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

12-09-2023 23:59 UTC-5

Ho Jams the Turn

Ryan Lashmar

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

With two players seeing a board of 10♠2♠8♣ and roughly 30,000 already in the middle, Christopher Puetz bet 11,000 from the small blind and received a call from Maria Ho on the button.

Puetz slowed down with a check on the K♠ turn and Ho moved all in for approximately 62,000. Puetz thought about his decision for about a minute before folding and Ho took down a decent pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Puetz	225,000 95,000	95,000
Maria Ho	117,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Christopher Puetz Maria Ho

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

12-09-2023 23:48 UTC-5

End of the Road for Song

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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

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

12-09-2023 23:45 UTC-5

Foxen Finds a Double

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Kristen Foxen, who recently became short-stacked not long after accepting an interview with Jeff Platt, moved all in from middle position for 32,000 and was called by Marian Farcas in the big blind who covered.

Kristen Foxen: A♦9♣
Marian Farcas: 8♣7♥

Foxen remained ahead on the 10♠K♣Q♣3♠J♥ runout to score a full double up through Farcas.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marian Farcas	430,000 280,000	280,000

Kristen Foxen	72,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Jeff Platt Kristen Foxen Marian Farcas

12-09-2023 23:36 UTC-5

Ganim Leads the Way for Now

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

With just 171 players remaining, the stacks are getting bigger and the player to have accumulated the most chips so far appears to be David Ganim.

On a heads-up turn of K♠Q♠10♣K♣, he bet 35,000 and Artur Nachtigal tank-folded. The pot was pushed to Ganim, who is well above half a million by now.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Ganim	700,000 616,600	616,600
Artur Nachtigal	130,000
Armando Romero	Busted

Tags: David Ganim Artur Nachtigal

12-09-2023 23:33 UTC-5

Puetz Takes from Zinno

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Anthony Zinno opened to 11,000 from early position and received calls from Francis Poirier in middle position and Christopher Puetz on the button.

The flop came K♦9♠7♦ and Zinno fired a 5,000 continuation bet. Poirier got out of the way while Puetz made the call.

Both players checked the 10♠ turn and 3♥ river. Zinno turned over A♦5♦ for ace-high and a missed flush draw while Puetz showed down A♣9♣ for a pair of nines to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francis Poirier	201,000 21,000	21,000
Anthony Zinno	175,000 20,000	20,000

Christopher Puetz	130,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Anthony Zinno Christopher Puetz Francis Poirier

12-09-2023 23:30 UTC-5

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jesse Lonis got some chips back when his open-raise to 12,000 earned one caller and Bruno Alava squeezed to 40,000. The four-bet shove by Lonis followed and Alava followed to get shown queen-jack.

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas	330,000 115,000	115,000
Eduardo Bernal	300,000 300,000	300,000
Wojciech Barzantny	300,000 300,000	300,000
Mark Ioli	300,000 250,000	250,000

Soenke Jahn	290,000 174,000	174,000
Jesse Lonis	270,000 50,000	50,000

Lennart Dijkkamp	250,000 156,500	156,500
Stephen Song	230,000 190,000	190,000

Roland Israelashvili	200,000 130,000	130,000

Noah Boeken	180,000 82,600	82,600
Bruno Alava	180,000 45,000	45,000
Felipe Ramos	160,000 90,000	90,000

Koray Aldemir	140,000 11,500	11,500

Alexandru Papazian	140,000 72,000	72,000

Clemen Deng	100,000
Gary Thompson	90,000 50,000	50,000
Kristen Foxen	50,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Bruno Alava Jesse Lonis

12-09-2023 23:24 UTC-5

Junior Takes it Down With Second Pair

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Chris Land

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Edilson Junior raised to 10,000 from the hijack and found one caller in Andre Marques from the cutoff to bring out the Q♠2♥9♥ flop.

Junior checked over to Marques who tossed out a bet of 11,000. Junior made the call and watched as the Q♣ hit the turn.

Junior checked it over to Marques again and again, Marques came out with a bet totaling 26,000. Junior paused briefly before grabbing chips and tossing in the call to see the 5♠ fall on the river.

Action quickly checked through to showdown and Junior showed the K♦9♣ which was good enough to get a muck out of Marques before the dealer shipped the pot in Junior's direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edilson Junior	316,000
Andre Marques	59,000 138,000	138,000

Tags: Andre Marques Edilson Junior

12-09-2023 23:21 UTC-5

Hanna Flips to a Double

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Big stack Wei-Hsun Lu opened to 13,000 and Carlos Napolitano three-bet to 33,000. Hayley Hanna then jammed for the 45,000 she had behind and Lu folded, Napolitano called.

Hayley Hanna: 7♥7♦
Carlos Napolitano: A♣K♥

The pocket pair remained ahead all the way on a Q♥6♥3♣2♠7♠ runout, which gave Hanna a set on the river.