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

12-10-2023 17:00 UTC-5

A Few More Updated Counts After the Break

Matt Hansen

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marko Vuzem	260,000 25,000	25,000
Frederic Breton	200,000 10,000	10,000
Jin Hoon Lee	192,400 192,400	192,400

Steve Gallo	184,400 184,400	184,400
Maxime Manzone	181,000 54,000	54,000
Athanasios Tavlas	178,300 79,500	79,500
Garik Tamasian	169,500 100,500	100,500
Lewis Spencer	165,300 165,300	165,300
Mathieu Boulet	164,000
Daniyar Aubakirov	162,000 47,000	47,000
Jamie Sequiera	158,000 158,000	158,000
Aleksei Afransev	148,100 148,100	148,100
Jean Baril	146,400 600	600
Devin Ullman	144,600 29,600	29,600
Sosia Jiang	144,000 49,000	49,000
Renan Meneguetti	143,800 143,800	143,800
Ivan Deyra	142,000 54,300	54,300

Oscar Cueva	141,000 141,000	141,000
Drew O'Connell	140,500 120,500	120,500

Luis Faria	140,000 140,000	140,000
Lachezar Petkov	139,600 15,400	15,400

Allen Shen	132,800 132,800	132,800
Daniel Ghionoiu	130,000 130,000	130,000
Waqar Khan	129,000 129,000	129,000
Louis Bailey	128,200 21,800	21,800

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Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

12-10-2023 16:37 UTC-5

Another Break

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Connor Richards

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Players have been sent on another 15-minute break.

12-10-2023 16:37 UTC-5

Yanovsky Enters With a Bang

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Eric Yanovsky had just entered and immediately got into a big pot in the very first hand when he tangled with Marc Lavergne. They got it in after the A♥9♦2♦10♥ turn with Yanovsky jamming into a bet of 14,000 and Lavergne called.

Marc Lavergne: A♠K♣
Eric Yanovsky: A♦J♦

Yanovsky had plenty of outs to get there and spiked one of them with the J♣ river. Both stacks were counted and the 41,400 of Yanovsky covered.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Yanovsky	92,500 92,500	92,500
Marc Lavergne	Busted

Tags: Eric Yanovsky Marc Lavergne

12-10-2023 16:36 UTC-5

O'Connell One-Outs Phillips

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Connor Richards

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

In a three-way pot on a flop of A♠8♣4♦, Drew O'Connell bet 1,200 and a player in between called before Thomas Phillips check-raised to 7,500. Only O'Connell called.

Phillips then checked on the 4♥ turn and O'Connell bet a small 4,500. Phillips called. Phillips then opted to lead out for 21,000 on the 10♣ turn before his opponent raised all in for around 54,000. Phillips called.

O'Connell tabled 4♣4♠ for quads as Phillips was forced to show 8♥8♦ after both players flopped sets.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Phillips	160,000 160,000	160,000
Drew O'Connell	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Drew O'Connell Thomas Phillips

12-10-2023 16:34 UTC-5

Suvarna Chops With Soffer

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Three ways to the K♠Q♥J♣6♦A♣ river, Santhosh Suvarna bet 13,000 for essentially the size of the pot while in the big blind. Kyle Carlston called but then folded when Eran Soffer raised to 30,000 and Suvarna called, exposing the Q♠Q♣.

Soffer showed his 10♠10♦ for broadway and Suvarna chopped with the 10♣5♥.

"I played the hand so badly, I trapped you on the turn but the worst card came on the river," Carlston bemoaned.

Player	Chips	Progress
Santhosh Suvarna	123,000 123,000	123,000

Kyle Carlston	68,000 68,000	68,000
Eran Soffer	52,000 52,000	52,000

Tags: Eran Soffer Kyle Carlston Santhosh Suvarna

12-10-2023 16:29 UTC-5

Pasqualino Binks River; Doubles Through Siniak

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Francis Pasqualino already had the backpack on and was ready to leave when his superior pocket pair had been out-flopped by Yuri Siniak. However, Pasqualino got there via two-outer to double for 47,100 and joked he would be going into the break now.

The cards were still exposed with the 9♦9♠ of Siniak and the K♣K♦ of Pasqualino showing. On a board of 9♣7♥6♥7♦K♥, the nines flopped a set and turned a full house only for Pasqualino to river kings full.

"That's poker," Siniak concluded the outcome after the emotions had cooled down a bit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francis Pasqualino	125,000 125,000	125,000
Yuri Siniak	23,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Francis Pasqualino Yuri Siniak

12-10-2023 16:21 UTC-5

Vuzem Runs Hot Early On

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Kelechi Amadi had already been eliminated and Tjarco Reitsma then followed suit over on table three as Marko Vuzem claimed another victim. Reitsma and Vuzem created a pot of more than 25,000 to the K♠10♣6♥ flop on which Reitsma check-jammed for 35,500 into a bet worth 8,000 by Vuzem. The quick call followed and the cards were flipped over.

Tjarco Reitsma: Q♥J♥
Marko Vuzem: A♦K♥

The J♠ turn and Q♠ river gave Reitsma running two pair but Vuzem improved to broadway to boost his stack even further. He is not the only one running hot in that specific tournament section, as Frederic Breton also already has more than four starting stacks as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marko Vuzem	235,000 86,000	86,000
Frederic Breton	210,000 210,000	210,000
Robert Mather	115,000 40,000	40,000
Tjarco Reitsma	Busted
Kelechi Amadi	Busted

Tags: Frederic Breton Kelechi Amadi Marko Vuzem Tjarco Reitsma

12-10-2023 16:15 UTC-5

Game of Gold Unfolds on Table Two

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Jamie Gold was the standout name on table two and GGPoker online streamer Kevin Martin recently sat down. Just now, Nikita Luther walked into the same tournament area to take a seat and then joked "of course it had to be you" when she noticed Martin. Both had been contestants on the hit show Game of Gold, which is now literally taking place in more than one sense.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Gold	65,000

Kevin Martin	52,000

Nikita Luther	50,000

Tags: Jamie Gold Kevin Martin Nikita Luther

12-10-2023 16:14 UTC-5

Papadopoulos Chops With Strazisar

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Frank Funaro raised to 1,700 and Kyriakos Papadopoulos then three-bet to 5,100 in the hijack. Jan Strazisar on the button announced a reraise to 12,000 and it folded back to Funaro, who folded. Papadopoulos moved all-in and Strazisar double-checked his cards before calling.

Kyriakos Papadopoulos: K♠K♦
Jan Strazisar: K♥K♣

The Q♠Q♥5♥J♥7♠ board almost delivered a cruel beat but they chopped it up. "A chop is good but there had to be some drama," Devin Ullman joked.