Level 31
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Justin Carey
Christopher Nguyen opened to 4,000,000 in the hijack and Justin Carey three-bet to 10,000,000 on the button. Nguyen four-bet jammed and Carey called off with 34,200,000.
Justin Carey: A?Q?
Christopher Nguyen: 9?9?
Carey couldn't pull ahead as the board ran out 6?7?6?4?5? to mark his elimination.
Level 31
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Vlad Lache
Yinan Zhou opened to 4,000,000 in the hijack and Vlad Lache shoved all in for 22,000,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded and Zhou instantly called to put Lache at risk.
Vlad Lache: A?Q?
Yinan Zhou: A?K?
Lache found himself in a dominated position but the flop of 9?9?5? provided some chop outs. The J? on the turn was a brick and the K? on the river only improved Zhou to two pair.
Level 32
: Blinds 1,250,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Justin Bonomo
Justin Bonomo informed his X followers that he’d been threatened with a disqualification deep in the $25,000 World Series of Poker Paradise (WSOPP) Super Main Event for wearing a keffiyeh.
The $50 million guaranteed record-breaking tournament, at the time of publishing, was down to 15 of 1,978 players during Wednesday's Day 4 session. Bonomo, second all-time behind Bryn Kenney with $64 million in The Hendon Mob cashes, was sitting in ninth place with 60,300,000 chips. Michael Addamo was in the lead at 153,700,000.
WSOP officials explained the reasoning for the DQ threat in a statement:
“The request for removal of Mr. Bonomo’s Keffiyeh once he reached the TV production table was simply a matter of broadcast clearance. Our future distribution platforms for Super Main Event do not allow garments deemed controversial or political in nature.”
Level 32
: Blinds 1,250,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Sirzat Hissou
Sirzat Hissou was one of the short stacks remaining in the tournament and he pushed all in for 9,700,000 in the hijack. Vadzim Lipauka reshoved all in from the cutoff with the bigger stack and the rest of the table folded.
Sirzat Hissou: Q?J?
Vadzim Lipauka: A?J?
Hissou was in a rough position after being called by a superior hand. The board ran out 10?7?4?10?8? and Hissou was unable to connect in any shape or form, going from one of the chip leaders to start the day to out in 12th place.
Level 32
: Blinds 1,250,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Mustapha Kanit
The remaining 11 players have opted to take just a quick 15-minute break rather than the scheduled dinner break. When the action resumes, the players will be playing down to the final nine players before bagging up for the final table tomorrow.
Here's a look back at notable hands from the past two hours of play.
Level 33
: Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
Ren Lin
On the very next hand, Mustapha Kanit raised to 6,000,000 from the cutoff and Ren Lin three-bet to 31,000,000 on the button. The action folded back to Kanit who four-bet shoved all in and Lin called off his stack of 41,900,000.
Ren Lin: Q?10?
Mustapha Kanit: A?K?
The flop fell J?8?2? and Lin picked up a straight draw to go with his two live cards. The turn was the K? to give Kanit a pair of kings but Lin picked up a two-way straight draw. The 7? completed the board and the two players exchanged a handshake as Lin was eliminated in 11th place.
Level 33
: Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker was the shortest stack in the tournament and shipped all in for 25,900,000 in the hijack. Liv Boeree woke up with a big hand on the button and reshoved all in for 78,000,000. Yinan Zhou asked for a count of both stacks in the small blind but decided to send his 10?10? into the muck.
Chris Moneymaker: 9?9?
Liv Boeree: J?J?
"We need a nine," Moneymaker shouted to his rail. "Good luck Liv."
The flop fell 8?6?2? and Boeree's pair of jacks remained in front. The 5? on the turn gave Moneymaker a straight draw, but the 4? on the river bricked out and he became the tenth-place finisher.
Level 33
: Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
WSOP Super Main Event group photo
The 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise is winding down at the Atlantis, Paradise Island Bahamas but the action was just heating up on Day 4 of the $25,000 WSOP Super Main Event. There were 36 players who returned to their seats and the field was whittled down to the final table of nine players who will return to battle for the title and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet along with $6,000,000 for the winner.
The one thing that remained constant was Michael Addamo staying at the top of the leaderboard. The Australian high-stakes poker pro entered the day with a healthy chip lead and he held that throughout the six-plus levels that were played. Heading into the final table tomorrow, Addamo will also carry a sizeable lead with 196,800,000 chips. With multiple seven-figure scores already recorded on his poker resume, Addamo will be looking for a new all-time best with a win here in The Bahamas. He is also one of three players still remaining who already have some WSOP jewelry from the past.
Speaking of bracelet winners, Liv Boeree has returned to the felt just before the Christmas season and what an return it has been. Boeree only has two recorded live results dating back to 2019 but it appears she hasn't skipped a beat en route to bagging a stack of 111,400,000. Throughout the day, Boeree was seen praying and meditating with her eyes closed on each of her all-ins, most of which worked out pretty well for her.
"I haven't looked at charts or anything really," she was heard saying after one hand. "If I see a good hand, I just go with it."
Liv Boeree
The only other player to reach the final table who has seen victory before at the WSOP is Justin Bonomo. While his day didn't go without any drama, Bonomo appeared to be on cruise control at the felt. For the player second on the all-time money list, Bonomo quietly went about his business in the opening levels while accumulating chips in the process. However, when the field shrunk to two tables, Bonomo was issued a warning about some paraphernalia that he was wearing to support Palestinians. The American poker pro was told he would be disqualified from the event if he continued to wear it and you can read all about the PokerNews story here.
Final Table Seat Draw
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Liv Boeree
United Kingdom
111,400,000
37
2
Marcelo Aziz
Brazil
105,500,000
35
3
Mustapha Kanit
Italy
141,200,000
47
4
Vadzim Lipauka
Belarus
66,300,000
22
5
Justin Bonomo
United States
63,400,000
21
6
Michael Addamo
Australia
196,800,000
66
7
Georg Lehmann
Germany
48,400,000
16
8
Yinan Zhou
China
88,000,000
29
9
Christopher Nguyen
Austria
143,100,000
48
Day 4 Action
The action got started with Bonomo getting into multiple tussles with Lou Garza, each exchanging blows in the opening level. It was Bonomo who got the last laugh when he flopped a set of tens to bust Garza for the first elimination of the day. That appeared to open the flood gates as nine more players were eliminated before the first break including Christoph Vogelsang, Rainer Kempe, and Matthias Eibinger.
Boeree was seated on the outer feature table and found herself at risk multiple times in the early going. On two occasions, she was holding an ace and up against the pocket kings of her opponent. Asking for her "one-time," Boeree hit an ace both times and managed to double up and survive. She engaged in multiple encounters with Mustapha Kanit throughout the day. He called down correctly both times, proving to Boeree that she was picking on the wrong player.
Addamo started his ascent in the second frame with a couple of eliminations. The first came with a real holding of pocket kings when he eliminated Joonhee Yea but the second was a little more fortunate with queen-ten offsuit by cracking Alexander Zubov's pair of jacks. Either way, Addamo kept his foot on the gas and made sure he was always looking down at the rest of the field.
Michael Addamo
Sirzat Hissou entered the day near the top of the leaderboard but was unable to strike any gold today, mostly being card dead throughout the day. Hissou managed to ladder his way up to a 12th place finish, but will undoubtedly be disappointed in the result. Ren Lin was on a wild rollercoaster that crashed hard near the end of the night. Lin entered the final break of the day in third place and the chip leader at his table. However, in back-to-back hands against Kanit, the GGpoker pro was on the losing side and hit the rail in 11th place.
Closing out the night was none other than the 2003 WSOP Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker, the fan-favorite of the field. Moneymaker was rolling along with so much potential and a ton of support from those watching and social media — 21 years later, could he finally be on top of the poker world once again? It was not meant to be when Moneymaker got three-outered by Boeree, which left him on the short stack. On the final hand of the night, Moneymaker ran his pocket nines into the pocket jacks of Boeree and was unable to find any help on the runout.
Chris Moneymaker
The final nine players celebrated and bagged up their chips to return for the fifth and final day of this tournament Thursday when a winner will be crowned. Each player has already locked up at least $750,000 for their efforts thus far with the official final table of eight each earning at least $1,000,000. The winner will be walking away with a large sum of $6,000,000 and the WSOP gold bracelet. Here is a look at the remaining payouts.
Final Table Payouts
Place
Prize
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
The cards are scheduled to go in the air at 12 p.m. local time tomorrow with 34:47 remaining in Level 33 and the blinds at 1,500,000/3,000,000 and a 3,000,000 big blind ante. The levels will continue to be 60 minutes in length with a 15-minute break after every two levels. Updates will be on a 60-minute delay to remain in sync with the stream on YouTube.
Be sure to follow along as the PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all of the updates en route to crowning a champion!
