Andrew Shelton Pulls the $1,000,000 Bounty

Andrew Shelton was the 43rd player to pull a Gold Chest, and it proved to be the magic number.

Shelton selected his ticket and slowly peeled it from the packaging. The first digit was a one, and he instantly knew what it meant. He had pulled the biggest Mystery Bounty on offer and was suddenly a millionaire.

Shelton erupted in celebration at winning $1,000,000, shouting and screaming uncontrollably, while the rest of the field let out a collective sigh, knowing the biggest bounty was finally off the table.

The timing made the moment even more surreal. Shelton had only recently been eliminated from the tournament in 102nd place for $3,350 after losing with ace-king against pocket eights.

“I was under the gun, so I was like, ‘I’m gonna play my button and then I’ll go up.’ On my button I get ace-king versus eights and bust. So I was like if I just went up, I’d still be in the tournament, but you know, I’m not too worried about it now.”

Moments after pulling the bounty, Shelton reflected on what the life changing score meant to him.

“It feels great. That’s, I pretty much double my net worth, so that’s pretty good.”

Shelton also admitted he arrived in Las Vegas feeling like something positive was going to happen during the summer.

“Part of me felt like this is my year. Like I felt something good was gonna happen. I’m not a super superstitious person, but I felt something good was gonna happen, so it felt good.”

Despite banking the seven-figure score, Shelton said fans should not expect to see him jumping into a packed tournament schedule for the rest of the series.

“Definitely not playing tournaments. This is such a fucking grind. My one World Series poker tournament a year, too much grind.”