Montgomery McQuade open-jammed a stack of 4.9 million in the hijack and Matt Glantz called in the big blind.
Montgomery McQuade: K♥10♦
Matt Glantz: 4♠4♣
"TeamLucky" got off to a smashing start as the flop landed 4♦A♠5♣ to give Glantz a set and have McQuade drawing to just runner-runner Broadway. The 9♠ turn left him drawing dead before the 9♣ river as the Brit was eliminated in the second hand of Day 4.
The final day of the 2023 World Series of Poker Paradise Main Event in The Bahamas has seven players returning for a chance to become the first-ever WSOP Paradise Main Event champion. Leading the way is Australia's Daniel Neilson with a stack of 37,400,000 as he chases a first bracelet and redemption after being denied by Boris Kolev last week in Event #6: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed.
Neilson received most of those chips late in the evening of Day 3 as he flopped a set to double through the top pair of Matt Glantz, who is hoping to bring his friend group of Shaun Deeb, Josh Arieh and reigning Main Event champion Daniel Weinman another title after Weinman's $12.1 million summer victory.
Daniel Neilson
"TeamLucky" will have to get through a final table that includes Brazil's Gabriel Schroeder (28,000,000), Germany’s Stanislav Zegal (28,000,000), Portugal’s Rui Sousa (20,700,000), Czech Republic’s Michael Sklenicka (16,000,000) and the United Kingdom's Montgomery McQuade.
WSOP Paradise Main Event Final Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Michael Sklenicka
Czech Republic
16,000,000
26
2
Matt Glantz
United States
15,500,000
25
3
Stanislav Zegal
Germany
28,000,000
46
4
Gabriel Schroeder
Brazil
28,000,000
46
5
Montgomery McQuade
United Kingdom
4,900,000
8
6
Rui Sousa
Portugal
20,700,000
34
7
Daniel Neilson
Australia
37,400,000
62
Each player is guaranteed a payday of at least $300,000, but, of course, all eyes are on the $2 million and unique Topaz bracelet up top for the inaugural WSOP Paradise champion.
WSOP Paradise bracelet
Action will kick off on Thursday at 2 p.m. local time on Level 35 with blinds of 300,000/600,000/600,000 and levels lasting 60 minutes. PokerNews will report on a 60-minute delay to avoid any stream spoilers.
Final Table Payouts
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1st
$2,000,000
2nd
$1,200,000
3rd
$900,000
4th
$685,000
5th
$510,000
6th
$400,000
7th
$300,000
8th
Luke Graham
United States
$250,000
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site here at the five-star Atlantis Resort and will continue to provide updates ahead of the WSOP Paradise Main Event champion being crowned.
