Jack Salter opened to 22,000 in early position and picked up two callers along the way. The flop came K♦5♣4♦ and Salter continued with a bet of 32,000. Jesse Lonis was the only one to call on the button and they went heads-up to the J♣ turn.
Salter thought for a minute before sliding out a bet of 125,000 and Lonis quickly called. The K♠ paired the board on the river and Salter tanked again before announcing all in. Lonis quickly mucked his cards and Salter raked in the pot.
Also at the table, John Krpan has been running over the competition, opening up a big lead on the rest of the field heading to dinner break.
The players are going on a 60-minute dinner break, with play scheduled to resume at 7:37 p.m. local time. There are currently 186 players registered in Day 1d with 136 remaining. Play resumes in Level 7 with blinds at 6,000/12,000/12,000.
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Last year, the first-ever World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise Main Event champion was crowned as Germany's Stanislav Zegal took down the $5,000 buy-in event for $2 million and his first WSOP bracelet. The GGPoker qualifier defeated heads-up opponent Michael Sklenicka of Czechia to wrap up a final day that only lasted four hours.
The inaugural WSOP Paradise Main Event at the five-star Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas drew 3,010 players for a prize pool that climbed above the $15 million guarantee. The field included dozens of online qualifiers, including Zegal, who was able to parlay his online poker prowess into a life-altering seven-figure victory.
“I was so lucky, the cards just fell my way all the time," Zegal told PokerNews. "I think I played well too, but obviously (there’s) tons of luck... This is what you call life-changing money, I guess.”
Tetsuro Tomita bet 30,000 from the button on a flop of K♠6♠4♥ and Dylan Weisman raised to 70,000 in the big blind. Tomita called and the A♠ fell on the turn.
Weisman then bet another 70,000 and Tomita again called. The river was the 9♠ and Weisman bet 120,000. Tomita came back with a raise to 350,000 this time and Weisman quickly folded.
"Second nuts? Second nuts blocking third nuts?" tablemate Eric Yanovsky asked Weisman after the hand.
Faraz Jaka raised to 28,000 in early position and picked up calls from Youngsik Eum in the cutoff along with Noah Schwartz and Darren Elias in the blinds.
The flop fell Q♥8♠4♠ and Jaka continued with a bet of 70,000. Eum and Schwartz quickly folded but Elias opted for a check-raise to 200,000. Jaka looked back at his cards before sending them to the muck.
Audrius Stakelis opened in middle position and got calls from Jorge Pacheco on his left, Felipe Boianovsky on the button and Pedro Cavalieri in the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 6♣5♥2♦, and once checked to, Stakelis continued for 55,000. Only Pacheco made the call.
The 3♦ turn was checked through and the 6♠ landed on the river. Stakelis went into the tank for a about a minute before announcing all-in for roughly 245,000. Pacheco quickly mucked his hand and the dealer shoveled the pot toward Stakelis.
Frank Funaro raised to 25,000 in early position and was called by Eric Afriat on his left and Victor Chong in the big blind. The flop came Q♠9♣5♣ and the action checked around to the K♠ on the turn.
Chong checked again and Funaro chose to fire in a bet of 70,000. Afriat called and Chong got out of the way. The river was the 8♥ and both players tapped the table. Funaro tabled 10♣8♣ for a missed club draw but made a pair of eights which was key to overcome the A♠4♠ of Afriat who missed a spade draw.