2024 World Series of Poker Paradise

The 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise was the second edition of the poker festival organized by the World Series of Poker. It was held from December 6-19 at Atlantis Paradise Island in The Bahamas.

2024 World Series of Poker Paradise
LocationAtlantis Paradise Island, The Bahamas
DatesDecember 6 - 19
Champion
China Yinan Zhou
← 2023

There were 15 bracelet events, culminating in the $25,000 Super Main Event which featured a $50 million guaranteed prize pool, the largest in poker history. The series also partnered with the Triton Poker Series and held the $1,000,000 Triton Millon and $100,000 Triton Main Event.[1]

Event Schedule

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Alex Foxen won his third WSOP bracelet in Event 7
 
Stephen Chidwick won his second WSOP bracelet in Event 8
 
Nick Schulman won his 10th WSOP bracelet in Event 15

Source: [2]

# Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up
1 $2,500 Mini Main Event 2,031   Jeffrey Hakim (1/1) $575,050   Alina Paliahoshka
2 $1,000,000 Mini Main Event 96   Alejandro Lococo (1/1) $12,070,000   Ben Heath (0/1)
3 $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Super High Roller 88   Lautaro Guerra (1/1) $2,126,770   Ben Tollerene
4 $2,500 GGMasters Online Championship 813   Matheus Machado (1/1) $432,624   Andrey Pateychuk
5 $25,000 Dealers Choice Championship 49   Eric Wasserson (1/1) $353,340   Josh Arieh (0/6)
6 $5,000 Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em 363   Lei Yu (1/1) $293,050   Blaz Zerjav
7 $100,000 Triton Main Event 182   Alex Foxen (2/3) $3,850,000   Joao Vieira (0/3)
8 $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 122   Stephen Chidwick (1/2) $1,357,080   Yang Wang
9 $25,000 Super Main Event 1,978   Yinan Zhou (1/1) $6,000,000   Marcelo Aziz
10 $10,000 Paradise Pot-Limit Omaha 200   Mike Gorodinsky (1/4) $393,250   Daniel Zack (0/3)
11 $2,500 Mystery Millions Online
12 $10,000 GGMillion$ Championship 532   Johannes Straver (1/1) $807,430   Jon Vallinas
13 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 130   Tom Fuchs (1/1) $1,292,000   Moonho Seo
14 Super Saver $1M Invitational 487   Pablo Brito Silva (1/1) $200,000   Matthew Belcher
15 $5,000 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em Bounty Turbo 238   Nick Schulman (2/6) $145,000   Ren Lin

Super Main Event

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The $25,000 Super Main Event began on December 12 with the first of four starting flights. There were also three starting flights held online on GGPoker.

The event had a $50,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and drew 1,978 total entries. The top 297 players made the money, with the champion earning $6,000,000.

Yinan Zhou, a 24-year-old from China, won his first WSOP bracelet and became the first WSOP Main Event champion based in Asia. Marcelo Aziz of Brazil, who qualified for the event in an online freeroll, finished as the runner-up for $4,600,000.[3]

 
Michael Addamo began the final table as chip leader before finishing in sixth place

Final Table

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Name Number of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
  Michael Addamo 196,800,000 (20.4%) 4 43 $6,802,352
  Christopher Nguyen 143,100,000 (14.8%) 0 8 $51,626
  Mustapha Kanit 141,200,000 (14.6%) 0 42 $1,344,742
  Liv Boeree 111,400,000 (11.6%) 1 28 $424,741
  Marcelo Aziz 105,500,000 (10.9%) 0 32 $123,954
  Yinan Zhou 88,000,000 (9.1%) 0 17 $186,288
  Vadzim Lipauka 66,300,000 (6.9%) 0 34 $171,754
  Justin Bonomo 63,400,000 (6.6%) 3 69 $16,060,363
  Georg Lehmann 48,400,000 (5.0%) 0 7 $63,791

*Career statistics before the 2024 Super Main Event

 
Justin Bonomo finished in seventh place in the Super Main Event

Final Table results

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Place Name Prize
1st   Yinan Zhou $6,000,000
2nd   Marcelo Aziz $4,600,000
3rd   Mustapha Kanit $3,600,000
4th   Liv Boeree $2,800,000
5th   Christopher Nguyen $2,100,000
6th   Michael Addamo $1,650,000
7th   Justin Bonomo $1,300,000
8th   Vadzim Lipauka $1,000,000
9th   Georg Lehmann $750,000

References

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  1. ^ Holden, Dominic (July 17, 2024). "WSOP® PARADISE RETURNS WITH A $50 MILLION GUARANTEED SUPER MAIN EVENT". WSOP.com. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 WSOP Paradise schedule". WSOP.com. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Richards, Connor (December 21, 2024). "24-Year-Old Bluffs Poker's Toughest Opponent to Win WSOP Super Main for $6M". PokerNews.com. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
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