Level: 31
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
2024 WSOP Paradise
Event #15: $5,000 The Closer NLH Bounty Turbo
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2024 WSOP Paradise
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,190,000
Entries
238
Level
32
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
37
Players Left
1
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante
Ren Lin was first to act from the cutoff and raised to 300,000, which was called by Daniel Negreanu in the big blind.
The flop came 3?3?2? and Negreanu check-called a bet of 150,000 from Lin.
After the 8? on the turn, Negreanu again check-called a bet from Lin, this time for 450,000.
Both players checked the 9? on the river, and Lin announced, "Ace-deuce."
Negreanu responded with, "No good," and tabled K?3? to take the pot with his trip treys.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,600,000
1,400,000
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1,400,000 |
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1,650,000
1,380,000
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1,380,000 |
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Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante
Action folded around to Nick Schulman in the small blind, who moved all in. Santhosh Suvarna checked his cards in the big blind and called off his remaining stack.
Santhosh Suvarna: Q?10? 
Nick Schulman: J?8?
The dealer fanned out the 3?6?4? flop, giving Schulman the better flush draw. The 8? turn improved Schulman to top pair and the A? river cemented Suvarna's exit in fifth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,600,000
1,160,000
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1,160,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante
Santhosh Suvarna opened the action with a raise to 300,000 from the cutoff, and when it folded to Daniel Negreanu in the small blind he three-bet all in for 950,000. The big blind folded, and Suvarna made the call to put Negreanu at risk.
Daniel Negreanu: 6?6?
Santhosh Suvarna: K?9?
Negreanu was in front with his pocket sixes, but needed to win the race to stay in the tournament. He did just that after the board ran out 10?2?Q?Q?5? to give Negreanu the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,200,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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950,000
800,000
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800,000 |
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Level: 30
Blinds: 100,000/150,000
Ante: 150,000
Level 29
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 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.
Level 29
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
The final five players have gone on a 15-minute break.
Level 29
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Daniel Negreanu got his camera out and announced all in for 460,000 from under the gun. Santhosh Suvarna made the call in the small blind, as did Arkadiy Tsinis in the big blind.
With Negreanu at risk, Suvarna and Tsinis checked all the way through the 5?8?10?10?6? runout and the hands were tabled.
Suvarna turned over A?J? whike Tsinis showed A?4?.
"The queen kicker plays," Negreanu cheered while showing down A?Q? to take the pot and triple his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,940,000
610,000
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610,000 |
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1,750,000
550,000
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550,000 |
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1,600,000
380,000
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380,000 |
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Level 29
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Shaun Deeb raised to 295,000, leaving a single 5,000 chip behind. Nick Schulman then moved all in and Deeb quickly called.
Shaun Deeb: A?6?
Nick Schulman: Q?7?
Both players connected with the 7?A?K? flop, leaving Deeb in the lead. Schulman then spiked the 7? turn to make trips, while the J? river sent Deeb to the rail in sixth position.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,440,000
290,000
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290,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 29
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Shaun Deeb raised to 700,000 from under the gun leaving 15,000 chips beind. It then folded to the big blind Arkadiy Tsinis and he made the call and turned his cards over, not realizing Deeb was not all in.
The flop came out and Tsinis bet to put Deeb all in and he said, "I'm probably folding, I have a worse king," and mucked his hand to leave himself with 15,000.
The very next hand he was forced all in from the big blind and Nick Schulman raised from the cutoff to leave the players heads up once it folded to Deeb.
Shaun Deeb: 10?5?
Nick Schulman: A?K?
The board ran out A?Q?K?5?J? and Deeb made a straight on the river to chip up to 45,000.
On the next hand, Deeb was again forced all in from the small blind, and Santhosh Suvarna opened the action with a raise to 350,000 from the cutoff. Arkadiy Tsinis on the button then three-bet all in, which forced the big blind and Suvarna out of the pot, leaving Deeb and Tsinis heads up.
Shaun Deeb: Q?4?
Arkadiy Tsinis: K?10?
Deeb needed to improve past the king-high, and managed to do that once the board ran out 6?Q?5?6?7? and chip back up to 255,000, after having 15,000 chips just two hands prior.
As he scooped the pot he said, "This would be the greatest comeback ever."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,550,000
3,180,000
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3,180,000 |
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2,300,000
350,000
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350,000 |
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2,150,000
550,000
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550,000 |
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255,000
895,000
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895,000 |
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