Event #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship Day 1b | 2023 WSOP Paradise

12-11-2023 01:05 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Lewis Spencer	380,000 -25,000	-25,000
Matthias Lipp	375,000 130,000	130,000
Jim Collopy	300,000 300,000	300,000

Anatoly Filatov	300,000 130,000	130,000
Siarhei Chudapal	260,000 3,000	3,000
Marcio Zacconi	250,000 90,000	90,000
Luuk Gieles	240,000 39,000	39,000
Byron Kaverman	230,000 191,200	191,200

Andrey Pateychuk	210,000 70,000	70,000
Josh Arieh	150,000

Kyriakos Papadopoulos	130,000 65,000	65,000
Sam Soverel	120,000 120,000	120,000

Anthony Zinno	90,000 -30,000	-30,000

Will Jaffe	75,000 34,400	34,400

Lee Doubles Through Salas

Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Ori Eshel opened to 11,000 from the cutoff and Damian Salas three-bet to 27,000 from the button. Jin Hoon Lee moved all in for 86,000 from the small blind, forcing a fold from Eshel while Salas made the call with a covering stack.

Jin Hoon Lee: A♦10♦
Damian Salas: K♦9♦

The board ran out A♠8♣9♥A♣8♥. Lee had Salas drawing dead on the turn and secured a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damian Salas	360,000 270,000	270,000

Jin Hoon Lee	193,000 102,000	102,000

Ori Eshel	170,000 -11,000	-11,000

Tags: Damian Salas Jin Hoon Lee Ori Eshel

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

12-11-2023 01:01 UTC-4

Strazisar Eliminated by Linde

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jan Strazisar open-jammed for 45,000 in an early position and his previous nemesis Emilien Pitavy on the button asked for an exact count, then folded. Mir Gaskari let go in the small blind and Dylan Linde then instantly called out of the big blind.

Jan Strazisar: 4♦4♥
Dylan Linde: A♦Q♥

The Q♦9♥3♠ flop gave Linde the lead and Strazisar already gathered his belongings. Nothing changed on the 3♥ turn and 10♣ river to send Strazisar to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Linde	260,000 60,000	60,000

Mir Gaskari	140,000 140,000	140,000
Jan Strazisar	Busted

Tags: Dylan Linde Emilien Pitavy Jan Strazisar Mir Gaskari

12-11-2023 00:55 UTC-4

Stavila Vanishes; Revah Soars to Massive Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

In a pot of around 60,000 to the 6♣5♦4♥3♥7♥ river, Eyal Revah over-bet 90,000 and that sent Dan Stavila into the tank. With a stack of around 360,000 behind, Stavila pondered about his move while Revah kept talking like he had done pretty much the entire day already.

Suddenly, Stavila announced all-in and Revah snapped him off to instantly show his A♥9♥ for the ace-high flush.

Stavila grabbed his cards and placed them right on top of the muck before heading out of the tournament area.

He would later tell friends that he called with the K♥8♥ for the king-high flush, though that cannot be verified.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eyal Al Revah	975,000 432,000	432,000
Dan Stavila	Busted

Tags: Dan Stavila Eyal Revah

12-11-2023 00:45 UTC-4

Recent Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

More than one dozen players have been eliminated in the past and previous and current level, as the field went down to just 128 hopefuls.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martins Adeniya	Busted
Adrian Santos	Busted
Renmei Liu	Busted
Aliaksandr Hirs	Busted
Chanracy Khun	Busted

Yuval Bronshtein	Busted

Oskar Prehm	Busted
Stefan Nemetz	Busted
Jonathan Little	Busted
Santhosh Suvarna	Busted

Ivan Deyra	Busted

Thai Ha	Busted

Christian Roberts	Busted

Robert Kuhn	Busted
Luis Faria	Busted
Karolis Sereika	Busted

Felipe Ramos	Busted

Sosia Jiang	Busted
Sebastien Grax	Busted

12-11-2023 00:43 UTC-4

Haxton Doubles with Cowboys

Ryan Lashmar

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jin Hoon Lee opened to 10,000 from the hijack and Isaac Haxton, who was recently left very short-stacked, moved all in for 17,000. Lee made the call to put Haxton at risk.

Isaac Haxton: K♦K♥
Jin Hoon Lee: Q♠10♥

The board ran out J♠4♦2♥K♠7♠. Haxton's set of kings were good at showdown and he scored a much-needed double up through Lee.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jin Hoon Lee	91,000 -59,000	-59,000

Isaac Haxton	42,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Isaac Haxton Jin Hoon Lee

12-11-2023 00:35 UTC-4

Pitavy Scores a Big Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jan Strazisar raised to 10,000 and earned one caller thereafter. Emilien Pitavy then three-bet to 47,000 before Strazisar announced a reraise, carefully sorting chips and pushing forward 245,000. One fold later, it was up to Pitavy who announced call and wanted to turn over his cards already.

His table neighbours instantly urged him to wait as he may have more chips behind, which was indeed the case. Once most chips of both players were in the middle, they headed to the K♥J♠2♦ flop. Pitavy was all-in for another 25,000 and Strazisar called.

Emilien Pitavy: Q♥Q♣
Jan Strazisar: 10♥10♦

The Q♠ turn gave Pitavy a set while Strazisar now gained more outs than he had one street earlier. However, the 4♥ ruver was a blank and Pitavy scored an enormous double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emilien Pitavy	560,000 560,000	560,000
Gianluca Cedolia	215,000 215,000	215,000
Dylan Linde	200,000 13,000	13,000

Devin Ullman	120,000 -5,000	-5,000
Jan Strazisar	55,000 -200,000	-200,000
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Busted
Christopher Barnes	Busted

Tags: Emilien Pitavy Jan Strazisar

Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

12-11-2023 00:22 UTC-4

Botez Keeps Adding Chips

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Arun Sardana faced a bet worth 15,000 by Alexandra Botez on the 10♥3♥2♥Q♥ turn and quickly surrendered, check-folding and revealing the Q♠ face-up. A few minutes later, Botez dragged in an even bigger pot and leaped above the average.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandra Botez	275,000 100,000	100,000
Arun Sardana	210,000 104,000	104,000

Tags: Alexandra Botez Arun Sardana