The premiere new stop of WSOP Paradise is currently underway in the Bahamas, with 15 gold bracelets being handed out and more than $50 million in guaranteed prizes up for grabs.
A seventh bracelet was handed out during the night and it was in the $50,000 Super High Roller. That one brought 137 entries and a prizepool of $6,850,000. A reward of $1,704,400 awaited the winner here.
The final day's action
There were 17 players in the final day and the chipleader was Seth Gottlieb. Right behind him was Erik Seidel with the second largest stack. Names like Orpen Kisacikoglu, Jason Koon, Alex Foxen, Jonathan Jaffe and Adrian Mateos eventually made it to the 8-seat final table along with them.
At the final table, they all already had at least $205,000 in their pockets. This amount was eventually won by Adrian Mateos. Seth Gottlieb and Poker Hall of Fame member Erik Seidel sat in the final heads-up after Orpen was eliminated . Erik entered heads-up play as a huge chip leader with a stack of up to 32,600,000, while Gottlieb had just 8,400,000.
The hand lasted only a few minutes, and although Gottlieb was able to get close to Seidel, he couldn't beat him. In the final hand, the players went at each other after a board of Q K 6 5 8, on which Gottlieb hit two pair of K 6s, but Seidel hit a straight 9 7. Gottlieb took home $1,052,800 for his second place finish. Erik Seidel earned $1,704,400 + $25,000 thanks to the WSOP Paradise Parlay promotion and took home his 10th WSOP bracelet.
| Name | Country | Reward |
| 1. Erik Seidel | USA | 1.704.400$ |
| 2. Seth Gottlieb | USA | 1.052.800$ |
| 3. Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | 778.300$ |
| 4. Jason Koon | USA | 582.100$ |
| 5. Koichi Chiba | Japan | 440.500$ |
| 6. Alex Foxen | USA | 337.300$ |
| 7. Jonathan Jaffe | USA | 261.400$ |
| 8. Adrian Mateos | Spain | 205.000$ |
Erik Seidel picked up his first bracelet back in 1992 , when the WSOP was still held at Binion's Horseshoe. His current cash is the highest Erik has ever taken home from the WSOP , and he also won his next live WSOP bracelet in 16 years. With his tenth bracelet, he joins an exclusive club that includes names like Phil Ivey, Johnny Chan and the late Doyle Brunson. Only Phil Hellmuth has more than ten bracelets, and he's now up to 17.
WSOP Paradise Main Event
The Main Event of the entire festival kicked off yesterday with a $5,300 buy-in and a $15,000,000 guarantee. The first flight produced 657 entries and 98 advancers. At the same time, the organizers also unveiled a special bracelet for the Main Event winner. The bracelet is handmade of 10-carat gold, set with 494 round stones of genuine blue topaz and weighs 95 grams.
Finally, we'll take a look at the results of Event #6, which was a $3,000 NLH 6-Handed tournament with 755 entries and a prize pool of $2,265,000. A prize of $424,550 awaited the winner here and that, along with a bracelet, went to Bulgarian player Boris Kolev. This is the second bracelet for Boris.
Source - Pokernews, WSOP
