Niveau: 7
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
2024 WSOP Paradise
Event #13: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller
Jours 1
Top
Chip Count
Chip Count
Niveau 6
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
1,001,000
438,000
|
438,000 |
|
929,000
389,000
|
389,000 |
|
914,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
|
||
|
694,000
-116,000
|
-116,000 |
|
624,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
|
615,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
585,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
562,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
|
||
|
550,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
540,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
540,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
||
|
533,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
||
|
532,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
508,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
504,000
204,000
|
204,000 |
|
499,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
|
474,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
||
|
392,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
||
|
387,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
358,000
358,000
|
358,000 |
|
|
||
|
347,000
-92,500
|
-92,500 |
|
338,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
305,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
302,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
Niveau 6
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Former NBA point guard Tony Parker made his worst pass ever when he tossed pocket kings in the muck preflop on Day 1a of the $25,000 buy-in Super Main Event at World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise.
The four-time basketball champion didn't make many poor decisions during his career on the San Antonio Spurs. He's known for having a high basketball IQ. But he made an uncharacteristic mistake in poker's largest guaranteed tournament ever that would cause his coach, Gregg Popovich, to sit him on the bench.
PokerNews caught up with Parker as he bagged up his chips on Day 1a and talked about his thought process in the hand, battling with seasoned pros and which of Parker's former Spurs teammates is the best poker player. He's currently battling in Day 2 of the $50 million guaranteed event.
Niveau 6
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
The death of musician, recording engineer and poker player Steve Albini hit the music world with a force like that of the incendiary device aimed at Earth pictured on Big Black's 1986 debut album Atomizer. It may have hit one group of Chicago poker players the hardest.
Albini, a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner who recorded landmark works by bands like Nirvana and Pixies and who The New York Times described as "one of the most admired, and most divisive, figures in rock," was a key figure in a friend group that bonded, joked and supported one another over the poker table. For 20 years, they played in a weekly low-stakes Chicago home game often held in Electrical Audio that included bracelet winners like Jason Gola, Eric Rodawig and Brian Hastings. Now, the game is on hiatus after Albini's death in May as the group of poker pros, musicians and audio engineers adapts to a world without its figurehead.
PokerNews spoke with two of Albini's closest friends who were regulars in the game, Brandon Shack-Harris and Andrew Kosinski.
Niveau 6
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
The remaining 41 players have been sent on a one hour dinner break and will return at approximately 7:20 p.m. local time.
Blinds will resume at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante.
Niveau 6
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Action was picked up on the flop with roughly 120,000 in the pot, and the board showing 8♦4♣K♥.
Daniel Dvoress in the small blind checked to Jean-Noel Thorel in the big blind, who bet all in for his stack of 111,500. Dvoress quickly made the call to put Thorel at risk.
Jean-Noel Thorel: 5♦5♣ 
Daniel Dvoress: K♣J♥
Dvoress flopped top pair and had Thorel's pair of fives in rough shape. The board ran out 2♣ on the turn, and 4♠ on the river, and the pair of kings from Dvoress were still best, giving him the pot, and eliminating Thorel.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
485,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
|
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|
Eliminé | |
Niveau 6
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Leon Sturm opened the button to 11,500 before Jason Koon three-bet to 46,000 from the small blind. In the big blind, Moonho Seo cut out a four-bet to 115,000. Sturm quickly got out of the way but Koon decided to call.
On the 7♥6♠3♣ flop, Koon checked to Seo who went for a chunky sizing of 125,000, over half the pot, which prompted a quick fold from Koon.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000
363,000
|
363,000 |
|
245,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
|
||
Niveau 6
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Waikiat Lee made it 10,000 to go in middle position and was called by Joao Vieira on the button and Alex Kulev in the big blind.
The flop came 2♠7♦10♣ and it checked over to Vieira who bet 12,500. Kulev folded and Lee made the call.
The 9♠ turn and 5♦ river both went check-check, and Vieira tabled the winner with A♣2♣ for a pair of deuces, besting the A♦K♦ of Lee.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
560,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
290,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
Niveau 6
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Action was picked up on the river with a pot brewing between Ottomar Ladva and Kazuyuki Tanemura. The board showed 8♥A♣J♣3♦K♣.
Ladva was first to act and moved all in for his stack of 397,000. Tanemura confirmed the count, and then used a time extenstion before mucking his to give the pot to Ladva.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
563,000
-77,000
|
-77,000 |
|
|
515,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Niveau 6
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Dominykas Mikolaitis opened the cutoff to 11,000 before Rehman Kassam three-bet to 44,000 from the small blind. In the big blind, Ben Tollerene jammed as the covering stack. Mikolaitis took his time before calling it off for 236,500 while Kassam folded.
Dominykas Mikolaitis: K♥K♣
Ben Tollerene: A♥K♦
It was a cooler scenario with Mikolaitis having the best of it. Nothing changed on the 6♠6♣3♦10♦5♣ runout as Mikolaitis held to get the full double.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
525,000
263,000
|
263,000 |
|
175,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |