Maria Ho's run came to a halt in third place, which paid out $200,000. Kitai was the first player to bid adieu at the final table when he hit the rail in ninth place. The final nine also include India's Kartik Ved, Thomas Santerne from France, and Konstantin Maslak from Russia. Max Pinnola was the other American and Drew Scott was the lone Canadain at the final table.

Belgian pro Davidi Kitai and American pro Maria Ho probably had the biggest pedigree at the final table. The final table in the Mystery Millions included a pair of South Koreans - Jin Hoon Lee and Hyunsup Kim. Greece's Konstantinos Nanos bubbled Event #1 final table in tenth place. David Peters, Sam Greenwood, Mikita Badziakouski, Phil Hellmuth, Sergi Reixach, Daniel Smiljkovic, Eric Afriat, Daniel Dvoress, Koray Aldemir, Christopher Moorman, Dan Cates, Adrian Mateos, Mustapha Kanit, Bryn Kenney, William Foxen, Erwann Pecheux, Joao Simao, Matas Cimbolas, Dinesh Alt, Alexandru Papazian, Fedor Holz, Kenny Hallaert, Roland Israelashvili, and Frank Funaro.

WSOP Paradise Event #1 $1,500 Mystery Millions is one of those hip branded events that attracted 3,446 entrants The top 329 places paid out of the prize pool with topped $5.1 million.Īmong the noteworthy players who cashed in the first WSOP Paradise event included. The suits at the WSOP teamed up with Atlantis to present the first-ever WSOP Paradise which included 15 bracelet events in the Bahamas.

Even though the PCA switched venues, the folks at Atlantis had plenty of experience hosting a long poker festival. The Bahamas has been a popular holiday destination among poker players ever since PokerStars launched the PCA almost two decades ago. Can you put a true price on Paradise? There's nothing quite like gambling in paradise especially during the middle of the winter.

Negreanu poker analysis