The 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise $25,000 buy-in super main event sported a massive $50,000,000 guarantee, the largest in tournament poker history. On Dec. 16, registration officially closed with 1,978 total entries. That meant that the top 297 finishers made the money, with the min-cash set at $50,000. The top eight finishers will walk away with seven-figure paydays, with the eventual champion set to earn $6,000,000.
Day 2 concluded with 207 players remaining in the live field, with 90 having already made the money from the online flights held for this event. There were 1,124 entries made across the four live starting flights, and another 254 day 2 late registrants. With 600 online players, that brought the total to 1,978.
Action concluded on day 2 with the elimination of 17-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth on the $50,000 money bubble. The 60-year-old Poker Hall of Famer was eliminated by high-stakes livestream star Alan Keating. Hellmuth got all-in preflop for his last few big blinds with A
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3 of Paulius Vaitiekunas and 76 of Keating. Hellmuth was the only one at risk, with his opponents checking it down through a Q5210
7 runout. Keating showed his rivered pair of sevens to take the pot and bring the day to a close. He ended the night with a healthy stack of 4,350,000.
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We’re officially In The Money in the First Ever Record-Breaking $50M GTD WSOP SUPER MAIN EVENT! #wsopPARADISE
Phil Hellmuth eliminated on the STONE BUBBLE! #gg pic.twitter.com/OJ4UWG1zgh
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) December 17, 2024
Hellmuth won’t be adding to his lead on the all-time bracelet list in this event, or growing his $27,029,980 in career earnings. While his chance at this title has passed, there are nearly 300 players still in with a shot at the hardware and multi-million-dollar top prize.
According to chip counts from WSOP+, Gytis Lazauninkas bagged up the overall lead with 15,430,000. Plenty of big names are among the top stacks heading into day 3, including high-roller regular Juan Pardo (10,740,000) two-time bracelet winner Chris Klodnicki (9,450,000), bracelet Winner Liv Boeree (8,275,000), bracelet winner Joseph Cheong (8,270,000), bracelet winner Roman Hrabec (7,740,000), WPT champion Matthew Wantman (7,700,000), two-time bracelet winner David Peters (7,485,000), bracelet winner Chris Hunichen (6,925,000), and four-time bracelet winner Adrian Mateos (6,555,000).
Here is a look at the full payouts for the top 297 finishers:
| Place | Payout |
| 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 2 | $4,600,000 |
| 3 | $3,600,000 |
| 4 | $2,800,000 |
| 5 | $2,100,000 |
| 6 | $1,650,000 |
| 7 | $1,300,000 |
| 8 | $1,000,000 |
| 9 | $750,000 |
| 10 | $500,000 |
| 11-12 | $370,150 |
| 13-16 | $295,000 |
| 17-22 | $230,600 |
| 23-32 | $180,300 |
| 33-48 | $140,900 |
| 49-75 | $110,200 |
| 76-118 | $86,100 |
| 119-188 | $67,300 |
| 189-297 | $50,000 |
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