David Einhorn based and manages a hedge fund with billions of {dollars} price of property beneath administration, and is himself reportedly a billionaire, however that gained’t take a lot of the sting away from the $500,000 cooler he skilled within the Bahamas.
The occasional high-stakes participant sat all the way down to battle it out within the Triton Million occasion on the World Series of Poker Paradise pageant, however was eradicated on the primary hand of the $500,000 match, which options the most important buy-in of the yr.
The occasion kicked off on Saturday, Dec. 7 at Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas. The match options pairings of newbie {and professional} gamers who collectively put up $1,000,000, with early motion cut up into two fields. Einhorn was within the newbie part, with an preliminary beginning stack of 1,000,000 and blinds of two,000-3,000 with an enormous blind ante of three,000.
Sinan Unlu opened to 7,000 and was three-bet by Jared Bleznick, a former poker professional turned sports activities card enterprise proprietor. Bleznick, recent off a clear sweep over Patrik Antonius in PokerGO’s High Stakes Duel 5, made it 25,000 to go along with A
A
, prompting Einhorn to four-bet to 77,000 out of the massive blind with A
Ok.
Bleznick five-bet to 225,000 and Einhorn shoved for the complete 1,000,000. Bleznick shortly referred to as together with his pocket aces and the board ran out Ok828
7 to see Einhorn eradicated simply minutes into the match.
Bleznick, a WSOP bracelet winner and the champion of the 2023 Super High Roller Bowl Pot-Limit Omaha occasion, jumped out to an early chip lead within the occasion whereas Einhorn hit the rail. This occasion permits for a single re-entry, with late registration open up till the beginning of Sunday’s day 2.
Several hours after being knocked out, Einhorn had not but availed himself of his choice to purchase into this occasion once more. The 56-year-old has practically $5.3 million in poker match cashes to his title, however has not made the cash in a dwell occasion in over 5 years now.
His largest rating got here when he completed third within the first-ever $1 million buy-in poker match again in 2012. He earned over $4.3 million for that deep run within the inaugural Big One For One Drop, and donated all of it to an schooling nonprofit group.
FIRST Triton MILLION Bust Out!
David Einhorn 6-bet All in with AK, and Jared Bleznick snap referred to as. Einhorn was proven the unhealthy information operating into Jared’s A A.
The board ran out clear A A> AKfor the primary Triton Millions participant felled.
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— Triton Poker (@tritonpoker) December 7, 2024
This match is certainly one of 15 bracelet occasions enjoying out on the WSOP Paradise from Dec. 6-19, with $68.5 million in assured prize cash to be paid out alongside the way in which. There are loads of excessive stakes affairs on the schedule, together with $100,000 and $50,000 buy-ins in each no-limit maintain’em and pot-limit Omaha, in addition to a $25,000 buy-in vendor’s selection occasion and the $25,000 buy-in $50,000,000 assured ‘super main event’.
