Eric Wasserson opened the action with a raise to 100,000 from middle position, and it then folded to Sergio Aido in the big blind, who three-bet to put Wasserson all in for his stack of 960,000, which Wasserson snap-called.
Eric Wasserson: A♠A♣
Sergio Aido: 6♠6♦
Wasserson woke up with aces and managed to find a big double on the bubble once the board ran out K♥Q♠4♥2♥J♣.
Thomas Boivin opened to 100,000 from early position, and Albert Daher called on the button. Joseph Oren announced all in from the big blind, with Boivin folding and Daher sticking in the call.
Joseph Oren: 10♦9♦
Albert Daher: A♥Q♣
The action flop of K♥J♦K♦ gave both players options, and Oren took the lead on the 10♣ turn. The dealer flipped over the K♠ river, seeing Oren improve to a full house to stay alive on the bubble.
Leon Sturm moved his stack of 225,000 all in from early position, and Alex Kulev shoved for 540,000 on the button. Taylor von Kriegenbergh shoved his covering stack from the small blind, and the hands were turned up.
Leon Sturm: A♠3♦
Alex Kulev: J♣J♥
Taylor von Kriegenbergh: A♦J♠
Von Kriegenbergh found the help he needed on the turn of the 2♦10♦8♣A♣7♥ runout, making top pair to send both Sturm and Kulev to the rail.
That left the tournament on the direct money bubble.
As play approached the bubble, Alex Kulev opened to 110,000 from under the gun. Joseph Oren moved all in for 445,000 from the small blind, and Kulev let his hand go.
On the next hand, Taylor von Kriegenbergh raised to 100,000 from under the gun. Albert Daher three-bet to 265,000 in middle position, and action folded back around to Von Kriegenbergh.
Von Kriegenbergh did not take long to announce all in, producing a fold from Daher to take down the pot.
Ramin Hajiyev raised to 100,000 from the cutoff, and once it folded to Vinny Lingham in the big blind, he three-bet all in for 375,000, and Hajiyev made the call to put Lingham at risk.
Vinny Lingham: A♦K♠
Ramin Hajiyev: A♥7♣
Lingham had Hajiyev dominated and once the board ran out 3♥10♥J♦Q♥9♦ Lingham made a Broadway straight to double up.
As a battle rapper, Argentina's Alejandro Lococo is used to performing under pressure in front of large crowds with glory on the line. Last year in the Bahamas, Lococo used that competitive drive to take down Event #2: $1,000,000 Triton Million at World Series of Poker Paradise for $12,070,000 and his first bracelet.
The unique collaboration between WSOP and Triton, which drew 96 entrants for a $48 million prize pool, paired the best high-stakes players in the world like Alex Foxen (6th - $2,795,000) and runner-up Benjamin Heath ($8,160,000) with deep-pocketed VIPs like David Einhorn (14th - $865,000) and Sosia Jiang ($1,605,000).
With $2.8 million in earnings and a WSOP Main Event final table appearance in 2021, Lococo, a VIP in the event, was somewhere in between the two groups.
"I'm a rapper. I don't study the game. I just try to do the best in every single hand," Lococo told PokerNews in a winner's interview. "I love the game and I try to win of course, but I'm not using solvers (or) ... running sims. You have to be really, really professional and invest a lot of hours of your life to beat these guys."
2024 WSOP Paradise Triton Million Final Table Results
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