The remaining 24 players are in their seats on the main stage, and cards are in the air for Day 4.
The second half of Level 31 starts the day, before levels are extended to 90 minutes for the rest of the tournament.
PokerNews reporting will follow on a delay to line up with the WSOP YouTube stream.
The tournament staff is sorting final preparations, and action will be underway shortly.
The penultimate day of Event #11: $25,000 Super Main Event at the 2025 World Series of Poker Paradise in the Bahamas kicks off today at 1 p.m. local time as the fight continues for the Super Main bracelet and $10 million top prize.
Team Canada has the best shot of claiming the bracelet as Pascal LeFrancois and William Blais lead the chip counts, while other big stacks include Dutchman Daniel Reijmer and Frenchman Jean-Noel Thorel, whose trademark LED table light earned him the Day 2b chip lead that helped carry him to the final three tables.
Also in contention are poker coach Faraz Jaka, $50,000 PLO High Roller champion Charles Hook, Natasha Mercier, poker media's Terrance Reid, GGPoker ambassador Felipe Ramos and Benny Glaser, who is after his fourth bracelet of the year and ninth overall. For insight into Jaka's poker strategy, check out his interview on the Life Outside Poker podcast at the 2024 WSOP.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pascal LeFrancois | Canada | 126,400,000 | 63 |
| 2 | William Blais | Canada | 123,300,000 | 62 |
| 3 | Daniel Reijmer | Netherlands | 115,400,000 | 58 |
| 4 | Jean-Noel Thorel | France | 101,200,000 | 51 |
| 5 | Charles Hook | United States | 94,200,000 | 47 |
| 6 | Bernhard Binder | Austria | 89,500,000 | 45 |
| 7 | Natasha Mercier | Lebanon | 88,000,000 | 44 |
| 8 | Belarmino De Souza | Brazil | 86,500,000 | 43 |
| 9 | Leonard Maue | Germany | 70,000,000 | 35 |
| 10 | Faraz Jaka | United States | 63,300,000 | 32 |
Action will resume with 36:02 left in Level 31 with blinds of 1,000,000/2,000,000/2,000,000 for the second-to-last day of action ahead of a winner being crowned on Thursday.
The plan is to play down to eight players, meaning there will be plenty of collisions throughout the day. That was certainly the case on Day 3, where a combo of double knockouts helped the event get down to 24 players in the early morning hours.
PokerNews will be providing updates on a delay as to avoid spoilers of the WSOP stream.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is here at Atlantis and ready to provide more updates on the Super Main Event.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 2 | $6,000,000 |
| 3 | $4,000,000 |
| 4 | $3,000,000 |
| 5 | $2,350,000 |
| 6 | $1,800,000 |
| 7 | $1,400,000 |
| 8 | $1,100,000 |
| 9 | $850,000 |
| 10-11 | $665,875 |
| 12-15 | $520,000 |
| 16-23 | $415,000 |
| 24 | $335,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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126,400,000 | |
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123,300,000 | |
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115,400,000 | |
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101,200,000 | |
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94,200,000 | |
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89,500,000 | |
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88,000,000 | |
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86,500,000 | |
|
70,000,000 | |
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63,300,000 | |
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62,600,000 | |
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57,500,000 | |
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53,400,000 | |
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51,500,000 | |
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43,500,000 | |
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36,600,000 | |
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33,200,000 | |
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32,500,000 | |
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32,000,000 | |
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26,100,000 | |
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16,500,000 | |
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16,000,000 | |
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14,800,000 | |
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9,300,000 | |
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133 | 1 | Franco Spitale | Argentina | 16,500,000 | 8 |
| 133 | 2 | Terrance Reid | United States | 32,500,000 | 16 |
| 133 | 3 | Natasha Mercier | Lebanon | 88,000,000 | 44 |
| 133 | 4 | Leonard Maue | Germany | 70,000,000 | 35 |
| 133 | 5 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 62,600,000 | 31 |
| 133 | 6 | Daniel Reijmer | Netherlands | 115,400,000 | 58 |
| 133 | 7 | Faraz Jaka | United States | 63,300,000 | 32 |
| 133 | 8 | Lukas Rutkauskas | Lithuania | 33,200,000 | 17 |
| 134 | 1 | Isaiah Goldman | United States | 32,000,000 | 16 |
| 134 | 2 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 57,500,000 | 29 |
| 134 | 3 | Felipe Ramos | Brazil | 16,000,000 | 8 |
| 134 | 4 | Taran Parmar | Canada | 9,300,000 | 5 |
| 134 | 5 | Julian Pineda Lozano | Panama | 36,600,000 | 18 |
| 134 | 6 | Peter Chien | Canada | 14,800,000 | 7 |
| 134 | 7 | Pascal LeFrancois | Canada | 126,400,000 | 63 |
| 134 | 8 | Iuri Ribeiro | Brazil | 53,400,000 | 27 |
| 135 | 1 | William Blais | Canada | 123,300,000 | 62 |
| 135 | 2 | Luke Martinelli | Australia | 51,500,000 | 26 |
| 135 | 3 | Tomas Jozonis | Lithuania | 43,500,000 | 22 |
| 135 | 4 | Ravid Garbi | Israel | 26,100,000 | 13 |
| 135 | 5 | Jean-Noel Thorel | France | 101,200,000 | 51 |
| 135 | 6 | Charles Hook | United States | 94,200,000 | 47 |
| 135 | 7 | Belarmino De Souza | Brazil | 86,500,000 | 43 |
| 135 | 8 | Bernhard Binder | Austria | 89,500,000 | 45 |
Event #11: $25,000 Super Main Event
Day 4 Started
