Event #12: $10,000 GGMillion$ NLH Championship Day 2 | 2024 WSOP Paradise

12-18-2024 22:18 UTC-5

Engledow Wakes Up With Aces in Three-Way All In

David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

John Engledow raised to 60,000 in early position and Jianwei Lin moved all in for 240,000 in middle position. Gregoire Auzoux then reshoved in the small blind and Engledow also called for around 300,000.

Jianwei Lin: 7♣7♥ All in
John Engledow: A♥A♦ All in
Gregoire Auzoux: K♦J♦

Engledow had picked up aces and improved to a full house on the A♣3♣3♥ flop. The rest of the board ran out 10♦6♥ and Engledow scooped the pot, sending Lin to the rail and earning a double up off Auzoux.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Engledow	800,000 557,000	557,000
Gregoire Auzoux	720,000 80,000	80,000
Jianwei Lin	Busted

Tags: Gregoire Auzoux Jianwei Lin John Engledow

12-18-2024 22:16 UTC-5

Vallinas Applies Max Pressure on Ramos

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 8♥7♣2♦, Felipe Ramos bet 105,000 from the big blind and Jon Vallinas raised to 260,000 on the button. Ramos called and the 4♠ fell on the turn.

Vallinas then bet 400,000, enough to put Ramos all in. Ramos spread out his time bank cards in front of him and took a few minutes before folding as Vallinas took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Vallinas	1,500,000 942,000	942,000
Felipe Ramos	350,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Felipe Ramos Jon Vallinas

12-18-2024 22:05 UTC-5

Zoufri Finds an Ace to Double

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Abdelhakim Zoufri raised to 50,000 on the button and Young Sik Eum three-bet to 110,000 in the small blind. Zoufri then moved all in for 470,000 and Eum snap-called.

Abdelhakim Zoufri: A♣K♣ All in
Young Sik Eum: K♠K♥

It was a massive cooler as Zoufri ran into Eum's kings a few spots short of the money, but he found an ace on the A♦10♦3♥ flop to take the lead. The rest of the board was Q♦5♥ and Zoufri doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdelhakim Zoufri	950,000 500,000	500,000
Young Sik Eum	560,000 540,000	540,000

Tags: Abdelhakim Zoufri Young Sik Eum

12-18-2024 22:02 UTC-5

Pan Doubles Through Ghionoiu in Bizarre Hand

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Brett Slezak

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Christopher Pan opened the button to 40,000 before Daniel Ghionoiu jammed from the big blind for 280,000 effective as the barely covering stack. Pan went deep into the tank as he was pained by the decision, but eventually called.

Christopher Pan: A♥K♥ All in
Daniel Ghionoiu: 9♠4♠

Pan was ahead with ace-king but Ghionoiu had live cards. Both players paired on the K♣9♣7♠ flop and the Q♠ turn gave Ghionoiu additional outs. However, the 10♥ completed the board as Pan got the full double.

Ghionoiu left the tournament but was informed that he had 7,000 chips remaining. He declined to return to the tournament and is surrendering his stack just five spots from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Pan	620,000 541,000	541,000
Daniel Ghionoiu	7,000 533,000	533,000

Tags: Christopher Pan Daniel Ghionoiu

12-18-2024 21:55 UTC-5

Field Nearing the Bubble

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Iulian Blebea	Busted
Seonguk Huh	Busted
Eric Yanovsky	Busted
Boris Kolev	Busted

Aleksi Naski	Busted
Joshua Zucchet	Busted
Deividas Daubaris	Busted
Michael Acevedo	Busted

Juan Pardo	Busted
Karolis Sereika	Busted

Jim Collopy	Busted

Martin Raus	Busted

12-18-2024 21:54 UTC-5

Madanzhiev Survives Near the Bubble

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Stoyan Madanzhiev moved all in for 188,000 in the cutoff and Marc Rivera snap-called in the big blind.

Stoyan Madanzhiev: K♥Q♦ All in
Marc Rivera: A♥J♣

Madanzhiev needed to improve to stay alive, and the Q♠J♠6♥ flop gave him top pair and the lead against Rivera's pair of jacks. The rest of the board ran out 10♠5♠ and Madanzhiev doubled up with the money bubble fast approaching.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Rivera	2,300,000 1,690,000	1,690,000
Stoyan Madanzhiev	400,000 128,000	128,000

Tags: Marc Rivera Stoyan Madanzhiev

12-18-2024 21:46 UTC-5

Lonis Plays Some Street Poker

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Nazar Buhaiov bet 28,000 from under the gun on a flop of 10♠4♦6♣ and Pedro Padilha called in the hijack. Jesse Lonis then raised to 88,000 in the big blind.

Buhaiov came back with a reraise to 185,000 and Padilha took a minute before folding. Lonis also used a few time banks until announcing a raise to 300,000. Buhaiov quickly folded.

Lonis showed Q♣J♣ for queen-high as he took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Lonis	900,000 780,000	780,000

Nazar Buhaiov	530,000 351,000	351,000

Pedro Padilha	340,000 645,000	645,000

Tags: Jesse Lonis Nazar Buhaiov Pedro Padilha

Level: 18

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

12-18-2024 21:39 UTC-5

Soyza Makes the Right Call to Eliminate Hsiang

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Brett Slezak

Level 17 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Michael Soyza opened the cutoff to 32,000 before Yeu Wei Hsiang jammed for 280,000 from the small blind. After using a time bank, Soyza announced, "Good luck, bro," and put in the call.

Yeu Wei Hsiang: A♥6♥ All in
Michael Soyza: A♣9♥

"Wow, you guys are gamblers," added tablemate Yueqi Zhu.

The board ran out A♠Q♠8♠3♠10♣ and Soyza's kicker played as Hsiang hit the rail less than ten spots from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Soyza	950,000 558,000	558,000

Yeu Wei Hsiang	Busted

Tags: Michael Soyza Yeu Wei Hsiang

12-18-2024 21:36 UTC-5

Aido Sends Out Alafogiannis

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Chris Alafogiannis moved all in for 130,000 from the small blind and Sergio Aido called in the hijack.

Chris Alafogiannis: K♣J♦ All in
Sergio Aido: A♠K♠

Alafogiannis picked up a straight draw heading to the river on a board of 10♥3♥10♦Q♣, but he missed the 7♣ as Aido's ace-kicker played to send Alafogiannis to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Aido	700,000 388,000	388,000
Chris Alafogiannis	Busted

Tags: Chris Alafogiannis Sergio Aido