Mystery Bounty
The opening tournament of the entire WSOP Paradise festival was the popular Mystery Bounty format, which involves pulling mystery envelopes containing various rewards for eliminating opponents. In this case, the biggest bounty was set at $500,000, more than the first-place prize. The lucky winner was Jeremy Lavi Dan, and his reaction is truly priceless!
BOOMđź’Ą JEREMY LAVI DAN DRAWS THE $500,000 BOUNTY!
- WSOP - World Series of Poker (@WSOP) December 6, 2023
WAY TO USE YOUR "ONE TIME", JEREMY!🤑💰https://t.co/S82L45KPa7 pic.twitter.com/i38sBKHPT6
The streamed final table featured the top 9 players, and many viewers were sure to be rooting for either Davide Kitai or Maria Ho. Neither of these global stars, were crowned champions, with Kitai cashing $64,000 for 8th place, and Maria battling her way to the bronze medal position, for which she took home a whopping $200,000.
The owner of the bracelet from this event ended up being Korean player Jin Hoon Lee, who, although he made the final table with only 14bb, managed to convert them into a $420,000 reward at the end of the day. It was the win of a lifetime for Lee, as evidenced by the massive wave of cheers and screams he and his mates let out throughout the tournament hall.
| # | NAME | COUNTRY | PRIZE |
| 1. | Jin Hoon Lee | KOR | 420,000$ |
| 2. | Max Pinnola | USA | 257,100$ |
| 3. | Maria Ho | USA | 200,000$ |
| 4. | Konstantin Maslak | RUS | 160,000$ |
| 5. | Drew Scott | CAN | 127,000$ |
| 6. | Thomas Santerne | FRA | 101,000$ |
| 7. | Kartik Ved | IND | 80,000$ |
| 8. | Davidi Kitai | BEL | 64,000$ |
| 9. | Hyunsup Kim | KOR | 51,000$ |
GGMillion$
The third bracelet was handed out in the aforementioned $25,000 buy-in GGMillion$, which unusually featured two opening days. In them, the players collectively took care of an impressive 533 entries, which left the event's $5 million guarantee far in the oblivion as the prizepool soared to $13,325,000. During the second day of play, the final eight was gradually formed from the 80 advancers ($42,200 mincash), with Germany's Daniel Smiljkovic taking the lead.
Before the final table, everyone was assured of a $267,500 payout, but a champion bracelet awaited the champion, along with an astronomical $2,726,300 prize. The latter eventually went to Austria, thanks to Samuel Mullure. He took down American Frank Brannan in heads-up play and took home the win of a lifetime.
| # | NAME | COUNTRY | PRIZE |
| 1. | Samuel Mullur | AUT | 2,736,300$ |
| 2. | Frank Brannan | USA | 1,684,500$ |
| 3. | Daniel Smiljkovic | GER | 1,192,300$ |
| 4. | Damian Salas | ARG | 856,800$ |
| 5. | Arunas Sapitavicius | LIT | 625,400$ |
| 6. | Klemens Roiter | AUT | 463,700$ |
| 7. | Matthew Stumpf | SPA | 349,400$ |
| 8. | Adrian Mateos | CAN | 267,500$ |
| 9. | Renat Bohdanov | UKR | 208,300$ |
Mini Main Event
During the past few hours, the bracelets with serial numbers 4 and 5 were also handed out. Another affordable tournament was the Mini Main Event, which each interested party could play for only $1,000. The only undefeated player in the field of 2,234 entries was Canadian Martin Raus, which earned him $334,380 in addition to his bracelet.
$25k PLO High Roller
The fifth and final bracelet so far was handed out in the Omaha event, specifically the $25k PLO High Roller. The two-day tournament attracted a total of 140 entries, and yet only one name shines at the end of it. Greece's Nikolaos Lampropoulos held his own against a tough field and took home $871,600 in addition to his bracelet.
| # | NAME | COUNTRY | PRIZE |
| 1. | Nikolaos Lampropoulos | GRE | 871,600$ |
| 2. | Dan Shak | USA | 537,900$ |
| 3. | Imad Derwiche | FRA | 397,700$ |
| 4. | Tyler Brown | USA | 297,400$ |
| 5. | Nick Schulman | USA | 225,000$ |
| 6. | Michael Moncek | USA | 172,300$ |
| 7. | Matthew Wantman | USA | 133,500$ |
| 8. | Yuri Dzivielevski | BRA | 104,700$ |
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