{"id":872154,"date":"2025-01-10T07:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T15:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/?p=872154"},"modified":"2025-01-08T07:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:03:20","slug":"world-series-of-poker-paradise-closes-out-bracelet-chasing-for-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blog\/world-series-of-poker-paradise-closes-out-bracelet-chasing-for-year\/","title":{"rendered":"World Series of Poker Paradise Closes Out Bracelet Chasing for Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The World Series of Poker Paradise was launched in December 2023, bringing players together from around the world to Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas for a winter series with plenty of sunshine and high-stakes tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s series recently concluded in December and featured 15 championship gold bracelets up for grabs as well as millions of dollars in prize money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $25,000 WSOP<\/a> Super Main Event highlighted the action with the largest guarantee in poker history at $50 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, China\u2019s Yinan Zhou came out on top for $6 million and his first bracelet. The 24-year-old is based in Switzerland and is mostly an online player. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also finished 28th last year in the $5,000 main event in the Bahamas for $72,000. Some added preparation for the year’s series appeared to have paid some nice dividends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI have no plan [for the money]\u2026 it is big money,\u201d he said after the win. \u201cNow I feel good. I decided to play more, practice more, study more to become better and better, to fight against the best and become the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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A Look at Other Winners<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Some other big names also stood out in the Bahamas. High-stakes regular Alex Foxen<\/a> grabbed his third bracelet by taking down the $100,000 Triton Main Event for $3.9 million and now has $42.8 million in live tournament winnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been quite a run for the high-stakes regular, who also won a $50,000 Triton Poker super high roller in November for $1.5 million and won an online bracelet event in October at WSOP.com in October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January, Foxen captured a title in a $25,000 event at the Lucky Hearts Open at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida for $426,075.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image Credit: Shutterstock\/Kitreel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the $26,000 Dealer\u2019s Choice Championship in the Bahamas, Pennsylvania\u2019s Eric Wasserson grabbed the win for $353,340 and his first bracelet. Jeffery Hakim, also of Pennsylvania, took the win in the $2,750 Mini Main Event for $575,050 for the biggest cash of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike Gorodinsky, of California, scooped up the $10,400 pot limit Omaha title for $393,250 and his fourth bracelet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poker commentator and PokerGO commentator Nick Schulman also recorded his sixth WSOP win, taking down the $5,000 turbo bounty event for $145,000 and now has almost $22 million in live tournament winnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Argentinian rapper Alejandro \u201cPapo MC\u201d Lococo<\/a> continued to show that he is more than just a man with a microphone. The PokerStars ambassador brings plenty of card-playing skills as well and took down the $525,000 Triton Million event for more than $12 million and his first bracelet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CAMPE\u00d3N DE TRITON MILLION WSOP

Mi primer brazalete \u2764\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/n2l1Lxqp2X<\/a><\/p>— BESTIA Papo MC \ud83d\udd25\ud83e\udd85 (@PapoMcArg) December 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>