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

12-09-2023 23:59 UTC-5

Ho Jams the Turn

Ryan Lashmar

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

With two players seeing a board of 10♠2♠8♣ and roughly 30,000 already in the middle, Christopher Puetz bet 11,000 from the small blind and received a call from Maria Ho on the button.

Puetz slowed down with a check on the K♠ turn and Ho moved all in for approximately 62,000. Puetz thought about his decision for about a minute before folding and Ho took down a decent pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Puetz	225,000 95,000	95,000
Maria Ho	117,000 -24,000	-24,000

Tags: Christopher Puetz Maria Ho

12-10-2023 00:01 UTC-5

Foxen Doubles Again Through Farcas

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Marian Farcas had opened from middle position before Kristen Foxen moved all in for 57,000 from the button. Farcas called with a covering stack to put Foxen at risk.

Kristen Foxen: A♦Q♥
Marian Farcas: K♦Q♠

Foxen was in excellent shape with a bigger queen and remained ahead on the J♥2♦2♥Q♦6♦ runout to score a full double up through Farcas for the second time in the last two orbits.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marian Farcas	460,000 30,000	30,000

Kristen Foxen	129,000 57,000	57,000

Tags: Kristen Foxen Marian Farcas

12-10-2023 00:03 UTC-5

Hunichen Takes a Minor Hit

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Chris Hunichen asked for a jack after the J♦J♣4♦J♥ turn when he had Barry Hutter all-in and at risk. However, the Q♦Q♣ of Hutter took it down when the 10♣ river completed the board, as Hunichen instantly mucked his cards.

Despite losing this hand, Hunichen has an above-average stack to his name right now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	290,000 50,000	50,000

Barry Hutter	55,000 17,500	17,500

Tags: Barry Hutter Chris Hunichen

12-10-2023 00:07 UTC-5

Recent Eliminations

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Sousa	Busted
Pete Chen	Busted

Daniel Smiljkovic	Busted

Daniel Rezaei	Busted
Merijn Van Rooij	Busted
Jinho Hong	Busted

Jim Collopy	Busted

Frederic Delval	Busted
Dmitrii Prusov	Busted
Masashi Oya	Busted

Aram Oganyan	Busted

Abdulla Ceesvin	Busted
Manuel Ruivo	Busted
Manuel Pochat	Busted
Chris Moorman	Busted

Hannes Jeschka	Busted
Dana Karlson	Busted
Armando Romero	Busted
Tom Talboom	Busted
Jhon Diaz	Busted

12-10-2023 00:13 UTC-5

Hutter Eliminated by Kubaliak

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Chino Rheem had recovered previous losses when he came up second-best with 10♠10♥ against the A♥K♥ of Kelvin Kerber.

The same table included several other big names and Matas Cimbolas was trying to figure out the name of an opponent in the five seat. "My name is Igor. Igor Igor," the answer came.

Only one of those statements was true, as it happened to be Igor Picone from Belgium.

Picone called the shove of Barry Hutter for 28,000 and then saw Tomas Kubaliak move all-in over the top, forcing out Picone.

Barry Hutter: A♦Q♥
Tomas Kubaliak: K♣K♠

The 9♥7♦3♣7♥8♠ board brought no help to Hutter and ended his run on Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	330,000 -20,000	-20,000
Igor Picone	255,000
Kelvin Kerber	250,000 171,000	171,000
Matas Cimbolas	210,000 60,000	60,000
Tomas Kubaliak	205,000
Barry Hutter	Busted

Tags: Barry Hutter Chino Rheem Igor Picone Kelvin Kerber Matas Cimbolas Tomas Kubaliak

12-10-2023 00:16 UTC-5

Big Double for Puetz Against Yockey

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Christopher Puetz and Bryce Yockey engaged in a preflop raising war and the former happily committed his last 187,000 when Yockey went over the top.

Christopher Puetz: K♥K♣
Bryce Yockey: 9♦9♠

The 6♠6♣3♦Q♦Q♣ board delivered no bad beat and Puetz earned a healthy double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Puetz	385,000 160,000	160,000
Bryce Yockey	320,000 -85,000	-85,000

Maria Ho	120,000 3,000	3,000
Koray Aldemir	95,000 -45,000	-45,000

Tags: Bryce Yockey Christopher Puetz

12-10-2023 00:21 UTC-5

Foxen Keeps on Doubling

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Marian Farcas opened to 12,000 from the hijack and received call from Arkadiusz Ignatiuk from the cutoff. Kristen Foxen moved all in for 72,000 from the small blind, forcing a fold from Farcas while Ignatiuk made the call with a covering stack to put Foxen at risk.

Kristen Foxen: A♦K♦
Arkadiusz Ignatiuk: 8♠8♣

It was a classic preflop flip that Ignatiuk got the better of on the J♣7♣5♦ flop. Foxen was getting out of her seat ready to leave the tournament area by the time the 4♠ turn was dealt but the K♣ river gave Foxen top pair for the winner and she collected a third double up in the last hour.