Event #15: $5,000 The Closer NLH Bounty Turbo | 2024 WSOP Paradise

12-19-2024 17:18 UTC-5

Sergiu Sirghi Eliminated in 24th Place ($7,900)

Nick Becker

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Sergiu Sirghi got it all in preflop in the small blind against Daniel Zack in the big blind who had the covering stack.

Sergiu Sirghi: Q♥Q♠ All in
Daniel Zack: 9♥9♣

Sirghi was in great shape to double up until the dealer put out the J♦3♠9♠ flop, with Zack improving to a set of nines. The K♠ turn and 4♦ river offered no help to Sirghi and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Zack	425,000 125,000	125,000

Sergiu Sirghi	Busted

Tags: Daniel Zack Sergiu Sirghi

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

12-19-2024 17:10 UTC-5

Anatoly Zlotnikov Eliminated in 25th Place ($7,900)

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Nick Becker

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Shortly after getting his pocket aces cracked by Daniel Negreanu's pocket queens, Anatoly Zlotnikov moved all in under the gun for 245,000 to put himself at risk. Hossein Ensan made the call in the cutoff.

Anatoly Zlotnikov: K♣Q♠ All in
Hossein Ensan: A♠10♠

The board ran out 8♠7♥10♣A♣9♣, with Ensan improving to two pair by the river to send Zlotnikov packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hossein Ensan	1,000,000 450,000	450,000

Daniel Negreanu	900,000

Anatoly Zlotnikov	Busted

Tags: Anatoly Zlotnikov Daniel Negreanu Hossein Ensan

12-19-2024 17:06 UTC-5

Schulman Doubles Through Kenney

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Tyler Boyer

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Action was picked up with Nick Schulman all in, and Ebony Kenney putting him at risk.

Nick Schulman: Q♥Q♦ All in
Ebony Kenney: K♦Q♠

Schulman was in front with his pocket queens, and when the board ran out 5♠Q♣4♦5♣K♣ Schulman improved to a full house, queens full of fives to secure the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ebony Kenney	575,000 445,000	445,000
Nick Schulman	510,000 310,000	310,000

Tags: Ebony Kenney Nick Schulman

12-19-2024 17:02 UTC-5

Jose Scarano Eliminated in 26th Place ($7,900)

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Nick Becker

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Jose Scarano and Sosia Jiang went heads-up to a flop of 5♥4♦Q♦, where the money quickly went in with Scarano at risk.

Jose Scarano: A♣4♣ All in
Sosia Jiang: A♦5♦

The turn landed the 10♠ and the river brought the 3♦, with Jiang improving to the nut flush by the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sosia Jiang	575,000 125,000	125,000
Jose Scarano	Busted

Tags: Jose Scarano Sosia Jiang

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

12-19-2024 16:53 UTC-5

Suvarna Wakes Up With Aces

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Tyler Boyer

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu opened the action with a raise to 50,000, and it folded to the small blind Meir Meystel who made the call. Then the big blind Santhosh Suvarna three-bet all in for his stack of 250,000, which got Negreanu to fold, but Meystel made the call.

Santhosh Suvarna: A♠A♦ All in
Meir Meystel: J♠J♣

Meystel just smoothed called in the small blind, but Suvarna woke up with aces, in a great position to double up. The board ran out 9♦5♠4♠4♣8♦ and the aces were still best, giving Suvarna the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Meir Meystel	1,100,000 20,000	20,000
Daniel Negreanu	900,000 490,000	490,000

Santhosh Suvarna	605,000 355,000	355,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Meir Meystel Santhosh Suvarna

12-19-2024 16:47 UTC-5

Three Table Redraw (full)

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Tyler Boyer

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Seat	Table	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	102	Jianwei Lin	China	515,000	26
2	102	Brandon Wilson	United States	325,000	16
3	102	Shaun Deeb	United States	705,000	35
4	102	Ren Lin	China	400,000	20
5	102	Santhosh Suvarna	India	250,000	13
6	102	Jinhoon Lee	South Korea	150,000	8
7	102	Nazar Buhaiov	Ukraine	325,000	16
8	102	Sergiu Sirghi	Romania	275,000	14
9	102	Daniel Zack	United States	300,000	15

1	111	Georgios Sotiropoulos	Greece	565,000	28
2	111	Micah Raskin	United States	230,000	12
3	111	Dongwuk Moon	South Korea	775,000	39
4	111	Ebony Kenney	United States	1,020,000	51
5	111	Aram Oganyan	United States	340,000	17
6	111	Ihar Soika	Belarus	305,000	15
7	111	Nick Schulman	United States	200,000	10
8	111	Arkadiy Tsinis	Ukraine	480,000	24
9	111	Diogo Coelho	Portugal	220,000	11

1	112	Jose Scarano	Brazil	155,000	8
2	112	Hossein Ensan	Germany	550,000	28
3	112	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	410,000	21
4	112	Sosia Jiang	New Zealand	450,000	23
5	112	Samuel Mullur	Austria	385,000	19
6	112	Anatoly Zlotnikov	Russia	780,000	39
8	112	Michael Acevedo	Costa Rica	420,000	21
9	112	Meir Meystel	United States	1,120,000	56

Player	Chips	Progress
Meir Meystel	1,120,000 390,000	390,000
Ebony Kenney	1,020,000 83,000	83,000
Anatoly Zlotnikov	780,000 308,000	308,000
Dongwuk Moon	775,000 127,000	127,000
Shaun Deeb	705,000 146,000	146,000

Georgios Sotiropoulos	565,000 15,000	15,000

Hossein Ensan	550,000 16,000	16,000

Jianwei Lin	515,000 283,000	283,000
Arkadiy Tsinis	480,000 25,000	25,000

Sosia Jiang	450,000 34,000	34,000
Michael Acevedo	420,000 50,000	50,000

Daniel Negreanu	410,000 120,000	120,000

Ren Lin	400,000 120,000	120,000

Samuel Mullur	385,000 24,000	24,000
Aram Oganyan	340,000 16,000	16,000

Brandon Wilson	325,000 55,000	55,000
Nazar Buhaiov	325,000 16,000	16,000
Ihar Soika	305,000 25,000	25,000
Daniel Zack	300,000 24,000	24,000

Sergiu Sirghi	275,000 70,000	70,000
Santhosh Suvarna	250,000 110,000	110,000

Micah Raskin	230,000 160,000	160,000
Diogo Coelho	220,000 107,000	107,000
Nick Schulman	200,000 31,000	31,000

Jose Scarano	155,000 155,000	155,000

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12-19-2024 16:46 UTC-5

Sirichuk Spikes the River

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Josh Noy

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Ren Lin opened to 40,000 in the hijack before Santhosh Suvarna moved all in from the cutoff. Rodrigo Sirichuk also sent his smaller stack into the middle on the button and Lin made the call.

Rodrigo Sirichuk: A♠Q♥ All in
Santhosh Suvarna: A♥K♥ All in
Ren Lin: K♣3♣

Sirichuk found the perfect runout to make Broadway on the river of the J♣4♥8♣K♠10♦ runout, tripling his stack. Suvarna also survived, winning the set pot against Lin.

Namhyung Kim was eliminted at the same time, leaving the field with 26 players left to redraw for the final three tables.