“T he WSOP can celebrate another ‘first’ with the record for the largest live poker event ever put together in the Bahamas. ' Poker in paradise is rolling along and WSOP Paradise at Atlantis Paradise Island is already setting records and smashing guarantees,' said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart. The highlights from the action include Tony Parker notching his first finish in the money at a WSOP event in Event #4: Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold’em and another guarantee being met of $10 million for Event #3 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship.

WSOP Paradise says that it has brought the biggest names in poker to the felt in the Caribbean, including poker legends Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, and Jamie Gold, in addition to the last three WSOP Main Event World Champions Daniel Weinman, Espen Jørstad, and Koray Aldemir.įamiliar faces from the sports world were also in attendance, like 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Tony Parker, two-time WNBA Champion and Las Vegas Aces’ Head Coach Becky Hammon, Manchester City legend Sergio Agüero, and FS1’s Nick Wright, among others. WSOP - World Series of Poker December 8, 2023 The $1,100 Mini Main event attracted another massive field, with 2,234 entries generating a total prize pool of $2,234,000!įlight A of the $5,000 MAIN EVENT starts tomorrow, featuring a $15M guarantee, and there are still discounted rooms available at the /7XVXK5IuZ8 It featured Jeremy Lavi Dan taking home the prized $500,000 bounty. “ With 3,446 entrants and its $5 million guarantee easily met, the Mystery Millions event set the record for the largest live poker event ever hosted in the Bahamas,” WSOP noted in a press release. The World Series of Poker ( WSOP) announced that its first edition of WSOP Paradise has officially launched and is running at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas, “marking an exciting new chapter for the richest, most prestigious, and longest-running poker series.”įestivities officially got underway on Sunday, December 3rd, with Daniel Negreanu delivering the ceremonial Shuffle Up and Deal for the series kicking off Event #1: Mystery Millions.

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