Who Are the Biggest Winners at Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas?

From the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure to Triton Main Events, from GGMillion$ LIVE to the WSOP Super Main Event, Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas has made poker dreams come true. Players have changed their lives on the North American island in the past and we’ve compiled the 10 biggest winners.

1. Alejandro ‘Papo MC’ Lococo ($12,070,000)

The winner of the Triton Million Invitational at Atlantis in December 2024 was the Argentinian rapper ‘Papo MC’, a.k.a. Alejandro Lococo. After three days of going toe-to-toe with some of the toughest poker players on the planet, the freestyle rapper pulled off one of the biggest wins poker has ever seen, taking down the Triton Million at WSOP Paradise for eight figures.

The Argentinian walked away with a massive $12 million payday, the Triton trophy and his first-ever WSOP bracelet in his debut Triton event, topping a total of 96 entries as part of the exclusive rules of the event, whereby one amateur player would invite one professional, with each duo putting up $500,000 to play. With 37 pairs (74 entries) and 22 re-entries, a field of 96 produced drama throughout, with an incredible $48 million prizepool.

Lococo was in the event as amateur invitee and chose Joao Vieira as his professional partner. On Day 1, both the invitees and pros played separately, meaning an equal split of players would reach the second day. The Argentine battled through the field and eventually won the title for the biggest single prize ever won at Atlantis Resort.

(Triton / WSOP Paradise partnership).

2. Ben Heath ($8.16m)

Lococo defeated the British player Ben Heath heads-up in that event, with others such as Sinan Unlu, Daniel Dvoress, and Elias Talvitie all present at that magical final table. Finishing just behind Lococo, Heath’s win for over $8 million still represented the British poker legend’s biggest ever win at the live felt in a career where he has carved out a place at the most top of tables.

Heath’s undoubted natural ability paired with an incredible temperament has put him in the top class in poker, and with over $35.5 million in winnings at the live felt alone, he currently sits in 24^th place on The Hendon Mob’s All-Time Money List. In English terms, he sits behind only Stephen Chidwick, ahead of other great players such as Sam Trickett and Dave ‘DevilFish’ Ulliott.

3. Alex Foxen ($3.85m)

The winner of the $100,000 Triton Main Event at WSOP Paradise at Atlantis Resort in 2024, Alex Foxen, cashed for a massive $3.85m after beating Joao Vieira from Portugal heads-up. With 182 entries, the event was a huge success and will be replicated in 2025, and Foxen’s win sealed his third WSOP bracelet.

“It’s up there with my favorite poker moments,” Foxen revealed after the tournament. “To get the Triton Series trophy and WSOP bracelet at the same time, it’s unreal,” Foxen said after securing the title and $3,850,000 top prize. At the final table, Foxen also outlasted stars of the live felt such as Fedor Holz, who came third for $1.83m and David Coleman, whose finish in sixth was worth $890,000. Afterwards, Foxen eulogised on the benefits of tournament poker.

“It’s probably one of the most competitive, meritocratic elements of poker. You have cash games where there’s a lot of politics involved,” he said. “I love the fact that if you have the money you show up, put down the money and play. You can’t pick who’s at your table. All the best players in the world are here. It’s always been my goal to battle and beat these fields.”

4. Yinan Zhou ($6m)

The 2024 $25,000 Super Main Event was huge. Won by Yinan Zhou for a cool $6 million, and along the way he battled two of his poker heroes. Taking on Justin Bonomo, at the time second on the All-Time Money List, Zhou said that he “played at the final table with my iodl and busted him.”

Zhou also pulled off an outrageous bluff on Michael Addamo. The Australian, who eventually crashed out in sixth place – one further than Bonomo – for $1.65m, was bluffed off the river, which led to Zhou outlasting other stars such as Liv Boeree (4^th for $1.8m) and Mustapha Kanit (3^rd for $3.6m), before he beat the Brazilian player Marcelo Aziz heads-up for the title.

5. Stanislav Zegal ($2m)

The winner of the inaugural WSOP Paradise $5,000 Main Event in December 2023 at Atlantis was the German qualifier Stanislav Zegal. Taking home $2m for his epic win, Zegal said afterwards that his victory relied on luck more than judgement at the final table.

“I was so lucky, the cards just fell my way all the time,” he told PokerNews in his winner’s interview. “I think I played well too, but obviously [there is] tons of luck. This is what you call life-changing money.”

The event, which saw the German qualify on GGPoker for a fraction of the entry fee cost, featured a very deep run from Matt Glantz. The ‘Team Lucky’ player cashed for $685,000 in fourth place, just a few months after his good friend Daniel Weinman won the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas for a cool $12m.

6. Samuel Mullur ($2.72m)

Samuel Mullur won a groundbreaking score of $2.72 million when he took down the 2024 $25,000 GGMillion$ High Roller event at WSOP Paradise as part of the WSOP festival at GGMillion$ event at Atlantis. The Austrian topped a field of 533 entries to win his first WSOP bracelet at Atlantis’ Paradise Island in The Bahamas.

Mullur’s previous best live result prior to the event was the $20,000 he won for coming 45^th in the 2022 Mediterranean Poker Party Main Event. The Austrian beat that in the $25,000 buy-in WSOP Paradise GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship, outlasting other legends of the felt such as the seven-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu (26^th), two-time bracelet winner Aleks Ponakovs (23^rd), Triton poker hero Jason Koon (22^nd), 10-time WSOP event winner Erik Seidel (19^th), the Canadian two-time bracelet winner Daniel Dvoress (18^th), and Russian former GGMillion$ and WSOP champion Artur Martirosian in 11^th place.

7. Johannes Straver ($807,430)

Another superb poker player to bank hundreds of thousands at Atlantis Resort was the winner of the $10,000 GGMillion$ Championship at WSOP Paradise in 2024. The Dutch player Johannes Straver claimed victory, outlasting 531 other entries to win the biggest prize from a massive pot of millions of dollars. Straver, who now has over $4m in live winnings, still looks back at the win as the biggest of his poker career.

The victory also vaulted him into the top 10 players from the Netherlands ever to play live tournaments. While Straver looks up at players such as Marcel Luske, Jans Arends and Teun Mulder on the leaderboard, he is less than $4m behind the top player on that list, Mulder, and in the coming years, could aspire to be the first Dutch player to win $10m.

8. John Dibella ($1.77m)

Back in January 2012, John Dibella created the kind of history that recreational players dream of. The family man took his wife and children on holiday to The Bahamas, and entered the $5,000 Main Event as a ‘treat’ to himself. Less than a week later, the Dibellas had hardly seen a bit of the man of the house, but he had $1.77 million to bring home!

At the final table, Dibella didn’t come into play with much momentum. With less than 10% of the chips, his early approach was a passive one. But as the table progressed and he survived to the ever-shortening field, Dibella grew in confidence. Dibella’s entire prior tournament cashes amounted to just $42,400, so his victory at Atlantis Resort represented an unbelievable return on his poker investments to that point.

Having previously recorded a best cash of $16,000 at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in 2008, four years later, Dibella was the champion, and for only $1,000 since he qualified in a satellite tournament. The final hand was a dramatic one, as Kyle Julius bluffed the river, only to be called by Dibella, who had rivered the club flush and snap-called to become the champion.

9. David ‘Chino’ Rheem ($1.56m)

Seven years on from Dibella’s amateur triumph, David ‘Chino’ Rheem became the 2019 PCA Main Event winner at Atlantis for a top score of $1.56 million. Rheem’s win came at the expense of Daniel Strelitz heads-up, as the two experienced Americans clashed in the final battle for glory.

Ultimately, it was Rheem who succeeded, and in a career pock-marked by frailties with drugs and addiction, the gambler turned professional made it one of his most impressive ever victories. To this day, the result stands as one of his best and after the event, he told reporters that he felt blessed.

“It’s a special feeling. It feels good, it means a lot for me to do it for the people that were there for me. That’s what means a lot.”

10. Harrison Gimbel / Ty Reiman ($3.95m)

While this amount was technically won by both men at the PCA back in 2010, we’ve included the pair of them because Harrison Gimbel and Ty Reiman played out one of the best hands ever seen at Atlantis. A very long time ago, Gimbel claimed the win for $2.2 million, and Ty Reiman won over $1.7m, when the former bluffed his entire stack and got Reiman to fold the best hand, a flopped straight.

The flush draw came in on the river and Gimbel’s eyes carried the bluff through. A few hands later, he had the victory and a legendary win too. Reiman never got so close to winning a bigger prize, the runner-up score he should have seen Gimbel collect if he could have called to date the biggest ‘win’ of his career.