In the 870th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway hosts from down in The Bahamas at the 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise, while Kyna England and Mike Holtz is back at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas.

The talk about Mike stone bubbling the ClubWPT Gold $5,000,000 Freeroll, the fake-out $000,000 mystery bounty pull from that event's final table, and Dan "Jungleman" Cates showing up as Willy Wonka for the historic event. You'll also get to see a winner's interview from Chase Bricker and for magician Richard Wilson, who won the McLaren GTS sports car in exciting fashion. Other highlights from the WPT World Championship include Tirza Sanders winning the Ladies Championship and Zak VanKeuren taking down the WPT Prime Championship for $1.1 million.

From there, the crew turns their attention to WSOP Paradise by recapping bracelet wins from Alex Foxen and Eric Wasserson, Phil Hellmuth bubbling the $25,000 Super Main Event, and more. They also wrapped up the EPT Prague, which included another win by Thomas Santerne as well as Pedro Marques willing the Main Event for €963,450. Oh, and the EPT Paris was canceled. Those stories and more in the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast!

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Time Stamps *Time | Topic* 00:11 | Welcome Kyna England & Mike Holtz 01:13 | The ClubWPT Gold $5,000,000 Freeroll 01:50 | Mike Holtz stone bubbles 02:29 | Video of Mike bubbling the Freeroll 04:56 | Dan "Jungleman" Cates shows up as Willy Wonka 09:20 | Bounty Troll at final table of $5M Freeroll 10:39 | Jason Christopher draws $000,000 15:00 | Poll – What did you think of the fake-out draw? 15:25 | Chase Bricker wins WPT freeroll for $1,000,000 15:42 | Winner interview w/ Chase Bricker 19:00 | Magician drives off with $240K Luxury Sports Car at WPTWC 19:40 | McLaren GTS winner interview w/ Richard Wilson 27:15 | Tirza Sanders wins WPT Ladies Championship 29:25 | Zak VanKeuren wins WPT Prime Championship for $1,162,350 31:00 | Sponsor – WSOP Free-to-Play App Vegas Vacation Sweepstakes 32:07 | Alex Foxen takes down $100,000 Triton Main Event ($3,850,000) 32:45 | What did you make of Foxen's winner photo? 33:46 | Eric Wasserson's claims first bracelet in $25,000 Dealers Choice Championship 34:33 | Wasserson's stacked winner pic 35:05 | WSOP Super Main Event misses $50M guarantee 38:55 | Phil Hellmuth bubbles the $25K Super Main Event 41:25 | Thomas Santerne wins three High Roller titles at EPT Prague 41:58 | Pedro Marques wins EPT Prague for €963,450 42:49 | EPT Paris 2025 canceled amid regulatory challenges 43:33 | Check out Connor's new feature article remembering Steve Albini