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

12-10-2023 22:03 UTC-5

Gavin-Mather Sends Opponent to the Gallos

Connor Richards

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Steve Gallo opened to 6,500 on the button and poker vlogger Lexy Gavin-Mather defended out of the big blind.

Gavin-Mather checked on the flop of 10♣4♠Q♥ and Gallo continued for 6,500. Gavin-Mather check-raised to 12,500 and Gallo called.

Gavin-Mather sized down to 11,000 on the 4♣ turn and Gallo quickly called. Gavin-Mather then moved all in for around 35,000 on the 9♣ river and Gallo went deep into the tank as Bob Mather came over from the next table to film his wife in action.

"I don't know how I fold this hand," Gallo groaned. "Ace-queen."

Gallo eventually folded and will have to wait until Gavin-Mather's next vlog to find out what she had.

"I missed a hand just for you, baby!" Bob Mather said as he rushed back to his table.

Lexy Gavin-Mather, Robert Mather — Lexy Gavin-Mather and Bob Mather

Player	Chips	Progress
Lexy Gavin-Mather	90,000 35,000	35,000

Steve Gallo	70,000 114,400	114,400

Tags: Bob Mather Lexy Gavin-Mather Steve Gallo

12-10-2023 21:55 UTC-5

Shak Exits on a Double K.O. for Revah

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Matt Hansen

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Dan Shak limped in after Eyal Revah raised to 13,000 out of turn, one of several administrative mistakes he had made in the last several hands. Anuj Kwarta responded with a shove from the button and Shak followed suit with the rest of his chips. Revah called both players with a mountain of chips and theywere relatively short compared to him.

Anuj Kwarta: 8♥8♣
Dan Shak: Q♣Q♠
Eyal Revah: A♥A♣

The board ran out 9♥5♥5♦2♠K♥ and the aces held to eliminate both players.

Note: Revah's stack is disorganized and not sorted by color, so the PokerNews team can only provide an estimate.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eyal Al Revah	425,000 35,000	35,000
Dan Shak	Busted
Anuj Kwarta	Busted

Tags: Anuj Kwarta Dan Shak Eyal Revah

12-10-2023 21:53 UTC-5

Lanuza Takes from Negreanu

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Armando Lanuza opened to 6,000 from the cutoff and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 15,000 from the button. Lanuza made the call.

The flop came Q♣6♦5♣ and Lanuza check-called a 12,000 continuation bet from Negreanu.

Both players checked the 7♠ turn leading to the 8♣ river. Lanuza bet 21,000 which was enough to force a fold from Negreanu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Armando Lanuza	110,000 110,000	110,000
Daniel Negreanu	50,500 15,500	15,500

Tags: Armando Lanuza Daniel Negreanu

12-10-2023 21:51 UTC-5

Bedell Wins Showdown Pot Against Zacconi

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

On the tail end of a Q♦7♠3♣9♦6♠ board, Marcio Zacconi bet 18,000. Tom-Aksel Bedell called and Zacconi tabled the K♦J♦ for a busted straight and flush draw. "I win," Bedell said with a smirk on the face and tabled his 9♥8♦ to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcio Zacconi	160,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	120,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Tom-Aksel Bedell Marcio Zacconi

12-10-2023 21:49 UTC-5

Wantman Eliminated in Three-Way All-In

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Matthew Wantman was involved in a three-way all-in against Dennis Wilke and Jinwoo Kim, the latter of which held the biggest stack.

Dennis Wilke: A♣Q♦
Jinwoo Kim: 9♠9♥
Matthew Wantman: A♠7♦

The K♦J♥3♣10♥J♠ board gave Wilke broadway and he tripled, while Kim won the side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jinwoo Kim	140,000 140,000	140,000
Dennis Wilke	90,000 31,300	31,300
Matthew Wantman	Busted

Tags: Dennis Wilke Jinwoo Kim Matthew Wantman

12-10-2023 21:46 UTC-5

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eyal Al Revah	390,000 40,000	40,000
Anatoly Zlotnikov	350,000 294,000	294,000
Matthias Lipp	340,000 90,000	90,000
Jeffrey Trudeau	290,000 180,000	180,000

Thai Ha	275,000 85,000	85,000

Ivan Deyra	260,000 40,000	40,000

Jose Zurita	250,000 130,000	130,000
Scott Bohlman	210,000 109,000	109,000

Luuk Gieles	200,000 200,000	200,000
Gary Thompson	190,000 80,000	80,000
Stephen Song	180,000 180,000	180,000

Anatoly Filatov	170,000 170,000	170,000
Sergio Aguero	150,000 40,000	40,000
Mario Mosboeck	140,000 30,000	30,000
Chin Wei Lim	130,000 130,000	130,000

Namhyung Kim	130,000 130,000	130,000
Olga Iermolcheva	120,000 30,000	30,000
Stoyan Obreshkov	120,000 120,000	120,000
Kevin Martin	90,000 38,000	38,000

Chanracy Khun	70,000 15,000	15,000

Daniela Rodriguez	Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

12-10-2023 21:33 UTC-5

Ceesvin Runs Into Kings

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ceesvin Abraham Abdulla Ceesvin Abraham Abdulla

Abdulla Ceesvin opened to 5,000 on the button and Pedro Padilha three-bet to 22,500 in the big blind. Ceesvin called.

Padilha continued for 16,000 on the flop of 5♣6♠J♣ and Abdulla called. On the 8♠ turn, Padilha counted out a bet of around 30,000 and manoeuvred it a bit before placing it back on his stack. He then moved all in for 137,000. Ceesvin called off with slightly less.

Abdulla Ceesvin: 9♦8♦
Pedro Padilha: K♥K♦

Padilha was ahead with kings and Ceesvin couldn't improve as the river bricked off the 10♣ to mark his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Padilha	350,000 265,000	265,000
Abdulla Ceesvin	Busted

Tags: Ceesvin Abdulla Pedro Padilha

12-10-2023 21:32 UTC-5

Negreanu Doubles Through Wantman

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

In a preflop confrontation, Daniel Negreanu found himself all in for roughly 30,000 from early position against Matthew Wantman on the button who held a covering stack.

Daniel Negreanu: 9♥9♦
Matthew Wantman: A♠K♣

Wantman failed to connect with the 7♣8♦4♣Q♣J♥ runout and Negreanu scored a full double up at his expense.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	66,000 42,000	42,000

Matthew Wantman	25,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Matthew Wantman Daniel Negreanu

12-10-2023 21:25 UTC-5

Iermolcheva Turns the Goods

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

With two players seeing a board of 8♣J♥K♣A♣ and roughly 30,000 in the middle, Vidar Assersen checked from the big blind and Olga Iermolcheva checked from the cutoff.

The river was the 8♠. Assersen bet 10,000 and Iermolcheva snap-called.

Assersen showed A♥10♣ for aces up but Iermolcheva tabled Q♥10♦ for the broadway straight to take the pot.