Event #9: $25,000 WSOP Super Main Event Day 1a | 2024 WSOP Paradise

Dec 12, 2024

Ponakovs Doubles with Set of Kings

Connor Richards

Level 5 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

In a heads-up pot on a flop of 8♠4♥K♠, Aleksejs Ponakovs checked in early position and Michele Lawson bet from middle position. Ponakovs check-raised to ~300,000 and Lawson called.

Ponakovs bet 140,000 on the 2♣ turn and snap-called when Lawson raised all in.

Aleksejs Ponakovs: K♥K♣ All in
Michele Lawson: A♣Q♠

The aggressive-playing Ponakovs had it this time with a set of kings and the meaningless 10♣ bricked off on the river to earn the Latvian high-stakes pro a double.

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Michele Lawson

Dec 12, 2024

Negreanu Takes a Bite and Folds

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Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

[Removed:491] found himself heads up with a rice-cake-eating Daniel Negreanu on a board of K♠9♣9♦4♥. Negreanu checked from the big blind and Lootsma tossed in a bet of 55,000 which Negreanu called.

The river was the 3♠ and Negreanu quickly checked again. Lootsma announced a bet of 160,000 and Negreanu packed up his food before thinking out loud.

"I guess you could have fours," Negreanu rhetorically asked. He shook his head and dumped his cards to the muck, sending the pot to Lootsma.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

Dec 12, 2024

Betil Bets the Turn

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Josh Noy

Level 5 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jason Koon opened to 18,000 in middle position, with Aram Sargsyan calling in the small blind and Bariscan Betil doing the same in the big blind.

The 9♠A♦5♠ flop saw all three players check, with the dealer revealing the K♥ turn.

Sargsyan checked again before Betil slid out a bet of 45,000. Koon did not take long to let his hand go, while Sargsyan quickly followed with a fold to see Betil claim the pot.

Tags: Aram Sargsyan Bariscan Betil Jason Koon

Dec 12, 2024

Petleshkov Gets Paid Off by Tondeur

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Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Roger Tondeur raised it up from early position and Viliyan Petleshkov called from the small blind. The flop came J♣8♠6♣ and both players checked to the 9♣ on the turn.

Petleshkov led out with a bet of 28,000 and Tondeur called to see the 10♠ on the river. Petleshkov reached back for a bet of 112,000 on the river and Tondeur looked him up. Petleshkov showed K♣10♣ for a flush and Tondeur paid him off.

Tags: Roger Tondeur Viliyan Petleshkov

Dec 12, 2024

Ho Doesn't Have to Show

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Tyler Foran

Level 5 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Three players created a pot of about 65,000 and the 10♦5♠2♦ flop was on the felt. Brandon Wilson checked from the big blind before Maria Ho fired a bet of 23,000. The button quickly got out of the way and Wilson made the call.

When the 8♥ hit the turn, Wilson check-called another bet of 60,000.

The 9♥ completed the board on the river and once Wilson checked, Ho checked back. Wilson dropped his cards face down toward the dealer, and Ho did the same as the dealer pushed her the pot.

Tags: Brandon Wilson Maria Ho

Dec 12, 2024

Lawson Having No Trouble at a Tough Table

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Connor Richards

Level 5 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Despite sitting at a table of death that includes all-stars Nick Petrangelo, Aleksejs Ponakovs, Orpen Kisacikoglu and Eliot Hudon, Florida's Michele Lawson has had no trouble building up a stack as she searches for a second bracelet.

Just last month, Lawson took down a WSOP US Domestic online Mystery Bounty event for $41,567 and her first bracelet. Her husband, Ted Lawson, is also a bracelet winner, making them one of the very few poker couples with bracelets.

Lawson has a stack of 1,100,000 in the Super Main Event and her husband told PokerNews she has been "crushing" the table.

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Eliot Hudon Michele Lawson Nick Petrangelo Orpen Kisacikoglu Ted Lawson

Dec 12, 2024

Current Top Ten Chip Counts

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Tyler Foran

Level 5 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Level: 5

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Dec 12, 2024

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 4 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

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Dec 12, 2024

Break Time

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Another two levels have passed and the field has continued to grow for Day 1a of the $25,000 WSOP Super Main Event. Closing in on nearly 400 entries, there are 340 players still battling on the felt. The players are taking another 15-minute break and will return to an 8,000 big blind when the action resumes.