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24-year-old Yinan Zhou wins the $25K WSOP Paradise Super Main Event ($6M)

24-year-old Yinan Zhou wins the $25K WSOP Paradise Super Main Event ($6M)
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  • Last updated on: December 20, 2024 · 2 minutes to read

Before this tournament, Yinan Zhou had $88K in total live earnings. His best result was also here in the Bahamas, at the $5K Main Event last year: 28th place for $72K.

Yinan Zhou bluffed his idol Michael Addamo to victory

Zhou started the final table with the 6th largest stack. At 7-max, he successfully bluffed and knocked out his idol, Michael Addamo.

Zhou entered heads-up play against Marcelo Aziz with nearly even stacks. The heads-up play lasted two hours. Zhou had little luck in all-ins throughout the final table, getting all-in four times but never winning. Perhaps Zhou was just saving up for his last all-in.

“It is big money. Now I feel good. I decide to play more, practice more, study more to become better and better, to fight against the best and become the best,” Zhou said in interview after the tournament.

Final table payouts (1,978 total entries)

PlaceCountryNamePayout
1Yinan Zhou$6,000,000
2Marcelo Aziz$4,600,000
3Mustapha Kanit$3,600,000
4Liv Boeree$2,800,000
5Christopher Nguyen$2,100,000
6Michael Addamo$1,650,000
7Justin Bonomo$1,300,000
8Vadzim Lipauka$1,000,000
9Georg Lehmann$750,000

Two records were set in the $25K WSOP Paradise Super Main Event

  1. Marcelo Aziz finished 2nd, earning $4.6M – the largest single payout in Brazilian poker history. Aziz didn’t spend a cent to enter the tournament, as he won his seat through a Flipout on GGPoker.
  2. Liv Boeree finished 4th, taking home $2.8M – the biggest cash by a female player in poker history. While some may think Boeree has returned to professional poker, she clarified that this is not the case. Liv shared that she wants to focus on her media career and plans to play only 1-2 tournaments a year. Notably, Liv pledged to donate 20% of her winnings to charity.

Three more bracelets found their owners on the final day of the WSOP Paradise

Nick Shulman Wins Sixth Bracelet in $5K The Closer ($145K)

The tournament attracted 238 entries. The final table was filled with stars: Ren Lin, Daniel Negreanu, Santosh Suvarna, Shaun Deeb and others. Nick Schulman’s wife and daughter arrived at the start of the heads-up to support the head of the family.

“Got my family over there, love them so much. That was huge for me this trip. They usually don’t travel with me but my little girl is old enough or what have you.”

Pablo Silva Wins Super Saver $1M Invitational Freeroll ($200K)

The tournament attracted 487 entries. This is the first bracelet in Pablo Silva’s career.

“I feel great. It’s an honor to win this kind of event. Both the money and the bracelet are important”

Johannes Straver Wins $10K GGMillion$ NLH Championship ($807,4K)

The tournament attracted 532 entries. It’s the best cash, first bracelet and first major offline win for Straver.

“It was a big goal. The last couple of years I tried to play more and more live tournaments. To win one is super nice.”

WSOP organizers have announced the dates for the summer series. It will be held in Las Vegas at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas from May 28 to July 16 — read the details here.

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