Overview
- The WSOP Paradise $25,000 Super Main Event reached its final table from 2,891 entries, creating a $72,275,000 prize pool with $10,000,000 for first and at least $1,100,000 for each finalist.
- Jean-Noel Thorel holds a commanding lead with 567,000,000 chips, roughly 40% of those in play, after eliminating Leonard Maue in ninth to set the final eight.
- Natasha Mercier was eliminated in sixth for $1.8 million after back-to-back hands, following Peter Chien’s seventh-place $1.4 million finish and Franco Spitale’s eighth-place $1.1 million cash.
- The WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas drew 1,865 entries for an $18.277 million prize pool and a $2.5282 million top prize, with 64 players returning for Day 4 led by Konstantin Held.
- The overlapping festivals highlight contrasting formats, with WSOP’s unlimited re-entry model driving a $72 million pool versus the WPT’s three‑entry cap across its Day 1 flights.