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

12-12-2023 02:13 UTC-5

Sequeira Sends Aldemir Packing

Jeremy Geist

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

There was an under the gun raise to 20,000 followed by a call in middle position by Jamie Sequeira and then a call in the big blind by Koray Aldemir.

The Q♣5♥K♣ flop landed and the action checked to Sequeira who bet 25,000. Only Aldemir called.

The 3♥ rolled off on the turn and it checked to Sequeira again who bet 60,000. It was then back on Aldemir who only had about 80,000 left. After a moment in the tank he moved all in and Sequeira snap called.

Koray Aldemir: K♥J♥
Jamie Sequeira: K♦Q♠

The Main Event Champ needed some help but it would not come in the 8♦ river. Aldemir hit the rail before the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Sequeira	405,000 35,000	35,000
Koray Aldemir	Busted

Tags: Jamie Sequeira Koray Aldemir

12-12-2023 02:01 UTC-5

Shapovalov Crashes Out Against Quenneville

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Jessica Teusl raised to 18,000 just before the blinds went up and Troy Quenneville just flat-called from one seat over on the button. Andrei Shapovalov then moved all-in for around 350,000 and Teusl folded, Quenneville snap-called and caught his table neighbour with the fingers in the cookie jar.

Andrei Shapovalov: 8♣8♥
Troy Quenneville: A♠A♥

The inferior pair never stood a chance on the K♣7♣3♥9♠9♣ runout and both stack sizes were verified before the massive pot was shipped to Quenneville.

Player	Chips	Progress
Troy Quenneville	850,000 338,000	338,000
Jessica Teusl	295,000 105,000	105,000

Andrei Shapovalov	Busted

Tags: Andrei Shapovalov Jessica Teusl Troy Quenneville

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

12-12-2023 01:56 UTC-5

Mrkaljevic Among the Recent Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Another table breaks as the field has been whittled down to just 115 players and the money bubble is fewer than two dozen eliminations away. Among those to depart was also Aladin Mrkaljevic, who ran into the A♦A♣ of Jhon Diaz. The J♣J♦9♦6♦5♦ board gave Diaz the ace-high flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jhon Diaz	440,000 440,000	440,000
Aladin Mrkaljevic	Busted
Yizhou Huang	Busted
Boris Kolev	Busted

Tags: Aladin Mrkaljevic Jhon Diaz

12-12-2023 01:53 UTC-5

Trentacosta Doubles Through Timoshenko

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Nikole Trentacosta was all-in with a shorter stack on the Q♦5♣3♣8♠ turn while in the big blind and Aleksandr Timoshenko looked her up from the hijack.

Nikole Trentacosta: 7♣6♣
Aleksandr Timoshenko: K♣Q♥

Trentacosta's straight and flush draw hit on the 9♣ river and she avoided elimination without a payday for now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikole Trentacosta	275,000 25,000	25,000
Aleksandr Timoshenko	190,000

Tags: Aleksandr Timoshenko Nikole Trentacosta

12-12-2023 01:44 UTC-5

"Tight" Negreanu Boosts Stack Further

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Daniel Negreanu raised to 16,000 and Chin Wei Lim three-bet to 40,000. What followed was the announcement of Negreanu "I am all-in" as he grabbed the smart phone to record a potential showdown.

Lim, however, quickly surrendered and Negreanu clarified he was playing rather tight, then showed "a good hand" in J♥J♦.

"Just trying to sneak into the money," Negreanu added and Lim nodded "me too".

On Day 1a, Lim had been one of two players eliminated on the money bubble and will certainly hope to avoid the same fate this time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	525,000 318,000	318,000

Chin Wei Lim	150,000 184,000	184,000

Tags: Chin Wei Lim Daniel Negreanu

12-12-2023 01:39 UTC-5

Gurin Flips Well to Double

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Sergei Gurin got his last 96,000 in preflop with the 8♦8♣ and Tamas Lendvai accepted the flip with the A♥Q♦.

The pair stayed ahead on the K♠6♦4♦5♥7♦ board and Gurin doubled with an eight-high straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tamas Lendvai	275,000 105,000	105,000

Sergei Gurin	200,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Sergei Gurin Tamas Lendvai

12-12-2023 01:36 UTC-5

Robles Survives Against Mao

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Renji Mao jammed out of the small blind into the big blind of Rafael Robles and the latter happily called with the A♠A♣. Mao only had Kx4x and the "standard cooler" as joked upon by other players at the table brought no upset.

Robles had little to fear on the A♦K♣Q♥8♥4♣ runout.

Several other players were not as fortunate as the field dropped to 121 hopefuls.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renji Mao	540,000 130,000	130,000

Rafael Robles	110,000 14,000	14,000
Victor Ramdin	Busted
Oscar Cueva	Busted
Nathan Hill	Busted
Christian Roberts	Busted

Tags: Renji Mao Rafael Robles

12-12-2023 01:33 UTC-5

Mariano Adds Chips; Ribeiro Doubles With Quads

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Christian Zetzsche

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

On the former feature table, Rob Mariano claimed a pot by betting the J♥8♠5♥2♣ and preserved a stack of around 15 blinds with Josh Arieh sitting on a very similar amount.

One table over, there was an all-in and call all but completed. The cards of Yizhou Huang were already mucked and he paid off an unbeatable hand. Jorge Ribeiro had rivered quads with the 5♠5♣ on a board of K♣9♥5♦Q♠5♥ and pulled well ahead of Huang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramin Hajiyev	400,000 264,000	264,000
Boris Kolev	330,000 48,000	48,000

Jorge Ribeiro	275,000 35,000	35,000
Rob Mariano	130,000 53,000	53,000
Josh Arieh	120,000 20,000	20,000

Yizhou Huang	90,000

Tags: Jorge Ribeiro Josh Arieh Rob Mariano Yizhou Huang

12-12-2023 01:28 UTC-5

Elul Eliminated by Betto

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Ori Elul raised to 35,000 out of the small blind and kept one single T-1,000 chip behind. Marcelo Betto slowly peeled his card and Elul sweated with him, peeking in as granted by the Brazilian which prompted some laughter at the table.

Betto then sighed, eventually tossed chips forward and they agreed to get it in preflop.

Ori Elul: K♥8♥
Marcelo Betto: J♦9♠

Elul stayed ahead on the 7♣6♦2♦ flop and 7♠ turn but the 9♦ river sealed his fate.

"Good luck guys," he said on the way out.