Eelis Parssinen and Dylan Linde went to a flop of J?7?5? where Parssinen bet 115,000 from the hijack. Linde called under the gun.
The turn was the 10? and Parssinen bet another 265,000. Linde again called to the A? river and checked over to Parssinen. Parssinen checked back this time.
Linde showed Q?Q?, but Parssinen had A?9? for a rivered pair of aces to win the pot.
Elijah Berg opened in the cutoff and Charles La Boissonniere jammed for his last 195,000 in the big blind. Berg wasted no time making the call and both hands were tabled.
Charles La Boissonniere: A?9?
Elijah Berg: A?10?
The K?8?2? flop gave Berg the nut flush, leaving La Boissonniere drawing dead as the dealer ran out the Q? turn and the 10? river.
Tom-Aksel Bedell opened to 55,000 in early position and Gabriel Shohet three-bet to 125,000 in the cutoff. Bedel called.
Bedel checked on the flop of 9?8?A? and Shohet continued for 130,000. Bedel called. Bedel checked again on the 10? turn and Shohet bet 250,000. Bedel check-jammed a stack of 450,000 and Shohet called.
Tom-Aksel Bedel: 8?8?
Gabriel Shohet: J?J?
Bedel had out-flopped his opponent with a set and the snazzy Norwegian held for a double as the 5? bricked off on the river.
Daniel Dvoress opened 55,000 in the cutoff and Tom Fuchs three-bet 150,000 from the big blind. Dvoress called.
Both players checked to the Q?J?9?A? turn, where Fuchs check-called a bet of 170,000.
The 7? landed on the river, putting four to a flush on the board and Fuchs dropped a stack of greens across the line to put Dvoress to the test for his remaining 435,000. Dvoress went deep into the tank, taking several minutes before deciding to slam the last of his chips across the line.
Fuchs tabled K?Q? for a pair of queens, and Dvoress collected his double with two pair as he tabled A?7?.
With around 400,000 in the pot on a flop of 3?6?2?, Jianwei Lin led out for 130,000 from the big blind and Matthew Belcher called in the cutoff.
Lin then bet 330,000 on the 3? turn and Belcher again called. The 10? fell on the river and Lin spent several minutes counting out his stack before another player at the table called the clock.
Lin allowed the countdown to nearly reach zero before he slammed the felt and checked. Belcher instantly put in 800,000 and Lin took about another minute before folding.
"I guess he saved some chips," tablemate Thomas Eychenne said to Belcher after the hand.
At another table, Eliot Hudon had bet 350,000 from the big blind on a ten-high board and Eelis Parssinen took a few minutes before calling in the cutoff. Parssinen showed K?J? for just king-high and Hudon mucked as Parssinen took the pot to climb past 3,000,000.
Some of poker’s biggest names gathered at the Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas today, but it wasn’t the palm trees, sandy beaches, and tranquil pools that brought them here. It was the promise of a $50,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, and 181 players took their shot at grabbing a piece of it on Day 1c of the $25,000 World Series of Poker Paradise Super Main Event.
Just 64 players survived ten grueling hour-long levels. Ana Marquez spent most of the day on the main feature table and sporting a big stack, including knocking out Timothy Adams with a pair of queens. She finished as chip leader with 3,645,000. Santhosh Suvarna was all in midway through the day for his last 442,000 with ace-queen against Thomas Eychenne’s kings, but the board brought two aces to give Suvarna trips as he doubled up. The Indian casino owner and two-time WSOP bracelet winner with nearly $15 million in career earnings took full advantage of his new life and bagged up 3,160,000 for second place on the leaderboard.
Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Ana Marquez
Spain
3,645,000
146
2
Santhosh Suvarna
India
3,160,000
126
3
Matthew Belcher
United Kingdom
3,135,000
125
4
Eelis Parssinen
Finland
3,120,000
125
5
Thiago Crema
Brazil
2,990,000
120
6
Michal Wywrot
Canada
2,900,000
116
7
Anatoly Filatov
Russia
2,800,000
112
8
Tom Fuchs
Germany
2,325,000
93
9
Leonardo Rizzo
Brazil
2,310,000
92
10
Brian Luo
United States
2,285,000
91
Matthew Belcher ended up right behind Suvarna with 3,135,000 after winning a massive pot during the final level, firing out 800,000 to force Jianwei Lin to fold. Finnish online legend Eelis Parssinen made two huge hero calls, first calling with ace-high to score a knockout then picking off a bluff from Eliot Hudon with king-high as he finished with 3,120,000 as the fourth member of the 3,000,000-chip club.
Thiago Crema (2,990,000) rounds out the top five and Michal Wywrot, whose biggest career score remains his deep run in the WSOP Main Event in 2010, picked up aces to score a double knockout on his way to 2,900,000. High stakes cash game star Alan Keating (1,965,000), Hudon (1,900,000), Stephen Chidwick (1,765,000), and Chance Kornuth (1,765,000) also finished as big stacks.
Others to survive the day include newly-crowned bracelet winner Eric Wasserson (1,520,000), Nacho Barbero (1,370,000), Eychenne (1,365,000), Chris Moneymaker (905,000), and Erik Seidel (835,000).
Chris Moneymaker
The last level of the day proved match point for tennis legend Boris Becker, while defending champion Stanislav Zegal, $5,000 Deepstack champion Lei Yu, Faraz Jaka, Jason Mercier, Sam Greenwood, Timothy Adams, Darren Elias, Joao Vieira, Jesse Lonis, and chess streamer Alexandra Botez were also part of the unfortunate group that will have to try again on another bullet if they want to chase the title.
The 181 entries on Day 1c brought the total for the event to 896 through three starting flights, with 304 already securing spots into Day 2. There is still Day 1d tomorrow at noon local time, while registration remains open through the first four levels of Day 2. All surviving players from the four starting flights combine for Day 2 on December 16 at noon local time.
Another star-studded field will gather in this paradise tomorrow, and PokerNews will be back to provide live updates throughout the day.
