Throughout the five Day One flights, the numbers crept upwards, but there was the chance that they would have an overlay (something that is unheard of for WSOP tournaments). In Event #1, the Mystery Millions, 3446 entries put up the $1500 buy-in to take their shot. In the end, those tournaments were barely able to eke over the guarantee, saving WSOP officials a bit of face. The WSOP tried to build suspense with these early events – the $1500 Mystery Millions and the Millionaire Maker in Paradise – by putting a $5 million guarantee on each offering. The fifteen-event schedule is awarding official WSOP bracelets, so winning any tournament on the roster is going to be a big deal. That has changed with the first “big money” tournament of the WSOP Paradise schedule, the GGPoker High Roller Championship, with the big names hitting the felt at the Atlantis and shattering the guarantee.

Two events are in the books, which barely brought out enough players to crack the guarantees that were placed on the tournaments. The 2023 World Series of Poker Paradise is underway in the Bahamas and, after a tentative start, the money has started to flow.

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