Event #2: $1,000,000 Triton Million Day 1 | 2024 WSOP Paradise

12-07-2024 16:29 UTC-5

Punsri Takes Four-Bet Pot

Tyler Boyer

Level 4 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Action folded to Punnat Punsri who raised to 20,000 on the button, which was called by the small blind Chance Kornuth. Then the big blind Juan Pardo three-bet to 100,000, before Punsri four-bet to 235,000. Kornuth folded, and Pardo called to see a flop.

After the flop came J♠10♦6♦ Pardo decided to lead out for 55,000, before Punsri raised to 150,000, which got a quick fold from Pardo to give Punsri the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Punnat Punsri	1,250,000 250,000	250,000

Chance Kornuth	1,100,000 332,000	332,000

Juan Pardo	650,000 550,000	550,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Juan Pardo Punnat Punsri

Level: 4

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

12-07-2024 16:15 UTC-5

Ding Makes Deuces Full on Tsang

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Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Biao Ding opened to 10,000 in the cutoff with 2♦2♠ and Elton Tsang three-bet to 30,000 on the button with 10♠10♣ . Ding called.

Ding checked on the flop of 3♠4♥2♥ and Tsang continued for 20,000. Ding check-raised to 60,000 and Tsang called.

Ding bet 130,000 on the 8♣ turn and Tsang called. Ding then sized down to 125,000 on the 8♦ river and Tsang called before seeing the bad news.

Player	Chips	Progress
Biao Ding	1,500,000 200,000	200,000
Elton Tsang	561,000 373,000	373,000

Tags: Biao Ding Elton Tsang

12-07-2024 16:12 UTC-5

Ponakovs Runs Queens Into Set of Kings

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Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

There were a few raises between Taylor von Kriegenbergh and Aleksejs Ponakovs before he put in a final raise to 110,000, and Von Kriegenbergh called.

Ponakovs bet 35,000 on the flop of K♣9♦4♠, and Von Kriegenbergh called. Ponakovs sized up to 75,000 on the 7♠ turn, and Von Kriegenbergh again called.

Ponakovs checked on the 6♥ river and Von Kriegenbergh bet 400,000 to put Ponakovs all in for less. After a long tank, he called.

Von Kriegenbergh showed K♥K♠ for top set and sent the Latvian pro to the rail with Q♥Q♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Von Kriegenbergh	2,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	Busted

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Taylor Von Kriegenbergh

12-07-2024 16:07 UTC-5

Steven Gets Paid with Set of Aces

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Connor Richards

Level 3 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

In a heads-up pot on a board of 7♣A♦6♠3♣, Alfred Decarolis checked in middle position and Brandon Steven bet 100,000 behind him. Decarolis called.

Decarolis checked again on the K♣ river and snap-called as Steven bet 225,000. Steven showed A♠A♥ for a set of aces and Decarolis sent his cards to the muck.

"Nice flop," commented Sosia Jiang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Steven	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Alfred Decarolis	650,000 550,000	550,000

Tags: Alfred Decarolis Brandon Steven Sosia Jiang

12-07-2024 15:55 UTC-5

Big River Raise from Ivey

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Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A three-way pot took place with Seth Davies in the small blind, Elias Talvitie in early position and Phil Ivey in the cutoff.

Action checked through on the flop and turn of 8♣3♦4♠Q♣, and Davies checked again on the J♠ river. Talvitie bet 75,000, and Ivey eyed his opponent across the table before putting in a nearly 10x raise to 700,000. Davies went in the tank before folding and Talvitie quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	1,300,000 489,000	489,000

Seth Davies	950,000 104,000	104,000

Elias Talvitie	500,000 418,200	418,200

Tags: Elias Talvitie Phil Ivey Seth Davies

12-07-2024 15:54 UTC-5

Big Stacks in the Room

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Tyler Boyer

Level 3 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	1,944,000 63,000	63,000

Isaac Haxton	1,531,000 31,000	31,000

Bryn Kenney	1,454,000 454,000	454,000

Artur Martirosian	1,434,000 434,000	434,000

Chance Kornuth	1,432,000 432,000	432,000

Ryan Feldman	1,418,000 418,000	418,000
Jason Koon	1,391,000 9,000	9,000

Matthias Eibinger	1,366,000 245,000	245,000

Sosia Jiang	1,343,000 343,000	343,000
Michael Moncek	1,334,000 334,000	334,000

12-07-2024 15:42 UTC-5

Foxen Bluffs Koon Off a Chop

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Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Alex Foxen called in the small blind with K♣3♦ and Jason Koon raised to 16,000 in the big blind with 8♦7♦. Foxen three-bet to 56,000 and Koon called.

Foxen bet 35,000 on the flop of 8♥10♥5♥ and Koon called. Foxen then checked on the 9♥ turn and Koon checked back.

The K♥ river put a flush on the board and Foxen bet 124,000 and Koon laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	1,400,000 100,000	100,000

Alex Foxen	600,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Jason Koon

12-07-2024 15:36 UTC-5

Life Outside Poker: Boston Rob Shares Story of Costa Rica Poker Raid w/ Daniel Negreanu & Cheryl Hines

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Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 21st episode, Connor speaks with Survivor legend Boston Rob, aka Rob Mariano, about growing up near Fenway Park, learning poker at the age of 6, studying psychology at Boston University, applying for Survivor and winning Season 22, his recent appearance on Deal or No Deal Island and filming an upcoming season of The Traitors.

Boston Rob also revealed a story about Costa Rican authorities raiding a mansion known to host high-stakes poker games during a 2006 filming that included Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh, David Williams, Michael Mizrachi and actress Cheryl Hines.

"(Gambling mogul) Calvin (Ayre) had a big party at the house, and they came in guns drawn," he said. "And we were fine, but we all had to stay at the party until they checked our passports and everything. I think it was a little bit of a shakedown. But we had a good weekend."

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Boston Rob by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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Tags: Cheryl Hines Connor Richards Daniel Negreanu David Williams Josh Arieh Michael Mizrachi Rob Mariano

12-07-2024 15:32 UTC-5