Artur Martirosian opened the action with a raise to 13,000 from the hijack, which was called by Santhosh Suvarna in the cutoff.
Both players checked the Q♣6♣5♠ flop, which brought the 8♣ on the turn. Martirosian then bet out 25,000, and Suvarna made the call.
The river brought the Q♠ and Martirosian bet again, this time for 45,000. Suvarna quickly mucked his hand to give the pot to Martirosian.
Niveau: 7
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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