Event #2: $1,000,000 Triton Million | 2024 WSOP Paradise

2 days 16 hours ago

Benjamin Heath Eliminated in 2nd Place ($8,160,000)

Tyler Boyer

Level 26 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Alejandro Lococo raised all in on the button for Benjamin Heath's stack of 6,800,000 and Heath snap-called in the big blind.

Benjamin Heath: A♥K♣ All in
Alejandro Lococo: K♦2♥

Heath had Lococo dominated, but once the flop came 8♦2♦Q♥ the roles were reversed, and it was Heath looking for the three-outer. The 7♠ on the turn brought no help for Heath, and the 8♥ on the river gave Lococo the pot with his pair of deuces, eliminating Heath in second place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Lococo	96,000,000 12,800,000	12,800,000

Benjamin Heath	Busted

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2 days 16 hours ago

Sinan Unlu Eliminated in 3rd Place ($5,304,00)

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Tyler Boyer

Level 26 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Alejandro Lococo raised to 2,000,000 from the cutoff and when it folded to the big blind Sinan Unlu he three-bet all in for 2,900,000, which Lococo quickly called.

Sinan Unlu: J♣5♠ All in
Alejandro Lococo: K♣6♥

Unlu was left with just under three big blinds and went with his hand, but did have two live cards to improve past the king high of Lococo.

The board ran out 7♦Q♦8♣10♣7♣ missing both, and Lococo scored the knockout with king-high, sending out Unlu in third place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Lococo	84,000,000 12,000,000	12,000,000

Benjamin Heath	12,000,000 -4,000,000	-4,000,000
Sinan Unlu	Busted

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2 days 16 hours ago

Daniel Dvoress Eliminated in 4th Place ($4,390,000)

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Tyler Boyer

Level 26 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Alejandro Lococo raised to 1,600,000 from the cutoff, and once it folded to the big blind Daniel Dvoress, he three-bet all in for his stack of 15,000,000, which Lococo snap called.

Daniel Dvoress: 2♠2♥ All in
Alejandro Lococo: J♠J♥

Dvoress jammed into the pocket jacks of Lococo, and after the board ran out K♥J♣7♦7♥Q♠ Lococo made a full house, jacks full of sevens to take the pot and knock out Dvoress in fourth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Lococo	72,000,000 16,000,000	16,000,000

Daniel Dvoress	Busted

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2 days 16 hours ago

Elias Talvitie Eliminated in 5th Place ($3,542,000)

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Tyler Boyer

Level 26 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Action folded to Alejandro Lococo in the small blind who raised to 2,400,000 with 10♣7♣ and Elias Talvitie called in the big blind with K♣J♥.

After the 8♥4♥6♥ flop, Lococo bet out 1,800,00 with his double-gutted straight draw, and Talvitie made the call with his flush draw and two overcards.

The turn brought the K♦ and Lococo kept betting, this time for 3,600,000, which Talvitie called with his top pair.

To Lococo's delight, the river brought the 9♠ to give him the nut straight, and he bet all in for Talvitie's stack of 11,300,000. After confirming his chip count, Talvitie made the call and was eliminated in fifth after seeing Lococo's straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Lococo	56,000,000 22,500,000	22,500,000

Elias Talvitie	Busted

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2 days 18 hours ago

Alex Foxen Eliminated in 6th Place ($2,795,000)

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Tyler Boyer

Level 24 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Action folded to Alex Foxen in the cutoff who raised to 4,000,000, leaving just 1,500,000 behind. It folded to Daniel Dvoress in the small blind who made the call.

The flop came 2♦A♦5♠ and Dvoress led out to put Foxen all in. After using multiple time extensions, Foxen made the call.

Alex Foxen: 7♠7♣ All in
Daniel Dvoress: A♠8♦

Foxen was reluctant to call, but after putting in majority of his stack, he elected to go with his pocket sevens. He saw the bad news that Dvoress flopped an ace and, after the board ran out J♠ on the turn and 5♣ on the river, Dvoress was still best, knocking out Foxen in sixth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	37,300,000 5,300,000	5,300,000

Alex Foxen	Busted

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2 days 19 hours ago

Aleksejs Ponakov Eliminated in 7th Place ($2,140,000)

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Tyler Boyer

Level 23 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Action folded to Aleksejs Ponakovs in the small blind who raised all in for 8,300,000, and Daniel Dvoress in the big blind made the call.

Aleksejs Ponakovs: 9♣8♣ All in
Daniel Dvoress: A♥8♥

Ponakovs saw the bad news that he was dominated by Dvoress, and once the board ran out 4♥2♥4♦7♣7♠ the ace-high of Dvoress remained best, eliminating Ponakovs in seventh place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	44,450,000 8,300,000	8,300,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs	Busted

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2 days 19 hours ago

Sosia Jiang Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,605,000)

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Tyler Boyer

Level 23 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Daniel Dvoress raised to 800,000 from under the gun, which was called by Sinan Unlu on the button with A♥10♥. Then Sosia Jiang in the small blind three-bet all in for 12,975,000. After Dvoress gave it some thought, he four-bet all in for 22,575,000, which got Unlu to quickly fold, leaving the players heads up, with Jiang at risk.

Sosia Jiang: K♦Q♦ All in
Daniel Dvoress: A♣K♣

It was a massive three-bet jam, directly into Dvoress's dominating ace-king. The board ran out 5♠5♣7♥4♠6♠, and Dvoress's ace-king secured him the massive pot, eliminating Jiang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	36,150,000 18,400,000	18,400,000

Sinan Unlu	9,800,000 -6,700,000	-6,700,000
Sosia Jiang	Busted

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2 days 20 hours ago

Michael Moncek Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,200,000)

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Tyler Boyer

Level 22 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Daniel Dvoress opened the action with a raise to 625,000 from the hijack with A♠10♠, before Michael Moncek three-bet all in for 4,975,000. It then folded to Benjamin Heath in the big blind who four-bet all in for 7,975,000. Dvoress then mucked to leave the players heads up, with Moncek at risk.

Michael Moncek: A♥7♥ All in
Benjamin Heath: J♠J♥

Moncek ran into the jacks of Heath in the big blind, and once the board ran out 7♣Q♣8♦5♠Q♦ the pocket jacks of Heath remained best, making Moncek the first elimination at the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	17,750,000 -1,700,000	-1,700,000

Benjamin Heath	14,025,000 5,025,000	5,025,000
Michael Moncek	Busted

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2 days 21 hours ago

Chance Kornuth Eliminated in 10th Place ($985,000)

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Connor Richards

Level 22 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

In a heads-up pot on a flop of 5♦8♥9♦, Chance Kornuth checked in the big blind with 7♣6♣ and Daniel Dvoress bet 700,000 with 8♠8♣. Kornuth just called with the nuts.

Kornuth then checked on the 5♠ turn and Dvoress checked back after turning the full house.

Kornuth then bet 750,000 on the J♦ river and Dvoress raised to put him all in. Kornuth called and saw the bad news as he was sent out in tenth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	19,700,000 5,925,000	5,925,000

Chance Kornuth	Busted

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2 days 21 hours ago

Adrian Mateos Eliminated in 11th Place ($985,000)

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Tyler Boyer

Level 22 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Action folded to the small blind Adrian Mateos who raised all in for his stack of 2,850,000, which was snap-called by the big blind Sinan Unlu.

Adrian Mateos: K♦3♦ All in
Sinan Unlu: 4♦4♣

Mateos, who lost the majority of his stack in a blind on blind situation against Unlu, found himself needing help to avoid being eliminated by Unlu. The 7♥8♣10♦ changed nothing, but he 2♦ on the turn gave Mateos extra outs in the form of a flush draw. However, the 7♣ on the river was no help for Mateos, and he was knocked out by Unlu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sinan Unlu	17,900,000 3,400,000	3,400,000
Adrian Mateos	Busted

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