Dan Shak opened under the gun to 45,000 and was met with a three-bet from Sean Troha in the cutoff. The action was then on Jean-Pierre Van Der Spuy who moved all in for 195,000. Shak called and Troha called.
The 5♥10♦4♥ flop landed and the action checked to Troha who quickly moved all in having Shak covered by just 45,000 chips. Shak snap-called and the cards hit their backs.
Jean-Pierre Van Der Spuy: A♥2♣K♦Q♦
Dan Shak: 9♣J♥10♣8♦
Sean Troha: A♦A♠9♥2♥
Troha was in the lead with his aces but Shak drilled the 10♠ turn to hit trips. He held on the 5♦ river and scooped a massive pot to vault up the leaderboard. Van Der Spuy hit the rail and Troha was left with crumbs and hit the rail a few hands later.
Chris Brewer was moved tables and then faced off against Yuri Dzivielevski when they saw a flop of Q♣9♣5♥. Dzivielevski's raise to 275,000 was called by Brewer and the Brazilian then potted the 7♦ turn for 610,000.
Brewer sighed for a short while before moving all-in and received an instant call.
Chris Brewer: 6♣5♣5♦4♥
Yuri Dzivielevski: Q♦Q♠8♠3♥
The 9♦ river brought no help to Brewer and he went from one of the big stacks to the rail in the first level.
"This felt like such a setup hand, getting moved and hit a set ..." Brewer sighed before leaving the tournament area.
Daniel Dvoress made it 50,000 to go and Sean Troha then jammed for 170,000 on the button. Jean-Pierre Van Der Spuy, who had just arrived at his seat, repotted and jammed for 380,000 total. Dvoress gave it some thought and folded.
Sean Troha: A♣K♥Q♠10♦
Jean-Pierre Van Der Spuy: A♥J♦8♦6♦
The K♠Q♥8♣7♣J♠ board gave Troha Broadway for the double.
Alex Foxen was involved as the shortest stack out of the big blind and Isaac Haxton also got his shorter stack in, both of which were then looked up by Tyler Brown on the button.
Alex Foxen: K♣Q♠10♣9♠
Isaac Haxton: A♥Q♥J♣8♥
Tyler Brown: A♠A♦J♦3♥
The board ran out 9♦6♠6♣7♠10♥ and Haxton rivered a jack-high straight to double and knock out Foxen. It then took a short while to verify the stack size since his stack had been knocked over by Ima Derwiche as the showdown was proceeding.
After significant action Shaun Deeb found himself all in and at risk against current chip leader Michael Moncek.
Shaun Deeb: A♣A♦7♦10♣
Michael Moncek: K♥K♠4♠2♥
Both players were holding double-suited premiums with Deeb having the upperhand. That was until the dealer put out the 3♥5♥K♣ flop and Moncek jumped into the lead. The 2♠ turn and 7♣ river did not bring the help he needed and Deeb made an early exit on Day 2.
Yuri Dzivielevski opened to 50,000 and then called the shove by Chino Rheem from the very next seat, as everybody else was folding.
Chino Rheem: A♥A♦6♠4♠
Yuri Dzivielevski: K♦Q♣9♣7♦
The Q♥7♣5♥ flop vaulted the Brazilian into the lead, which he retained throughout the 6♥ turn and 7♥ river to deal the final blow to Rheem with sevens full of queens.
As the first high roller of the 2023 World Series of Poker Paradise at Atlantis Resort winds down to the final table, the $25,000 High Roller Pot Limit Omaha is just heating up. There are currently 35 bracelets combined between the remaining 32 players in the field and one lucky participant will be the proud recipient of another by the end of play today.
Among the top ten chip leaders heading into Day 2 are Chris Brewer (1,200,000) who has been on an absolute tear in 2023 and already has two bracelets to his name this year, four-time bracelet winner Yuri Dzivielevski (1,290,000) who is sitting with a top three stack, and mixed-game phenom Chad Eveslage (900,000) who will look to book his third bracelet of the year. However, the current pole position is held by Michael Moncek (1,405,000) who also earned a bracelet in 2023 and will look to stay in the lead and take home some more hardware.
Yuri Dzivielevski
Place
Name
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Michael Moncek
United States
1,405,000
70
2
Tyler Brown
United States
1,350,000
68
3
Yuri Dzivielevski
Brazil
1,290,000
65
4
Chris Brewer
United States
1,200,000
60
5
Matthew Wantman
United States
1,175,000
59
6
Biao Ding
China
1,050,000
53
7
Imad Derwiche
France
980,000
49
8
Chad Eveslage
United States
900,000
45
9
Oliver Weis
Germany
700,000
35
10
Nikolaos Lampropoulos
Grece
662,000
33
Just outside the top ten include some absolute crushers in Shaun Deeb (585,500), Nick Shulman (520,000), Daniel Dvoress (595,000), Stephen Chidwick (440,000), Isaac Haxton (345,000), and Alex Foxen (145,000) just to name a few.
Stephen Chidwick
The players will be coming back to Level 13 with blinds at 10,000/20,000/20,000. The structure will still feature 40-minute levels, and there will be a 15-minute break every 3 levels or as needed. The field will play down to a champion by the end of the day with one player taking home the coveted WSOP Paradise bracelet.
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