The WSOP Paradise Super Main Event wrapped up, with a star-studded final table.
The tournament had 1,978 entries and brought together some elite players. During the final table, there were a few notable eliminations. Justin Bonomo, who is second on the All-Time Money List, was eliminated in seventh place by Yinan Zhou. In his final hand, Bonomo went all-in on the flop. , with , only to be defeated by the Zhou. With no improvement on the turn or river, Bonomo left the event with $1,300,000.
Michael Addamo, the early leader of the final, fell in sixth place. He lost a big pot against Zhou, who hit a straight on the turn. Shortly after, Addamo was eliminated after going all-in preflop with against by Liv Boeree. He lost with Queen-high and picked up $1,650,000 for his troubles.
The Brit was eliminated shortly after. A flip brought the end of Liv's participation in the event. She open shoved with just over six big blinds holding from the cutoff . Marcelo Aziz called on the button with . The board was no help to Boeree, who took home the highest prize of his career: $2,800,000.
In the 3-handed , Mustapha Kanit ended up eliminated in a race against Marcelo Aziz. The Brazilian, with , faced the of Kanit, but the edge gave the Brazilian a pair of eights on the river, ending the Italian's participation, who won $3,600,000.
In the heads-up , Aziz started at a disadvantage, but managed two important doubles against Zhou, balancing the duel.
However, after dinner, Zhou regained control of the game. The final hand came in a pre-flop all-in when Marcelo, with , faced the of Zhou. The board brought victory to the Chinese player.
Final table result:
- Yinan Zhou (China) – $6,000,000
- Marcelo Aziz (Brazil) – $4,600,000
- Mustapha Kanit (Italy) – $3,600,000
- Liv Boeree (United Kingdom) – $2,800,000
- Christopher Nguyen (Germany) – $2,100,000
- Michael Addamo (Australia) – $1,650,000
- Justin Bonomo (USA) – $1,300,000
- Vadzim Lipauka (Belarus) – $1,000,000
- Georg Lehmann (Germany) – $750,000