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

12-10-2023 00:43 UTC-5

Assorted Big Stacks From the Break

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Wei-Hsun Lu	888,000 163,000	163,000
Oleksandr Turych	692,000 262,000	262,000
Tengqi Zhan	670,000 670,000	670,000
David Ganim	620,000 -80,000	-80,000
Daniel Weinman	503,000 103,500	103,500

Joseph Armideo	487,000 377,000	377,000
Marian Farcas	440,000 55,000	55,000

Luis Faria	419,000 419,000	419,000
Marc Inizan	415,000 85,000	85,000
Christopher Puetz	409,000 24,000	24,000
Bryce Yockey	394,000 -6,000	-6,000

Assad Kamran	390,000 80,000	80,000
Jozsef Liszkovics	388,000 210,000	210,000
Kartik Ved	385,000 175,000	175,000

Eduardo Bernal	366,000 11,000	11,000
Chino Rheem	360,000 30,000	30,000
Bruno Alava	358,000 178,000	178,000
Marc Siebtroth	358,000 358,000	358,000
Felipe Ramos	350,000 190,000	190,000

Pedro Garagnani	346,000 261,000	261,000
Denys Chufarin	345,000 105,000	105,000

Luis Marrero	343,000 143,000	143,000
Tommy Tran	341,000 341,000	341,000
Joseph Lebrun	341,000 246,000	246,000
Daan Mulders	340,000 10,000	10,000

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12-10-2023 00:48 UTC-5

Farcas Busts Foxen

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

In a preflop confrontation, Kristen Foxen was all in from the big blind for roughly 140,000 against Marian Farcas in middle position who covered.

Kristen Foxen: 10♥10♣
Marian Farcas: K♣K♠

Farcas was well ahead with the bigger pocket pair and remained so on the 9♥4♣3♣J♠3♦ runout to take the pot while Foxen became the latest casualty of the Jeff Platt curse.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marian Farcas	525,000 85,000	85,000

Kristen Foxen	Busted

Tags: Jeff Platt Kristen Foxen Marian Farcas

12-10-2023 00:55 UTC-5

Espensive Flip for Jahn

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Michael Rodrigues three-bet jammed for 95,000 in the cutoff and Soenke Jahn sigh-called from an early position for more than half of his remaining stack.

Michael Rodrigues: 6♠6♥
Soenke Jahn: A♠K♠

The 9♠5♦2♥Q♦Q♥ board provided no help to Jahn and Rodrigues vaulted ahead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Rodrigues	210,000 -80,000	-80,000

Soenke Jahn	70,000 -220,000	-220,000

Tags: Michael Rodrigues Soenke Jahn

12-10-2023 01:00 UTC-5

Cook Hits a River Double

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Pedro Garagnani had previously three-bet jammed into an open raise to collect the pots, forcing out shorter blinds behind him as well as the initial raiser.

He then opened to 16,000 and Ethan Cook moved all-in for 109,000 in late position. Jeffrey Cormier four-bet jammed in the cutoff and all opponents including Garagnani folded.

Ethan Cook: Q♠J♠
Jeffrey Cormier: A♣Q♦

Cook needed some heat to stay alive and found a flush draw on the 10♠5♣4♠ flop. The 9♣ turn added an open-ended straight draw to go with it and the 2♠ river completed the flush for the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Weinman	550,000 47,000	47,000

Pedro Garagnani	330,000 -16,000	-16,000
Ethan Cook	240,000 240,000	240,000
Jeffrey Cormier	200,000 -50,000	-50,000
Vincent Moscati	130,000 -20,000	-20,000
David Williams	40,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tags: Ethan Cook Jeffrey Cormier Pedro Garagnani

12-10-2023 01:01 UTC-5

Pu Pressures Jaka

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 9♣10♦2♥A♠ and roughly 85,000 in the middle, Faraz Jaka checked from the big blind and called a 40,000 bet from Weiran Pu in early position.

Jaka checked again on the 3♣ river and Pu moved all in for 215,000, slightly covering his opponent. Jaka made the fold and Pu took down a sizable pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Weiran Pu	365,000 125,000	125,000

Faraz Jaka	195,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Faraz Jaka Weiran Pu

12-10-2023 01:04 UTC-5

Latest Batch of Eliminations

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Only around 130 players remain and several notables were among the recent casualties. That included two former WSOP Main Event champions in Koray Aldemir and Ryan Riess, with 2021 WSOP Player of the Year Josh Arieh also out of chips as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Aldemir	Busted

Bruno Severino	Busted
Jeremy Lyons	Busted
Slava Royale	Busted
Sergio Aido	Busted

Noah Boeken	Busted
Josh Arieh	Busted

Curtis Oliver	Busted
Ernest Bush	Busted
Florian Loehnert	Busted
Clemen Deng	Busted
Lee Markholt	Busted
Xing He	Busted

Ari Katz	Busted
Ryan Riess	Busted

Tags: Josh Arieh Koray Aldemir Ryan Riess

12-10-2023 01:07 UTC-5

Jonkers Knocked Out by Sagle

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Mathijs Jonkers had stuck around with a shorter stack for an extended period and ultimately got the last of it in with the A♦4♦. That was crushed by Jason Sagle, who had the far superior suited ace holding the A♣K♣.

The board ran out K♥8♣3♥5♥K♦ and that spelled the end for the Dutchman, a former WSOP Europe Main Event finalist.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Sagle	340,000
Mathijs Jonkers	Busted

Tags: Mathijs Jonkers Jason Sagle

12-10-2023 01:17 UTC-5

Hunichen Gives Mandic Unwanted Action

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Goran Mandic moved all in from the cutoff for 210,000, an open-shove worth just over 26 big blinds.

"I don't want action" Mandic commented as Chris Hunichen contemplated his decision on the button.

"You just have fours?" Hunichen inquired, receiving no reply from Mandic. After roughly one minute Hunichen put in the call with a covering stack to put Mandic at risk.

Goran Mandic: A♥Q♠
Chris Hunichen: A♦K♠

Hunichen had Mandic pipped and remained ahead on the 7♦5♥6♠6♣J♦ runout to send Mandic to the rail late in the day and drag in a massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	575,000 285,000	285,000

Goran Mandic	Busted

Tags: Chris Hunichen Goran Mandic

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

12-10-2023 01:21 UTC-5

Fortunate Escape for Poirier

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Anthony Zinno opened to 20,000 and Francis Poirier then pushed all-in for 161,000. David Ganim flat-called one seat over in the cutoff and it folded back to Zinno, who quickly folded.

Francis Poirier: Q♥Q♠
David Ganim: A♠A♦

The Q♦9♣3♥4♣8♦ runout gave Poirier a set and he escaped from elimination.

"I was very close," Maria Ho said after the hand was over, as she had pondered about her decision for half a minute right next to Ganim.