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

12-10-2023 01:24 UTC-5

A Pity for Pitavy

Christian Zetzsche

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

Emilien Pitavy open-jammed the button for 143,000 and Bruno Alava went all-in over the top out of the small blind. Szymon Bujok rubbed his hands before glancing at the cards but then instantly folded to forfeit his big blind.

Emilien Pitavy: 4♠4♦
Bruno Alava: A♠K♥

The flip went to Alava on a board of A♦K♦8♠10♦5♠ as Pitavy fell behind against the two overcards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Alava	550,000 192,000	192,000
Szymon Bujok	130,000 -150,000	-150,000
Emilien Pitavy	Busted

Tags: Bruno Alava Emilien Pitavy Szymon Bujok

12-10-2023 01:28 UTC-5

Cook Burns Franco With a Flush

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Diogo Franco defended the big blind and then got it in after the 9♥8♦5♦ flop with four big blinds behind, which Cook called.

Diogo Franco: J♣10♠
Ethan Cook: A♦2♦

Cook was ahead with the ace-high and nut flush draw. Franco whiffed the 2♣ turn and the 6♦ river only improved Cook to the nut flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ethan Cook	280,000 40,000	40,000
Diogo Franco	Busted

Tags: Ethan Cook Diogo Franco

12-10-2023 01:32 UTC-5

Cook Burns Another One

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Pedro Garagnani opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Ethan Cook three-bet to 50,000 from middle position. Rui Sousa then moved all in for 162,000 from the big blind, forcing a fold from Garagnani while Cook made the call with a covering stack.

Rui Sousa: J♠J♥
Ethan Cook: Q♣Q♦

The board ran out 9♣10♥4♥A♣10♦. Cook held with the bigger pocket pair to take down a healthy pot while sending Sousa to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ethan Cook	465,000 185,000	185,000
Pedro Garagnani	428,000 98,000	98,000
Rui Sousa	Busted

Tags: Ethan Cook Pedro Garagnani Rui Sousa

12-10-2023 01:34 UTC-5

The Bubble is Drawing Closer

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Another table breaks as the field has been whittled down to just 116 hopefuls, all aiming to reach the 99 spots that will guarantee the min-cash. David Williams, Gavin Andreanoff and Igor Picone were among those to bow out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kai Jin	Busted
Igor Picone	Busted
Gavin Andreanoff	Busted
Stephen Kehoe	Busted
David Williams	Busted

Christopher Lockhart	Busted
Bolivar Vasquez	Busted

Tags: David Williams Gavin Andreanoff Igor Picone

12-10-2023 01:43 UTC-5

Svesko Flips to a Double

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Darko Svesko was all-in for 77,000 before the flop with the A♥K♠, facing the small pocket pair of Chris Hunichen with the 3♣3♥.

The board ran out J♠J♣5♦5♣9♥ and the mighty pair was counterfeited for Svesko to survive.

Moments later, Phillip Nagy re-appeared in the tournament area after he had been called out by floor staff. His stack had been blinded out while he was busy playing cash games. Nagy still has nine big blinds at his disposal with 111 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	252,000 -323,000	-323,000

Darko Svesko	170,000 82,000	82,000
Phillip Nagy	90,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Chris Hunichen Darko Svesko Phillip Nagy

12-10-2023 01:56 UTC-5

Ramos Four-Bet Shoves

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Bryce Yockey opened to 20,000 from under the gun and David Ganim three-bet to 55,000 from middle position. Dennys Ramos then moved all in for 248,000. Yockey got out of the way and after a minute to consider his options Ganim folded as well conceding a decent pot to Ramos without the latter having to see a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryce Yockey	430,000 36,000	36,000

David Ganim	405,000 -55,000	-55,000
Dennys Ramos	307,000 -30,000	-30,000

Tags: Bryce Yockey David Ganim Dennys Ramos

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

12-10-2023 02:02 UTC-5

Sivagnanam Charging for the Top Spot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Michal Procner checked out of the big blind on the 10♦7♣3♦6♦ turn and then called a bet worth 60,000 by table big stack Ratharam Sivagnanam on the button.

Procner checked again the 9♥ river and Sivagnanam made it 160,000 to go for nearly half of the remaining stack of his opponent. The reluctant fold by Procner followed and Sivagnanam raked in the pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ratharam Sivagnanam	875,000 675,000	675,000
Michal Procner	365,000 365,000	365,000

Tags: Michal Procner Ratharam Sivagnanam

12-10-2023 02:06 UTC-5

Updated Counts Near the Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Floor staff has instructed the dealers to stop after the current hand in order to verify the number of remaining players. As it stands, there are 102 hopefuls still in the mix and 99 of them will advance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Rash	1,050,000 1,050,000	1,050,000

Wei-Hsun Lu	1,030,000 142,000	142,000
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas	700,000 370,000	370,000
Sean Troha	350,000

Denys Chufarin	270,000 -75,000	-75,000

Jesse Lonis	260,000 20,000	20,000

Hayley Hanna	225,000 -25,000	-25,000
Shawn Buchanan	170,000

Matt Glantz	140,000 -83,000	-83,000

Soenke Jahn	Busted
Michael Rodrigues	Busted

12-10-2023 02:18 UTC-5

Max Pressure from Yockey

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of K♥2♠10♣6♦5♠ and roughly 250,000 already in the middle, Bryce Yockey checked from the small blind and Maria Ho bet 140,000 from middle position. Yockey moved all in covering Ho's remaining stack of roughly 160,000.

Ho thought about the decision for about a minute before making the fold and Yockey took down a colossal pot without showdown just three eliminations away from the money bubble,

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryce Yockey	705,000 275,000	275,000

Maria Ho	190,000 -110,000	-110,000

Tags: Bryce Yockey Maria Ho