Event #11: $10,000 Mystery Bounty
Day 1 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #11: $10,000 Mystery Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$5,728,800
Total Entries
616
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
616
Players Left
130
Players Left 1 / 616
Filter
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
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 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
955,000
507,000
|
507,000 |
|
||
|
757,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
||
|
754,000
521,000
|
521,000 |
|
711,000
312,000
|
312,000 |
|
||
|
679,000
476,000
|
476,000 |
|
|
||
|
639,000
474,000
|
474,000 |
|
|
||
|
638,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
608,000
278,000
|
278,000 |
|
590,000
363,000
|
363,000 |
|
580,000
443,600
|
443,600 |
|
|
||
|
566,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
561,000
436,000
|
436,000 |
|
|
||
|
554,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
||
|
533,000
426,000
|
426,000 |
|
509,000
364,000
|
364,000 |
|
486,000
276,000
|
276,000 |
|
481,000
241,000
|
241,000 |
|
477,000
303,000
|
303,000 |
|
|
||
|
449,000
360,500
|
360,500 |
|
431,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
||
|
417,000
146,500
|
146,500 |
|
407,000
113,500
|
113,500 |
|
406,000
213,000
|
213,000 |
|
406,000
256,000
|
256,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
394,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Day 1 has ended with 130 players remaining. Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's action.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
With only three hands left to play in Day 1, NFL star Calais Campbell checked to Frank Lagodich on a fully diamond board of 3♦A♦9♦Q♦ before calling his bet of 36,000 into a pot of 45,000.
The dealer paired the board on the 3♥ river, and action went check-check. Despite being the last aggressor, Lagodich was reluctant to show his cards, letting Campbell know he was best, and he showed J♣10♦ for the second nut flush, before scooping in the pot, allowing his stack to grow to over four starting stacks as he headed into the final two hands before bagging up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
172,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
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Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The floor has announced two more hands before players bag for the evening.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The event drew 616 players for a total prize pool of $5,858,160. A minimum cash will be worth $13,592, while the top prize is $729,333.
| 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 |
| 10 | $42,556 |
| 11 | $42,556 |
| 12 | $34,186 |
| 13 | $34,186 |
| 14 | $34,186 |
| 15 | $34,186 |
| 16 | $28,024 |
| 17 | $28,024 |
| 18 | $28,024 |
| 19 | $28,024 |
| 20 | $28,024 |
| 21 | $28,024 |
| 22 | $28,024 |
| 23 | $28,024 |
| 24 | $23,452 |
| 25 | $23,452 |
| 26 | $23,452 |
| 27 | $23,452 |
| 28 | $23,452 |
| 29 | $23,452 |
| 30 | $23,452 |
| 31 | $23,452 |
| 32 | $20,045 |
| 33 | $20,045 |
| 34 | $20,045 |
| 35 | $20,045 |
| 36 | $20,045 |
| 37 | $20,045 |
| 38 | $20,045 |
| 39 | $20,045 |
| 40 | $17,506 |
| 41 | $17,506 |
| 42 | $17,506 |
| 43 | $17,506 |
| 44 | $17,506 |
| 45 | $17,506 |
| 46 | $17,506 |
| 47 | $17,506 |
| 48 | $15,629 |
| 49 | $15,629 |
| 50 | $15,629 |
| 51 | $15,629 |
| 52 | $15,629 |
| 53 | $15,629 |
| 54 | $15,629 |
| 55 | $15,629 |
| 56 | $14,272 |
| 57 | $14,272 |
| 58 | $14,272 |
| 59 | $14,272 |
| 60 | $14,272 |
| 61 | $14,272 |
| 62 | $14,272 |
| 63 | $14,272 |
| 64 | $13,592 |
| 65 | $13,592 |
| 66 | $13,592 |
| 67 | $13,592 |
| 68 | $13,592 |
| 69 | $13,592 |
| 70 | $13,592 |
| 71 | $13,592 |
| 72 | $13,592 |
| 73 | $13,592 |
| 74 | $13,592 |
| 75 | $13,592 |
| 76 | $13,592 |
| 77 | $13,592 |
| 78 | $13,592 |
| 79 | $13,592 |
| 80 | $13,592 |
| 81 | $13,592 |
| 82 | $13,592 |
| 83 | $13,592 |
| 84 | $13,592 |
| 85 | $13,592 |
| 86 | $13,592 |
| 87 | $13,592 |
| 88 | $13,592 |
| 89 | $13,592 |
| 90 | $13,592 |
| 91 | $13,592 |
| 92 | $13,592 |
| 93 | $13,592 |
