-2023 23:48 UTC-5

End of the Road for Song

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Erick Lindgren hit the nut flush with A♣10♣ on a board of 10♦8♣5♣2♣6♠ and earned a full double through Stephen Song, who briefly exposed his cards.

Song was left with fewer than the starting stack and got them in with the 9♥8♥ via open-shove.

Eduardo Bernal called in the cutoff with the Q♦Q♣ and dealt the final blow on a K♦9♦2♥4♣Q♠ board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eduardo Bernal	355,000 55,000	55,000
Erick Lindgren	340,000 230,000	230,000

Stephen Song	Busted

Tags: Eduardo Bernal Erick Lindgren Stephen Song

12-09-2023 23:55 UTC-5

Lu Brings the Pain to Spain

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Taiwan's Wei-Hsun Lu raised to 12,000 and Gonzalo Ranero three-bet jammed for 99,000 in the hijack. Fellow Spaniard Jon Santos then pushed all-in for 149,000 and Lu asked for a count on the larger stack. He then called half a minute later and they pushed them over.

Gonzalo Ranero: 9♠9♣
Jon Santos: A♥K♦
Wei-Hsun Lu: Q♥Q♣

The 8♦8♥5♦ flop and 6♦ turn kept Ranero and Santos with some equity. However, the 5♣ river kept Lu ahead and he sent both players from Spain to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wei-Hsun Lu	725,000 225,000	225,000
Gonzalo Ranero	Busted
Jon Santos	Busted

Tags: Gonzalo Ranero Jon Santos Wei-Hsun Lu

12-10-2023 00:07 UTC-5

Recent Eliminations

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Sousa	Busted
Pete Chen	Busted

Daniel Smiljkovic	Busted

Daniel Rezaei	Busted

Merijn Van Rooij	Busted
Jinho Hong	Busted

Jim Collopy	Busted

Frederic Delval	Busted
Dmitrii Prusov	Busted
Masashi Oya	Busted

Aram Oganyan	Busted

Abdulla Ceesvin	Busted
Manuel Ruivo	Busted
Manuel Pochat	Busted
Chris Moorman	Busted

Hannes Jeschka	Busted
Dana Karlson	Busted
Armando Romero	Busted
Tom Talboom	Busted
Jhon Diaz	Busted

12-10-2023 00:13 UTC-5

Hutter Eliminated by Kubaliak

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Chino Rheem had recovered previous losses when he came up second-best with 10♠10♥ against the A♥K♥ of Kelvin Kerber.

The same table included several other big names and Matas Cimbolas was trying to figure out the name of an opponent in the five seat. "My name is Igor. Igor Igor," the answer came.

Only one of those statements was true, as it happened to be Igor Picone from Belgium.

Picone called the shove of Barry Hutter for 28,000 and then saw Tomas Kubaliak move all-in over the top, forcing out Picone.

Barry Hutter: A♦Q♥
Tomas Kubaliak: K♣K♠

The 9♥7♦3♣7♥8♠ board brought no help to Hutter and ended his run on Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	330,000 20,000	20,000
Igor Picone	255,000
Kelvin Kerber	250,000 171,000	171,000

Matas Cimbolas	210,000 60,000	60,000
Tomas Kubaliak	205,000
Barry Hutter	Busted

Tags: Barry Hutter Chino Rheem Igor Picone Kelvin Kerber Matas Cimbolas Tomas Kubaliak

12-10-2023 00:48 UTC-5

Farcas Busts Foxen

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

In a preflop confrontation, Kristen Foxen was all in from the big blind for roughly 140,000 against Marian Farcas in middle position who covered.

Kristen Foxen: 10♥10♣
Marian Farcas: K♣K♠

Farcas was well ahead with the bigger pocket pair and remained so on the 9♥4♣3♣J♠3♦ runout to take the pot while Foxen became the latest casualty of the Jeff Platt curse.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marian Farcas	525,000 85,000	85,000

Kristen Foxen	Busted

Tags: Jeff Platt Kristen Foxen Marian Farcas

12-10-2023 01:04 UTC-5

Latest Batch of Eliminations

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Only around 130 players remain and several notables were among the recent casualties. That included two former WSOP Main Event champions in Koray Aldemir and Ryan Riess, with 2021 WSOP Player of the Year Josh Arieh also out of chips as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Aldemir	Busted

Bruno Severino	Busted
Jeremy Lyons	Busted
Slava Royale	Busted
Sergio Aido	Busted

Noah Boeken	Busted
Josh Arieh	Busted

Curtis Oliver	Busted
Ernest Bush	Busted
Florian Loehnert	Busted
Clemen Deng	Busted
Lee Markholt	Busted
Xing He	Busted

Ari Katz	Busted
Ryan Riess	Busted

Tags: Josh Arieh Koray Aldemir Ryan Riess

12-10-2023 01:07 UTC-5

Jonkers Knocked Out by Sagle

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Mathijs Jonkers had stuck around with a shorter stack for an extended period and ultimately got the last of it in with the A♦4♦. That was crushed by Jason Sagle, who had the far superior suited ace holding the A♣K♣.

The board ran out K♥8♣3♥5♥K♦ and that spelled the end for the Dutchman, a former WSOP Europe Main Event finalist.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Sagle	340,000
Mathijs Jonkers	Busted

Tags: Mathijs Jonkers Jason Sagle

12-10-2023 01:17 UTC-5

Hunichen Gives Mandic Unwanted Action

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Goran Mandic moved all in from the cutoff for 210,000, an open-shove worth just over 26 big blinds.

"I don't want action" Mandic commented as Chris Hunichen contemplated his decision on the button.

"You just have fours?" Hunichen inquired, receiving no reply from Mandic. After roughly one minute Hunichen put in the call with a covering stack to put Mandic at risk.

Goran Mandic: A♥Q♠
Chris Hunichen: A♦K♠

Hunichen had Mandic pipped and remained ahead on the 7♦5♥6♠6♣J♦ runout to send Mandic to the rail late in the day and drag in a massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	575,000 285,000	285,000

Goran Mandic	Busted

Tags: Chris Hunichen Goran Mandic

12-10-2023 01:24 UTC-5

A Pity for Pitavy

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Emilien Pitavy open-jammed the button for 143,000 and Bruno Alava went all-in over the top out of the small blind. Szymon Bujok rubbed his hands before glancing at the cards but then instantly folded to forfeit his big blind.

Emilien Pitavy: 4♠4♦
Bruno Alava: A♠K♥

The flip went to Alava on a board of A♦K♦8♠10♦5♠ as Pitavy fell behind against the two overcards.