"LuckyChewy" Among the Chip Leaders After Day 1 of $10,000 Mystery Bounty
After two seven-figure bounty pulls to start of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), the second Mystery Bounty event of the series got underway with Event #11: $10,000 Mystery Bounty. Day 1 of the high-stakes bounty event drew 617 players and wrapped up with California's Richard Green bagging the chip lead over big stacks including Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger, Nick Palma and Shannon Shorr.
Also among the 130 players who bagged on Day 1 are Poker Hall of Famers Erik Seidel and Brian Rast and 2009 Main Event Champion Joe Cada, as well as NFL pro Calais Campbell, six-time bracelet winner Josh Arieh, four-time bracelet winner Mike Matusow, Uri Reichenstein, David Stamm and Eric Baldwin.
End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | PlayerName | Hometown | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Green | Burbank,CA | 955,000 | 119 |
| 2 | Andrew Lichtenberger | Las Vegas, NV | 757,000 | 95 |
| 3 | Nick Palma | Bronx, NY | 754,000 | 94 |
| 4 | Shannon Shorr | Las Vegas, NV | 711,000 | 89 |
| 5 | Aram Zobian | Henderson, Nevada | 679,000 | 85 |
| 6 | Yosef Fox | Monticello, WI | 639,000 | 80 |
| 7 | Jun Obara | Tokyo, Japan | 638,000 | 80 |
| 8 | Joshua Stewart | Carrickfergus, FL | 608,000 | 76 |
| 9 | Oliver Weis | Germany | 580,000 | 73 |
| 10 | Jordan Siegel | Oceanside, NY | 566,000 | 71 |
Still No Cash for Ivey
Though most attention was elsewhere in the Paris ballroom as Tyler Montoya won strip club money and Thomas Zanot continued his run as the hottest gambler alive, there was plenty of gamble in the higher buy-in Mystery Bounty event. Multiple tables agreed to rounds of straddles, and players busted and rebought liberally.
There was no shortage of notable players on Day 1, including Poker Hall of Famers John Hennigan and Phil Ivey, who busted right before the last level of the evening as his nut flush draw bricked against a flopped top pair.
Also in the field were high-stakes crushers like Sean Winter, Chris Brewer, Nick Schulman and Mustapha Kanit, as well as mid-stakes grinders like Josh Reichard, Frank Lagodich, and Francis Anderson.
There were also a few serendipitous seat draws throughout Day 1, including Alex Foxen and Kristen Foxen being placed side-by-side after dinner break as tablemate Joao Simao snapped a photo of the husband-wife pairing. Around the same, the Chicago/Texas brother duo of Michael Moncek and Tyler Moncek briefly by another before "Texas Tyler" was sent to the rail.
Action will resume with Day 2 on Monday, June 2 at noon local time, which will begin on Level 16 with blinds of 4,000/8,000/8,000. Players will reach the money on Day 2 and bounty pulls will begin.
A minimum cash in the event will be worth $54,037, while a top prize of $729,333 awaits the eventual winner.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on-site tomorrow for continued coverage of the $10,000 Mystery Bounty.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $729,333 |
| 2 | $486,192 |
| 3 | $336,594 |
| 4 | $237,123 |
| 5 | $170,036 |
| 6 | $124,151 |
| 7 | $92,330 |
| 8 | $69,964 |
| 9 | $54,037 |