We start today's WSOP Paradise article with a PLO $10,000 buy-in tournament that lasted just one day. 200 players came to compete for the bracelet and the prizepool was worth $2,000,000. Cash prizes awaited 30 players and the winner could take home $393,250.
Just before the final table here, Daniel Negreanu busted out, earning $45,710 for his 8th place finish. Names like Daniel Zack, Roman Hrabec, Biao Ding, and Mike Watson sat at the final table. But the main role here was played by 2015 WSOP Player of the Year Mike Gorodinsky, who knocked out four of his opponents. Even Daniel Zack couldn't stop him, and in the end he was the champion. He took home his fourth WSOP bracelet and $393,250 to go with it.
Place | Name | Country | Prize |
1 | Mike Gorodinsky | United States | $393,250 |
2 | Daniel Zack | United States | $291,680 |
3 | Roman Hrabec | Czechia | $216,380 |
4 | Biao Ding | Hong Kong | $160,510 |
5 | Rui Neves | Portugal | $119,070 |
6 | Mike Watson | Canada | $88,330 |
7 | Armin Ghojehvand | United Kingdom | $65,530 |
WSOP Super Main Event
Yesterday saw the third flight of the 1C Super Main Event with a buy-in of $25,000 and a $50,000,000 guarantee. The first flight brought in 461 entries and the second flight brought in just 254 entries. Play continued in a downward fashion in Flight 1C, which saw just 181 entries. This brings the current number of entries to 896 and 304 players have already advanced.
64 players have advanced from fligh 1C and they are led by Santhosh Suvarna with a stack of 3,160,000. Eelis Parssinen, Alan Keating, Punnat Punsri, Chance Kornuth, Stephen Chidwick, Nacho Barbero, Brian Kim, Tamas Adamszki, Chris Moneymaker and Erik Seidel also made it to the advancement list. The overall chipleader is still Fedor Holz with a stack of 4,880,000.
Source - WSOP, Pokernews