Event #9: $25,000 WSOP Super Main Event
Day 1a Started
2024 WSOP Paradise
Event #9: $25,000 WSOP Super Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2024 WSOP Paradise
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$50,000,000
Entries
1,978
Level
39
Blinds
6,000,000 / 12,000,000
Ante
12,000,000
Entries
461
Players Left
155
The poker world is buzzing with anticipation as the 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise gets ready to make its electrifying debut of the $25,000 Super Main Event here at the Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas.
The highly awaited event aims to shatter records with a colossal $50,000,000 guarantee, the largest ever worldwide. The field is set to feature not only the most respected and well-known professionals from around the world but also a diverse group of players who have seized an incredible opportunity by qualifying for this major event with its substantial price tag.
Last year, the first-ever WSOP Paradise Main Event champion was crowned as Germany's Stanislav Zegal took down the $5,000 buy-in event for $2 million and his first WSOP bracelet. The GGPoker qualifier defeated heads-up opponent Michael Sklenicka of Czechia to wrap up a final day.
The inaugural event drew 3,010 players for a prize pool that climbed above the $15,000,000 guarantee.
2023 WSOP Paradise Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanislav Zegal | Germany | $2,000,000 |
| 2 | Michael Sklenicka | Czechia | $1,200,000 |
| 3 | Daniel Neilson | Australia | $900,000 |
| 4 | Matt Glantz | United States | $685,000 |
| 5 | Rui Sousa | Portugal | $510,000 |
| 6 | Gabriel Schroeder | Brazil | $400,000 |
| 7 | Montgomery McQuade | United Kingdom | $300,000 |
| 8 | Luke Graham | United States | $250,000 |
Today features the first of four Day 1 starting flights, while Flight B, C and D will follow on December 13,14, and 15. Each player will start with 500,000 chips and the blinds will begin at 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante. Play is scheduled for ten 60-minute levels with a 15-minute break after level 2,4, and 8, and a 60-minute dinner break after level 6. The field will combine for Day 2 on December 16 at 12:00 p.m.
Two reentries will be permitted for each Day 1 starting flight, with late registration and reentries being open for the first 12 levels of play.
Day 1a Schedule
| Level | Estimated Start | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12:00 p.m. | 60 minutes | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| 2 | 1:00 p.m. | 60 minutes | 2,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| 2:00 p.m. | 15-minute break | ||||
| 3 | 2:15 p.m. | 60 minutes | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| 4 | 3:15 p.m. | 60 minutes | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| 4:15 p.m. | 15-minute break | ||||
| 5 | 4:30 p.m. | 60 minutes | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| 6 | 5:30 p.m. | 60 minutes | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 6:30 p.m. | 60-minute dinner break | ||||
| 7 | 7:30 p.m. | 60 minutes | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| 8 | 8:30 p.m. | 60 minutes | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| 9:30 p.m. | 15-minute break | ||||
| 9 | 9:45 p.m. | 60 minutes | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 10 | 10:45 p.m. | 60 minutes | 10,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you comprehensive tournament coverage throughout the event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Cards are in the air and action is underway in the first-ever Super Main Event!
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
In a heads-up pot between the blinds, Mustapha Kanit bet 15,000 on the flop of A?K?9? and Arkadiy Tsinis called.
Kanit then checked on the K? turn and Tsinis checked back. Both players checked again on the 3? river and Kanit showed 7?7? to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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505,000
505,000
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505,000 |
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495,000
495,000
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495,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Both Joergen Lund and Matt Glantz were in the blinds and saw the Q?3?2?K? turn, where Lund checked to Glantz as he fired 3,500 into the pot of 12,000. Lund responded with a check-raise to 18,000 and Glantz made the call.
The board completed with the 3? on the river and Lund continued for 20,000. Glantz raised to 125,000 and Lund put in a three-bet to 275,000. After a few moments of thinking, Glantz surrendered the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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760,000
760,000
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760,000 |
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340,000
340,000
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340,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
In a three-way pot on a flop of 4?Q?8?, Phillip Nagy bet from the button and only Quentin De Solere called from the big blind.
De Solere checked on the K? turn and Nagy bet 18,000. De Solere called. De Solere checked once more on the 2? river and Nagy put in an overbet to 105,000. De Solere laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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530,000 | |
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470,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Picking up the action on the turn, the board read A?8?6?Q? with Arkadiy Tsinis and Eric Afriat heads-up in the pot. Tsinis checked from the big blind and Afriat tossed in a bet of 30,000 on his left. Tsinis check-raised to 125,000 and Afriat quickly called.
The river was the K? and Tsinis led out with a bet of 200,000. Afriat flicked in a call and Tsinis turned over 5?4? for a flush. However, Afriat tabled 10?9? for a larger flush to scoop an early pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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880,000
880,000
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