Level 15
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
After a tense Level 15, the 253 remaining players have been sent on a 15-minute break.
Here are some highlights from the last two levels of action.
2025 WSOP Paradise
Event #11: $25,000 Super Main Event
Day: 2b
Players Left 24 / 2891
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Level 15
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
On the last hand before the break on the Lagoon feature table, Hila Klein limped in the cutoff, Jean-Robert Bellande called from the small blind, and Bryn Kenney checked his option.
On the flop of Q♠5♣3♣, Bellande led for 75,000 with his flush draw, Kenney called, then Klein raised to 250,000, committing about half her stack. Bellande moved in for 1,215,000, Kenney folded, and Klein called all in for 520,000.
Hila Klein: Q♥6♥ 
Jean-Robert Bellande: K♣2♣
Klein was ahead with top pair of queens, but had to fade a lot of outs with Bellande's king and flush draw. The 5♥ turn was a safe card for Klein, but the 8♣ on the river was a killer, completing Bellande's flush. Klein was felted as the rest of the table headed out for their break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,240,000 | |
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2,010,000 | |
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Busted | |
Level 15
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
The tournament director has announced that the WSOP Super Main Event prize pool is confirmed as $72,275,000.
Day 2b will pay out the top 202 players, earning a minimum of $50,000. Play will continue until just 94 players remain to bag for Day 3.
The full tournament payouts will be revealed once the field combines on Tuesday.
Level 15
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
There was a major controversy at Table 124 that lasted around ten minutes and featured plenty of f-bombs and challenges to "bet on it."
Andre Moreira opened to 100,000, and Ryan Depaulo called from the next seat before James Caputo three-bet to 200,000 behind him. Moreira called, and Depaulo back-shoved for 1,175,000. Caputo called, and Moreira then re-shoved for over 3,000,000.
Enter the controversy. According to footage captured by Depaulo, Caputo said something to the effect of him being all in against Depaulo but not Moreira and tabled A♦5♦. The dealer interpreted this as a verbal fold and mucked his hand, leaving Moreira and Depaulo to respectively table J♠J♣ and K♣K♠.
A confused Caputo then argued that his hand should still be alive and that he would've called. Depaulo told him he had folded, but tablemate Martin Zamani came to Caputo's defense and said he never verbally folded.
"Sir, you should not listen to only him (Zamani)," Depaulo told the floor. "Ask anyone else at the table. Because he's being all biased."
"How am I biased?" replied Zamani. "Do you wanna bet on it?"
"He said, 'I'm not calling that.'"
"Dude, he called with ace-deuce earlier. You know he wasn't trying to fold."
Several f-bombs flew, and they only picked up when the floor told Caputo that he would have to surrender 1,175,000 and wouldn't even get to see a flop. Finally, a board was run.
Ryan Depaulo: K♣K♠
Andre Moreira: J♣J♠
The poker Gods were feeling humorous today as the board ran out Q♦8♦K♥4♦A♥, giving Depaulo top set but leaving Caputo with what would've been the winner with the stone nuts.
"F*** YOU GUYS!" Caputo screamed before slamming a stack of around $50,000 cash on the table.
"He got screwed by confusion, but he did fold, Martin," said Depaulo. "I'm sorry, man. It sucks for you, but you folded."
"I didn't fold," Caputo replied. "Why don't we go to the videotape?"
"It's hard to say he folded," said Zamani. "He never said fold, he never said 'I'm not calling.'"
Caputo has had quite the 24 hours. He made a mistake on Day 1d that led to poker legend David Benyamine putting a tough beat on Manuel Pochat, and earlier today, he was involved in another controversy where his hand was accidentally mucked.
Depaulo shared further details of the incident from his point of view. He insists that Caputo, an inexperienced player, clearly folded his hand. The poker vlogger shared a video clip he took from his perspective during the hand.
In a separate tweet, Depaulo claims that Caputo was asked before the cards were mucked if his intentions were to fold, and he responded, "yes."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,600,000
2,250,000
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2,250,000 |
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3,000,000
3,300,000
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3,300,000 |
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1,000,000
2,890,000
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2,890,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Action folded to Douglas Araujo Lopes Ferreira in the cutoff, and he raised to 120,000, which was called by Fabian Bernhauser on the button. Then Alan Keating three-bet to 1,300,000, which got Ferreira to fold. Bernhauser then sat in the tank before making the call for less.
Fabian Bernhauser: A♥10♥
Alan Keating: A♠K♠
Keating woke up with a monster in the small blind, which had Bernhauser dominated. The board ran out K♣7♦J♠10♦K♥ which improved Keating to trips, giving him the pot and eliminating Bernhauser.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,800,000
810,000
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810,000 |
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2,750,000 | |
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Busted |
Level 14
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
In a three-way pot on a board of A♠4♦7♦, Mark Ioli bet 90,000 and Rania Nasreddine called before Felipe Ramos check-raised all in for about a starting stack. Ioli re-jammed and Nasreddine folded.
Felipe Ramos: 7♠7♣
Mark Ioli: A♦K♥
Ramos had flopped a set to crush Ioli's top pair and the board finished out 2♥3♦ to earn him a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,300,000
1,300,000
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1,300,000 |
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1,300,000
1,300,000
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1,300,000 |
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900,000
275,000
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275,000 |
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Level 13
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Mustapha Kanit found himself in a tough spot against Santhosh Suvarna on a board of 9♣10♦7♠5♣J♥.
Kanit bet on the river and Suvarna raised all in for 1,800,000. Kanit had slightly less and eventually called.
Suvarna showed K♣Q♦ for the nut straight to crush the lower straight of Kanit with 8♥7♥ to send the eccentric Italian to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,500,000
5,000,000
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5,000,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 13
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Markus Amann raised all in from under the gun for his stack of 1,250,000. James Caputo on his immediate left three-bet all in, but once Chanracy Khun folded, the dealer mucked both Khun and Caputo's cards. Scott Seiver then came to the defense of Caputo, saying "He was even protecting his cards with his hands."
Eventually the floor came over to evaluate the situation, and confirmed with Caputo and Khun their cards and suits. Once the floor talked to both players, he asked Caputo, "Are you sure that's what you had?", Caputo confirmed and his cards were returned. It folded around and Amann's and Caputo's cards were on their backs.
Markus Amann: A♦K♥
James Caputo: A♥2♠
The table found it hilarious that after all that chaos, Caputo turned over ace-deuce and then went into full blown laughter after the flop came A♣7♥2♦ giving Caputo two pair. The laughs continued as a crowd swarmed the table, once the rest of the board ran out Q♦ on the turn and 8♣ on the river, to give Caputo the pot and eliminate Amann in a brutal fashion.
Chino Rheem at a nearby table said, "I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,100,000
625,000
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625,000 |
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Busted |
Level 13
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
A big three-way pot brewed between Stephen Chidwick, Alejandro Lococo and Pavel Krylov.
Getting to the river on a board of 4♥9♠7♦6♥8♣, Chidwick bet 680,000 with a single chip behind and Krylov went deep into the tank before folding. Lococo then raised all in and Chidwick quickly called for one more chip.
Lococo showed a straight with Q♠10♠, but the British asssassin had a higher straight with J♣10♦ for a big double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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4,200,000
875,000
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875,000 |
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2,700,000
1,860,000
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1,860,000 |
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2,000,000
2,000,000
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2,000,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Action was picked up with Eric Wasserson all-in for his stack of 450,000, and Leonardo Rizzo putting him at risk
Eric Wasserson: K♥Q♠
Leonardo Rizzo: A♦7♣
It was a fair fight, but Wasserson would need to improve past the ace of Rizzo to stay in the tournament. He couldn't on the J♣2♠10♣ flop, but he did pick up extra outs with an open-ended straight draw. The 3♠ on the turn changed nothing, but the A♣ on the river gave Wasserson a Broadway straight, to secure the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,030,000
530,000
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530,000 |
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700,000
1,630,000
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1,630,000 |
