Damon Musgrave raised to 80,000 under the-gun and Mike Del Vecchio three-bet to 1,300,000, folding out all other players and Musgrave called.
Damon Musgrave: 
Mike Del Vecchio: 
The board ran out 
and Del Vecchio's jacks held up as the best hand and Del Vecchio's chip stack rose up the chip counts.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
4,200,000 | 2,825,000 |
Mike Del Vecchio was the first player to go to one of the tablets to claim a bounty and saw $1,000 appear but on his second try, he saw the gold chest appear.
He quickly made his way to the chest in the middle of the room where Jeff Platt welcomed him. He pulled an envelope and peeled it to eventually see he won $25,000 for this bounty.
Jorge Rios shoved from the cutoff for about 300,000, Sangmook Jung shoved from the small blind for 430,000 and Yannick Durand called all in for less.
Yannick Durand: 
Jorge Rios: 
Sangmook Jung: 
The board ranout 
and Jung held with treys to score a double knockout.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000 | |
|
Eliminado | |
|
Eliminado |
Natalie Hof shoved all in from the cutoff on the first hand of the day. The short stacked Hof had just 145,000 and the small blind made the call, cards were tabled.
Natalie Hof: 
Opponent:
The board ran out 
to double Hof up.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000 | 215,000 |
Phillip Vera moved in his final 275,000 from the cutoff and in the big blind, James Moore called.
Phillip Vera: 
James Moore:
The board ran out 
and Moore collected Vera's bounty and stack.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
1,450,000 | 300,000 |
|
|
Eliminado |
Nível: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Jack Effel has given the announcement, and the 826 players have begun play!
The prize pool details have been announced. There were 14,112 entries in total to create a prize pool of $12,559,680 with $4,233,600 of it going into the bounty part of the prize pool to leave $8,326,080 for the general prize pool.
All 826 remaining players have secured at least $1,900 but the eventual winner will claim $750,120 plus the bounties they've earned along the way.
This is what they are all playing for:
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize | Place | Prize | Place | Prize | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,120 | 10-11 | $60,440 | 72-80 | $9,900 | 351-413 | $3,510 | |||
| 2 | $463,610 | 12-13 | $48,180 | 81-89 | $8,360 | 414-476 | $3,120 | |||
| 3 | $351,800 | 14-17 | $38,650 | 90-98 | $7,120 | 477-539 | $2,780 | |||
| 4 | $268,550 | 18-26 | $31,200 | 99-161 | $6,100 | 540-602 | $2,500 | |||
| 5 | $206,250 | 27-35 | $25,350 | 162-224 | $5,260 | 603-665 | $2,270 | |||
| 6 | $159,380 | 36-44 | $20,730 | 225-287 | $4,560 | 666-764 | $2,070 | |||
| 7 | $123,910 | 45-53 | $17,060 | 288-350 | $3,990 | 765-826 | $1,900 | |||
| 8 | $96,940 | 54-62 | $14,130 | |||||||
| 9 | $76.316 | 63-71 | $11.790 |
As mentioned before, $4,234,000 will be distributed in bounties, players who earn a bounty can go to any table around the room where tablets are set up. Prizes will be shown there immediately unless it's a prize of above $25,000. If the gold chest is shown on the tablet, they will be sent to the center of the Paris Ballroom to draw a bounty there with the big prizes including the $1,000,000 bounty. Jeff Platt will be MC-ing the proceedings all day long!
This is how that prize pool is set up as:
| Number of Bounties | Bounty Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 |
| 1 | $500,000 |
| 1 | $250,000 |
| 3 | $100,000 |
| 6 | $50,000 |
| 38 | $25,000 |
| 20 | $5,000 |
| 52 | $2,500 |
| 704 | $1,000 |
*If two players bust the same player, they will get to share the bounty that is pulled
The process for bounties has been announced and players are now welcome to take their seats.
The start of the tournament is still delayed.
Players have not yet taken their seats.
