The Hook
The World Series of Poker is no stranger to spectacle. But this winter, it’s rewriting the record books. From December 4–18, 2025, Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas becomes poker’s ultimate battleground. The headline: a $25,000 buy-in Super Main Event with $60 million guaranteed—the largest live tournament guarantee ever offered in poker history.
Read that again: sixty. million. dollars. This isn’t just another bracelet chase. This is poker history in the making.
The Super Main Event
The crown jewel is the $25k No-Limit Hold ’Em Super Main Event. Last year’s champion, Yinan Zhou, turned his run into $6 million and his first WSOP bracelet against nearly 2,000 players. This year, Circa’s survivor pools look tiny compared to the prize pool building in Paradise. The guarantee jumped by $10 million, setting a new ceiling that will draw every high-roller, pro team, and fearless qualifier from across the globe.
Why it matters: When poker history books write about defining tournaments, this will be in bold.
Pathways to Paradise
Here’s the part that makes it more than a rich man’s game:
- GGPoker Satellites: Running now, weekly “$30K Paradise Packages” include buy-in, travel, and accommodations. Small stakes grinders can parlay a few dollars into a life-changing seat.
- Ticket to Paradise: Every WSOP Circuit ring winner this season gets a $5,000 entry into the opening Mystery Bounty event. That means grinders from Mississippi to Monaco will be crashing Atlantis to chase hidden million-dollar bounties.
- Open Registration: Got $25k to spare? The doors are open, but expect the toughest field of the year.
This isn’t just a high roller gathering—it’s an ecosystem. Everyone from online qualifiers to Triton elites will be battling in the same room.
Beyond the Main: Fifteen Bracelets, One Festival
WSOP Paradise isn’t just one event. It’s a 15-bracelet festival that reads like a poker fan’s dream calendar:
- $2,500 Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty with $5M guaranteed.
- $250,000 Triton Invitational, where bankroll gods take swings at multi-million dollar pots.
- A full spread of formats so pros and qualifiers can each carve their legacy.
Every day in December, someone’s going to be adding “bracelet winner” to their name.
Why This Matters Now
- Record-Breaking Numbers: $60M guaranteed is unprecedented. The fact it’s happening outside Vegas shows how global and unstoppable poker has become.
- Access for All: With satellites, you don’t need $25k. You just need timing, patience, and belief.
- Narrative Heaven: WSOP Paradise blends the high-roller spectacle with Cinderella stories. You’ll see pros like Daniel Negreanu grinding for bracelets alongside qualifiers who won their way in for pocket change.
This isn’t just an event—it’s a month-long poker movie playing out hand by hand.
The LuckyBets Angle
For bettors, WSOP Paradise is a lesson in risk and reward:
- Play the Long Game: Just like season-long NFL contests, poker’s biggest prizes reward stamina, discipline, and a knack for timing.
- Look for Overlays: Guarantees this high can mean unexpected value if the field size doesn’t quite hit projections. That’s free EV, the poker version of finding a stale line.
- Believe in Underdogs: The Mystery Bounty and satellite qualifiers prove it—you don’t need a bankroll to make a run, just the right cards and the right belief.
Closing Thought
This December, poker history won’t be written in Las Vegas. It’ll be inked in the Bahamas, under the lights of Atlantis, with sixty million reasons to play your best game.
Faith in your hand is faith in victory. See it before the cards hit the felt, and you stand the best chance to hold your desires in your hand.
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