Level: 20
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
2024 WSOP Paradise
Event #13: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2024 WSOP Paradise
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$6,500,000
Entries
130
Level
26
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
58
Players Left
1
Level 19
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Thomas Muehloecker raised to 160,000 in the hijack and Leonard Maue called in the small blind.
The flop came Q?4?8? and Maue check-called a bet of 180,000 from Muehloecker.
The turn landed the A? and Maue check-called again, this time for 360,000.
The river brought the J? and Maue checked for a third time. Muehloecker bet 1,170,000, leaving himself with just 5,000 behind.
After some consideration, Maue made the call and mucked his cards when Muehloecker turned over K?10? for the nut straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,550,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
3,900,000
2,215,000
|
2,215,000 |
Level 19
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Action folded to Fedor Holz in the cutoff, and he raised to 160,000. It then folded to Orpen Kisacikoglu who made the call from the big blind.
The flop came K?2?3? and Kisacikoglu checked to Holz, who bet out 80,000. Kisacikoglu then raised all in for his stack of 255,000, which Holz called.
Orpen Kisacikoglu: Q?2? 
Fedor Holz: A?9?
Kisacikoglu was in front with his pair of deuces, but it was only momentarily as the 9? rolled off on the turn to put Holz in front. The 10? on the river brought no help for Kisacikoglu, and he was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,800,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
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Level 19
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Ben Tollerene opened the action from the cutoff by raising all in for his stack of 720,000. He was called by Fedor Holz on the button, and once the blinds folded, it was the two players heads up, with Tollerene at risk.
Ben Tollerene: 9?9?
Fedor Holz: A?8?
Tollerene looked to be in a great position to double up, but once the board ran out 2?8?A?2?7? Holz made two pair, aces and eights, to take the pot and eliminate Tollerene.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,950,000
585,000
|
585,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 19
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Mike Watson raised to 480,000 under the gun, leaving himself with just 5,000 behind, and Tom Fuchs called on the button.
The flop came Q?7?9? and Watson flicked in his last chip to put himself at risk. Fuchs made the call.
Mike Watson: A?K?
Tom Fuchs: 5?5?
Fuch's pair of fives were in the lead but Watson picked up additional outs on the 8? turn with the nut flush draw.
The 7? rolled off on the river, and Watson's tournament run came to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,145,000
685,000
|
685,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
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|
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Level 19
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | 1 | Fedor Holz | Germany | 6,365,000 | 79 |
| 87 | 2 | Mike Watson | Canada | 485,000 | 6 |
| 87 | 3 | Alex Foxen | United States | 1,190,000 | 15 |
| 87 | 4 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | United Kingdom | 595,000 | 7 |
| 87 | 5 | Felipe Darsa Boianovsky | Brazil | 1,245,000 | 16 |
| 87 | 6 | James Hopkins | Australia | 1,400,000 | 18 |
| 87 | 7 | Tom Fuchs | Germany | 5,460,000 | 68 |
| 87 | 8 | Ben Tollerene | United States | 1,000,000 | 13 |
| 96 | 1 | Leonard Maue | Germany | 4,050,000 | 51 |
| 96 | 2 | Viktor Kudinov | Russia | 1,850,000 | 23 |
| 96 | 3 | Santhosh Suvarna | India | 1,795,000 | 22 |
| 96 | 4 | Punnat Punsri | Thailand | 3,495,000 | 44 |
| 96 | 5 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 4,330,000 | 54 |
| 96 | 6 | Thomas Muehloecker | Austria | 1,685,000 | 21 |
| 96 | 7 | Moonho Seo | South Korea | 2,845,000 | 36 |
| 96 | 8 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 1,210,000 | 15 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,365,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
5,460,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
||
|
4,330,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
|
|
4,050,000 | |
|
3,495,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
2,845,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
1,850,000
905,000
|
905,000 |
|
1,795,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,685,000 | |
|
1,400,000 | |
|
1,245,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
1,210,000
-865,000
|
-865,000 |
|
||
|
1,190,000 | |
|
||
|
|
1,000,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
595,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
485,000
-865,000
|
-865,000 |
|
|
||
Level 19
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Action folded to Fedor Holz on the button, and he raised to 180,000. It then folded to Artur Martirosian in the big blind, who made the call.
The flop came 8?3?5? and Martirosian checked to Holz, who bet out 125,000. Martirosian then raised to 300,000, and Holz three-bet to put Martirosian all in for his stack of 750,000, which he quickly called.
Artur Martirosian: J?8?
Fedor Holz: A?Q?
Martirosian out-flopped the ace-queen of Holz, and stayed ahead after the 9? on the turn. The river brought the A? to give Holz top pair and the pot, sending Martirosian to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,300,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
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Level: 19
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Level 18
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,350,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,560,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,370,000
695,000
|
695,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,050,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
|
3,535,000
585,000
|
585,000 |
|
|
2,885,000
1,550,000
|
1,550,000 |
|
|
2,075,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,895,000
-705,000
|
-705,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,685,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
|
1,400,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
|
1,350,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,240,000
-1,260,000
|
-1,260,000 |
|
|
1,190,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
975,000
-425,000
|
-425,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
945,000
-255,000
|
-255,000 |
|
|
800,000
-180,000
|
-180,000 |
|
|
795,000 | |
|
|
||
Level 18
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 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.
