2023 WSOP Paradise
Niveau: 16
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
The remaining 29 players have been sent on another 15-minute break.
There are now 29 players left in Day 1a. The opening flight will end when 24 players remain.
Hermilo Garza Villareal raised to 60,000 from under the gun and Josh Arieh called from the blinds.
The flop was K♣6♦J♦ and both players checked to see 10♦ on the turn.
Arieh bet 75,000 and Villareal called. The river was K♥.
Arieh shoved his last 305,000 and Villareal used a time bank before he flicked in a chip to see it. Arieh showed K♦5♦ for a flush and Villareal mucked the losing hand.
Ioannis Angelou Konstas opened to 60,000 from under the gun and Erik Seidel called out of the small blind.
Seidel checked on the flop of 8♥6♣3♥ and Konstas checked back. Both players checked again on the 3♦ turn and the same action took place on the K♠ river.
Seidel showed A♦2♦ for ace-high, but Konstas held a better ace-high with A♣10♦ to win the pot.
Niveau: 15
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Action was heads up with what looked like 600,000 in the middle and a full board of 8♥8♠J♠6♣7♣ when Jason Koon slid out a stack of blue T-100,000 chips. Istvan Briski, in the next seat over, used a time bank before he committed the last of his chips.
Koon turned over 8♣3♣ for three eights and Briski showed the losing Q♥J♣ before he gathered his things to head for the door.
The GGPoker Ambassador is now hear the five million mark in chips as Day 1a enters its final stages.