The 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise is winding down at the Atlantis, Paradise Island Bahamas but the action was just heating up on Day 4 of the $25,000 WSOP Super Main Event. There were 36 players who returned to their seats and the field was whittled down to the final table of nine players who will return to battle for the title and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet along with $6,000,000 for the winner.
The one thing that remained constant was Michael Addamo staying at the top of the leaderboard. The Australian high-stakes poker pro entered the day with a healthy chip lead and he held that throughout the six-plus levels that were played. Heading into the final table tomorrow, Addamo will also carry a sizeable lead with 196,800,000 chips. With multiple seven-figure scores already recorded on his poker resume, Addamo will be looking for a new all-time best with a win here in The Bahamas. He is also one of three players still remaining who already have some WSOP jewelry from the past.
Speaking of bracelet winners, Liv Boeree has returned to the felt just before the Christmas season and what an return it has been. Boeree only has two recorded live results dating back to 2019 but it appears she hasn't skipped a beat en route to bagging a stack of 111,400,000. Throughout the day, Boeree was seen praying and meditating with her eyes closed on each of her all-ins, most of which worked out pretty well for her.
"I haven't looked at charts or anything really," she was heard saying after one hand. "If I see a good hand, I just go with it."
The only other player to reach the final table who has seen victory before at the WSOP is Justin Bonomo. While his day didn't go without any drama, Bonomo appeared to be on cruise control at the felt. For the player second on the all-time money list, Bonomo quietly went about his business in the opening levels while accumulating chips in the process. However, when the field shrunk to two tables, Bonomo was issued a warning about some paraphernalia that he was wearing to support Palestinians. The American poker pro was told he would be disqualified from the event if he continued to wear it and you can read all about the PokerNews story here.
Final Table Seat Draw
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liv Boeree | United Kingdom | 111,400,000 | 37 |
| 2 | Marcelo Aziz | Brazil | 105,500,000 | 35 |
| 3 | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 141,200,000 | 47 |
| 4 | Vadzim Lipauka | Belarus | 66,300,000 | 22 |
| 5 | Justin Bonomo | United States | 63,400,000 | 21 |
| 6 | Michael Addamo | Australia | 196,800,000 | 66 |
| 7 | Georg Lehmann | Germany | 48,400,000 | 16 |
| 8 | Yinan Zhou | China | 88,000,000 | 29 |
| 9 | Christopher Nguyen | Austria | 143,100,000 | 48 |
Day 4 Action
The action got started with Bonomo getting into multiple tussles with Lou Garza, each exchanging blows in the opening level. It was Bonomo who got the last laugh when he flopped a set of tens to bust Garza for the first elimination of the day. That appeared to open the flood gates as nine more players were eliminated before the first break including Christoph Vogelsang, Rainer Kempe, and Matthias Eibinger.
Boeree was seated on the outer feature table and found herself at risk multiple times in the early going. On two occasions, she was holding an ace and up against the pocket kings of her opponent. Asking for her "one-time," Boeree hit an ace both times and managed to double up and survive. She engaged in multiple encounters with Mustapha Kanit throughout the day. He called down correctly both times, proving to Boeree that she was picking on the wrong player.
Addamo started his ascent in the second frame with a couple of eliminations. The first came with a real holding of pocket kings when he eliminated Joonhee Yea but the second was a little more fortunate with queen-ten offsuit by cracking Alexander Zubov's pair of jacks. Either way, Addamo kept his foot on the gas and made sure he was always looking down at the rest of the field.
Sirzat Hissou entered the day near the top of the leaderboard but was unable to strike any gold today, mostly being card dead throughout the day. Hissou managed to ladder his way up to a 12th place finish, but will undoubtedly be disappointed in the result. Ren Lin was on a wild rollercoaster that crashed hard near the end of the night. Lin entered the final break of the day in third place and the chip leader at his table. However, in back-to-back hands against Kanit, the GGpoker pro was on the losing side and hit the rail in 11th place.
Closing out the night was none other than the 2003 WSOP Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker, the fan-favorite of the field. Moneymaker was rolling along with so much potential and a ton of support from those watching and social media — 21 years later, could he finally be on top of the poker world once again? It was not meant to be when Moneymaker got three-outered by Boeree, which left him on the short stack. On the final hand of the night, Moneymaker ran his pocket nines into the pocket jacks of Boeree and was unable to find any help on the runout.
The final nine players celebrated and bagged up their chips to return for the fifth and final day of this tournament Thursday when a winner will be crowned. Each player has already locked up at least $750,000 for their efforts thus far with the official final table of eight each earning at least $1,000,000. The winner will be walking away with a large sum of $6,000,000 and the WSOP gold bracelet. Here is a look at the remaining payouts.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 2 | $4,600,000 |
| 3 | $3,600,000 |
| 4 | $2,800,000 |
| 5 | $2,100,000 |
| 6 | $1,650,000 |
| 7 | $1,300,000 |
| 8 | $1,000,000 |
| 9 | $750,000 |
The cards are scheduled to go in the air at 12 p.m. local time tomorrow with 34:47 remaining in Level 33 and the blinds at 1,500,000/3,000,000 and a 3,000,000 big blind ante. The levels will continue to be 60 minutes in length with a 15-minute break after every two levels. Updates will be on a 60-minute delay to remain in sync with the stream on YouTube.
Be sure to follow along as the PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all of the updates en route to crowning a champion!
