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Bernhard Binder Wins WSOP Paradise Super Main Event for $10 Million

The 2,891-entry tournament generated a $72.25 million prize pool, the largest recorded outside Las Vegas.

Bernhard Binder
Terrance Reid found himself with just 3% equity on the all-spades flop.
Bernhard Binder and Jean-Noel Thorel played a long, grueling heads-up battle.
The agony of the elimination – Spitale with Nacho Barbero on the rail.

Overview

  • Binder captured his first WSOP gold bracelet by winning the $25,000 event at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
  • He defeated 78-year-old French businessman and high-roller regular Jean-Noel Thorel heads-up for the title.
  • Published final-table payouts list Thorel second for $6,000,000 and Belarmino De Souza third for $4,000,000.
  • Natasha Mercier finished sixth for $1,800,000, marking the second straight year a woman reached this final table.
  • The win is a breakout for Binder, whose previous top cash was $64,500 and total live earnings were about $328,636, a rise peers like Mario Mosböck had predicted.