There were 15 bracelets on the line at the 2025 World Series of Poker Paradise festival at Atlantis Bahamas Resort, and more than $203 million in total prize money was paid out by the time the series came to a close. On the final day of action, there were two last opportunities to claim both the hardware and the money. In those two turbo events, a couple of first-time bracelet winners had dramatically different experiences and circumstances.
Johan ‘YoH Viral’ Guilbert, the French poker YouTube streamer and tournament pro, finally broke through. His win in a $25,000 turbo no-limit hold’em event netted him over $1.5 million and a bracelet that had been tantalizingly close on numerous previous occasions.
In a $2,500 turbo bounty tournament, Imari Love stepped forward in a major way. The Chicagoan won his first bracelet and secured the biggest live cash of his life, and denied Slovenian Blaz Zerjav a third bracelet win of 2025.
With the WSOP Paradise super main event winding towards its finale, let’s take a deeper look at the last two side event bracelets to be awarded.
‘YoH Viral’ Finally Gets The Gold
Johan Guilbert
The first time Johan Guilbert got heads-up for a WSOP bracelet was in 2019. He finished second in a $3,000 no-limit hold’em shootout. His next shot came at WSOP Europe in 2021, when he got heads-up in the main event. He settled for second place again, setting a career-high result of $883,715. In 2024, Guilbert once again navigated a considerable field to reach heads-up play in a $2,500, only to fall one spot short of the bracelet.
In the dying embers of the WSOP Paradise festival, the man best known as ‘YoH Viral’ finally found his golden moment.
Guilbert defeated a field of 287 entrants to win a $25,000 turbo no-limit hold’em event at WSOP Paradise. In addition to his long-awaited first bracelet, Guilbert won a career-best $1,534,645. He earned 1,596 Card Player Player of the Year points as well, putting him in 250th place on the 2025 leaderboard, which is presented by CoinPoker.
‘YoH Viral’ Reacts
Following his victory, Guilbert posted a heartfelt message on Instagram.
“I won my first WSOP bracelet yesterday and a $1,534,645 prize with it,” wrote Guilbert. “Funny thing is… after finishing second three times at the World Series of Poker over the years, I had kind of stopped dreaming about it. And then, when I expected it least, it happened. It’s normal to doubt and feel fear in this game. We play for huge amounts of money, emotions run high, pressure is real. But these last two days, I played almost completely without fear, the way I’ve always felt.”
“This gold bracelet is for my friends outside the poker world first,” he continued. “Then it’s for my French speaking community and all the poker lovers following me from abroad, the people who’ve supported me for years on YouTube and social media. And only after that, it’s for me.”
Guilbert defeated bracelet winner and Triton champion Eelis Parssinen heads-up to seal the victory. Parssinen, who earned 1,330 POY points for second place, now sits in 55th place overall thanks to 11 final-table finishes on the year. Michael Moncek finished fifth, making his third final-table appearance of the WSOP Paradise festival.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | Points |
| 1 | Johan Guilbert | $1,534,645 | 1,596 |
| 2 | Eelis Parssinen | $1,043,400 | 1,330 |
| 3 | Ramiro Petrone | $724,500 | 1,064 |
| 4 | Iago Sturzeneker | $512,800 | 798 |
| 5 | Michael Moncek | $370,200 | 665 |
| 6 | Andrija Robovic | $272,600 | 532 |
| 7 | David Chen | $205,000 | 399 |
| 8 | Eric Yanovsky | $157,300 | 266 |
| 9 | Denys Chufarin | $123,400 | 133 |
Imari Love Plays Spoiler En Route To Bracelet
Imari Love
Imari Love isn’t a high-volume tournament player by any means. His first recorded result dates back to 2008, and he has a total of 66 cashes to his name. But in the Bahamas, more than 17 years after that first deep run, when it mattered most, Love won.
He defeated a field of 509 entrants in a $2,500 turbo no-limit hold’em bounty event to earn $145,725 and his first career bracelet. His heads-up opponent, Blaz Zerjav, was on the precipice of a three-bracelet year, having won twice already this summer in Las Vegas. His victories came in a $25,000 six-max high roller and the $1,500 stud eight-or-better event.
Rather than cash bounty prizes, this ‘Closer NLH turbo bounty’ event was built around a variety of bounty gimmicks that included in-game benefits as well as some outright prizes.
To close out WSOP Paradise 2025 in style, win a bounty in The Closer No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Bounty bracelet event starting tomorrow at 12 PM for a chance to spin the GGPoker Bounty Wheel!
Not only do bounty winners have a shot at cash prizes up to $10,000, but they can also win… pic.twitter.com/ek2wo3alKz
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) December 15, 2025
Zerjav actually had one of the key in-game bounties in his possession, heads-up, at risk, and behind. He declined to use his option ‘run-it-twice’ and still found a three-outer on the river, but was ultimately unable to complete a come-from-behind victory.
For his win, Love received 1,260 POY points. Zerjav earned 1,050 points for second place, pushing him up to 47th place overall on the leaderboard.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | Points |
| 1 | Imari Love | $145,725 | 1,260 |
| 2 | Blaz Zerjav | $95,400 | 1,050 |
| 3 | Sergi Reixach | $65,800 | 840 |
| 4 | Robert Pollmeier | $46,200 | 630 |
| 5 | Daniel Neilson | $33,100 | 525 |
| 6 | Theodore Doukas | $24,100 | 420 |
| 7 | Agustin Naranja | $18,000 | 315 |
| 8 | David Orlando | $13,700 | 210 |
| 9 | Dean Hutchison | $10,600 | 105 |
Photo credits: WSOP X account.
