2023 WSOP Paradise
Level: 5
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Upon completion of four levels, the field has been reduced to the last 71 hopefuls and they have all locked up $1,600 for their efforts so far. The first 15-minute break of the day is underway.
Jesse Lonis raised to 12,500 from early position and Yuzhou Yin shoved from two seats over before Daniel Rezaei went all in for 61,000. Lonis called and Yin got out of the way to make action heads up with Rezaei at risk.
Daniel Rezaei: A♥8♥
Jesse Lonis: A♠5♦
The board ran out 10♥6♣7♣5♠Q♥ and Lonis turned a pair of fives to send Rezaei to the rail before he ran to check on his other stack.
Felipe Ramos in the small blind and Jonathan Newman in the big blind got their chips in preflop with short stack Newman at risk.
Jonathan Newman: A♣10♦
Felipe Ramos: A♥5♥
Ramos' gutshot after the 7♣4♠2♣ flop instantly arrived on the 3♦ turn and the Q♥ river sent Newman to the payout desk.
Joining the action on the A♥K♣J♦7♣ turn, Wai Lo checked and subsequently called a bet worth 35,000 by Darko Svesko. They checked the J♥ river and Lo tabled the A♣4♣, Svesko mucked.
Dov Markowich raised to 10,500 and Yuval Bronshtein called out of the big blind. They checked the K♣K♠2♠ flop and Bronshtein also checked the 10♣ turn. Markowich bet 10,000 and won the pot.
One hand later, Sunyoung Choi raised to 11,000 in the cutoff and Ivan Deyra called on the button. The Q♠J♣8♥ flop saw Choi check-call for 13,000 and the 8♠ turn was checked. After the 2♥ river, Choi check-called for 38,000 and Deyra tabled the 2♠2♣ for a full house to win the pot.
Jesse Lonis is running back and forth between his table in the Flip & Go and his table in the second day of the $10,000 6-Handed High Roller, where he has just under 300,000 in the 1,500/3,000 level. Thankfully, the tables are not too far from one another.
Daniel Rezaei raised to 10,000 from middle position and Lonis raced back to make it 35,000 from the button. The blinds got out of the way before Rezaei called and the flop was 7♦4♥6♦.
Both players checked and the turn was Q♥. Rezaei checked again and called when Lonis tossed out 40,000.
The river was 2♣ and Rezaei checked once more. Lonis shoved and turned over K♣Q♦ when Rezaei called. Rezaei showed K♠Q♠ and the dealer counted out the chopped pot while Lonis went to check on his other table.
More than one and a half hours have been played and the initial field of 96 entries has been cut down to 78 contenders already. Soccer striker Sergio Aguero was among those to bust, along with Josh Reichard.
Anatoly Filatov was all-in for 54,000 and Jaesung Lee looked him up from one seat over. Jonathan Little then also got his 77,000 in as well while Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was standing near Filatov for a possible interview.
"You gonna win this one for sure," Grospellier said as Filatov had also just lost an all-in showdown on GGPoker as well, when Filatov showed his 10♠10♣.
Lee had the A♥9♣ and Little then exposed J♣J♠.
"Oh fuck, maybe not," Grospellier joked.
The A♣8♦6♥ flop pulled Lee ahead with a pair of aces but the J♥ turn gave Little a set. Filatov was drawing dead and Lee also had zero equity ahead of the 3♣ river to ensure a near triple-up for Little.