Event #9: $25,000 WSOP Super Main Event
Day 4 Started
2024 WSOP Paradise
Event #9: $25,000 WSOP Super Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
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
36
Players Left
9
Four-word horror story? Chip leader Michael Addamo. The thought likely sent shivers down the backs of the other 35 remaining players in the WSOP Paradise $25,000 Super Main Event as the Australian high-stakes crusher, a few years ago regarded as one of the toughest opponents on the felt, bagged the Day 3 chip lead.
Addamo will be joined on Day 4 in The Bahamas by fellow big stacks Sirzat Hissou, the Lady Gaga-worshipping, fold-to-final-table strategizing Ren Lin, and Poker Boom igniter Chris Moneymaker, as the 2003 Main Event champion looks to add to his legacy by becoming the first-ever Super Main Event champion.
Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Addamo | Australia | 85,350,000 | 107 |
| 2 | Marcelo Aziz | Brazil | 60,000,000 | 75 |
| 3 | Pablo Melogno | Uruguay | 54,325,000 | 68 |
| 4 | Christopher Nguyen | Austria | 49,350,000 | 62 |
| 5 | Yinan Zhou | China | 49,000,000 | 61 |
| 6 | Sirzat Hissou | Germany | 39,275,000 | 49 |
| 7 | Ren Lin | China | 37,850,000 | 47 |
| 8 | Joonhee Yea | South Korea | 36,400,000 | 46 |
| 9 | Sebastian Toro | Colombia | 36,250,000 | 45 |
| 10 | Chris Moneymaker | United States | 34,000,000 | 43 |
Big Names on Day 4
Science communicator and former PokerStars ambassador Liv Boeree, who took a photo with Maria Ho and Vanessa Selbst that would warm the heart of any 2010s poker fan, made the most of her rare appearance on the felt and advanced to Day 4 as the last woman standing. The 2010 EPT Sanremo champion has already locked up $140,900 to add to her $3.9 million in live earnings.
Boeree spent much of the day at the feature table and made a hero call with fourth pair against Marcelo Aziz. She had the right read that Aziz was bluffing but he was doing so with the best hand and chipped up nicely to end the night second in chips.
Addamo had the best Day 3 of all thanks to a three-way all-in that saw him cracking a set of aces with the nut flush. It's good to be Addamo, and you can read more about the Australian poker pro in this 2023 interview with PokerNews.
Other big names headed into Day 4 include Justin Bonomo, Matthias Eibinger, Lou Garza, Rainer Kempe, Christoph Vogelsang and Mustapha Kanit.
Action will pick up at noon local time on Level 27 with blinds of 400,000/800,000/800,000 and 60-minute blind levels. The plan is to play down to a final table before tomorrow's Day 5 plays to a winner, who will earn $6 million and the Super Main Event gold bracelet.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site and ready to provide coverage of the Super Main Event here in Paradise.
The cards are in the air for Day 4 of the Super Main Event. The PokerNews live updates will commence on a 60-minute delay to remain in sync with the live stream on YouTube.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6,000,000 | 9 | $750,000 |
| 2 | $4,600,000 | 10 | $500,000 |
| 3 | $3,600,000 | 11-12 | $370,150 |
| 4 | $2,800,000 | 13-16 | $295,000 |
| 5 | $2,100,000 | 17-22 | $230,600 |
| 6 | $1,650,000 | 23-32 | $180,300 |
| 7 | $1,300,000 | 33-36 | $140,900 |
| 8 | $1,000,000 |
In the 869th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway hosts from down in The Bahamas at the 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise, while Kyna England is back at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas. Mike Holtz is out with a broken ankle, so Nikki Limo was kind enough to once again fill in as a special co-host.
Together, they discuss happening at the WSOP Paradise, the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at the Wynn Las Vegas, and the European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague. That includes Phil Hellmuth making an appearance, the new stage at WSOP, and the Triton Million, which was won by Argentinean rapper Alejandro Lococo for $12 million.
Chad also had the honor of bringing the Women in Poker Hall of Fame trophy down with him to present to Kristen Foxen. In this episode, you can check out her acceptance speech, which PokerNews helped film. Speaking of the WiPHoF, Jeanne David was another inductee and she had a spot of luck drawing a Golden Passport into the ClubWPT Gold $5,000,000 Freeroll, which kicks off today!
At the EPT Prague, Thomas Santerne has already won two side event titles, while the 2022 WSOP Main Event champ, Espen Jorstad, took down the €25K Super High Roller Warm-Up for his first EPT title.
Other stories covered include Dylan Smith winning the WPT RRPO Championship for $662,200, Nadya Magnus & Dan Sepiol giving away two WPT World Championship $10K seats, a big live-streamed cash game hand featuring Matt Berkey running hot, John Germano taking down the 2024 Bar Poker Open Florida Championship, David Jackson finding success at the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Las Vegas, and Erick Lindgren capturing a title at the ARIA.
Oh, and we'll also let you know what Phil Ivey is up to as he's been seen double dipping at both the WSOP Paradise and WPT World Championship, including a planned holiday meet-up game (MUG) at the latter.
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise series is underway, and poker players attending should be aware of a rule change that will impact the use of electronic devices at the table.
Jonathan Tamayo won the WSOP Main Event for $10 million this past summer in Las Vegas. Controversy surrounded the victory after poker fans noticed his rail, which included poker pros Joe McKeehen and Dominik Nitsche, had a laptop open with apparent real-time assistance (RTA) software visible.
Tamayo would occasionally converse with his rail during the final table, and that led some to question if he had an unfair advantage. But no one has presented any evidence to prove he broke any rules or won the tournament because of an edge gained from his rail. Still, the WSOP did not have a rule in place to prevent potential controversies such as this from arising. They do now, however.
There are a few other additional new rules for the series, including banning electronic devices at the table altogether when a tournament is down to three tables. Players are also not permitted to place their cell phones or any electronic devices on the table or table rail during play.
| Date | Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 6-11 | Event #1: $2,500 Mini Main Event | 2,031 | $5,077,050 | Jeff Hakim | United States | $575,050 |
| Dec. 7-9 | Event #2: $1,000,000 Triton Million | 96 | $48,000,000 | Alejandro Lococo | Argentina | $12,070,000 |
| Dec. 8-9 | Event #3: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Super High Roller | 88 | $8,800,000 | Lautqaro Guerra | Spain | $2,126,770 |
| Dec. 8-9 | Event #4: $2,750 GGMasters Online Championship | 813 | $2,500,000 | Matheus Cardoso Machado | Brazil | $432,623.84 |
| Dec. 9-10 | Event #5: $25,000 Dealers Choice Championship | 49 | $353,340 | Eric Wasserson | United States | $353,340 |
| Dec. 10-12 | Event #6: $5,000 Deepstack NLH | 363 | $1,815,000 | Lei Yu | China | $293,050 |
| Dec. 10-12 | Event #7: $100,000 Triton Main Event | 182 | $3,850,000 | Alex Foxen | United States | $3,850,000 |
| Dec. 11-13 | Event #8: $50,000 PLO Championship | 122 | $6,100,000 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | $1,357,080 |
| Dec. 14 | Event #10: $10,000 Paradise PLO | 200 | $2,000,000 | Mike Gorodinsky | United States | $393,250 |
Caesars Entertainment has finalized the $500 million sale of the biggest brand in poker to GGPoker's parent company, according to an announcement in late October.
Back in August, Caesars Entertainment shocked the poker world when it announced that it would be selling World Series of Poker (WSOP) to NSUS Group Inc, a leading investment group and operator GGPoker. The deal was solidified Tuesday and includes a $250 million cash transaction and a $250 million promissory note due in five years.
Though the WSOP sale marks a shakeup in the industry, poker players can still expect the summer WSOP to be held in Las Vegas for the next 20 years. Additionally, poker rooms at Caesars properties will continue to feature WSOP branding.
Level: 27
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 800,000