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

12-10-2023 19:52 UTC-4

Adams Eliminated by Garcia

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

In a multi-way pot to the 9♥8♠6♠ flop, Timothy Adams got his stack in with the A♦9♣ for the top pair and top kicker. Guilherme Garcia was behind with the J♠7♠ but had plenty of outs at his disposal.

One of them was the J♣ turn and the 4♣ river ended the run of Adams, who can still re-enter before the start of level ten.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guilherme Garcia	120,000
Timothy Adams	Busted

Tags: Guilherme Garcia Timothy Adams

12-10-2023 19:32 UTC-4

Schneegass Scores a Knockout and Coolers Deeb

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Joerg Schneegass opened to 2,300 from middle position and received a call from Shaun Deeb in the hijack. Alex Fortin-Demers then moved all in from middle position for 37,200. Schneegass made the call before Shaun Deeb moved all in, covering Schneegass who had roughly 100,000 behind. Schneegass made the call and was also at risk.

Alex Fortin-Demers: J♠J♥
Joerg Schneegass: A♣A♦
Shaun Deeb: 10♦10♥

All three players had a big pocket pair but Schneegass had the best of it with aces. Schneegass remained ahead on the Q♥4♠9♠Q♦K♥ runout to send Demers to the rail and make a serious dent in Deeb's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joerg Schneegass	317,000 317,000	317,000
Shaun Deeb	56,200 -59,300	-59,300

Alex Fortin-Demers	Busted

Tags: Alex Fortin-Demers Joerg Schneegass Shaun Deeb

12-10-2023 19:30 UTC-4

Breton Earns More Chips With a Double Knockout

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Two players had vaulted out of their chairs over on table one as Marcos Exterkotter and Yuzhou Yin were at risk of elimination. The dealer and other players were trying to grasp the outcome with all cards still tabled on a board of Q♠10♣4♦Q♠10♦.

Exterkotter's 4♣4♠ had flopped bottom set while Yin's K♣K♥ were an overpair but both were out of luck and chips, as Frederic Breton had turned a flushdraw and then rivered a superior full house with the 10♠9♠ to continue his rampage on Day 1b.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederic Breton	230,000 30,000	30,000
Yuzhou Yin	Busted
Marcos Exterkotter	Busted

Tags: Frederic Breton Marcos Exterkotter Yuzhou Yin

12-10-2023 19:26 UTC-4

Tsokaridis Blown Away by Yotsushika

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Following several preflop raises to create a pot of 29,000 to the J♠10♥5♥ flop, Paraskevas Tsokaridis checked and Kazuhiko Yotsushika bet 8,000. The check-raise to 55,000 by Tsokaridis followed, who kept around 6,000 behind. Once Yotsushika called, the Greek moved all-in in the dark by splashing in his remaining chips.

The 8♥ turn followed and Yotsushika called.

Paraskevas Tsokaridis: K♠Q♠
Kazuhiko Yotsushika: A♦Q♣

"Oh wow," Tsokaridis gasped and several other players at the table were also stunned. They witnessed a blank 5♦ river and Yotsushika knocked out another opponent with ace-queen high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	380,000 240,000	240,000
Paraskevas Tsokaridis	Busted

Tags: Kazuhiko Yotsushika Paraskevas Tsokaridis

12-10-2023 19:07 UTC-4

Vuzem Claims Another Victim

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Heads-up to the K♦J♠10♠3♠9♦ river with around 46,000 in the middle, Eran Soffer had 15,000 behind. He faced the bet of 30,000 by big stack Marko Vuzem and went deep into the tank, desperately trying to get any information out of his opponent.

The tank went so long that the clock was called on Soffer, who called it off in the very last second of his 30-second countdown.

Vuzem tabled K♣Q♦ for the straight and Soffer mucked the J♦J♥ before heading out of the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marko Vuzem	430,000 68,000	68,000
Eran Soffer	Busted

Tags: Eran Soffer Marko Vuzem

12-10-2023 17:37 UTC-4

Yanovsky Enters With a Bang

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Eric Yanovsky had just entered and immediately got into a big pot in the very first hand when he tangled with Marc Lavergne. They got it in after the A♥9♦2♦10♥ turn with Yanovsky jamming into a bet of 14,000 and Lavergne called.

Marc Lavergne: A♠K♣
Eric Yanovsky: A♦J♦

Yanovsky had plenty of outs to get there and spiked one of them with the J♣ river. Both stacks were counted and the 41,400 of Yanovsky covered.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Yanovsky	92,500 92,500	92,500
Marc Lavergne	Busted

Tags: Eric Yanovsky Marc Lavergne

12-10-2023 17:21 UTC-4

Vuzem Runs Hot Early On

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Kelechi Amadi had already been eliminated and Tjarco Reitsma then followed suit over on table three as Marko Vuzem claimed another victim. Reitsma and Vuzem created a pot of more than 25,000 to the K♠10♣6♥ flop on which Reitsma check-jammed for 35,500 into a bet worth 8,000 by Vuzem. The quick call followed and the cards were flipped over.

Tjarco Reitsma: Q♥J♥
Marko Vuzem: A♦K♥

The J♠ turn and Q♠ river gave Reitsma running two pair but Vuzem improved to broadway to boost his stack even further. He is not the only one running hot in that specific tournament section, as Frederic Breton also already has more than four starting stacks as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marko Vuzem	235,000 86,000	86,000
Frederic Breton	210,000 210,000	210,000
Robert Mather	115,000 40,000	40,000
Tjarco Reitsma	Busted
Kelechi Amadi	Busted

Tags: Frederic Breton Kelechi Amadi Marko Vuzem Tjarco Reitsma

12-10-2023 14:57 UTC-4

Early Aces for Moreda

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Matt Hansen

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Andrew Lawton raised to 1,000 from under the gun and Marc Lavergne called from a few seats over. Anthony Moreda three-bet to 3,700 from the button and Anatoly Zlotnikov called from the small blind before Lawton took the opportunity to go to 14,500.

Lavergne got out of the way and Moreda shoved for a total of 53,700. That sent Zlotnikov into the muck and Lawton went into the tank before he slid out the rest of his chips. After all of that, action was heads up with Lawton at risk.

Andrew Lawton: Q♠Q♥
Anthony Moreda: A♣A♦

The board ran out 8♥3♥10♥4♦10♣ and it wasn't easy, but Moreda held on with aces to score a big early pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Moreda	118,000 118,000	118,000
Marc Lavergne	60,300 60,300	60,300
Anatoly Zlotnikov	56,000 56,000	56,000
Andrew Lawton	Busted

Tags: Anatoly Zlotnikov Andrew Lawton Anthony Moreda Marc Lavergne

12-10-2023 13:42 UTC-4

Set Over Set At Table 26

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Connor Richards

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The first major cooler of the day saw Jason Goodman being eliminated by Carlos Bermudez in a set-over-set confrontation.

On a board of A♦10♣J♦3♠Q♣, Goodman held 3♣3♥ to lose out to the 10♠10♥ of his opponent.

"I thought you were weaker. I put you on two pair," Bermudez said as he raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Bermudez	100,000 100,000	100,000
Jason Goodman	Busted

Tags: Carlos Bermudez Jason Goodman