2023 WSOP Paradise

Event #10: $5,000 Main Event Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 WSOP Paradise

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j4
Prize
$2,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$15,050,000
Entries
3,010
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
447
Players Left
59

Jaka Runs Set Into Flush

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

Faraz Jaka was on the button against Diogo De Melo Cardoso in the hijack on a board of 7KA2J.

With around 320,000 already in the middle, Cardoso moved all in for 237,000 and Jaka went in the tank before calling.

Cardoso showed 108 for a flush as Jaka was forced to show 22 for a no-good set of deuces.

Player Chips Progress
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Diogo De Melo Cardoso
750,000
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Faraz Jaka
350,000
-332,000
-332,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching

Tags: Faraz JakaDiogo De Melo Cardoso

Early Small Pots for Watson and Lonis

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

Renan Bruschi raised to 24,000 from early position and Jesse Lonis called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop of 243 and again on the 7 turn. The river was 2 and Lonis fired 42,000 to a thoughtful fold from Bruschi.

On a nearby table, Mike Watson raised to 24,000 and Chanracy Khun called from the blinds. The flop was QA5 and Khun check-folded when Watson tossed out 12,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Chanracy Khun
355,000
-74,000
-74,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Mike Watson
234,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jesse Lonis
196,000
-21,000
-21,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Renan Bruschi
171,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Chanracy KhunJesse LonisMike WatsonRenan Bruschi

Botez Abdicates With Kings

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

Chess queen Alexandra Botez took a tough beat early into Day 2 as her kings were cracked by the ace-king of an opponent.

Botez held KK to the opponent's AK and was in good shape to double up before the flop of 10JQ gave her opponent Broadway. The turn brought the 5 turn and the the last king in the deck landed on the river to give her a set, which was not enough.

Player Chips Progress
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Alexandra Botez
Busted

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Minko Jams River

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

On a board of AQ2 Matt Glantz was first to act and led out for 35,000. The action was then on Vladimir Minko in the cutoff who put in the call and the 8 rolled off on the turn.

Glantz slowed down with a check and Minko checked behind before the J river peeled off.

Glantz checked again and Minko went into the tank for a moment before moving all in. Glantz snap-folded and Minko dragged the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Vladimir Minko
1,120,000
78,000
78,000
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Matt Glantz
180,000
-2,000
-2,000
Team Lucky

Tags: Matt GlantzVladimir Minko

Soverel Doubles With Jacks

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

Wei-Hsun Lu had 84,000 over the line in the cutoff and was facing an all-in raise to 301,000 by Sam Soverel in early position. Lu thought about it and put in the chips for the call.

Sam Soverel: JJ
Wei-hsun Lu: AQ

The KJ8 flop gave Soverel a set and he just needed to fade a ten. The 5 turn and 7 river changed absolutely nothing and Soverel secured the double.

Player Chips Progress
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Wei-Hsun Lu
975,000
-282,000
-282,000
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Sam Soverel
632,000
492,000
492,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Sam SoverelWei-hsun Lu

Deak Cracks Queens

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

Ferenc Deak was all in for around 175,000 against the bigger-stacked Derek Gibb to his left.

Ferenc Deak: 1010
Derek Gibb: QQ

Deak was able to crack queens to stay alive as the flop landed 108K to give him a set and the 72 runout didn't change anything to earn him a double.

Player Chips Progress
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Ferenc Deak
250,000
160,000
160,000
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Derek Gibb
15,000
-64,000
-64,000

Tags: Derek GibbFerenc Deak

PN Podcast: High-Stakes Cheating Scandal + Guest Wolfgang Poker Hits 1M Subscribers!

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

On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Connor Richards, and Matt Hansen come to you from both the WPT World Championship and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise!

Chad talks about his experience playing a celebrity poker charity event in L.A. – which saw him fall one spot shy of a WSOP Main Event seat – and then the crew offers highlights from Hustler Casino Live (HCL) High Stakes Week & 24-Hour Stream.

They also discuss Nik Airball’s accusations that Tony Mars cheated in a private high-stakes poker game, how one EPT champ who won nearly $1 million is wanted in Canada for home robberies, and Jonathan Van Fleet joining WPT Global.

Finally, they recap Istvan Briski winning the WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open for $647,300 and offer an update on the hit poker reality show ‘Game of Gold’ by GGPoker.

As for this week's guest, PokerNews' Calum Grant chatted with Alexander Wolfgang Seibt (AKA Wolfgang Poker) about becoming the first poker vlogger to hit 1,000,000 subscribers on YouTube! Learn more about the phenom and how he rocketed to the poker content stratosphere.

Listen to those stories and more on the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast.

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Warburton the Victim in Enormous Three-Way Pot

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

Action folded to Steven Warburton who raised to 25,000 from the hijack, finding two callers in Jonathan West from the cutoff and Corey Brass in the big blind, leading to a 5103 flop.

Brass and Warburton both checked to West who tossed out a bet worth 25,000. Brass made the call and with action back on Warburton, he paused before reaching for chips and putting in a check-raise to 62,000.

West didn't need much time to make a decision as he grabbed chips and put in a relatively quick raise to 125,000. At this point, the pot was getting big and with action back on Brass, he decided to make a four-bet and jammed for 265,000. Warburton called off his shorter stack and West called as well, placing both Warburton and Brass at risk with two cards to come.

Steven Warburton: 55
Corey Brass: A3
Jonathan West: 33

In a pot that started out subdued enough, the flop set the action into the stratosphere having absolutely nailed all three players and with the threes dead for West, Warburton would need a non-diamond runout to secure a huge triple up.

The hope of such a runout was short lived, though, as the turn immediately brought the 2 and when the board completed with the 7, Brass sat down to rake in the massive pot as Warburton stood up to make his exit from the tournament thanks to this insane hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Corey Brass
820,000
657,000
657,000
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Jonathan West
190,000
-530,000
-530,000
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Steven Warburton
Busted

Tags: Corey BrassJonathan WestSteven Warburton

Lagodich Fades the Combo Draw

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

In a heads-up pot on a flop of 862, Tomas Kubaliak checked in the big blind and Frank Lagodich bet 30,000 on the button. Kubaliak check-raised to 75,000 and Lagodich called.

Kubaliak then moved all in on the 5 turn and Lagodich called with a slightly smaller stack.

Frank Lagodich: 99
Tomas Kubaliak: 107

Lagodich was able to fade the combo draw as the Q bricked off on the river to earn him a double.

Player Chips Progress
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Frank Lagodich
600,000
353,000
353,000
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Tomas Kubaliak
75,000
-187,000
-187,000

Tags: Tomas KubaliakFrank Lagodich

Liu Gets Spicy Runout to Eliminate Alt

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

Dinesh Alt moved all in from under the gun to 105,000 before the action folded all the way to Chun Keat Liu in the big blind who took one look at his cards and snap-called.

Dinesh Alt: KQ
Chun Keat Liu: AA

Liu had the goods but Alt flopped two pair on the Q10K board. That two pair would instantly get downgraded when the J rolled off on the turn giving Liu a straight. The 5 river only further improved Liu to a flush and Alt would hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Chun Keat Liu
395,000
9,000
9,000
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Dinesh Alt
Busted

Tags: Chun Keat LiuDanish Alt