Tuesday, December 5, 2023 11:09 PM Local Time (about 14 minutes ago)
Level 12 started
Level: 12
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 11:09 PM Local Time (about 14 minutes ago)
Ausmus Runs Out of Room; Koon and Negreanu Chipping Up

Jason Koon raised to 24,000 and Jeremy Ausmus shoved for under 200,000 from the next seat over. The rest of the table got out of the way before Koon glanced at his cards and called.
Jeremy Ausmus:
Jason Koon:
The board ran out and Koon held on with pocket fives to make a straight and send Ausmus to hang out with the dolphins.
Meanwhile, Sergio Aido got his last chip on a few hands later and couldn't make it happen.
Elsewhere, Daniel Negreanu is at a nearby table and he continues to add to his chip stack.
Jason Koon | 1,875,000 | 1,620,000  |
Daniel Negreanu | 1,400,000 | 445,000  |
Jeremy Ausmus | 0 | 0  |
Sergio Aido | 0 | -180,000  |
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 10:57 PM Local Time (about 26 minutes ago)
Goya Horrified By Saliba's Overbet
Justin Saliba was in a heads-up pot against Dante Goya on a board of .
Saliba bet 200,000 with less than that in the pot and hid beneath his hoodie as Goya used several time banks before landing on a call.
Saliba showed for a pair of queens and Goya mucked in defeat.
Justin Saliba | 520,000 | 196,000  |
Dante Goya | 170,000 | -320,000  |
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 10:47 PM Local Time (about 36 minutes ago)
Goya Devours His Tablemate
Andreas Johnsen open-jammed a stack of 60,000 from early position and Oktay Koeysu called in the cutoff before Dante Goya three-bet jammed a stack of 240,000. Koeysu got out of the way.
Andreas Johnsen:
Dante Goya:
Johnsen had run into aces and got no help from the runout of to be eliminated.
Oktay Koeysu | 650,000 | -125,000  |
Dante Goya | 490,000 | 490,000  |
Andreas Johnsen | 0 | 0  |
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 10:33 PM Local Time (about 50 minutes ago)
PN Podcast: A Bracelet Winner Cheat, Win $100K, & Guest WPT Champ Frederic Normand
Frederic Normand
On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Connor Richards, and Matt Hansen share what they did for Thanksgiving, discuss the Brazilian poker player who was suspended for adding chips at BSOP Millions, and give their thoughts on the Formula 1 Grand Prix and their experiences with PokerStars and Oracle Red Bull Racing.
They then dive into Josh Reichard and Stephen Song winning rings at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Grand Victoria stop, Ian Auvil emerging victorious in the Bar Poker Open World Championship and Doug Polk & Company's $100,000 promotion at The Lodge in Texas. Plus, the crew share which poker pros and celebrities are slated to attend the upcoming WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas Dec. 3-14.
Finally, while down at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open, Matt chatted with guest Frederic Normand, who was fresh off winning the WPT bestbet Scramble for $350k. Hear what the Canadian player had to say about his victory and plans for the future.
Listen to those stories and more on the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast.
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0Tuesday, December 5, 2023 10:28 PM Local Time (about 56 minutes ago)
Level 11 started
Level: 11
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 10:26 PM Local Time (about 58 minutes ago)
Marques Takes Out Minko, Surrenders Double to Iribarren
Vladimir Minko was all in for the last of his dwindling stack and Andre Marques was the one to put him at risk. The cards were already turned up and the dealer was ready to go.
Vladimir Minko:
Andre Marques:
The board ran out and Marques flopped a pair of jacks to send Minko to the local beach night club.
On the very next hand, Marques shoved from the small blind and Yerai Iribarren called for his last 90,000 from the big blind.
Yerai Iribarren:
Andre Marques:
The board ran out and Iribarren held on with the ace to secure the double.
Yerai Iribarren | 425,000 | 425,000  |
Andre Marques | 195,000 | |
Vladimir Minko | 0 | |
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 10:04 PM Local Time (about 1 hour and 19 minutes ago)
Muehloecker Puts Davoud In the Hurt Locker

Jeffrey Davoud open-jammed a stack of 77,000 from the hijack and Marcio Zacconi called in the cutoff as Thomas Muehloecker came along from the big blind.
Muehloecker checked on the flop of and Zacconi bet 55,000. Muehloecker called. Muehloecker checked again on the turn and Zacconi checked back.
The river completed the board and Muehloecker bet 65,000. Zacconi called. Muehloecker showed for the nut flush, Zacconi showed a worse flush with and Davoud showed an even worse flush with before heading to the lagoon.
Thomas Muehloecker | 550,000 | -155,000  |
Marcio Zacconi | 145,000 | -455,000  |
Jeffrey Davoud | 0 | -350,000  |
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 9:59 PM Local Time (about 1 hour and 24 minutes ago)
Arieh, Holz, and Negreanu Among the Pacesetters in a Round of Post-Dinner Break Chip Counts
Hermilo Garza Villareal | 1,250,000 | 280,000  |
Josh Arieh | 1,141,000 | 291,000  |
Lewis Spencer | 1,064,000 | 30,000  |
Fedor Holz | 1,048,000 | 836,000  |
Daniel Negreanu | 955,000 | 205,000  |
Jonathan Jaffe | 955,000 | 200,000  |
Kazuhiko Yotsushika | 913,000 | 913,000  |
Orpen Kisacikoglu | 870,000 | 400,000  |
Luis Faria | 840,000 | 140,000  |
Ryan Riess | 800,000 | 480,000  |
Darren Elias | 780,000 | 500,000  |
Artur Martirosian | 775,000 | 385,000  |
Oktay Koeysu | 775,000 | 581,000  |
Sorel Mizzi | 770,000 | 443,000  |
Daniel Ghionoiu | 752,000 | 302,000  |
Alex Livingston | 716,000 | 515,000  |
Thomas Muehloecker | 705,000 | 465,000  |
Renat Bohdanov | 649,000 | 256,000  |
Chad Eveslage | 640,000 | 490,000  |
Ivan Deyra | 608,000 | 108,000  |
Marcio Zacconi | 600,000 | 300,000  |
Yerai Cabezas | 560,000 | 560,000  |
Michael Moncek | 550,000 | 550,000  |
Gergely Kulcsar | 523,000 | 273,500  |
Armin Rezaei | 500,000 | 50,000  |
Biao Ding | 490,000 | 490,000  |
Kelvin Kerber | 483,000 | 83,000  |
Ioannis Kapnopoulos | 470,000 | 470,000  |
Erik Seidel | 466,000 | 236,000  |
Dumitru Pora | 438,000 | 38,000  |
Andjelko Andrejevic | 423,000 | 423,000  |
Klemens Roiter | 414,000 | 194,000  |
Jonathan Little | 400,000 | 149,500  |
Istvan Briski | 400,000 | 400,000  |
Martin Kabrhel | 375,000 | 210,000  |
Isaac Haxton | 359,000 | 270,000  |
Toni Jordana | 352,000 | 352,000  |
Oleg Ustinovich | 341,000 | 341,000  |
Leon Sturm | 329,000 | 329,000  |
Nick Petrangelo | 325,000 | 204,000  |
Justin Saliba | 324,000 | 54,000  |
Christian Rudolph | 300,000 | 300,000  |
Weiran Pu | 293,000 | 293,000  |
Stephen Chidwick | 270,000 | 115,000  |
Ben Heath | 266,000 | -163,000  |
Ryan Jensen | 260,000 | 260,000  |
Jason Koon | 255,000 | 85,000  |
Aram Oganyan | 255,000 | 255,000  |
Mazen Abdallah | 254,000 | 4,000  |
James Collopy | 250,000 | 250,000  |
Nick Schulman | 250,000 | 90,000  |
Dylan Linde | 250,000 | 250,000  |
Daan Mulders | 250,000 | 250,000  |
Ben Yu | 250,000 | 250,000  |
Sam Soverel | 250,000 | 250,000  |
Vincent Cafone | 250,000 | 16,000  |
Niko Koop | 250,000 | 250,000  |
Dan Shak | 250,000 | 250,000  |
Chino Rheem | 250,000 | 250,000  |
Mike Watson | 250,000 | 250,000  |
Jason Mercier | 227,000 | -208,000  |
Leonard Maue | 218,000 | -17,500  |
Espen Jorstad | 218,000 | -97,000  |
Brian Kim | 216,000 | -79,500  |
Barry Hutter | 215,000 | 92,000  |
Seth Davies | 205,000 | -92,000  |
Masashi Oya | 202,000 | |
John Krpan | 193,000 | 193,000  |
Dante Fernandes | 192,000 | 192,000  |
Sean Troha | 190,000 | 190,000  |
Sergio Aido | 180,000 | -58,000  |
Pieter Aerts | 168,000 | -79,500  |
Brandon Wilson | 160,000 | 160,000  |
Tom Orpaz | 154,000 | -337,000  |
Danilo Velasevic | 137,000 | -380,000  |
Norbert Szecsi | 124,000 | -115,500  |
Sirzat Hissou | 121,000 | -259,000  |
Timothy Adams | 121,000 | -317,000  |
Laurynas Levinskas | 112,000 | 112,000  |
Ricardo Ferreira | 106,000 | 106,000  |
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 9:50 PM Local Time (about 1 hour and 33 minutes ago)
Level 10 started
Level: 10
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
0Tuesday, December 5, 2023 9:43 PM Local Time (about 1 hour and 40 minutes ago)
Pitch Perfect
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 9:23 PM Local Time (about 2 hours and 1 minute ago)
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Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:49 PM Local Time (about 2 hours and 34 minutes ago)
WSOP Paradise Parlay Gives Players Shot at $100K in Bahamas; Player Reactions
WSOP Paradise
WSOP officials announced the "WSOP Paradise Parlay" by GGPoker, which is a chance for players that cashed in the 2023 WSOP to parlay their summer success into additional cash during 2023 WSOP Paradise.
It's very simple – if a player earns 10 cashes between the two series, they will receive $5,000; if they make three final tables, they'll get $25,000; and if they capture two bracelets, well then a hefty $100,000 additional prize awaits!
Support for the WSOP's new promotion was overwhelmingly positive.
Read the full article
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:42 PM Local Time (about 2 hours and 41 minutes ago)
Time for Dinner
Players have stepped out for a 60-minute dinner break. There are currently 144 entries for Day 1a and around 90 players remain.
Action will resume at approximately 9:43 p.m. local time.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:40 PM Local Time (about 2 hours and 43 minutes ago)
Seidel Scores a Knockout

Erik Seidel opened in the cutoff and Pedro Padilha defended out of the big blind.
The flop landed and Padilha led all in for 22,000. Seidel quickly called with a bigger stack.
Pedro Padilha:
Erik Seidel:
Seidel had flopped the better pair and nothing changed on the runout of to send Padilha to Margaritaville ahead of the dinner break.
Erik Seidel | 230,000 | -70,000  |
Pedro Padilha | 0 | -510,000  |
0Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:38 PM Local Time (about 2 hours and 45 minutes ago)
Jeremy Dan Pulls $500,000 in Mystery Bounty Event

Across the room, a boisterous reaction was heard as the top prize in the Mystery Bounty was claimed.
Jeremy Dan
It was Jeremy Dan of New York who pulled the $500,000 prize from the drum before he launched himself around the room in excitement.
Jeremy Dan starts his victory lap.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:32 PM Local Time (about 2 hours and 51 minutes ago)
Faria Busts Watson
In a blind versus blind confrontation, Mike Watson was put to the test as Luis Faria bet to put him all in on the board of .
Watson had about 160,000 left and gave it some thought before calling off. Faria showed for trips to eliminate the high-stakes titan.
Luis Faria | 700,000 | 145,000  |
Mike Watson | 0 | -250,000  |
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:23 PM Local Time (about 3 hours and 0 minute ago)
Petrangelo Takes From Kabrhel
Nick Petrangelo raised to 16,000 and Martin Kabrhel called from the big blind.
The flop was and both players checked to see on the turn.
Kabrhel fired 37,000 on the turn and Petrangelo called to see on the river.
Kabrhel checked the river and Petrangelo checked back, showing . Kabrhel flashed the losing hand and tossed it in the muck.
Martin Kabrhel | 165,000 | |
Nick Petrangelo | 121,000 | -214,000  |
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:17 PM Local Time (about 3 hours and 6 minutes ago)
Negreanu Cam
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:09 PM Local Time (about 3 hours and 14 minutes ago)
Two Game Of Gold Contestants Lead Latest Counts; Another Does Not
Josh Arieh | 850,000 | -73,000  |
Daniel Negreanu | 750,000 | 430,000  |
Nick Petrangelo | 335,000 | -35,000  |
Ryan Riess | 320,000 | -520,000  |
Erik Seidel | 300,000 | -218,000  |
Justin Saliba | 270,000 | -75,000  |
Jean-Noel Thorel | 260,000 | 1,000  |
Jason Koon | 170,000 | 61,000  |
Nick Schulman | 160,000 | -93,000  |
Chad Eveslage | 150,000 | -26,500  |
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