The air was electric at the 2022 World Series of Poker for the highly anticipated Day 2 of the $1,000 Million Dollar Mystery Bounty at the Bally's and Paris Las Vegas. There were 826 survivors who came back for Day 2, where the mystery bounties would be handed out. Everyone was vying for that astronomical one million dollar bounty that awaited one lucky player.
When a player received a knockout ticket, they then entered their information into an iPad provided by the staff. The names were then be put in a queue on the big screen, and chests were constantly being opened that awarded a minimum of $1,000 per knockout. On occasion, a player would randomly hit a golden chest, which would include a much bigger prize. The smallest amount in a gold chest was $25,000, with the biggest $1,000,000.
Matt Glantz, a well-known pro with more than $7,000,000 in earnings, pulled the $1,000,000 bounty to score a massive payday. He bowed out late in the night, but his score is worth more than the $750,120 awaiting the eventual winner.
Arin Youssefian was the lucky winner of the $500,000 gold chest bounty and Azim Popatia pulled the $250,000 bounty. They both busted shortly after but the huge scores will help to ease the bow.
Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Michael Smith
Canada
50,300,000
63
2
Natalie Hof
Germany
37,200,000
47
3
Paul Chauderson
United States
31,900,000
40
4
David Timmons
United States
31,000,000
39
5
Jorge Juri
Cuba
29,600,000
37
6
Quincy Borland
United States
27,000,000
34
7
Florian Duta
Romania
26,700,000
33
8
Charlie Combes
United Kingdom
24,300,000
30
9
Adam Grandmaison
United States
20,900,000
26
10
Mykhailo Lendel
United States
20,200,000
25
The chip leader is Michael Smith (50,300,000) from Canada, but it was Natalie Hof who dominated much of the day. Hof just finished eighth in the $10,000 Ladies Championship last week. She leads the three remaining women left in the field. The other two ladies are Libby Wilson (11,900,000) and Nellie Park (10,600,000).
Other players who bagged included Adam Grandmaison (20,900,000), Quincy Borland (27,000,000), Florian Duta (27,000,000), Jorge Juri (29,600,000) and Charlie Combes (24,300,000).
The remaining 33 players will return at 1 p.m. on July 6 in the purple section of Paris Las Vegas to play down to a winner. Follow all the action right here on PokerNews to see who becomes the next WSOP champion.