Event #11: $25,000 Super Main Event | 2025 WSOP Paradise

12-18-2025 19:05 UTC-5

Binder Outflops De Souza

Josh Noy

Level 38 : Blinds 5,000,000/10,000,000, 10,000,000 ante

Bernhard Binder opened to 20,000,000 with Q♣8♦ on the button, and Belarmino De Souza defended his big blind holding K♣8♥.

De Souza checked the 7♦Q♠6♦ flop, and Binder began to count out a bet of 40,000,000 with his pair. De Souza fired his cards into the muck before the bet hit the middle, and Binder picked up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernhard Binder	1,060,000,000 60,000,000	60,000,000

Belarmino De Souza	201,000,000 35,000,000	35,000,000

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12-18-2025 18:56 UTC-5

Binder Reaches a Billion

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Connor Richards

Level 38 : Blinds 5,000,000/10,000,000, 10,000,000 ante

Bernhard Binder raised to 33,000,000 in the small blind with A♦K♦ and Jean-Noel Thorel called in the big blind with 9♣8♣.

Binder checked on the flop of 10♦6♣Q♦ and Thorel bet 25,000,000. Binder called. Binder checked again on the 9♥ turn and Thorel bet 50,000,000. Binder called.

Binder then led out after making the nut straight on the J♣ river and Thorel called before seeing the bad news.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernhard Binder	1,000,000,000 153,000,000	153,000,000

Jean-Noel Thorel	216,000,000 173,000,000	173,000,000

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12-18-2025 18:54 UTC-5

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1			$10,000,000
2			$6,000,000
3			$4,000,000
4	Terrance Reid	United States	$3,000,000
5	Eric Wasserson	United States	$2,350,000
6	Natasha Mercier	United States	$1,800,000
7	Peter Chien	Canada	$1,400,000
8	Franco Spitale	Argentina	$1,100,000

Terrance Reid Eliminated in 4th Place ($3,000,000)

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Josh Noy

Level 38 : Blinds 5,000,000/10,000,000, 10,000,000 ante

Bernhard Binder opened to 20,000,000 in the cutoff, and Jean-Noel Thorel made the call on the button. Terrance Reid defended his big blind, and the monotone 2♠7♠10♠ flop hit the felt.

Reid checked to Binder, who fired a bet of 18,000,000. Thorel slid his cards into the muck, and Reid took a moment before moving all in for 88,000,000. Binder snapped it off, smiling as the cards were turned up.

Terrance Reid: 8♥7♥ All in
Bernhard Binder: J♠6♠

Binder flopped a flush, leaving Reid's pair drawing very thin. The Q♥ turn and 5♥ river changed nothing, as Reid departed in fourth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernhard Binder	847,000,000 168,000,000	168,000,000

Jean-Noel Thorel	389,000,000 25,000,000	25,000,000

Terrance Reid	Busted

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Level: 38

Blinds: 5,000,000/10,000,000

Ante: 10,000,000

12-18-2025 18:43 UTC-5

Latest Chip Counts

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Josh Noy

Level 37 : 4,000,000/8,000,000, 8,000,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernhard Binder	679,000,000 295,000,000	295,000,000

Jean-Noel Thorel	414,000,000 28,000,000	28,000,000

Belarmino De Souza	236,000,000 41,000,000	41,000,000
Terrance Reid	118,000,000 119,000,000	119,000,000

12-18-2025 18:35 UTC-5

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 37 : Blinds 4,000,000/8,000,000, 8,000,000 ante

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12-18-2025 18:30 UTC-5

Break in Play

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Josh Noy

Level 37 : Blinds 4,000,000/8,000,000, 8,000,000 ante

Four players remain as the next 15-minute break has arrived. Action will resume with blinds of 5,000,000/10,000,000 and a 10,000,000 big blind ante.

Here are some highlights from the last level of play.

12-18-2025 18:27 UTC-5

Thorel Slow-Plays Trips

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Connor Richards

Level 37 : Blinds 4,000,000/8,000,000, 8,000,000 ante

Bernhard Binder opened to 16,000,000 on the button with 6♣6♦ and Jean-Noel Thorel three-bet to 31,000,000 in the small blind with Q♣9♠. Binder called.

Thorel checked on the flop of 9♦9♣4♥ and Binder bet 20,000,000. Thorel called. Thorel checked again on the A♠ turn and Binder checked back.

Thorel then bet 75,000,000 on the 7♠ river and Binder laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernhard Binder	679,000,000 27,000,000	27,000,000

Jean-Noel Thorel	418,000,000 17,000,000	17,000,000

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12-18-2025 18:18 UTC-5

Eric Wasserson Eliminated in 5th Place ($2,350,000)

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Connor Richards

Level 37 : Blinds 4,000,000/8,000,000, 8,000,000 ante

Bernhard Binder opened to 16,000,000 in the cutoff and Eric Wasserson three-bet jammed for 109,000,000 in the big blind. Binder called with a bigger stack.

Eric Wasserson: A♥J♠ All in
Bernhard Binder: K♦Q♠

Wasserson couldn't stay ahead as the board ran out 10♦6♦Q♦J♦A♣, leaving him drawing dead to Binder's flush on the turn to be sent out in fifth place for $2,350,000.