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

2 days 7 hours ago

One Hand, One Double, One Wine Glass for Negreanu

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu just sat down with a glass of red wine in hand and wasted no time getting his chips in.

In his first hand at the table, Nitis Udornpim opened to 26,000 and Negreanu jammed a starting stack of 500,000.

"I'm in. Are you in?" Negreanu asked Udornpim.

"F*** it," he replied and called.

Daniel Negreanu: A♥K♣ All in
Nitis Udornpim: A♠Q♣

Negreanu had his opponent dominated but wasn't optimistic. "Last time this didn't hold!"

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But the board ran out a safe 10♣7♥7♣3♣2♠ to earn Negreanu a double in his first hand of day — but not of the tournament as Negreanu is already on his ninth tournament bullet.

After the hand, Negreanu complained to table mate Seth Davies that PokerNews makes a fuss about his multiple bullets "while Stephen Chidwick is over there on eight bullets."

"But I'm the bad guy?!" Negreanu yelled before putting on a Russian mob accent. "WELL HERE I AM. I'M THE BAD GUY!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Nitis Udornpim	310,000 310,000	310,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Nitis Udornpim Seth Davies Stephen Chidwick

2 days 7 hours ago

Soyza Spikes the River

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Josh Noy

Level 7 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Paulo Drummond opened to 25,000 from the hijack, and Michael Soyza moved all in from the small blind for 280,000. Dejan Kaladjurdjevic asked for a count before shoving his larger stack from the big blind, and Drummond quickly got out of the way.

Michael Soyza: 9♣9♦ All in
Dejan Kaladjurdjevic: K♠K♥

Kaladjurdjevic's kings were well in front, and maintained that advantage through the 3♠4♦2♣ flop and 2♥ turn. Soyza then spiked the 9♠ river, cracking kings to stay alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dejan Kaladjurdjevic	930,000 503,000	503,000
Michael Soyza	585,000 585,000	585,000
Paulo Drummond	560,000 305,000	305,000

Tags: Dejan Kaladjurdjevic Michael Soyza Paulo Drummond

2 days 9 hours ago

Mermelstein Hits Three Million

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Calum Grant

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

Aaron Mermelstein opened to 22,000 from the cutoff and snap-called when Matheus Lima jammed for around 150,000 from the big blind.

Matheus Lima: A♦7♦ All in
Aaron Mermelstein: Q♦Q♣

Lima had gutshot on the 6♦5♣3♣ flop, and picked up a flush draw on the 5♦ turn to have plenty of outs. Unfortunately for him, Mermelstein made a boat on the Q♠ river, securing the elimination and chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Mermelstein	3,000,000 1,792,000	1,792,000
Matheus Lima	Busted

Tags: Aaron Mermelstein Matheus Lima

2 days 9 hours ago

"I'm a Flush Queen!"

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Connor Richards

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

Phil Laak raised to 20,000 from under the gun — stating "under the gun, qualify!" — and Rania Nasreddine called in the big blind to play against "my friend Phil."

Both players checked on the flop of Q♣7♥K♥ and Nasreddine bet 25,000 on the 7♦ turn. Laak called. Nasreddine then bet 60,000 on the 10♥ river and Laak said "I can't fold, I can't raise, so I call."

Nasreddine showed 4♥2♥ for a rivered flush and Laak mucked in defeat.

"I'm a flush queen!" cheered Nasreddine.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rania Nasreddine	1,050,000 879,000	879,000
Phil Laak	550,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Phil Laak Rania Nasreddine

2 days 9 hours ago

Aces No Good for Parker

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Josh Noy

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

Tony Parker opened to 30,000 from the small blind, and Hugo Machado defended his big blind to the 7♣J♣5♠ flop.

Machado checked to Parker, who continued fore 30,000. The call was made, and Machado checked again on the Q♥ turn.

Parker moved all in for 164,000, and the call was made.

Tony Parker: A♣A♥ All in
Hugo Machado: J♦7♦

Machado turned over his flopped two pair, and Parker could not improve on the 4♥ river. That sent Parker to the rail, but a reentry had him at a new table shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hugo Machado	837,000 36,000	36,000
Tony Parker	500,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Hugo Machado Tony Parker

2 days 9 hours ago

Engel Earns a Knockout

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Josh Noy

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

Ari Engel checked the 6♥J♣J♥ flop from the small blind, and Guillaume Genin slid out a bet of 30,000 in the big blind. Jeff Gross folded on the button before Engel check-raised to 95,000.

Genin called to the 7♦ turn, where Engel led out for 101,000. Genin moved all in, and Engel made the quick call.

Guillaume Genin: A♥9♥ All in
Ari Engel: Q♣J♠

Genin could not find a heart on the 7♠ river, as Engel improved to a full house for the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ari Engel	1,980,000 1,625,000	1,625,000

Jeff Gross	755,000 27,000	27,000

Guillaume Genin	Busted

Tags: Ari Engel Guillaume Genin Jeff Gross

2 days 9 hours ago

$60M Prize Pool and Counting

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Josh Noy

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

With 375 entries so far on Day 1d, the $25,000 Super Main Event has surpassed the $60,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Registration remains open through the rest of today, plus the first three levels of Day 2b on Monday.

2 days 11 hours ago

Middleton Doubles Through Hissou; Pot for Hrabec

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Calum Grant

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

Tom Middleton, from under the gun, and Sirzat Hissou, on his direct left, exchanged raises preflop that saw the former all-in for his last 455,000 with Hissou the covering stack.

Tom Middleton: Q♦Q♠ All in
Sirzat Hissou: AxKx

Hissou picked up two outs to Broadway to go along with his overcards after the J♠10♦6♣ flop, but MIddleton held out after the 9♣ turn and 4♠ river to double up.

On the next deal, Bin Duan opened to 13,000 from early position. Roman Hrabec and Brian Luo called from the button and blinds.

Only Hrabec called Duan's 16,000 continuation-bet for the board to read Q♣9♠8♦7♣. Duan check-folded to Hrabec's bet of 30,000 to concede the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Middleton	925,000 925,000	925,000
Sirzat Hissou	800,000 800,000	800,000
Roman Hrabec	710,000 210,000	210,000

Brian Luo	453,000 453,000	453,000
Bin Duan	345,000 345,000	345,000

Tags: Bin Duan Brian Luo Roman Hrabec Sirzat Hissou Tom Middleton

2 days 11 hours ago

"GT Optional:" Ace From Space Saves the Unabomber

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Connor Richards

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

Vanessa Kade opened to 12,000 in the hijack and Daniel Ghionoiu three-bet to 32,000 in the cutoff as Phil Laak went in the tank in the big blind.

Laak eventually four-bet jammed to bring a quick fold from Kade. Ghionoiu went in the tank and eventually called with his stack of 300,000.

Daniel Ghionoiu: J♣J♠ All in
Phil Laak: A♦K♦

The flop of 6♠8♦2♠ kept Ghionoiu's jacks ahead and the 7♠ turn took away any of Laak's spade outs. But the dealer found the A♣ river to suck the life out of the room as Laak put a tough beat on his opponent.

"Oh, Barry Greenstein! You dirty, dirty rat. Barry, Barry, where are you, Barry?" said Laak. "That was dirty. I mean that wasn't GTO but it was GTF: Game Theory Fun ... It was probably GT Optional."

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Laak	950,000 390,000	390,000

Vanessa Kade	480,000 480,000	480,000
Daniel Ghionoiu	Busted

Tags: Daniel Ghionoiu Phil Laak Vanessa Kade

2 days 11 hours ago

Van Lent Calls Down Zawadzki

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Josh Noy

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

Anuschka Van Lent limped in the hijack, and Kitson Kho did the same on the button. Mikolaj Zawadzki checked his big blind option, and the Q♦2♣4♦ flop hit the felt.

Zawadzki and Van Lent checked, and Kho fired 15,000 into the middle. Both opponents called, and all three players checked the J♠ turn.

Zawadzki saw the 9♥ river and led out for 17,000. Van Lent took most of the 30-second clock before sticking in a call, while Kho folded. Zawadzki tabled Q♠7♦ for top pair, while Van Lent showed Q♥10♦ for the same pair with a better kicker to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikolaj Zawadzki	610,000 88,000	88,000
Anuschka Van Lent	370,000 190,000	190,000
Kitson Kho	321,000

Tags: Anuschka Van Lent Kitson Kho Mikolaj Zawadzki