Action folded to Manuel Fritz on the button, and he raised to 16,000. It folded to Aleksejs Ponakovs in the big blind, and he three-bet all in for his stack of 279,000, which Fritz called.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: 5♠5♥
Manuel Fritz: A♥J♠
Ponakovs was ahead, but the A♦K♦9♦ flop put Fritz in the lead with his pair of aces. However, the turn brought the 5♣ to leave Fritz drawing dead. The 6♠ came on the river, securing Ponakovs a double-up with his set of fives.
Four-way action to the K♠K♥8♠ flop saw Seth Davies check from the big blind. Richard Yong followed with a check in the hijack, and Tyler Stafman did the same in the cutoff.
Daniel Negreanu fired 40,000 on the button, with only Stafman calling to see the 10♥ turn. Another check from Stafman was met with a bet of 75,000 from Negreanu.
Stafman took some time before moving all in, and Negreanu called.
Tyler Stafman: 8♥8♦
Daniel Negreanu: K♣Q♦
Stafman's flopped full house held through the 9♠ river, doubling his stack through Negreanu.
On the very first hand of Day 2, Bryn Kenney raised to 18,000 from the cutoff, and once it folded to Daniel Negreanu in the small blind, he three-bet to 75,000. The big blind folded, and Kenney four-bet all-in for his stack of 400,000, which Negreanu quickly called to put Kenney at risk.
Bryn Kenney: 10♠10♣
Daniel Negreanu: A♣K♠
It was a massive flip with Kenney in front with his pocket pair, but when the board ran out 7♥K♦7♠A♦8♦ Negreanu improved to two pair, aces and kings, taking the pot and sending Kenney to the rail.
Last year at Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas, 24-year-old Yinan Zhou bluffed poker's toughest opponent, busted his poker idol and became the first-ever World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise Super Main Event champion as he won the $25,000 buy-in event in The Bahamas for $6,000,000 and his first bracelet.
The Super Main Event, a $50 million guaranteed event, drew 1,978 runners across four live starting flights and three online flights.
China's Zhou pulled off an impressive bluff against chip leader and sixth-place finisher Michael Addamo, who a few years ago was nominated for "Players Choice for Toughest Opponent" at the GPI awards.
"I'm feeling calm, to be honest," Zhou said. "When I started the final table nine-handed ... I (felt) very nervous, especially the big river bluff against Addamo. But when we got down to six, I (felt) very calm ... I just enjoy(ed) this final table."
2024 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event Final Table Results
After navigating their way through ten levels on separate sides of the draw at the 2025 World Series of Poker Paradise, invitees and poker pros will combine on Day 2 of Event #5: $250,000 Triton Invitational.
Action resumes at Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas at 12 p.m. local time, when registration will close and the race to the money will begin.
This unique event features Triton Poker Series invitees paired with a poker professional of their choice, with each group playing in separate pools until the end of Day 1. Ye Wang made his mark on the invitees' side, bagging the overall chip lead with 1,643,000 and sitting as the only returning player with more than 200 big blinds for the second of three scheduled days.
Leading the way on the professionals' side was Kayhan Mokri (1,522,000), who already has a cash here in Paradise after finishing 17th in Event #3: $100,000 Triton PLO Main Event.
The full field saw 49 pairings take their seats to begin Day 1, with just 71 players moving on so far. Reentry remains open until the start of play, as the list of 126 total entries could grow further.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Ye Wang
China
1,643,000
205
2
Kayhan Mokri
Norway
1,522,000
190
3
Charles Hook
United States
1,453,000
182
4
Dejan Kaladjurdjevic
Montenegro
1,375,000
172
5
Vinny Lingham
United States
1,250,000
156
6
Sameh Elamawy
Egypt
1,205,000
151
7
Joseph Oren
United States
1,190,000
149
8
Tom Heung
Hong Kong
1,077,000
135
9
Talal Shakerchi
United Kingdom
952,000
119
10
Jean-Noel Thorel
France
855,000
107
Talal Shakerchi
Sitting among the top five with healthy stacks after the opening day are Charles Hook (1,453,000), Dejan Kaladjurdjevic (1,375,000), and Vinny Lingham (1,250,000).
Among the notable names near the top of the leaderboard are Talal Shakerchi (952,000) and Jean-Noel Thorel (855,000), who round out the top ten sitting comfortably above the 100 big blind mark.
Mokri topped the pro side of the draw, that still includes Alex Foxen, Bryn Kenney, Christoph Vogelsang, and Daniel Negreanu as action heads into Day 2.
The short stacks in the room are Patrik Antonius (90,000), Jesse Lonis (67,000), and Armin Ghojehvand (63,000).
Patrik Antonius
The invitees and pros will be redrawn to begin play at noon local time when registration will close, combining to one field for the remainder of the tournament. Action resumes on Level 11, with blinds at 4,000/8,000/8,000.
Levels will remain 50 minutes in length, with breaks after the completion of every two levels. The schedule calls for play to continue until the final table is determined tonight.
Full prize pool and payout information will be posted once cards are in the air, with the total purse already sitting above $31,000,000. Don't miss any of the high-stakes excitement, as the PokerNews live reporting team will have full coverage as invitees and pros continue to battle at Atlantis.
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