Event #11: $25,000 Super Main Event Day 1a | 2025 WSOP Paradise

12-10-2025 19:53 UTC-4

"When's It Going to Turn Around For Us?"

Connor Richards

Level 6 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Bariscan Betil bet 100,000 on a board of 6♣5♦10♠J♥ and reigning Main Event champ Michael Mizrachi raised all in. Betil gave it some thought and called for another 160,000 or so.

Bariscan Betil: 9♦9♣ All in
Michael Mizrachi: 9♠8♠

Betil was somehow in front with his underpair and Mizrachi couldn't hit his straight as the 5♣ river bricked off.

"When's it going to turn around for us?" joked fellow WSOP crusher Scott Seiver.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bariscan Betil	700,000
Michael Mizrachi	140,000 830,000	830,000

Tags: Bariscan Betil Michael Mizrachi Scott Seiver

12-10-2025 19:50 UTC-4

Lipauka Shoves on Seiver

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Josh Noy

Level 6 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was three-handed to the 2♥6♦9♦ flop, where Zdenek Zizka checked in the big blind. Vadzim Lipauka slid out a bet of 32,000 from under the gun, and Scott Seiver made the call on his left.

Zizka got out of the way, and the K♦ turn hit the table. Lipauka led out for 36,000, finding a call from Seiver.

Lipauka then moved all in after seeing the Q♣ river, and Seiver snapped his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vadzim Lipauka	1,120,000 256,000	256,000
Zdenek Zizka	1,040,000 470,000	470,000

Scott Seiver	350,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Scott Seiver Vadzim Lipauka Zdenek Zizka

12-10-2025 19:47 UTC-4

Updated Counts Before Break

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Connor Richards

Level 6 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moneymaker	1,250,000 250,000	250,000

Thomas Boivin	850,000
Shaun Deeb	850,000 76,000	76,000

Nick Palma	750,000 200,000	200,000
Cary Katz	730,000 230,000	230,000

Jean-Robert Bellande	700,000 300,000	300,000

Dylan Weisman	650,000 175,000	175,000

Scott Seiver	450,000 50,000	50,000

Frank Funaro	425,000 75,000	75,000

Artur Martirosian	400,000

Sam Abernathy	300,000 742,000	742,000
Ema Zajmovic	230,000 30,000	30,000

12-10-2025 19:42 UTC-4

Marchington Jams River With Six-High

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Connor Richards

Level 6 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

In a heads-up pot on a board of 7♠K♠3♠10♣Q♠, Nick Marchington moved all in from the big blind and Matthew McEwan sat in agony in middle position as he used through his time banks.

McEwan had a stack of 285,000 and there was already around 200,000 in the pot. Eventually, he called.

Marchington nodded to signal defeat before showing 6♠4♦ for a busted straight draw, while McEwan showed A♠Q♣ for a pair of queens to earn a big double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew McEwan	775,000
Nick Marchington	350,000

Tags: Matthew McEwan Nick Marchington

12-10-2025 19:30 UTC-4

Giraudo Gets the Fold

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Josh Noy

Level 6 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alejandro Giraudo raised to 20,000 from under the gun, and Ren Lin defended his big blind to see the A♣10♠7♦ flop.

Lin checked to Giraudo, who continued for 15,000. The bet was called, and the 4♦ turn produced another check from Lin.

Giraudo counted out a bet of 100,000, and Lin sent his cards into the muck before the chips had even reached the middle of the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	550,000 40,000	40,000
Alejandro Giraudo	544,000

Tags: Alejandro Giraudo Ren Lin

12-10-2025 19:19 UTC-4

Poseidon Room Updated Counts

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Josh Noy

Level 6 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustapha Kanit	1,180,000 780,000	780,000
Dan Shak	805,000 305,000	305,000
Alex Keating	615,000

Robert Mizrachi	610,000 5,000	5,000

Ren Lin	590,000 190,000	190,000
Kane Kalas	585,000 85,000	85,000
Faraz Jaka	580,000

Orpen Kisacikoglu	520,000

Jonathan Little	424,000 139,000	139,000

Greg Raymer	405,000 280,000	280,000

Chris Hunichen	215,000 285,000	285,000

12-10-2025 19:17 UTC-4

Negreanu Busts First Bullet in Ten Minutes

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Connor Richards

Level 6 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu's first bullet lasted just ten minutes and he wasted no time tangling with Michael Wang on his second entry.

Wang opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 75,000 in the small blind, commenting "Let's see if he's got it." Wang called.

"Good call, good call," said Negrenau.

The flop landed 8♥3♦3♠ and Negreanu remarked that he should "bet small 'cuz this flop hits my range." He then bet 60,000, which he quickly regretted as he called it "way too much." Wang called.

Negreanu was silent by the A♠ turn and checked. Wang bet 95,000 and heard about it from Negreanu after the Poker Hall of Famer folded.

"If he checked the turn, I would've bet big. I have nothing, but I would have bet big. Now I just fold!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	700,000 160,000	160,000

Daniel Negreanu	355,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Michael Wang

12-10-2025 19:08 UTC-4

Zekhmi Fills Up on Pantaleo

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Josh Noy

Level 6 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was heads up on the 3♣10♣7♥6♣ turn, where Giuseppe Pantaleo was all in for his last 114,000 and Amirouche Zekhmi made the call.

Giuseppe Pantaleo: J♣7♣ All in
Amirouche Zekhmi: 7♦6♦

"Clubs?" asked Zekhmi as Pantaleo tabled his turned flush. Zekhmi revealed his two pair, which improved to a full house on the 7♠ river to send Pantaleo out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amirouche Zekhmi	652,000
Giuseppe Pantaleo	Busted

Tags: Amirouche Zekhmi Giuseppe Pantaleo

12-10-2025 18:57 UTC-4

Defending Champ Crashes Out

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Connor Richards

Level 6 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Reigning Super Main Event champion Yinan Zhou found himself all in from the big blind with just 8,000 against Julian Pineda to his direct left.

Yinan Zhou: J♥6♣ All in
Julian Pineda: A♠J♠

Zhou was dominated and failed to improve as the board ran out 8♠Q♥3♠K♥A♦ to mark his elimination. Zhou was eager to reenter and waited anxiously for the dealer to bust him from the system.

"I need a second bullet. It's the better bullet," said Zhou.