Event #15: $10,000 High Roller 6-Handed Day 1 | 2023 WSOP Paradise

12-13-2023 00:26 UTC-5

Aerts Pips Wilson

Ryan Lashmar

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

Alexandra Botez opened to 3,500 from under the gun and Pieter Aerts called from the cutoff. Brandon Wilson then moved all in for 35,500 from the small blind, forcing a fold from Botez while Aerts made the call with a covering stack.

Brandon Wilson: A♥J♦
Pieter Aerts: A♦Q♠

Wilson needed some help against the bigger ace of Aerts but found no improvement on the 5♥7♣3♠6♥5♠ runout resulting in his elimination while Aerts continued to add chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pieter Aerts	209,000 3,000	3,000
Alexandra Botez	39,000 500	500
Brandon Wilson	Busted

Tags: Alexandra Botez Brandon Wilson Pieter Aerts

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

12-13-2023 00:32 UTC-5

Sequeira Takes a Hit

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Chad Holloway

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded to Lee Kiat in the small blind and he moved all in for 18,000. Jamie Sequeira was sitting on a big stack in the big blind and opted to call.

Lee Kiat: 6♣6♥
Jamie Sequeira: Q♥2♦

Sequeira wasn't afraid to mix it up with the queen-deuce, but this time it didn't pay off as the board ran out K♣3♦5♣7♣4♦ to give Kiat the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Sequeira	120,000 56,000	56,000
Lee Kiat	40,000

Tags: Lee Kiat Jamie Sequeira

12-13-2023 00:47 UTC-5

Two in a Row for Botez

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Nikita Kuznetsov opened to 4,000 from the hijack and Alexandra Botez called from the cutoff.

Both players checked the 10♠7♠5♦ flop leading to the J♣ turn. Kuznetsov bet 11,000 only for Botez to move all in. Kuznetsov quickly folded and Botez took the pot.

The very next hand at the same table saw Botez and Kuznetsov ssee a flop of K♦4♥2♥ with roughly 8,000 in the middle. Kuznetsov bet 2,000 and Botez called.

Kuznetsov bet again for 6,000 on the Q♠ turn and once again Botez made the call.

Both players checked the J♣ river. Kuznetsov tabled 9♦7♦ for a bluff while Botez showed down K♥6♦ for top pair to win another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandra Botez	80,000 41,000	41,000
Nikita Kuznetsov	49,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Alexandra Botez Nikita Kuznetsov

12-13-2023 00:57 UTC-5

Back to Back Doubles for Lin

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ren Lin, who recently entered and was quickly left short-stacked, moved all in for 1,500 and was called by Nikita Kuznetsov on the button and Tyler Cornell in the big blind.

The flop came K♣K♥6♠. Cornell checked, Kuznetsov bet 2,000 and Cornell folded leaving Lin all in and at risk against Kuznetsov.

Ren Lin: A♣8♦
Nikita Kuznetsov: Q♥7♥

The 3♣ turn and 6♥ river were clean for Lin and he quintupled his stack.

The very next hand at the same table saw Lin move all in for 7,500 from under the gun and receive a call from Pieter Aerts in the big blind to put Lin at risk.

Ren Lin: Q♦10♣
Pieter Aerts: 7♠5♠

Lin seemed poised to double when a queen came in the window but Aerts was far from drawing dead on the Q♣6♣4♠ flop. Lin managed to fade the straight draw on the J♣ turn and 10♦ river to secure another full double up for the second hand in a row.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pieter Aerts	191,000 18,000	18,000
Tyler Cornell	46,500 5,000	5,000

Nikita Kuznetsov	35,500 13,500	13,500
Ren Lin	18,000

Tags: Nikita Kuznetsov Pieter Aerts

12-13-2023 01:04 UTC-5

Big Slick Does the Trick for Teusl

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Chad Holloway

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

How the chips made their way into the middle remains a mystery, but we do know a preflop raising war resulted in Jessica Teusl getting her stack of exactly 100,000 in against

Jessica Teusl: A♦K♣
Karen Nazarian: K♦K♠

Teusl was looking for some help to stay alive, and she found it when the flop fell 5♣A♥6♣ to pair her ace. Neither the 10♥ turn nor 7♣ river changed a thing and Teusl doubled big while Nazarian was left with just 2,000 and would go bust a short time later.

Meanwhile, Isaac Haxton was eliminated from the tournament at a different table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jessica Teusl	200,000 120,000	120,000

Karen Nazarian	Busted
Isaac Haxton	Busted

Tags: Jessica Teusl

12-13-2023 01:08 UTC-5

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Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

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12-13-2023 01:15 UTC-5

Sturm Calls Down Liu

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Leon Sturm opened to 4,500 from under the gun and Chun Liu three-bet to 13,500 from the small blind. Sturm made the call.

The flop came K♦4♦6♥ and Liu fired a 7,500 continuation bet that was called by Sturm.

Liu bet again for 26,000 on the 3♥ turn and once again Sturm made the call.

On the 6♣ river Liu fired a third barrel for 50,000. Sturm took roughly 45 seconds before finding a call.

Liu tabled 10♦10♠ while Sturm turned over K♠9♠ for a better two pair to take down a massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leon Sturm	211,000 151,000	151,000

Chun Liu	135,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Chun Liu Leon Sturm

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

12-13-2023 01:29 UTC-5

Deeb Picks Off a Bluff

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

With two players seeing a board of 8♦3♣8♠3♥2♣ and roughly 35,000 already in the middle. Shaun Deeb checked in the small blind and Renat Bohdanov bet 28,000 in the big blind. Deeb didn't take long to make the call.

Bohdanov tabled A♣7♠ for an ace-kicker to the two pair that was on the board. Deeb turned over 4♥4♦ for eights and fours to take down a healthy pot.

Meanwhile at another table, Martin Kabrhel could be seen making his exit from the tournament area.