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

12-09-2023 15:53 UTC-5

Poirier and Andreanoff Among Big Stacks

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Francis Poirier three-bet to 20,400 after a min-raise and it was not necessarily clear if that had been a missclick or on purpose. Soon after, he opened with a standard size of 1,300. Stoyan Obreshkov three-bet to 4,600 only for Gavin Andreanoff to then make it 10,000 to go in the next seat.

Poirier folded and Obreshkov came to the same conclusion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francis Poirier	185,000 30,100	30,100
Gavin Andreanoff	110,000 110,000	110,000
Stoyan Obreshkov	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Francis Poirier Gavin Andreanoff Stoyan Obreshkov

12-09-2023 15:53 UTC-5

Majed Makes the Right Call on Scary Board

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With two players seeing a board of 7♣3♣Q♠5♣ and roughly 25,000 already in the middle, Martin Raus bet 15,500 from the big blind and Rene Majed called from middle position.

Raus fired again for 26,500 on the 6♥ river and once again Majed made the call. Raus could only show 2♦2♥ for a small pocket pair turned into a bluff while Majed tabled A♦Q♦ for top pair, top kicker to take down a sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rene Majed	129,000 81,500	81,500
Martin Raus	37,100 -35,900	-35,900

Tags: Martin Raus Rene Majed

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

12-09-2023 16:00 UTC-5

Karlson Shows Down the Winner

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Chris Land

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Edgars Buzajevs raised to 1,500 only to see Dana Karlson come in for a three-bet to 4,000. Action folded back to Buzajevs who made the call to bring out the 10♠8♠J♦ flop.

Buzajevs checked it to Karlson who continued with a bet of 6,000. Buzajevs made the call to see the 3♠ hit the turn.

Action checked through to the J♥ river on which action checked through again to get to showdown with Buzajevs turning over the K♦Q♦ which was pipped by the A♣K♠ of Karlson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dana Karlson	55,300
Edgars Buzajevs	40,500

Tags: Dana Karlson Edgars Buzajevs

12-09-2023 16:01 UTC-5

Assorted Counts and Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Curtis Oliver	140,000 -11,500	-11,500
Marc Inizan	110,000 60,000	60,000
Chino Rheem	100,000 100,000	100,000
Shaun Deeb	75,000 11,500	11,500

Bryce Yockey	65,000 65,000	65,000

Jesse Lonis	63,000 63,000	63,000

Scott Wellenbach	Busted
Alexandru Papazian	Busted

Anton Smirnov	Busted
Fotios Ntamaris	Busted
Jonathan Kozel	Busted
Rayan Chamas	Busted
Marcello Grosso	Busted
Kartik Ved	Busted

Aleksei Istomin	Busted
Sosia Jiang	Busted
Allan Mello	Busted

Diego Ventura	Busted

Eric Afriat	Busted

12-09-2023 16:05 UTC-5

Jaka Off to a Good Start

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On the tail end of a Q♥10♣6♥6♠2♦ board, Jacopo Achille paid off a bet worth 12,000 by Faraz Jaka. The latter tabled the K♣Q♦ for queens and sixes, which ended up as the winning hand.

Jaka already more than doubled his stack since entering the field while Achille dropped by nearly half.

Player	Chips	Progress
Faraz Jaka	110,000 35,000	35,000

Jacopo Achille	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Faraz Jaka Jacopo Achille

12-09-2023 16:06 UTC-5

Yotsushika From the Top Rope

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Jeremy Geist

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Kazuhiko Yotsushika opened in middle position to 1,000 before Giovanni Paticchio three-bet to 5,000 from the cutoff. It folded back to Yotsushika who called and they were off to see three.

The Q♠3♣7♠ flop landed and the action checked over to Paticchio who continued for 7,000. Yotsushika called.

The 7♥ rolled off on the turn and it checked to Paticchio who put out another bet of 11,500. Then without skipping a beat Yotsushika snap-jammed all in having Paticchio covered.

Paticchio seemed to be in a tough spot and after a bit of tanking he mucked. Yotsushika dragged the pot and has a healthy stack going into the middle of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	105,000 105,000	105,000
Giovanni Paticchio	22,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Giovanni Paticchio Kazuhiko Yotsushika

12-09-2023 16:11 UTC-5

Foxen Gets Respect

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Kristen Foxen opened to 2,000 from early position and received calls from Baraza Fransico in the cutoff, Toni Jordana on the button and Ramon Silva in the big blind.

The flop came 9♣8♣6♥ and Silva lead out with a bet of 2,500. Foxen called, Fransico folded and Jordana called.

Silva fired again for 3,500 on the 10♥ turn. Foxen raised to 15,500, forcing Jordana out of the pot and sending Silva briefly into the tank.

After about a minute Silva folded the 7♠ face up for the third-nuts and Foxen took down a nice pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Baraza Fransico	100,600 100,600	100,600
Ramon Silva	82,000 82,000	82,000
Toni Jordana	55,000 55,000	55,000
Kristen Foxen	54,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Baraza Fransico Kristen Foxen Ramon Silva Toni Jordana

12-09-2023 16:18 UTC-5

Shak Rivers the Goods

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

With two players seeing a board of Q♥10♣2♠ and roughly 5,000 in the middle, Lennart Dijkkamp checked in the big blind and Dan Shak bet 1,500. Dijkkamp made the call.

Both players checked the Q♣ turn and A♥ river. Dijkkamp tabled 9♣2♣ for queens and deuces while Shak showed down A♦5♦ for aces and queens to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lennart Dijkkamp	93,500 40,800	40,800
Dan Shak	53,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Dan Shak Lennart Dijkkamp

12-09-2023 16:20 UTC-5

No One Loses When No One Wins

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Chris Land

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The player under the gun raised to 1,800 only to see Phil Nagy come in for a three-bet to 5,100 from middle position. Action folded to Rafael Costa in the small blind who put in the four-bet jam for 19,200. The under-the-gun player folded quickly but Nagy was far less ready to release his hand, eventually deciding to put in the call placing Costa at risk with five cards to come.

Rafael Costa: 10♥10♠
Phillip Nagy: A♠Q♠

The 8♠6♣7♣ flop kept Costa well in the lead with the 5♦ turn card changing very little aside from putting a straight draw on the board but when the 4♠ river came, the board completed with a straight and the players chopped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phillip Nagy	32,200 -17,800	-17,800
Rafael Costa	22,100 22,100	22,100

Tags: Phillip Nagy Rafael Costa