Event #2: $1,500 Millionaire Maker | 2023 WSOP Paradise

12-04-2023 18:58 UTC-5

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12-04-2023 18:58 UTC-5

Final Three Tables (full)

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Matt Hansen

Level 8 : 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count
87	1	Maxime Parys	23,000,000
87	2	Kasparas Klezys	11,500,000
87	3	Oliver Weis	4,000,000
87	4	Morten Norland	11,000,000
87	5	Takashi Ogura	2,400,000
87	6	Tong Li	3,600,000
87	7	Oscar Barriga Cueva	3,000,000
87	8	Hongru Zhang	8,500,000
87	9	Maksim Vaskresenski	9,000,000

88	1	Arnaud Enselme	7,200,000
88	2	Roland Israelashvili	6,500,000
88	3	Clemen Deng	2,500,000
88	4	Artem Sadovskii	4,500,000
88	5	Leon Sturm	9,500,000
88	6	Abdulla Ceesvin	7,600,000
88	7	Ramon Kropmanns	3,200,000
88	8	Oleksandr Turych	7,000,000
88	9	Allan Mello	8,000,000

90	1	Vito Jhonny Recchimurzo Diaz	3,500,000
90	2	Ermo Kosk	2,000,000
90	3	Christopher Puetz	4,000,000
90	4	Jan Strazisar	3,500,000
90	5
90	6	Mario Soares Jr.	9,200,000
90	7	Phong Truong	5,000,000
90	8	Nazar Buhaiov	9,700,000
90	9	Alexandros Theologis	6,400,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxime Parys	23,000,000 700,000	700,000
Kasparas Klezys	11,500,000 6,300,000	6,300,000
Morten Norland	11,000,000 5,750,000	5,750,000
Nazar Buhaiov	9,700,000 4,200,000	4,200,000
Leon Sturm	9,500,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Mario Soares Jr	9,200,000 -800,000	-800,000
Maksim Vaskresenski	9,000,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Hongru Zhang	8,500,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Allan Mello	8,000,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Abdulla Ceesvin	7,600,000 100,000	100,000
Arnaud Enselme	7,200,000 150,000	150,000

Oleksandr Turych	7,000,000 -800,000	-800,000
Roland Israelashvili	6,500,000 3,995,000	3,995,000
Alexandros Theologis	6,400,000 2,800,000	2,800,000
Phong Truong	5,000,000
Artem Sadovskii	4,500,000 2,145,000	2,145,000
Oliver Weis	4,000,000 -650,000	-650,000

Christopher Puetz	4,000,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Tong Li	3,600,000 595,000	595,000

Vito Jhonny Recchimurzo Diaz	3,500,000 -4,600,000	-4,600,000
Jan Strazisar	3,500,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Ramon Kropmanns	3,200,000 -200,000	-200,000
Oscar Barriga Cueva	3,000,000 2,825,000	2,825,000
Clemen Deng	2,500,000 -3,600,000	-3,600,000
Takashi Ogura	2,400,000 750,000	750,000

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Level: 8

Blinds: 125,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000

12-04-2023 18:37 UTC-5

A Few Recent Bustouts

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Matt Hansen

Level 7 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Serhii Holodiuk	Busted
David Henriksson	Busted
Lukas Hafner	Busted
Christian Giesl	Busted
Wai Kit Lo	Busted
Andrey Pateychuk	Busted
Caio Teixeira	Busted

12-04-2023 18:22 UTC-5

Strazisar Flops Trips

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Jan Strazisar was all in for around 600,000 in middle position against the bigger-stacked Andrey Pateychuk in the big blind.

Jan Strazisar: K♠2♣
Andrey Pateychuk: J♣J♦

Strazisar was in bad shape before the flop landed Q♠K♦K♥ to give him trips and nothing changed on the 6♥3♠ runout to earn him a double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Pateychuk	1,400,000 -1,100,000	-1,100,000
Jan Strazisar	1,200,000 -2,500,000	-2,500,000

Tags: Andrey Pateychuk Jan Strazisar

12-04-2023 18:18 UTC-5

Parys Coolers Kosk for a Huge Double

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Matt Hansen

Level 7 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Maxime Parys was all in for 10,900,000 and Ermo Kosk had called with just a bit more to put him at risk. The cards were turned up and the dealer was ready to go.

Maxime Parys: A♥A♠
Ermo Kosk: K♥K♦

The board ran out 9♦7♥3♥10♦3♠ and Parys held on with pocket aces to score a huge double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxime Parys	22,300,000 11,900,000	11,900,000
Ermo Kosk	1,300,000 -10,900,000	-10,900,000

Tags: Ermo Kosk Maxime Parys

12-04-2023 18:16 UTC-5

Truong Doubles Through Cueva

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Phong Truong was all in and at risk for 2,450,000 against Oscar Barriga Cueva, who had a slightly bigger stack.

Phong Truong: A♣K♦
Oscar Barriga Cueva: Q♣Q♥

Truong took a big lead as the flop landed 2♥K♥4♣ and nothing changed on the J♣J♦ runout to earn him a double as his opponent was left with crumbs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phong Truong	5,000,000 1,525,000	1,525,000
Oscar Barriga Cueva	175,000 -275,000	-275,000

Tags: Phong Truong Oscar Barriga Cueva

12-04-2023 18:02 UTC-5

A Round of Updated Counts After the Break

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Matt Hansen

Level 7 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ermo Kosk	12,200,000 8,200,000	8,200,000
Maxime Parys	10,400,000 6,800,000	6,800,000
Mario Soares Jr	10,000,000 7,190,000	7,190,000
Leon Sturm	8,250,000 5,125,000	5,125,000

Vito Jhonny Recchimurzo Diaz	8,100,000 7,400,000	7,400,000
Oleksandr Turych	7,800,000 -500,000	-500,000
Maksim Vaskresenski	7,700,000 5,020,000	5,020,000
Abdulla Ceesvin	7,500,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Arnaud Enselme	7,050,000 5,000,000	5,000,000

Allan Mello	6,900,000 6,480,000	6,480,000

Wai Kit Lo	6,895,000 -1,505,000	-1,505,000
Clemen Deng	6,100,000 100,000	100,000
Hongru Zhang	6,100,000 3,165,000	3,165,000
Nazar Buhaiov	5,500,000 1,860,000	1,860,000
Morten Norland	5,250,000 1,975,000	1,975,000
Kasparas Klezys	5,200,000 2,010,000	2,010,000
Ricardo Caridade	5,155,000 4,765,000	4,765,000
Oliver Weis	4,650,000 1,745,000	1,745,000

David Henriksson	4,400,000 2,610,000	2,610,000
Caio Teixeira	4,235,000 400,000	400,000
Jan Strazisar	3,700,000 -550,000	-550,000
Alexandros Theologis	3,600,000 2,850,000	2,850,000
Christian Giesl	3,600,000 2,050,000	2,050,000
Phong Truong	3,475,000 2,715,000	2,715,000
Ramon Kropmanns	3,400,000 1,690,000	1,690,000

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Level: 7

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

12-04-2023 17:41 UTC-5

WSOP Announces 9 Days of Paradise Livestreams

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

They have nine days of livestreams on tap and three TV episodes to be produced later with commentary from Norman Chad and Lon McEachern. You can find the action on the WSOP and GGPoker YouTube channels.

“With big guarantees, tons of online qualifiers, extra cash bonuses, and now traditional television coverage, we’re ready to welcome the Poker World to one of the most beautiful places in the world next month,” said Ty Stewart, SVP & Executive Director of the World Series of Poker.

“But for those who can’t take a poker vacation to the Bahamas, we’re happy to send a bit of Paradise back home.”

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