World Series of Poker Celebrates Return to Paradise by Giving Main Event Bubble Boy a $30,000 Prize Package
The World Series of Poker announced it will provide the largest tournament guarantee in history this December in the Bahamas. The WSOP Paradise $25,000 buy-in Super Main Event, which will take start Dec. 12, will have a record-breaking guarantee of $60 million. The guarantee surpasses last’s years $50 million promise that came just short of […]
The World Series of Poker announced it will provide the largest tournament guarantee in history this December in the Bahamas. The WSOP Paradise $25,000 buy-in Super Main Event, which will take start Dec. 12, will have a record-breaking guarantee of $60 million. The guarantee surpasses last’s years $50 million promise that came just short of hitting its mark, but that didn’t deter organizers
“They called us crazy last year for launching the Super Main Event with the biggest live tournament guarantee ever, so consider this a re-raise,” said Ty Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of WSOP. “WSOP Paradise is here to stay, and we’re making poker history once again, with the $60,000,000 guarantee and some new signature events. The expanded partnership with Triton, alongside the new Super Mystery Bounty kickoff event, headlines what is a can’t-miss winter festival.”
Last year, Yinan Zhou outlasted 1,977 to claim his first WSOP bracelet and the $6M winner’s prize.
Other festival highlights include:
- Event #1: WSOP Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty (Dec. 4) – $2,500 buy-in (all WSOP Circuit ring event winners from July 1 through Dec 2. will receive an exclusive $5,000 Ticket to Paradise package that includes entry to Event #1)
- Event #3: Triton Pot Limit Omaha Main Event (Dec. 5) – $100K buy-in
- Event #5: Triton Invitational (Dec. 7) – $250K buy-in (the field will be evenly split between invited players from the worlds of business and entertainment, and their professional poker player guests)
- Event #9: Triton No Limit Hold’em Main Event (Dec. 9) – $100K buy-in
- Event #14: GGMillion$ (Dec. 15) – $25K buy-in – $10M prize guarantee
“I said last year that a $50 million guarantee for the Super Main Event was crazy – adding another $10,000,000 on top is freaking insane! WSOP is bringing the biggest high rollers and the best poker experience possible back to Paradise, and I cannot wait to be part of it,” said Daniel Negreanu, GGPoker Global Ambassador.
The press release also had some bad news for online poker players in the United States. Satellites for the $25,000 Super Main Event will only be held on GGPoker.
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Bubble boy gets in
The WSOP timed the announcement as the money bubble was about to burst at the WSOP Main Event. This year, the WSOP gave a $30,000 package to Paradise to the bubble boy. Congrats go to Mathew Frankland, who was one of three players who played one hand for the seat after they were eliminated.
The Main Event continues through the weekend in Las Vegas and is set to conclude on Wednesday, July 16.
Place Payout 1 $10,000,000 2 $6,000,000 3 $4,000,000 4 $3,000,000 5 $2,400,000 6 $1,900,000 7 $1,500,000 8 $1,250,000 9 $1,000,000 10-11 $750,000 12-13 $560,250 14-17 $450,000 18-26 $360,000 27-35 $300,000 36-44 $240,000 45-53 $200,000 54-62 $165,000 63-71 $135,000 72-80 $115,000 81-89 $100,000 90-98 $85,000 99-161 $70,000 162-224 $60,000 225-287 $52,500 288-350 $45,000 351-413 $40,000 414-476 $35,000 477-539 $32,500 540-602 $30,000 603-665 $27,500 666-765 $25,000 766-863 $22,500 864-1,014 $20,000 1,015-1,258 $17,500 1,259-1,461 $15,000
