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

12-09-2023 15:20 UTC-5

Arieh Gets to Showdown

Jeremy Geist

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Josh Arieh opened the cutoff to 1,200 before the action folded to Darko Svesko in the small blind who called.

The Q♥5♦2♠ flop landed and the action checked to Arieh who continued for 1,100. Svesko called.

The 8♣ rolled off on the turn and the action checked to Arieh again who didn't slow down with a bet of 4,500. Svesko called again.

The 5♥ river checked through and Svesko tabled A♦2♦ before Arieh tabled the unlikely 10♠8♦ for middle pair and the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	59,000 -14,600	-14,600

Darko Svesko	48,000

Tags: Darko Svesko Josh Arieh

12-09-2023 15:21 UTC-5

Gamble Pays Off for Livingston

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Alexandru Papazian opened to 1,100 from middle position before Alex Livingston three-bet to 3,500 from the button. Renan Menezes then four-bet shoved for 13,300 from the small blind, forcing a fold from Papazian.

"Let's gamble" Livingston commented before flicking in the call with a covering stack.

Renan Menezes: 10♠10♦
Alex Livingston: K♠10♣

Menezes was in great shape to double up and remained ahead on the 5♣7♥7♣ flop. That all changed when the K♦ turn left Menezes drawing to just one out. The 2♦ river was a brick and Menezes made his exit from the tournament area while Livingston took down a healthy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	122,000 122,000	122,000

Alexandru Papazian	29,500 -37,500	-37,500

Renan Menezes	Busted

Tags: Alex Livingston Alexandru Papazian Renan Menezes

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

12-09-2023 15:35 UTC-5

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Armin Rezaei	175,000 69,600	69,600
Scott Bohlman	150,000 67,900	67,900

Weiran Pu	125,000 22,500	22,500

Andrey Andreev	115,000 45,000	45,000
Alexandra Botez	85,000 85,000	85,000
Paraskevas Tsokaridis	80,000 80,000	80,000
Nikolaos Lampropoulos	80,000 80,000	80,000

Faraz Jaka	75,000 75,000	75,000

Jamie Gold	65,000 65,000	65,000

Dennis Wilke	65,000 15,000	15,000
Sergio Aido	60,000

Danilo Velasevic	45,000 45,000	45,000
Ana Marquez	45,000 45,000	45,000
Alexandros Kolonias	40,000 -10,000	-10,000

Andrey Pateychuk	35,000 35,000	35,000
Alexandru Papazian	30,000 500	500

Sriharsha Doddapaneni	Busted

12-09-2023 15:37 UTC-5

Cold Four Incoming

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Jeremy Geist

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Tjarco Reitsma opened in early position to 1,400 before the action folded to Aram Zobian on the button who put in a three-bet to 4,000. The small blind folded and then the action was on Andrei Boghean in the big blind who went into the tank.

After about a minute in thought he put in the cold four-bet to the tune of 12,000. Both of his opponents considered their options but fairly quickly found a fold. Boghean dragged the pot with out seeing a flop and was involved in the very next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Boghean	85,000 -5,000	-5,000
Tjarco Reitsma	74,000
Aram Zobian	72,000 -6,000	-6,000

Tags: Aram Zobian Andrei Boghean

12-09-2023 15:40 UTC-5

Filatov Gets Hutter to Fold

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

By the time the board showed A♣10♣7♣5♣6♠, some 19,500 were in the middle. Anatoly Filatov bet 12,200 in the small blind and left himself exactly 1,000 behind. Barry Hutter was in the cutoff and went very deep into the tank for several minutes before he eventually settled for a fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Hutter	37,500

Anatoly Filatov	33,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Anatoly Filatov Barry Hutter

12-09-2023 15:40 UTC-5

Big Double for GGPoker Qualifier Dov Markowich

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Chad Holloway

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Dov Markowich raised to 1,200 in early position and the player in the cutoff called.

The flop came down Q♦K♣Q♣ and action went check-check to the 2♥ turn.

Markowich bet 1,500 and his opponent just called to the 3♥ river.

Markowich bet again, this time 3,500, and the cutoff raised big to 18,500. Markowich waited for roughly 30 seconds before moving all in and his opponent snap-called with Qx2x for queens full of deuces.

Unfortunately for him, it was no good as Markowich rolled over the K♦K♠ for a flopped full house!

Player	Chips	Progress
Dov Markowich	85,700

Tags: Dov Markowich

12-09-2023 15:41 UTC-5

Turych Jams River, Shows a Seven

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Chris Land

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Oleksandr Turych raised to 1,300 from early position and found one caller in Hyunseok Oh in the cutoff to bring out the 7♥Q♥A♣ flop.

Turych continued with a bet of 1,000 only to see Oh come out with a raise to 3,000. Turych paused briefly while considering his action and eventually landed on putting in a third bet in the amount of 15,000. Oh wasted little time in making the call to see the A♠ hit the turn.

Both players checked through to see the board complete with the 3♦.

Turych checked over to Oh who seemingly sized for value with a bet of 12,000. With action back on Turych, he paused for a short period before deciding to jam for 74,400 total. Oh wasn't quick in releasing his hand, but did eventually opt on a fold before watching as Turych turned over the 7♠ before sending his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleksandr Turych	107,000 107,000	107,000
Hyunseok Oh	54,400 -2,600	-2,600

Tags: Hyunseok Oh Oleksandr Turych

12-09-2023 15:43 UTC-5

Zlotnikov Further Increases Big Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ari Katz made it 1,300 to go and was called by Anatoly Zlotnikov, Robert Cowen also came along from the big blind. On the A♥9♠7♦ flop, Katz continued for 1,600 when checked to and Zlotnikov called while Cowen let go.

Katz fired another 6,200 on the A♠ turn for Zlotnikov to call and the 5♠ fell on the river. This time, Katz checked and Zlotnikov double-checked his cards before tossing in a larger bet of 22,800. Katz instantly folded and the rich got richer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Zlotnikov	160,000
Clemen Deng	100,000
Robert Cowen	80,000 2,000	2,000

Ari Katz	50,100

Tags: Anatoly Zlotnikov Ari Katz Robert Cowen

12-09-2023 15:50 UTC-5

Bujok Chips Up with Aces

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Szymon Bujok opened to 1,600 from middle position and received calls from Maksim Paniak in the hijack, Rene Majed in the small blind and Shuang Luo in the big blind.

The flop came 10♠9♠2♦ and action checked around to Bujok who fired a 2,500 continuation bet, receiving a call from all three opponents.

On the 10♣ turn action checked around to Paniak who bet 5,500. Majed folded while both Luo and Bujok made the call.

All three remaining players checked the 5♣ river. Bujok tabled A♣A♠ and both Paniak and Luo quickly mucked.