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

12-13-2025 23:58 UTC-4

Kanit Keeps Firing

Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Mustapha Kanit raised to 60,000 from the small blind, and Jason Sagle defended his big blind. Kanit continued by leading out for 110,000 on the 5♣9♥3♣ flop.

Sagle stuck in the call, and Kanit fired again for 150,000 on the 5♠ turn. Sagle made another call, and the K♥ river completed the board.

Kanit counted out a bet of 180,000 and slid it forward. That was enough to take down the pot, as Sagle sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustapha Kanit	2,100,000 345,000	345,000
Jason Sagle	1,890,000 766,000	766,000

Tags: Jason Sagle Mustapha Kanit

12-13-2025 23:46 UTC-4

Vinaya Wins the Race to Double Up

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Tyler Boyer

Level 9 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

David Vinaya open-jammed from under the gun for his last 170,000 and was called by the big blind David Vinaya to put Vinya at risk.

David Vinaya: K♣10♦ All in
Samuel Ju: 7♥7♣

It was a race for Vinaya's tournament life, and after the 10♥6♣A♥6♥8♦ runout, he improved past the sevens of Ju after flopping a ten to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Vinaya	370,000 370,000	370,000
Samuel Ju	310,000 310,000	310,000

Tags: David Vinaya Samuel Ju

12-13-2025 23:44 UTC-4

Serralheiro Takes from Ponakovs

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Aleksejs Ponakovs opened to 40,000 from under the gun, and Jose Serralheiro made the call in the cutoff.

Ponakovs continued for 30,000 on the J♠5♠J♦ flop, and Serralheiro called again. Another lead from from Ponakovs followed the 9♠ turn, this time for 65,000.

Serralheiro called to the K♣ river, where Ponakovs slowed down with a check. Serralheiro tossed out a bet of 105,000, and Ponakovs took a moment before letting his hand go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs	930,000 930,000	930,000

Jose Serralheiro	520,000 264,000	264,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Jose Serralheiro

12-13-2025 23:35 UTC-4

Latest Chip Leaders

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

As players begin the last two levels of the night, here are the latest chip leaders from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:564]	3,785,000 140,000	140,000

Raoul Kanme	3,420,000 1,740,000	1,740,000
Tobias Garp	3,105,000

Orpen Kisacikoglu	3,000,000 2,010,000	2,010,000

Benjamin Heath	2,930,000 1,952,000	1,952,000
Ruslan Khadartsev	2,780,000 490,000	490,000
Martin Zamani	2,775,000 795,000	795,000

Miguel Capriles	2,610,000 265,000	265,000
Alex Anton	2,550,000 1,480,000	1,480,000
Ramiro Petrone	2,475,000 610,000	610,000
Henri Antikainen	2,470,000 2,470,000	2,470,000
Mathias Joelsson	2,470,000 2,470,000	2,470,000
Kayhan Mokri	2,420,000 141,000	141,000

Erik Eisen	2,390,000 2,390,000	2,390,000
Rex Jensen	2,380,000 148,000	148,000
Alex Livingston	2,340,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Vlada Stojanovic	2,300,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Antonio Galiana	2,275,000 345,000	345,000

Jean-Robert Bellande	2,275,000 555,000	555,000

Florian Lohnert	2,240,000 2,240,000	2,240,000
Rokas Asipauskas	2,190,000 2,190,000	2,190,000
Brian Luo	2,120,000 370,000	370,000
Arturs Daugis	2,114,000 734,000	734,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

12-13-2025 23:07 UTC-4

Final Break

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Josh Noy

Level 8 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Players have been sent on the final break of Day 1c, with two more levels to be played before bagging for the night.

The last two hours saw the $25,000 Super Main Event soar past 2,000 total entries. Here are some other highlights from Levels 7 and 8.

12-13-2025 23:05 UTC-4

No Luck for Ju on Bullet Two

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Tyler Boyer

Level 8 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Action was picked up with Samuel Ju all in and Pavel Plesuv putting him at risk.

Samuel Ju: A♠9♣ All in
Pavel Plesuv: A♥K♣

Ju was dominated by Plesuv, and couldn't find any help on the 3♠8♥4♥10♥J♣ runout, eliminating him for the second time today.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Plesuv	1,450,000 1,450,000	1,450,000

Samuel Ju	Busted

Tags: Pavel Plesuv Samuel Ju

12-13-2025 22:58 UTC-4

Ausmus Picks Off the Bluff to Double Up

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Tyler Boyer

Level 8 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Action was picked up on the flop with board showing A♣Q♦9♠.

Jeremy Ausmus was facing a bet of 72,000 from Aaron Sevilla and elected to call.

After the 9♣ on the turn, both players checked to the 2♣ river. Sevilla then bet to put Ausmus all in for his stack of 246,000. Ausmus gave it some thought, before flicking in his chips to call.

Sevilla then instantly mucked his hand to give the pot to Ausmus and showed Qx10x as he scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	885,000 75,000	75,000

Aaron Sevilla	260,000

Tags: Aaron Sevilla Jeremy Ausmus

12-13-2025 22:57 UTC-4

Rheem Busts Botteon

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Josh Noy

Level 8 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

After the rest of the table got out of the way, Brunno Botteon was all in and at risk against Chino Rheem.

Brunno Botteon: Q♣Q♥ All in
Chino Rheem: K♣K♥

Rheem remained in full control, as Botteon missed the 7♥9♠4♦4♥9♣ runout on his way to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	1,170,000 503,000	503,000
Brunno Botteon	Busted

Tags: Brunno Botteon Chino Rheem

12-13-2025 22:47 UTC-4

Dwyer Dominates Zizka

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Josh Noy

Level 8 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Michael Dwyer opened to 32,000 from under the gun, and got the rest of his stack totalling 353,000 into the middle after trading raises with Zdenek Zizka.

Michael Dwyer: Q♠Q♦ All in
Zdenek Zizka: J♣J♥

Dwyer's pocket queens dominated Zizka's jacks, improving to a set on the 5♠8♦Q♥K♣4♣ board to leave his opponent short.

Zizka managed to double up his remaining 51,000 through Dwyer on the very next hand, but lost his stack shortly after and headed to the exit.