Jovan Kenjic opened 24,000 in early position and Sergi Reixach defended the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 8♥6♦4♠, and Reixach check-called a bet of 45,000.
When the J♥ hit the turn, Reixach checked and Kenjic went into the tank. After using a time bank, he decided on a bet of 65,000 and Reixach's cards flung into the muck.
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Alisson Piekazewicz got his stack of around 220,000 all in preflop and found himself at risk against Matas Cikinas.
Alisson Piekazewicz: K♣K♥
Matas Cikinas: A♣K♦
Piekazewicz was ahead and looking to dodge an ace or some other tomfoolery, which he did after the board ran out a clean 3♥6♦J♦5♥2♥.
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.
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♠
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.
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♦
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.
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.
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
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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.
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