They said it couldn’t be done. It’s been done.
As the 374th entry of Day 1D registered for the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event on Sunday, the $60,000,000 guarantee was reached, silencing the critics and the doubters.
With the guarantee hit, the new question became: can it become the largest non-WSOP Main Event prize pool in poker history?
With 508 more entries on Day 1D, the totals now sit at 2,534 entries and a $63,350,000 prize pool with three levels of registration still available once Day 2B begins on Monday at noon.
That largest non-WSOP Main Event distinction is very much in play – the 2025 Super Main Event now needs just 93 more entries to top the $65,660,000 prize pool from the 2019 Triton Million.
Largest non-WSOP Main Event prize pools all-time
- 2019 Triton Million - $65,660,000 (10th largest overall)
- 2025 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event - $63,350,000 and counting
- 2024 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event - $48,500,000 (23rd largest overall)
- 2024 WSOP Paradise Triton Million - $44,603,000 (24th largest overall)
- 2012 Big One for One Drop - $42,666,672 (25th largest overall)
Aaron Zang won the 2019 Triton Million, beating Bryn Kenney heads-up in London. With $63,350,000 million and rising already in the prize pool, the 2025 WSOP Paradise Super Main now ranks 13th among the largest poker prize pools in history. 20 of the top 22 largest prize pools in history are from the WSOP Main Event since 2005.
Largest tournament prize pools all-time
- 2024 WSOP Main Event - $94,041,600 (won by Jonathan Tamayo - $10,000,000)
- 2023 WSOP Main Event - $93,399,900 (won by Daniel Weinman - $12,100,000)
- 2025 WSOP Main Event - $90,535,500 (won by Michael Mizrachi – $10,000,000)
- 2006 WSOP Main Event - $82,512,162 (won by Jamie Gold - $12,000,000)
- 2022 WSOP Main Event - $80,782,475 (won by Espen Jorstad - $10,000,000)
Ari Engel is among the latest batch of big names to advance to Day 2BWho's moving on?
As for who's left to fight for a piece of that massive prize pool on Monday, several big names found themselves near the chip lead at various points of the day including Monika Hrabec (1,960,000), Alan Keating (1,990,000), Seth Davies (1,715,000), Ari Engel (1,630,000), and Shaun Deeb (1,350,000)
But by night's end, of the 178 surviving players, none of those players were inside the top ten, with Frederic Normand holding the chip lead with 5,795,000, passing Jens Arends' 5,400,000 that led Day 1C.
Other notables to advance included Chad Eveslage, who made a late run to the fourth place stack of 4,215,000, Robert Mizrachi (2,870,000), Viktor Blom (2,810,000), Scott Seiver (2,735,000), Daniel Negreanu (1,870,000), Lexy Gavin-Mather (1,500,000), Faraz Jaka (1,360,000), Phil Laak (1,160,000), and Jennifer Tilly (950,000).
Phil Hellmuth is yet to make an appearance but will have one last shot tomorrow.
Super Main Event Day 1D chip leaders
- Frederic Normand - 5,795,000
- Alberto Speranzoni - 5,550,000
- Aaron Mermelstein - 5,400,000
- Chad Eveslage - 4,215,000
- Waikiat Lee - 3,890,000
- Dong Chen - 3,855,000
- Ap Garza - 3,435,000
- Isaiah Goldman - 3,340,000
- Aylar Lie - 3,040,000
- Alvaro Puchol - 3,000,000
Chad Eveslage will be back with a stack on Day 2BMoney on Monday and one last chance
The second of two Day 2s gets underway at noon on Monday, where 316 combined players from Days 1C and 1D will try to advance to the final 15%, who will earn a $50,000 min-cash. From there, they'll try to make the final 7% to join the 109 players who advanced from Day 2A.
Registration will remain open until roughly 3:30pm ET for the final run at boosting that entry total and reaching that record prize pool.
Additional image courtesy of Triton Poker.
