Event #9: $25,000 WSOP Super Main Event Day 3 | 2024 WSOP Paradise

12-17-2024 15:58 UTC-5

Melogno Shoves the River on Vaitiekunas in Massive Pot

David Salituro

Level 19 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Pablo Melogno bet 450,000 from the button on a flop of 8♣J♠2♦ and Paulius Vaitiekunas raised to 1,125,000 under the gun. Melogno called and the 5♠ fell on the turn.

Vaitiekunas then bet 950,000 and Melogno again called. The river was the 7♥ and Vaitiekunas bet 2,150,000. Melogno then moved all in and Vaitiekunas, with around 2,000,000 remaining, shook his head before throwing his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Melogno	14,000,000 7,645,000	7,645,000
Paulius Vaitiekunas	2,000,000 -5,040,000	-5,040,000

Tags: Pablo Melogno Paulius Vaitiekunas

12-17-2024 16:01 UTC-5

Negreanu Loses Flip to Bust Super Main Event: "I Had No Fun Today at Any Point"

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Chad Holloway

Level 19 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Up at the feature table, a player raised to 240,000 under the gun with the K♦Q♥ and Justin Carey called from the button with the K♥J♥.

Daniel Negreanu then three-bet jammed from the big blind for 1.03 million and the original raiser folded. Carey, who was getting 2:1 on his money, thought for a bit before calling.

“If you have two overs you’re in good shape,” Negreanu shared.

Daniel Negreanu: 10♠10♣ All in
Justin Carey: K♥J♥

“Come on, baby, let me win a flip one time,” Negreanu said hopefully. Unfortunately for him, the proverbial coin didn’t come down in his favor as the 9♠J♦4♦ flop paired Carey’s jack.

However, the Q♣ made things interesting as Negreanu picked up an open-ended straight draw. Unfortunately for the GGPoker Ambassador, the 6♣ river was a brick and his Super Main Event came to an end.

“I had no fun today at any point from the start … so tilt,” Negreanu lamented. He finished in 170th place for $67,300.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Carey	3,900,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

12-17-2024 16:01 UTC-5

Triton Million Hands of the Week: Ivey Loses $1,000,000; Brutal Bubble Bustout for Ryan Feldman

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Sandra Barbour

Level 19 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise, which is taking place on Paradise Island in The Bahamas, got off to a big start with the $500,000 buy-in Triton Million, which marked the WSOP's first partnership with Triton Poker.

It was a unique tournament that paired an invitee with a poker pro – each putting up a $500,000 buy-in – and then competing in respective fields on Day 1 before combining on Day 2. The tournament, which was being live reported by PokerNews, featured 74 players (37 pairs) and much to our surprise saw two players get their chips all in on the very first hand of the tournament.

It was a big hand, but just one captured by the PokerNews Live Reporting Team. Here is a look at five other either big or game-changing hands from the Triton Million.

Click here to read the full 'Hands of the Week' Article!

12-17-2024 16:04 UTC-5

Recent Bustouts

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David Salituro

Level 19 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Miscikowski	Busted

Felipe Cappellaro	Busted
Roman Milaev	Busted
Marius Gierse	Busted
Aylar Lie	Busted
Nacho Barbero	Busted

Viliyan Petleshkov	Busted
Renmei Liu	Busted
Manuel Braunhofer	Busted
Patrik Demus	Busted
Curtis Barefoot	Busted
Michael Duek	Busted
Frank Brannan	Busted

Koray Korkmaz	Busted
Matthias Lipp	Busted
Igor Picone	Busted
Alexandre Raymond	Busted
Dawid Smolka	Busted
Steven Warburton	Busted
Alexey Konoplev	Busted
Harvey Jackson	Busted
Pavel Rasskazov	Busted
Rokas Asipauskas	Busted
Maksim Shuts	Busted
Christopher Oliver	Busted

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12-17-2024 16:05 UTC-5

Another Knockout for Foxen

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Tyler Foran

Level 19 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Anatoly Filatov shoved for 1,380,000 in the hijack and Alex Foxen made the call from the big blind.

Anatoly Filatov: K♣Q♣ All in
Alex Foxen: A♠10♦

Filatov pulled out his phone to record as the dealer went to the 8♥8♠7♠ flop. "Wrong ones," Filatov said pointing at the spades instead of the clubs. The 10♥ turn and 7♣ river were no help as Filatov headed to the exit and Foxen continued to add to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	10,220,000 6,255,000	6,255,000

Anatoly Filatov	Busted

Tags: Alex Foxen Anatoly Filatov

12-17-2024 16:10 UTC-5

Weissman Leaves Mokri Speechless

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Adam Lamers

Level 19 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Kayhan Mokri raised to 250,000 from the cutoff and was called by Joey Weissman and Mustapha Kanit in the blinds. The flop came 9♣3♣2♥ and the action checked to Mokri who bet 300,000. Weissman check-raised to 775,000 which got Kanit to fold but Mokri still called.

The turn was the 6♥ and Weissman announced all in as the bigger stack. Mokri had roughly 2,200,000 in front of him as he dipped into the tank for around two minutes. After using a few time banks, Mokri finally let his hand go and surprisingly had nothing to say.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustapha Kanit	7,550,000 1,510,000	1,510,000

Joey Weissman	6,050,000 1,815,000	1,815,000

Kayhan Mokri	2,200,000 -40,000	-40,000

Tags: Joey Weissman Kayhan Mokri Mustapha Kanit

12-17-2024 16:11 UTC-5

Small One for Moneymaker

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Tyler Foran

Level 19 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Chris Moneymaker opened 250,000 in the hijack and Taylor Wilson defended the big blind.

When the K♠Q♠3♦ flop hit the felt, Wilson checked and Moneymaker continued for 200,000. That was enough to drag the pot as Wilson surrendered his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Wilson	9,820,000 2,150,000	2,150,000
Chris Moneymaker	5,770,000 2,190,000	2,190,000

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Taylor Wilson

12-17-2024 16:11 UTC-5

Dan Fades the "Jeff Platt Curse" to Double

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David Salituro

Level 19 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Jeff Platt was standing by the table preparing to interview Jeremy Dan when Dan got involved in a pot with Daniel Kyosev, putting his last 2,200,000 in the middle from the cutoff as Kyosev called in middle position.

Jeremy Dan: 10♣10♥ All in
Daniel Kyosev: A♥K♥

Dan was racing for his tournament life as the flop came J♣10♦2♥, giving him a set and Kyosev a straight draw. The 9♠ turn was safe for Dan, while the river was the J♦ and Dan improved to a full house to secure the double up.

After the hand, Platt asked Dan about sweating out that hand. "The sweat was seeing tens and having you breathing down my neck, but I guess it wasn't. The Jeff Platt curse is over," Dan declared.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Dan	4,500,000 2,800,000	2,800,000
Daniel Kyosev	3,200,000 -1,160,000	-1,160,000

Tags: Daniel Kyosev Jeremy Dan

12-17-2024 16:19 UTC-5

Klodnicki Takes from Keating

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Tyler Foran

Level 19 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Alex Keating had 1,275,000 across the line from the small blind and was faced with another raise of 3,000,000 from Chris Klodnicki in the cutoff. After giving it some thought, he made the call.

The dealer fanned the K♦6♠4♦ flop, and Keating check-folded to a bet of 1,500,000.

"Now you're chip leader," Keating said with a chuckle as the dealer sent the pot the other way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Klodnicki	15,000,000 5,550,000	5,550,000

Alex Keating	14,375,000 2,175,000	2,175,000

Tags: Alex Keating Chris Klodnicki

12-17-2024 16:22 UTC-5

Peters Can't Get Anything Going

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Adam Lamers

Level 19 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

The action folded around to Tomas Telek in the small blind who just limped in. David Peters was in the big blind with around 1,500,000 after coming into the day as one of the bigger stacks from the online portion of the event. Peters shoved his stack into the middle and was met with a snap-call from Telek.

David Peters: K♠10♥ All in
Tomas Telek: A♣8♣

Neither player was able to connect on the 5♥3♥2♠J♦5♠ runout and the ace-high from Telek was good enough to send Peters to the rail.