Event #14: Super Saver $1M Invitational Day 1 | 2024 WSOP Paradise

12-18-2024 22:05 UTC-5

Piatrushchanka Flops Full House, Gets the Maximum

Tyler Foran

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With about 50,000 already in the middle the flop read A♠A♥J♣, and Lucas Foster who was in the big blind check-called a bet of 10,000 from Andrei Piatrushchanka in the hijack.

The 9♠ hit the turn, and Foster check-called another bet, this time for 30,000.

When the 5♥ landed on the river, Foster checked and Piatrushchanka announced all in for 82,000. Foster paused for a moment while looking at his hand and made the call.

Piatrushchanka rolled J♦J♥ for jacks full of aces, and Foster quickly flashed the Ax4x before mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Piatrushchanka	314,000 199,000	199,000
Lucas Foster	130,000 155,000	155,000

Tags: Andrei Piatrushchanka Lucas Foster

12-18-2024 22:10 UTC-5

Fijacko Sets His Sights on a Pay Jump

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Chad Holloway

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Filip Fijacko limped from the small blind and Pablo Silva, who had the covering stack, moved all in from the big. Fijacko had 175,000 back and hit the tank burning through three time extensions before making the call.

Filip Fijacko: K♦K♠ All in
Pablo Silva: 5♥5♦

Some at the table seemed taken aback that Fijacko took so long and appeared to be slow-rolling.

"No, no, I told him I was going to use some time extension to maybe get the pay jump," Fijacko clarified.

It appears at least one pay jump is in store for Fijacko as the board ran out 9♦4♠Q♠J♠7♦ to give him the double!

Player	Chips	Progress
Filip Fijacko	375,000 225,000	225,000
Pablo Silva	50,000 106,000	106,000

Tags: Filip Fijacko Pablo Silva

12-18-2024 22:12 UTC-5

Final Break

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Tyler Foran

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The 54 remaining players have been sent on their final 15-minute break of the night.

12-18-2024 22:19 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 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Click here to read PokerNews' full winner recap!

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.

12-18-2024 22:22 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts (full)

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Tyler Foran

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matas Cimbolas	658,000 378,000	378,000
Jovan Kenjic	509,000 249,000	249,000
Timothy Adams	508,000 78,000	78,000

Xing He	489,000 414,000	414,000

Alexandre Raymond	475,000 215,000	215,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	459,000 286,000	286,000

Jamie Flynn	395,000 90,000	90,000
Matas Cikinas	381,000 46,000	46,000
Chris Hunichen	355,000 330,000	330,000
Felipe Fontoura Ketzer	344,000 344,000	344,000
Alexander Zubov	340,000 275,000	275,000
Boban Zhivkovikj	324,000 223,000	223,000

Michele Lawson	304,000 150,000	150,000

Andrei Piatrushchanka	292,000 22,000	22,000
Thijs Hilberts	290,000 256,000	256,000
Oleksii Mezhenkov	271,000 87,000	87,000
Deividas Daubaris	268,000 98,000	98,000
Yanchao Zhao	262,000 45,000	45,000
Filip Fijacko	258,000 117,000	117,000
Neil Warren	241,000 16,000	16,000
Walid Mubarak	232,000 55,000	55,000
Pavle Pecelj	230,000 170,000	170,000
Seonguk Huh	227,000 44,000	44,000
Leonard Herrmann	211,000 59,000	59,000
Pedro Garagnani	210,000 210,000	210,000

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Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

12-18-2024 22:32 UTC-5

Lootsma Fails to Triple

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Tyler Foran

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Xing He opened 22,000 in the hijack and [Removed:491] jammed for 23,000 next to act. Omar Diez made the call from the big blind and He tossed in the extra chip.

Both players checked to the A♥A♠6♣9♦ turn where Diez led for 10,000 and He raised to 25,000. Diez stuck around with a call.

When the 7♣ hit the river both players tapped the table and all three hands were tabled. Diez showed 9♥4♣ for nines and aces with no kicker, He tabled 9♠8♠ for his eight kicker to play and Lootsma stood up from the table as he tossed his Q♥J♣ toward the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xing He	600,000 111,000	111,000

Omar Diez	55,000 58,000	58,000
[Removed:491]	Busted

Tags: Omar Diez Xing He

12-18-2024 22:35 UTC-5

Garagnani Runs Afoul of Lawson

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Chad Holloway

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Pedro Garagnani raised to 20,000 from the cutoff only to have Michele Lawson, who just last month won a WSOP online gold bracelet, three-bet to 50,000 from the button. Both blinds folded, Gargnani moved all in for around 170,000, and Lawson snap-called.

Pedro Garagnani: J♠J♦ All in
Michele Lawson: K♥K♣

Gargnani was dominated and failed to get lucky when the board ran out A♣4♥10♥9♥6♥, which wound up improving Lawson to a flush.

Garagnani was eliminated from the tournament in 48th place for $4,200.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michele Lawson	500,000 196,000	196,000

Pedro Garagnani	Busted

Tags: Michele Lawson Pedro Garagnani

12-18-2024 22:41 UTC-5

Diez Starts to Bounce Back; Vogelsang Rips it Away

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Tyler Foran

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Omar Diez was on a rollercoaster ride as he had gotten short and then doubled up immediately after just to get right back in the action as he called Christoph Vogelsang's shove of 97,000.

Christoph Vogelsang: 7♥7♠ All in
Omar Diez: A♣J♦

They were off to the races and the K♦9♠4♣9♥Q♠ runout meant Vogelsang's sevens were good to survive, leaving Diez extremely short-stacked once again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christoph Vogelsang	230,000 27,000	27,000
Omar Diez	18,000 37,000	37,000

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang Omar Diez

12-18-2024 22:53 UTC-5

Foggin Flops Top Pair

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Tyler Foran

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Chris Hunichen opened 20,000 in middle position and Marc Foggin came along from the big blind.

The dealer spread a flop of Q♦5♠4♦, and both players checked to the K♣ turn. Foggin checked once more and called a bet of 15,000 from Hunichen.

When the 2♣ hit the river, both players tapped the table. Foggin rolled Q♣9♦ for a pair of queens and Hunichen mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	297,000 58,000	58,000
Marc Foggin	139,000 66,000	66,000

Tags: Chris Hunichen Marc Foggin