Event #14: Super Saver $1M Invitational Jour 1 | 2024 WSOP Paradise

2024-12-18 18:53 UTC-4

Cazac Calls to Put Mikolaitis At Risk

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Chad Holloway

Niveau 11 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Oleg Cazac raised to 5,000 from middle position and Dominykas Mikolaitis, who was next to act, responded by moving all in for 13,000. Action folded back to Cazac and he made the call.

Dominykas Mikolaitis: A♥10♣ All in
Oleg Cazac: K♠J♥

Mikolaitis was ahead but Cazac was drawing to two live cards. The Q♠J♦2♠ flop paired Cazac and he scored the knockout after the e8♥ was run out on the turn followed by the 8♠ on the river.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Oleg Cazac	130,000 73,000	73,000
Dominykas Mikolaitis	Eliminé

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2024-12-18 18:58 UTC-4

Lawson Sends Out Song and Naski

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Tyler Foran

Niveau 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Stephen Song jammed for his last 12,000 from middle position and Michele Lawson called in the cutoff before Aleksi Naski reshoved for 22,500 in the big blind. Lawson called and all three hands were tossed on their backs.

Stephen Song: A♣5♦ All in
Aleksi Naski: A♠8♥ All in
Michele Lawson: K♠J♥

Lawson was behind but that quickly changed as the dealer fanned the K♣10♠6♦ flop. The 4♦ landed on the turn and the 10♥ completed the board on the river, sending both players to the rail.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Michele Lawson	141,000 55,500	55,500

Aleksi Naski	Eliminé
Stephen Song	Eliminé

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2024-12-18 19:00 UTC-4

Yu Doubles Through Eyring And Both Bust Shortly Thereafter

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Chad Holloway

Niveau 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Corey Eyring jammed his last 13 BB from the cutoff and Lei Yu called off for just a bit less from the small blind.

Lei Yu: K♦10♣ All in
Corey Eyring: 3x3x

It was a flip and Eyring was looking to hold to score the knockout. Unfortunately, that didn't happen as the 5♣10♥4♣ flop paired Yu. The A♠ turn gave Eyring a wheel draw, but he missed when the 9♣ bricked on the river.

Eyring was left with just 2,500 after the hand and went bust a short time later. Likewise, despite winning the hand above, Yu was eliminated from the tournament a few hands later.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Corey Eyring	Eliminé
Lei Yu	Eliminé

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Niveau: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

2024-12-18 19:08 UTC-4

Piatrushchanka Eliminates Lee

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Tyler Foran

Niveau 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Stephen Chidwick opened 6,000 in early position and Andrei Piatrushchanka three-bet 17,000 on the button. Waikiat Lee was in the small blind and jammed for 23,500, forcing Chidwick out of the pot and Piatrushchanka made the call.

Waikiat Lee: A♥J♥ All in
Andrei Piatrushchanka: A♦K♣

Lee was dominated and unable to catch up on the K♠7♠5♥J♣8♦ runout.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Andrei Piatrushchanka	202,000 56,000	56,000
Stephen Chidwick	92,000 69,000	69,000

Waikiat Lee	Eliminé

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2024-12-18 19:19 UTC-4

Cikinas Building a Stack

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Tyler Foran

Niveau 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Matas Cikinas opened 6,000 on the button, and Erik Von Buxhoeveden called in the small blind.

Both players checked to the Q♥9♥3♣A♥ turn, where Von Buxhoeveden check-folded to a bet of 9,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Matas Cikinas	229,000 56,000	56,000
Erik Von Buxhoeveden	27,500 5,500	5,500

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2024-12-18 19:23 UTC-4

Rania Nasreddine and Erik Seidel Among Recent Bust Outs

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Tyler Foran

Niveau 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Dario Sammartino	Eliminé
Felix Neubauer	Eliminé
Monika Zukowicz	Eliminé
Stanislav Zegal	Eliminé

Mikhail Iakovlev	Eliminé
Rania Nasreddine	Eliminé
Corey Eyring	Eliminé
Kristen Foxen	Eliminé

Mark Ioli	Eliminé

Chris Brewer	Eliminé

Jamil Wakil	Eliminé
Matthew Wantman	Eliminé

Erik Seidel	Eliminé

Quan Zhou	Eliminé

2024-12-18 19:28 UTC-4

Cheong Keeps on Stacking; Sends Surdyka to the Rail

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Chad Holloway

Niveau 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mark Surdyka got his short stack of what looked to be 25,000 or so all in preflop and was up against Joseph Cheong.

Mark Surdyka: 5♣5♥ All in
Joseph Cheong: Q♥Q♠

Surdyka was looking for a high five but he was left hanging as the board ran out clean to give Cheong the knockout.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Joseph Cheong	170,000 128,000	128,000

Mark Surdyka	Eliminé

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2024-12-18 19:29 UTC-4

60-Minute Dinner Break

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Tyler Foran

Niveau 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The 100 remaining players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break. Play is set to resume at 7:29 p.m.

Registration will close at the start of Level 13, and the payouts will be announced shortly after.

2024-12-18 19:45 UTC-4

Music Icon & Bracelet Winner Steve Albini's Death Puts Fabled 20-Year Poker Home Game on Pause

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Kaelaine Minton

Niveau 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 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.