Event #13: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Day 1 | 2024 WSOP Paradise

12-17-2024 19:34 UTC-5

Martirosian Forces Suvarna Out

Tyler Boyer

Level 7 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Artur Martirosian opened the action with a raise to 13,000 from the hijack, which was called by Santhosh Suvarna in the cutoff.

Both players checked the Q♣6♣5♠ flop, which brought the 8♣ on the turn. Martirosian then bet out 25,000, and Suvarna made the call.

The river brought the Q♠ and Martirosian bet again, this time for 45,000. Suvarna quickly mucked his hand to give the pot to Martirosian.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	280,000 42,000	42,000

Santhosh Suvarna	190,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Santhosh Suvarna Artur Martirosian

Level: 7

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

12-17-2024 19:22 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts (full)

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Nick Becker

Level 6 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuyuki Tanemura	1,001,000 438,000	438,000
Viktor Kudinov	929,000 389,000	389,000
Samuel Mullur	914,000 114,000	114,000
[Removed:502]	694,000 116,000	116,000
Ottomar Ladva	624,000 109,000	109,000
Isaac Haxton	615,000 40,000	40,000

Moonho Seo	585,000 15,000	15,000
Timothy Adams	562,000 122,000	122,000

John Pannucci	550,000 35,000	35,000
James Hopkins	540,000 240,000	240,000
Fedor Holz	540,000 225,000	225,000

Joao Vieira	533,000 27,000	27,000

Dominykas Mikolaitis	532,000 7,000	7,000
Leonard Maue	508,000 73,000	73,000
Punnat Punsri	504,000 204,000	204,000

Thomas Muehloecker	499,000 109,000	109,000
Daniel Dvoress	474,000 11,000	11,000

Masashi Oya	392,000 62,000	62,000

Juan Pardo	387,000 87,000	87,000
Barak Wisbrod	358,000 358,000	358,000

Felipe Ketzer	347,000 92,500	92,500
Pieter Aerts	338,000 48,000	48,000
Waikiat Lee	305,000 15,000	15,000
Chris Brewer	302,000 2,000	2,000

Kristen Foxen	300,000 300,000	300,000

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12-17-2024 19:10 UTC-5

'I Made the Right Decision': Find Out Why NBA Great Tony Parker Folded Kings at WSOP Paradise

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Former NBA point guard Tony Parker made his worst pass ever when he tossed pocket kings in the muck preflop on Day 1a of the $25,000 buy-in Super Main Event at World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise.

The four-time basketball champion didn't make many poor decisions during his career on the San Antonio Spurs. He's known for having a high basketball IQ. But he made an uncharacteristic mistake in poker's largest guaranteed tournament ever that would cause his coach, Gregg Popovich, to sit him on the bench.

PokerNews caught up with Parker as he bagged up his chips on Day 1a and talked about his thought process in the hand, battling with seasoned pros and which of Parker's former Spurs teammates is the best poker player. He's currently battling in Day 2 of the $50 million guaranteed event.

12-17-2024 18:38 UTC-5

Music Icon & Bracelet Winner Steve Albini's Death Puts Fabled 20-Year Poker Home Game on Pause

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The death of musician, recording engineer and poker player Steve Albini hit the music world with a force like that of the incendiary device aimed at Earth pictured on Big Black's 1986 debut album Atomizer. It may have hit one group of Chicago poker players the hardest.

Albini, a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner who recorded landmark works by bands like Nirvana and Pixies and who The New York Times described as "one of the most admired, and most divisive, figures in rock," was a key figure in a friend group that bonded, joked and supported one another over the poker table. For 20 years, they played in a weekly low-stakes Chicago home game often held in Electrical Audio that included bracelet winners like Jason Gola, Eric Rodawig and Brian Hastings. Now, the game is on hiatus after Albini's death in May as the group of poker pros, musicians and audio engineers adapts to a world without its figurehead.

PokerNews spoke with two of Albini's closest friends who were regulars in the game, Brandon Shack-Harris and Andrew Kosinski.

12-17-2024 18:22 UTC-5

Dinner Break

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Nick Becker

Level 6 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The remaining 41 players have been sent on a one hour dinner break and will return at approximately 7:20 p.m. local time.

Blinds will resume at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante.

12-17-2024 18:21 UTC-5

Dvoress Out Flops Thorel's Fives

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Tyler Boyer

Level 6 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Action was picked up on the flop with roughly 120,000 in the pot, and the board showing 8♦4♣K♥.

Daniel Dvoress in the small blind checked to Jean-Noel Thorel in the big blind, who bet all in for his stack of 111,500. Dvoress quickly made the call to put Thorel at risk.

Jean-Noel Thorel: 5♦5♣ All in
Daniel Dvoress: K♣J♥

Dvoress flopped top pair and had Thorel's pair of fives in rough shape. The board ran out 2♣ on the turn, and 4♠ on the river, and the pair of kings from Dvoress were still best, giving him the pot, and eliminating Thorel.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	485,000 185,000	185,000

Jean-Noel Thorel	Busted

Tags: Jean-Noel Thorel Daniel Dvoress

12-17-2024 18:14 UTC-5

Seo Drags Four-Bet Pot

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Brett Slezak

Level 6 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Leon Sturm opened the button to 11,500 before Jason Koon three-bet to 46,000 from the small blind. In the big blind, Moonho Seo cut out a four-bet to 115,000. Sturm quickly got out of the way but Koon decided to call.

On the 7♥6♠3♣ flop, Koon checked to Seo who went for a chunky sizing of 125,000, over half the pot, which prompted a quick fold from Koon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Moonho Seo	600,000 363,000	363,000
Jason Koon	245,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Jason Koon Leon Sturm Moonho Seo

12-17-2024 18:11 UTC-5

Bottom Pair Wins it for Vieira

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Nick Becker

Level 6 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Waikiat Lee made it 10,000 to go in middle position and was called by Joao Vieira on the button and Alex Kulev in the big blind.

The flop came 2♠7♦10♣ and it checked over to Vieira who bet 12,500. Kulev folded and Lee made the call.

The 9♠ turn and 5♦ river both went check-check, and Vieira tabled the winner with A♣2♣ for a pair of deuces, besting the A♦K♦ of Lee.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	560,000 15,000	15,000

Waikiat Lee	290,000 290,000	290,000

Tags: Alex Kulev Joao Vieira Waikiat Lee

12-17-2024 18:11 UTC-5

Ladva Over-Bet Jams The River

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Tyler Boyer

Level 6 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Action was picked up on the river with a pot brewing between Ottomar Ladva and Kazuyuki Tanemura. The board showed 8♥A♣J♣3♦K♣.

Ladva was first to act and moved all in for his stack of 397,000. Tanemura confirmed the count, and then used a time extenstion before mucking his to give the pot to Ladva.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuyuki Tanemura	563,000 77,000	77,000
Ottomar Ladva	515,000 115,000	115,000

Tags: Ottomar Ladva Kazuyuki Tanemura