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

12-11-2023 02:47 UTC-4

Four Eliminations to the Money

Christian Zetzsche

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

Mir Gaskari was down to around eleven blinds when he found a pair and went with it. The 5♦5♥ were utterly crushed by Emilien Pitavy with the A♠A♣ and he found no help on the J♠8♥4♥9♣A♥ runout.

"Good hand," Gaskari said on the way out. Maxime Manzone followed soon after as the field was reduced to the last 82 contenders. Floor staff told players that hand-for-hand mode may come early again similar to Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emilien Pitavy	500,000 -10,000	-10,000
Mir Gaskari	Busted
Maxime Manzone	Busted

Tags: Emilien Pitavy Maxime Manzone Mir Gaskari

12-11-2023 02:43 UTC-4

Spencer Takes from Boghean

Ryan Lashmar

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

Lewis Spencer opened to 20,000 from middle position and Andrei Boghean defended from the big blind.

The flop came 9♣5♠3♦. Boghean checked, Spencer fired a 21,000 continuation bet, Boghean check-raised to 55,000 and Spencer made the call.

Boghean checked the A♠ turn and Spencer bet 85,000. This time Boghean opted to fold and Spencer took down a healthy pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaesung Lee	775,000 775,000	775,000
Andrei Boghean	612,000 -88,000	-88,000
Lewis Spencer	450,000 233,000	233,000
Olga Iermolcheva	420,000 -50,000	-50,000
Evan Sparling	135,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Andrei Boghean Lewis Spencer

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

12-11-2023 02:37 UTC-4

More Eliminations Close to the Money

Christian Zetzsche

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

The money bubble is drawing closer as just 86 players remain in contention. Among the latest casualties was also soccer striker Sergio Aguero alongside Takashi Ogura and Tom-Aksel Bedell.

Player	Chips	Progress
Curtis Oliver	Busted
Jorge Lopez	Busted
Sergio Aguero	Busted
Takashi Ogura	Busted
Nohad Teliani	Busted
Tom-Aksel Bedell	Busted

Tags: Sergio Aguero Takashi Ogura Tom-Aksel Bedell

12-11-2023 02:34 UTC-4

Gold Among the Casualties Before the Money

Christian Zetzsche

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

Two players were eliminated from table 11 and that included Jamie Gold as well as Anton Smirnov.

According to Bob Mather and other players, Gold got it in with ace-king and his previous nemesis Andrei Boghean won the flop with pocket queens. Mather was then responsible for the knockout of Smirnov and leaped to half a million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Boghean	700,000 200,000	200,000
Bob Mather	515,000 185,000	185,000
Olga Iermolcheva	470,000 -55,000	-55,000
Jamie Gold	Busted

Anton Smirnov	Busted

Tags: Andrei Boghean Anton Smirnov Bob Mather Jamie Gold

12-11-2023 02:29 UTC-4

The Long Grind of Papadopoulos Ends Short of the Money

Christian Zetzsche

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

Kyriakos Papadopoulos had been in the same seat all day long and saw his stack cut down very early on before he grinded it back up for hours. However, it all came to an end when he three-bet jammed with the J♠J♦ and Anatoly Filatov took the flip with A♦K♦.

The K♥5♥4♠4♦K♣ board improved Filatov to kings full of fours.

"I would have had to call, I had an weaker pair," initial preflop raiser Dylan Linde mentioned.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Linde	310,000 -5,000	-5,000

Anatoly Filatov	300,000
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	Busted

Tags: Anatoly Filatov Dylan Linde Kyriakos Papadopoulos

12-11-2023 02:22 UTC-4

Revah Back on Top after Massive Double

Ryan Lashmar

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

Garik Tamasian opened to 16,000 from the cutoff and Eyal Revah three-bet to 52,000 from the button. Tamasian four-bet shoved, covering Revah's remaining stack of 363,000 and Revah snap-called to put himself at risk in a pot worth nearly 1,000,000 chips.

Eyal Revah: K♥K♣
Garik Tamasian: 9♣9♥

The K♥10♣3♠ flop gave Revah top set leaving Tamasian with only runner outs to either quads or a straight. The 5♥ turn and 8♦ river changed nothing and Revah took down a colossal pot while making a serious dent in Tamasian's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eyal Al Revah	950,000 550,000	550,000
Olga Iermolcheva	525,000 155,000	155,000
Garik Tamasian	274,000 -16,000	-16,000
Lewis Spencer	217,000 -48,000	-48,000
Arkadiy Tsinis	168,000 -55,000	-55,000

Hao Chuang	102,000
Vidar Assersen	90,000 90,000	90,000
Jorge Lopez	72,000

Tags: Eyal Revah Garik Tamasian

12-11-2023 02:20 UTC-4

Picone Chips Up; Salas Scores a Knockout

Christian Zetzsche

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

Vitor Dzivielevski raised to 16,000 and earned calls from Karen Nazarian as well as Igor Picone out of the blinds. They checked the J♠8♦5♦ flop and Nazarian bet the 4♥ turn for 20,000. Picone raised to 60,000 for Dzivielevski to fold and Nazarian reluctantly folded, too, with around 130,000 behind.

One hand later, Dzivielevski opened to 16,000 and Ori Eshel moved all-in for 122,000 in the very next seat. Damian Salas asked for a count and called, everyone else folded including Dzivielevski who exposed the A♥J♥.

Ori Eshel: J♣J♠
Damian Salas: A♣K♥

The K♦5♥2♠ flop left Eshel on thin ice. He found no escape on the 2♦ turn and 10♠ river to depart.

Nazarian was then eliminated by Jinhoon Lee and Aram Zobian vanished one table over.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damian Salas	470,000 140,000	140,000

Vitor Dzivielevski	415,000 -55,000	-55,000

Jin Hoon Lee	400,000 207,000	207,000

Igor Picone	360,000 175,000	175,000
Karen Nazarian	Busted
Aram Zobian	Busted

Ori Eshel	Busted

Tags: Aram Zobian Damian Salas Igor Picone Karen Nazarian Ori Eshel Vitor Dzivielevski

12-11-2023 02:14 UTC-4

Schonback Chops Then Busts to Kim

Christian Zetzsche

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

Jinwoo Kim raised to 16,000 and called the short-stacked shove by Schonback with the A♦Q♥. He was up against A♣2♠ and the 8♣5♣3♣5♠8♠ board brought an unlikely showdown.

One hand later, they got it in again as follows.

David Schonback: Q♣10♦
Jinwoo Kim: K♦J♠

Both players missed the 6♠3♦2♣9♦4♠ board once more, but this time the king played for Kim.

Kristen Foxen and Luis Dono were next to fall right after with the former mentioning she "busted two days in a row around 1 a.m. and got her money's worth".

Player	Chips	Progress
Jinwoo Kim	360,000 114,000	114,000
David Schonback	Busted
Luis Dono	Busted
Kristen Foxen	Busted

Tags: David Schonback Jinwoo Kim Kristen Foxen Luis Dono

12-11-2023 02:02 UTC-4

Assorted Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Emilien Pitavy	510,000 -50,000	-50,000
Vitor Dzivielevski	470,000 140,000	140,000

Paul Ephremsen	461,000 461,000	461,000
Aram Zobian	410,000 120,000	120,000

Eyal Al Revah	400,000 -355,000	-355,000
Karen Nazarian	375,000 175,000	175,000
Fabian Bernhauser	370,000 150,000	150,000
Frank Funaro	350,000 196,000	196,000

Damian Salas	330,000 -30,000	-30,000

Bob Mather	330,000 120,000	120,000
Dylan Linde	315,000 55,000	55,000

Alexandra Botez	295,000 -20,000	-20,000
Scott Wellenbach	290,000 290,000	290,000
Joerg Schneegass	275,000 -40,000	-40,000
Jun Obara	250,000 -121,000	-121,000
Arun Sardana	250,000 40,000	40,000
Scott Bohlman	245,000 19,000	19,000

Adrian Mateos	230,000 184,000	184,000

David Williams	220,000 86,500	86,500

Philipp Gruissem	210,000 106,000	106,000

Nikita Kuznetsov	100,000 100,000	100,000
Kristen Foxen	100,000 -13,000	-13,000

Stephen Song	100,000 -15,000	-15,000

Luis Dono	75,000 19,000	19,000
Isaac Haxton	Busted

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