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

12-09-2023 13:52 UTC-5

Gruissem Wins Some Chips Back

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

On the tail end of a heads-up pot between two German speaking regulars, the board showed J♣10♠6♣9♥Q♠. [Removed:548] check-called a bet worth 2,500 by Philipp Gruissem, who first flashed the 8♥ for the bottom end of the straight before also revealing the J♥.

It was good enough to win the pot, as [Removed:549] mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:548]	85,000 85,000	85,000
Philipp Gruissem	25,000 6,800	6,800

Tags: Philipp Gruissem

12-09-2023 13:57 UTC-5

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Goran Mandic	135,000
Ryan Riess	100,000 50,000	50,000

Lachezar Petkov	90,000

Manuel Pochat	75,000 800	800
Alexandre Vuilleumier	75,000 25,000	25,000

Andrey Andreev	70,000 70,000	70,000
Josh Arieh	65,000

Jessica Teusl	65,000 15,000	15,000

Aram Zobian	62,000

Robert Cowen	58,000

Ori Elul	55,000
Gary Thompson	55,000 5,000	5,000
Will Jaffe	45,000

Jonathan Little	45,000

Ioannis Angelou-Konstas	43,000
Anatoly Filatov	30,000

12-09-2023 13:58 UTC-5

Rezaei Takes an Aggressive Line

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Jeremy Geist

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Armin Rezaei opened in early position to 1,000 before the action folded to Kyle Carlston in middle position who put in a three-bet to 3,000. Rezaei called and they were off to a flop heads up.

The 4♠5♦Q♣ flop landed and the action checked to Carlston who continued for 2,500. Rezaei sat in the tank for a moment and then put in a check raised to 7,500. Carlston thought it over and then put in the chips for a call.

The 8♠ landed on the turn and Rezaei fired again for 7,000. Carlston sat in the tank for almost two minutes before he eventually found a fold. Rezaei dragged another healthy pot and is sitting towards the top of the leaderboard early on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Armin Rezaei	105,000 47,000	47,000
Kyle Carlston	40,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Armin Rezaei Kyle Carlston

12-09-2023 13:59 UTC-5

Raus Continues His Winning Ways

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Chris Land

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Szymon Bujok raised to 1,100 from the hijack and found two callers in Martin Raus from the cutoff and the player in the small blind before seeing the flop come 8♠5♠10♣.

The small blind checked it over to Bujok who continued with a bet of 1,300. Raus quickly asked, "Why so big?" before grabbing a stack of chips and raising to 10,500.

The small blind tossed his cards toward the muck and Bujok followed suit after a brief pause, prompting Raus to show the Q♠4♠ before collecting the pot.

Raus is less than 24 hours removed from winning his first WSOP bracelet in Event #4: $1,000 Mini Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Raus	62,900 33,600	33,600

Szymon Bujok	51,300 1,300	1,300

Tags: Martin Raus Szymon Bujok

12-09-2023 14:02 UTC-5

Santos Forces Out Jiang

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Sosia Jiang three-bet big to 3,800 in the small blind and Jon Santos was the only caller. The A♥8♥8♣ flop saw Jiang continue for 2,100 and Santos called.

That led them to the 5♣ turn on which Jiang opted to check. Santos now bet 4,000 and that was enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Santos	65,000
Sosia Jiang	30,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Sosia Jiang Jon Santos

12-09-2023 14:05 UTC-5

First Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Upon completion of the first three levels, the field has grown to 449 entries and 409 players remain. The first scheduled break is underway for the next 25 minutes.

12-09-2023 14:12 UTC-5

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

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Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

12-09-2023 14:34 UTC-5

Assorted Casualties In the First Three Levels

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Szymon Politowski	Busted
Keith O'Connor	Busted
Rodrigo Orozco	Busted
Jun Obara	Busted
Jacek Pustula	Busted
William Blais	Busted
Allen Shen	Busted
Seyoon Lim	Busted
Namhyung Kim	Busted
Daniel Wirgau	Busted
Karen Nazarian	Busted
Mahmood Ahmad	Busted
Michael Sklenicka	Busted
Patrick Tardif	Busted
Frederic Normand	Busted

12-09-2023 14:39 UTC-5

Assorted Big Stacks On the First Break

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Kosove	160,000 160,000	160,000
Francis Poirier	154,900 154,900	154,900
Curtis Oliver	151,500 151,500	151,500
Wei-Hsun Lu	134,000 134,000	134,000
Goran Mandic	130,000 5,000	5,000
Daniel Ghionoiu	126,000 76,000	76,000
Tomasz Gluszko	110,400 110,400	110,400
Kelechi Amadi	110,000 110,000	110,000
William Tobia	107,000 40,000	40,000
Armin Rezaei	105,400 400	400
Kai Jin	102,500 102,500	102,500
Daniel Smiljkovic	102,500 102,500	102,500

Ljubomir Josipovic	101,700 101,700	101,700
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas	101,700 58,700	58,700
Merijn Van Rooij	100,000 100,000	100,000
Lachezar Petkov	98,000 8,000	8,000

Manuel Ruivo	96,000 46,000	46,000
Jorge Pacheco	95,000 20,000	20,000
Ryan Riess	93,400 6,600	6,600

Matt Glantz	91,200 91,200	91,200

[Removed:548]	87,800 2,800	2,800
Alfonso Cammarota	85,400 35,400	35,400
Jinho Hong	84,100 84,100	84,100

Scott Bohlman	82,100 82,100	82,100

Stepan Mikhno	81,700 81,700	81,700

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