Just 84 players remain in Event #51: $10,000 Mystery Bounty at the 2026 World Series of Poker. The event attracted 558 entries and generated a prize pool of $3,515,400, with all returning players guaranteed at least $13,650 and still chasing the top prize of $678,300, and some huge bounties.
Leading the survivors is Todd Ivens, who bagged 1,400,000 at the end of Day 1. Ivens is just one big blind ahead of Alex Anton, who finished with 1,390,000. The pair were the only players to pass the seven-figure mark, while Georgios Sotiropoulos with a stack of 979,000 rounds out the top three.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Todd Ivens
United States
1,400,000
117
2
Alex Anton
United States
1,390,000
116
3
Georgios Sotiropoulos
Greece
979,000
82
4
Julien Sitbon
France
947,000
79
5
Danny Tang
Hong Kong
877,000
73
6
Jakob Miegel
Germany
865,000
72
7
Adrian Mateos
Spain
815,000
68
8
Martin Zamani
United States
724,000
60
9
Jordan Glazer
United States
720,000
60
10
Felix Rabas
Austria
694,000
58
Brian Rast
Several familiar faces return today, including Adrian Mateos (815,000), Brian Rast (572,000), Damian Salas (482,000), Kristen Foxen (444,000), Jamie Dwan (472,000), Paul Volpe (413,000), David Coleman (399,000), and Ethan Yau (319,000). Among the shorter stacks coming back are Scott Seiver (67,000), Christian Roberts (64,000), Gabriel Andrade (64,000), Taylor Paur (63,000), Stephen Zolotow (60,000), and Dario Sammartino (55,000).
Play resumes at 2 p.m. on Level 18 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and a 12,000 big blind ante. Levels will remain 40 minutes in length throughout the day, with the plan to play down to the final table. Mystery Bounties will also come into play for the first time, with players drawing a bounty prize for each opponent they send to the rail.
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