The World Series of Poker (WSOP) concluded the year with the WSOP Paradise 2025, a record-setting festival that saw $201,838,070 in total prize money awarded. The unprecedented success in the Bahamas serves as the crowning achievement of a banner 2025 for the WSOP brand, following a record-breaking summer campaign in Las Vegas.
WSOP Paradise 2025 was designed to bring the prestige and scale of the summer World Series to the winter calendar, creating a true year-round global championship. With 8,015 total entries and 15 WSOP gold bracelets awarded, the series delivered on that promise. "The goal of WSOP Paradise is to create a winter festival that ultimately rivals our summer series in Las Vegas," said Ty Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of WSOP. "Seeing a singular tournament eclipse $70 million with a second $10 million prize and non-stop action across all tournaments shows we’re well on our way to that ambitious goal becoming reality. WSOP Paradise is already the second biggest festival on the planet, and we’re just getting started. Thank you to everyone in the poker community who has decided to make this their new end of year tradition." Beyond the prize money, WSOP Paradise 2025 set a new standard for player experience, delivering over $10 million in added value directly to the players.
The conclusion of WSOP Paradise marks the end of the 2025 poker calendar. The World Series of Poker will return in 2026 with Prague hosting WSOP Europe in March and the iconic Las Vegas Strip welcoming the 57th annual WSOP summer event.
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Dom Lormier, an experienced content writer at GWEB MEDIA, has been passionate about gambling for many years. Since 2000, he has closely followed the world of gambling and has written numerous articles on the regulation of online gambling, including those initiated since 2010 in different countries such as France, Belgium and Switzerland. His experience gives him in-depth expertise in casinos, poker and sports betting, allowing him to cover a wide range of topics and strategies in the vast field of gambling.
