There were 15 bracelet events, culminating in the $25,000 Super Main Event which featured a $50 million guaranteed prize pool, the largest in poker history. The series also partnered with the Triton Poker Series and held the $1,000,000 Triton Millon and $100,000 Triton Main Event.[1]
Event Schedule
Alex Foxen won his third WSOP bracelet in Event 7Stephen Chidwick won his second WSOP bracelet in Event 8Nick Schulman won his 10th WSOP bracelet in Event 15
The $25,000 Super Main Event began on December 12 with the first of four starting flights. There were also three starting flights held online on GGPoker.
The event had a $50,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and drew 1,978 total entries. The top 297 players made the money, with the champion earning $6,000,000.
Yinan Zhou, a 24-year-old from China, won his first WSOP bracelet and became the first WSOP Main Event champion based in Asia. Marcelo Aziz of Brazil, who qualified for the event in an online freeroll, finished as the runner-up for $4,600,000.[3]
Michael Addamo began the final table as chip leader before finishing in sixth place
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