Event #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship Day 1b | 2023 WSOP Paradise

12-06-2023 18:10 UTC-4

PN Podcast: High-Stakes Cheating Scandal + Guest Wolfgang Poker Hits 100M Subscribers!

Sandra Barbour

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Connor Richards, and Matt Hansen come to you from both the WPT World Championship and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise!

Chad talks about his experience playing a celebrity poker charity event in L.A. – which saw him fall one spot shy of a WSOP Main Event seat – and then the crew offers highlights from Hustler Casino Live (HCL) High Stakes Week & 24-Hour Stream.

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Tags: Alexander Wolfgang Seibt Calum Grant Chad Holloway Connor Richards Istvan Briski Jonathan Van Fleet Matt Hansen Nik Airball Tony Mars

12-06-2023 17:58 UTC-4

Dono Ousts Ustinovich

Matt Hansen

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was heads up with 8♣2♥3♥J♦5♥ on the board and Oleg Ustinovich was facing a bet from Luis Dono that would require risking the rest of his 115,000. Ustinovich eventually called and the cards were turned up.

Dono showed Q♥Q♣ to take the pot and send Ustinovich to the water slides. Ustinovich flashed 10x10x and tossed it in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Dono	514,000 264,000	264,000
Oleg Ustinovich	Busted

Tags: Luis Dono Oleg Ustinovich

12-06-2023 17:50 UTC-4

Millionaire Maker Winner Scores A Knockout

Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Recent Millionaire Maker champion Allan Mello was seen eliminating Alexandros Theologis with the board reading J♠3♦7♠6♠3♠.

Theologis held A♦J♦ for a pair of jacks, which was no good against the queens of Mello with Q♦Q♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allan Mello	440,000 440,000	440,000

Alexandros Theologis	Busted

Tags: Alexandros Theologis Allan Mello

Level: 4

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

12-06-2023 17:14 UTC-4

Time for a Break

Matt Hansen

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The players have stepped out for a 15-minute break. There are currently a total of 403 entries in the tournament, with 164 on Day1b. Approximately 157 runners remain in the second and final flight.

12-06-2023 17:10 UTC-4

Padilha Raises Botez

Matt Hansen

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Pedro Padilha raised to 5,000 from the button and Alexandra Botez called from the big blind.

The flop was 6♦5♣4♣ and both players checked to see K♠ on the turn. They checked again and the river was 7♥.

Botez fired 10,000 but Padilha made it 35,000. That was enough to take the pot as Botez tossed her hand in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Padilha	276,000 276,000	276,000
Alexandra Botez	175,000 -75,000	-75,000

Tags: Alexandra Botez Pedro Padilha

12-06-2023 17:02 UTC-4

Hunichen Shoves on Foxen

Shirley Ang

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The board read 5♦K♣6♦9♣ with around 35,000 in the middle.

Alex Foxen bet 27,000 from under the gun, and Chris Hunichen called from the cutoff.

The 3♦ completed the board on the river for Foxen to take some time. He used a time bank before opting to bet 65,000. Hunichen responded with a shove for 164,000. Foxen contemplated it for a while but decided to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	320,000 70,000	70,000

Alex Foxen	80,000 -170,000	-170,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Chris Hunichen

12-06-2023 16:52 UTC-4

A Wheel for Pitavy

Shirley Ang

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The board read 5♠3♦2♣4♦J♣ with 117,000 in the middle.

Emilien Pitavy checked from the big blind to see Orpen Kisacikoglu do the same from the cutoff. Pitavy tabled the A♠5♦ for a wheel to claim the pot as Kisacikoglu mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emilien Pitavy	390,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	153,000 -49,000	-49,000

Tags: Emilien Pitavy Orpen Kisacikoglu

12-06-2023 16:45 UTC-4

Bohdanov Shoves on Maimone

Shirley Ang

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The board read 8♣K♠5♥5♦8♥ with around 160,000 in the middle.

Renat Bohdanov shoved from the big blind for Nick Maimone to takes his time from the hijack and fold in the last second before using a time bank.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renat Bohdanov	395,000 145,000	145,000

Nick Maimone	385,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Nick Maimone Renat Bohdanov

12-06-2023 16:34 UTC-4

Even More New Players

Shirley Ang

Level 3 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustapha Kanit	250,000
Sirzat Hissou	250,000 250,000	250,000
Matas Cimbolas	250,000
Renan Bruschi	250,000

Frank Lagodich	250,000
Alexandra Botez	250,000
Luis Dono	250,000
Alex Foxen	250,000

Davide Suriano	250,000

Adam Hendrix	250,000

Leon Sturm	250,000 250,000	250,000

Ramon Kropmanns	250,000
Felipe Ramos	250,000

Guillaume Nolet	250,000