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

12-11-2023 03:45 UTC-4

Kim Bubbles; Zurita and Scrogins Survive

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Christian Zetzsche

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

There were three all in and calls across three separate tables.

First, Jose Zurita was all in against Wooram Cho who held the covering stack in a preflop confrontation.

Jose Zurita: Q♠Q♥
Wooram Cho: A♦2♦

Zurita's queens remained ahead on the 2♥J♦K♥8♦6♠ runout to score a full double up through Cho.

The second all-in unfolded in a battle of two medium stacks between Namhyung Kim and Mario Mosboeck. A substantial pot of more than 400,000 emerged to the J♠6♥5♥K♣ turn on which Kim was all-in for 171,000 and Mosboeck called.

Namhyung Kim: 8♦8♥
Mario Mosboeck: A♥A♦

The 7♥ river ensured at least one seat open and the Day 1b bubble had already burst.

Over on table 13, two players saw a board of A♠J♠5♥ with roughly 225,000 already in the middle and the scenario was almost identical. Benjamin Scrogins was all in for his last 30,000 against Rui Sousa who covered.

Benjamin Scrogins: 8♠8♦
Rui Sousa: 9♦9♣

Scrogins was in dire shape against the bigger pocket pair but the K♠ turn did give him a flush draw for some additional outs. The flush came through on the Q♠ river and he secured a full double up on the stone bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rui Sousa	537,000
Benjamin Scrogins	261,000
Wooram Cho	216,000
Jose Zurita	165,000

Tags: Benjamin Scrogins Jose Zurita Mario Mosboeck Namhyung Kim Rui Sousa Wooram Cho

12-11-2023 03:28 UTC-4

Sousa Busts Gieles in Brutal Fashion

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Rui Sousa had opened from early position only for Luuk Gieles to move all in for 61,000 from the small blind. Sousa made the call to put Gieles at risk.

Luuk Gieles: A♠A♣
Rui Sousa: J♥10♦

Gieles was in excellent shape to secure a double up and was very far ahead with an overpair on the 8♣6♦3♥ flop. The 10♠ turn gave Sousa some outs to crack the aces, one of which came through on the J♦ river. Sousa's two pair was good at showdown and Gieles was sent to the rail just two spots away from making the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rui Sousa	682,000 82,000	82,000
Luuk Gieles	Busted

Tags: Luuk Gieles Rui Sousa

12-11-2023 02:58 UTC-4

Song Eliminated Just Shy of the Money

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Stephen Song raised to 30,000 on the button and Emilien Pitavy called out of the big blind, then nearly grabbed his cards to flip them over before he was warned by other players.

"Yeah don't do it ... actually never mind, just show them," Song joked. The A♥7♠6♣ flop came with a min-bet of Pitavy and Song called for the 3,000 he had kept behind.

Stephen Song: K♥Q♥
Emilien Pitavy: A♣9♦

The Q♦ turn gave Song some hope and he flicked his cards closer to the board. However, the J♣ river was a blank and Song bowed out just shy of the money.

Floor staff then told the dealers to stop after their current hand as they broke a table and verified the open seats. With now confirmed 80 players remaining and 78 set to advance, the tournament will continue in hand-for-hand mode.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emilien Pitavy	565,000 65,000	65,000
Stephen Song	Busted

Tags: Emilien Pitavy Stephen Song

12-11-2023 02:47 UTC-4

Four Eliminations to the Money

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Mir Gaskari was down to around eleven blinds when he found a pair and went with it. The 5♦5♥ were utterly crushed by Emilien Pitavy with the A♠A♣ and he found no help on the J♠8♥4♥9♣A♥ runout.

"Good hand," Gaskari said on the way out. Maxime Manzone followed soon after as the field was reduced to the last 82 contenders. Floor staff told players that hand-for-hand mode may come early again similar to Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emilien Pitavy	500,000 -10,000	-10,000
Mir Gaskari	Busted
Maxime Manzone	Busted

Tags: Emilien Pitavy Maxime Manzone Mir Gaskari

12-11-2023 02:37 UTC-4

More Eliminations Close to the Money

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The money bubble is drawing closer as just 86 players remain in contention. Among the latest casualties was also soccer striker Sergio Aguero alongside Takashi Ogura and Tom-Aksel Bedell.

Player	Chips	Progress
Curtis Oliver	Busted
Jorge Lopez	Busted
Sergio Aguero	Busted
Takashi Ogura	Busted
Nohad Teliani	Busted
Tom-Aksel Bedell	Busted

Tags: Sergio Aguero Takashi Ogura Tom-Aksel Bedell

12-11-2023 02:29 UTC-4

The Long Grind of Papadopoulos Ends Short of the Money

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Kyriakos Papadopoulos had been in the same seat all day long and saw his stack cut down very early on before he grinded it back up for hours. However, it all came to an end when he three-bet jammed with the J♠J♦ and Anatoly Filatov took the flip with A♦K♦.

The K♥5♥4♠4♦K♣ board improved Filatov to kings full of fours.

"I would have had to call, I had an weaker pair," initial preflop raiser Dylan Linde mentioned.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Linde	310,000 -5,000	-5,000

Anatoly Filatov	300,000
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	Busted

Tags: Anatoly Filatov Dylan Linde Kyriakos Papadopoulos

12-11-2023 02:20 UTC-4

Picone Chips Up; Salas Scores a Knockout

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Vitor Dzivielevski raised to 16,000 and earned calls from Karen Nazarian as well as Igor Picone out of the blinds. They checked the J♠8♦5♦ flop and Nazarian bet the 4♥ turn for 20,000. Picone raised to 60,000 for Dzivielevski to fold and Nazarian reluctantly folded, too, with around 130,000 behind.

One hand later, Dzivielevski opened to 16,000 and Ori Eshel moved all-in for 122,000 in the very next seat. Damian Salas asked for a count and called, everyone else folded including Dzivielevski who exposed the A♥J♥.

Ori Eshel: J♣J♠
Damian Salas: A♣K♥

The K♦5♥2♠ flop left Eshel on thin ice. He found no escape on the 2♦ turn and 10♠ river to depart.

Nazarian was then eliminated by Jinhoon Lee and Aram Zobian vanished one table over.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damian Salas	470,000 140,000	140,000

Vitor Dzivielevski	415,000 -55,000	-55,000

Jin Hoon Lee	400,000 207,000	207,000

Igor Picone	360,000 175,000	175,000
Karen Nazarian	Busted
Aram Zobian	Busted

Ori Eshel	Busted

Tags: Aram Zobian Damian Salas Igor Picone Karen Nazarian Ori Eshel Vitor Dzivielevski

12-11-2023 01:24 UTC-4

Gold Reduces the Field by One

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Ryan Lashmar

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

In a preflop confrontation Anthony Moreda was all in for 95,000 from early position against Jamie Gold in the cutoff holding a covering stack.

Anthony Moreda: K♠Q♦
Jamie Gold: Q♥Q♣

Gold was a massive favorite with top set on the Q♠7♥5♣ flop and by the J♠ turn Moreda was drawing dead. After the 3♦ river was dealt Moreda made his exit from the tournament area while Gold continued to add chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Gold	380,000 -9,000	-9,000

Anthony Moreda	Busted

Tags: Anthony Moreda Jamie Gold

12-11-2023 01:01 UTC-4

Strazisar Eliminated by Linde

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jan Strazisar open-jammed for 45,000 in an early position and his previous nemesis Emilien Pitavy on the button asked for an exact count, then folded. Mir Gaskari let go in the small blind and Dylan Linde then instantly called out of the big blind.

Jan Strazisar: 4♦4♥
Dylan Linde: A♦Q♥

The Q♦9♥3♠ flop gave Linde the lead and Strazisar already gathered his belongings. Nothing changed on the 3♥ turn and 10♣ river to send Strazisar to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Linde	260,000 60,000	60,000

Mir Gaskari	140,000 140,000	140,000
Jan Strazisar	Busted

Tags: Dylan Linde Emilien Pitavy Jan Strazisar Mir Gaskari

12-11-2023 00:55 UTC-4

Stavila Vanishes; Revah Soars to Massive Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

In a pot of around 60,000 to the 6♣5♦4♥3♥7♥ river, Eyal Revah over-bet 90,000 and that sent Dan Stavila into the tank. With a stack of around 360,000 behind, Stavila pondered about his move while Revah kept talking like he had done pretty much the entire day already.

Suddenly, Stavila announced all-in and Revah snapped him off to instantly show his A♥9♥ for the ace-high flush.

Stavila grabbed his cards and placed them right on top of the muck before heading out of the tournament area.

He would later tell friends that he called with the K♥8♥ for the king-high flush, though that cannot be verified.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eyal Al Revah	975,000 432,000	432,000
Dan Stavila	Busted

Tags: Dan Stavila Eyal Revah