Level: 35
Blinds: 2,500,000/5,000,000
Ante: 5,000,000
2025 WSOP Paradise
Event #11: $25,000 Super Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
2025 WSOP Paradise
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 5
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$72,275,000
Entries
2,891
Level
40
Blinds
8,000,000 / 16,000,000
Ante
16,000,000
Entries
8
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 2,891
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Level 34
: Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
Belarmino De Souza raised to 8,000,000 in middle position with A♣3♣ and Bernhard Binder called in the small blind with A♠Q♦.
Binder checked on the flop of 4♥9♠10♠ and De Souza checked back. Both players checked again on the Q♥ turn.
Binder bet 18,000,000 on the 5♥ river and De Souza laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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201,000,000
16,000,000
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16,000,000 |
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142,000,000
8,000,000
|
8,000,000 |
Level 34
: Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
Action folded to Terrance Reid in the small blind, who tossed in a call with 8♣5♣. Bernhard Binder checked his big blind option holding 7♦5♥, and the dealer fanned out the 2♦J♥J♦ flop.
Reid led out for 4,500,000, and Binder called to see the 8♥ turn. Both players checked, and the 7♠ river completed the board.
After taking a moment, Reid slid out a bet of 14,000,000, earning a call from Binder. Reid showed his pair of eights to claim the pot, and Binder mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
185,000,000
26,000,000
|
26,000,000 |
|
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133,000,000
18,500,000
|
18,500,000 |
Level: 34
Blinds: 2,000,000/4,000,000
Ante: 4,000,000
The final table player introductions are done, and play is underway in the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event.
PokerNews reporting will follow on delay, in line with the WSOP YouTube stream.
After two weeks of exciting action at Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas, the $10,000,000 moment will finally arrive on the last day of the 2025 World Series of Poker Paradise.
There is just one last bracelet to award, along with the largest piece of the $72,275,000 prize pool in Event #11: $25,000 Super Main Event. From a field of 2,891 entries, just eight players remain in contention to end their year with an eight-figure score. The tournament boasted the largest guarantee ever, and that turned into the biggest prize pool ever awarded outside of the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas.
What's left to be decided is who will take home the $10,000,000 first-place prize, and sitting in the driver's seat is Jean-Noel Thorel. The overnight chip leader brings a massive lead into the final day, as Thorel's stack of 567,000,000 chips towers above the rest of the table. Bernhard Binder (211,000,000) sits in second place, as the only other player returning with more than 50 big blinds.
Much of the spotlight will be on Natasha Mercier (165,000,000), who sits down with the third largest stack while looking to make history in Paradise. Mercier will have family and friends on hand as she enters her fourth career WSOP final table, including a top-five finish at Atlantis back in 2023.
WSOP fans will no doubt remember the fourth-place run of Liv Boeree in last year's WSOP Paradise Super Main Event, and Mercier now has a chance to eclipse that mark having already achieved her stated goal of reaching the final table.
Final Table Seat Draw
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernhard Binder | Austria | 211,000,000 | 53 |
| 2 | Peter Chien | Canada | 76,000,000 | 19 |
| 3 | Natasha Mercier | United States | 165,000,000 | 41 |
| 4 | Jean-Noel Thorel | France | 567,000,000 | 142 |
| 5 | Belarmino De Souza | Brazil | 150,000,000 | 38 |
| 6 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 130,500,000 | 33 |
| 7 | Franco Spitale | Argentina | 33,000,000 | 8 |
| 8 | Terrance Reid | United States | 114,500,000 | 29 |
The rest of the contenders are led by Belarmino De Souza (150,000,000), who entered the unofficial final table on Wednesday with just four big blinds before spinning it up to sit fourth overall.
Rounding out the top five is Eric Wasserson (130,500,000), who captured his first bracelet last December and added two more top-five runs in Las Vegas this summer.
Terrance Reid (114,500,000) will take his seat with 29 big blinds on the table, chasing a first WSOP bracelet along with Peter Chien (76,000,000).
Franco Spitale (33,000,000) is looking to earn a second bracelet, but will need to mount a comeback as he returns to action with the shortest stack among the eight remaining players.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000,000 | 5 | $2,350,000 |
| 2 | $6,000,000 | 6 | $1,800,000 |
| 3 | $4,000,000 | 7 | $1,400,000 |
| 4 | $3,000,000 | 8 | $1,100,000 |
All eight contenders have earned at last $1,100,000, with the chance to add millions more on the way to determining the last WSOP champion of 2025. Action will pick up at 12 p.m. local time, with 10:51 remaining in Level 34.
Players will once again navigate 90-minute levels, with blinds resuming at 2,000,000/4,000,000 and a 4,000,000 big blind ante. Thorel returns with nearly 40 percent of the 362 big blinds in play to begin the day, as the battle for the $10,000,000 first-place prize is set to continue.
Who will take home the $25,000 Super Main Event bracelet in 2025? Be sure to stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will have full coverage of the final day at WSOP Paradise.
Event #11: $25,000 Super Main Event
Day 5 Started
