Pei 'Jerry' Li was in middle position facing an all in from the player to his immediate left, also in late position. Li eventually made the call and turned over 6♠5♠ and his opponent turned over A♣Q♦
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The board ran out 2♦J♠2♠8♥ and the 8♠ on the river completed Li's flush and earned him another bounty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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9,400,000
8,515,000
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8,515,000 |
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Kelli McGuire opened to 250,000 and Christian Harder had called before Justin Geronsin shoved all in for 1,140,000. McGuire put the chips in and Harder folded.
Justin Geronsin: 8♣8♦
Kelli McGuire: A♥K♠
McGuire binked a king on the turn as the board ran out 3♥9♥5♣K♦5♦ which gave her the bounty and sent Geronsin to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,900,000
1,400,000
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1,400,000 |
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4,300,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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Busted | |
Craig Varnell was hopeful with five mystery bounty pulls in a row up on the big screen. He was made to sweat, with the first two seeing him receive $1,000, but he was pulled up to the main stage for the third.
He opened a $50,000 envelope, and headed back to his table. But with two more bounties still to come, would he be retracing his steps?
Unfortunately for Varnell, his remaining two pulls were $1,000 — $54,000 from five pulls? Not a bad result!
Mike Ruter opened to 200,000 from the cutoff and Xiaohu Liu shoved all in for 555,000 from the button. Sandeep Mathai then reshoved from the small blind, and Ruter made the call which put two players at risk.
Xiaohu Liu: A♦9♥
Sandeep Mathai: A♠Q♥
Mike Ruter: K♥K♦
An all-club flop of 2♣9♣7♣ didn't change much but Liu did pick up some extra outs as he paired his nine. The 7♥ turn put Ruter one step closer to a double elimination but the A♥ river meant Liu tripled up and Mathai managed to survive to end the hand with around the same as he started it with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,800,000
1,065,000
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1,065,000 |
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1,000,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
700,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
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Edgar Varas had his opponent dominated and at risk when all the chips went in preflop.
Opponent: A♦8♠
Edgar Varas: A♥Q♣
The flop came 2♠9♦3♥ and Varas was still in the lead. Tablemate Andrew Miller, who was seated directly to the left of Varas, excitedly cheered on from the sidelines. The turn fell the Q♠, securing the win for Varas, and the A♠ completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,100,000
1,425,000
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1,425,000 |
Aside from the showmanship and chance of winning a million dollars in the Mystery Bounty portion of this event, there's also a regular prize pool with another $1 million up top.
The tournament clock shows 459 players remaining and they are all currently guaranteed $3,470.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 |
| 2 | $536,080 |
| 3 | $407,970 |
| 4 | $312,250 |
| 5 | $240,350 |
| 6 | $186,080 |
| 7 | $144,900 |
| 8 | $113,490 |
| 9 | $89,411 |
| 10-11 | $70,860 |
| 12-13 | $56,500 |
| 14-17 | $45,310 |
| 18-26 | $36,550 |
| 27-35 | $29,660 |
| 36-44 | $24,220 |
| 45-53 | $19,900 |
| 54-62 | $16,450 |
| 63-71 | $13,680 |
| 72-80 | $11,450 |
| 81-89 | $9,640 |
| 90-98 | $8,170 |
| 99-161 | $6,970 |
| 162-197 | $5,980 |
| 198-224 | $5,980 |
| 225-287 | $5,170 |
| 288-350 | $4,500 |
| 351-413 | $3,930 |
| 414-459 | $3,470 |
Action picked up with Alex Foxen in the small blind all in, the player in the big blind then shoving all in, Craig Varnell all in from under the gun, and the player in middle position next to Varnell also all in.
Alex Foxen: A♠K♥
Big Blind: K♣Q♣
Middle Position: A♥K♠
Craig Varnell: A♣10♣
The board ran out 4♠10♠6♦5♥6♥ and Varnell picked up three bounties and a massive stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,190,000
4,740,000
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4,740,000 |
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Busted | |
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These are the remaining bounties (not including the $1,000's):
| Number of Bounties | Bounty Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 |
| 3 | $100,000 | $300,000 |
| 4 | $50,000 | $200,000 |
| 23 | $25,000 | $600,000 |
| 14 | $10,000 | $140,000 |
| 31 | $5,000 | $155,000 |
| 38 | $2,500 | $95,000 |
Ukraine's Valentyn Shabelnyk rushed to the stage when it was his turn as he was in the big blind for the next hand and quickly revealed the $1,000,000 bounty without any delay. He did stick around with Jeff Platt for a quick reaction but was very eager to return to his table and he wasn't going to let anyone steal his big blind.
Shabelnyk has over $1.2 million in live tournament winnings according to The Hendon Mob and has now almost doubled that with just this bounty.
He started the day with just over half a million in chips and increased that to 1,100,000, so he might be claiming more bounties later today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
510,000
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510,000 |
Action was picked up on the 4♥2♠6♦8♣ board when the player from middle position went all-in for their remaining 450,000 chips. Yake Wu tanked for a moment before making the call.
Middle Position: A♥Q♠
Yake Wu: 10♥10♠
The river brought a 3♥ and Wu's pocket tens held up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,200,000
850,000
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850,000 |
