Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty Day 2 | 2022 World Series of Poker

Level: 36

Blinds: 400,000/800,000

Ante: 800,000

Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty

Day 2 Completed

07-06-2022 01:17 UTC-8

Natalie Hof Crushes Day 2 of the $1,000 Million Dollar Mystery Bounty

NicholasBaltz

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

The air was electric at the for the highly anticipated Day 2 of the $1,000 Million Dollar Mystery Bounty at the Bally's and Paris Las Vegas. There were 826 survivors who came back for Day 2, where the mystery bounties would be handed out. Everyone was vying for that astronomical one million dollar bounty that awaited one lucky player.

When a player received a knockout ticket, they then entered their information into an iPad provided by the staff. The names were then be put in a queue on the big screen, and chests were constantly being opened that awarded a minimum of $1,000 per knockout. On occasion, a player would randomly hit a golden chest, which would include a much bigger prize. The smallest amount in a gold chest was $25,000, with the biggest $1,000,000.

Matt Glantz, a well-known pro with more than $7,000,000 in earnings, pulled the $1,000,000 bounty to score a massive payday. He bowed out late in the night, but his score is worth more than the $750,120 awaiting the eventual winner.

Arin Youssefian was the lucky winner of the $500,000 gold chest bounty and Azim Popatia pulled the $250,000 bounty. They both busted shortly after but the huge scores will help to ease the bow.

Event #68: $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Michael Smith	Canada	50,300,000	63
2	Natalie Hof	Germany	37,200,000	47
3	Paul Chauderson	United States	31,900,000	40
4	David Timmons	United States	31,000,000	39
5	Jorge Juri	Cuba	29,600,000	37
6	Quincy Borland	United States	27,000,000	34
7	Florian Duta	Romania	26,700,000	33
8	Charlie Combes	United Kingdom	24,300,000	30
9	Adam Grandmaison	United States	20,900,000	26
10	Mykhailo Lendel	United States	20,200,000	25

The chip leader is Michael Smith (50,300,000) from Canada, but it was Natalie Hof who dominated much of the day. Hof just finished eighth in the $10,000 Ladies Championship last week. She leads the three remaining women left in the field. The other two ladies are Libby Wilson (11,900,000) and Nellie Park (10,600,000).

Another fortunate bounty winner was Daniel De Almeida (17,300,000. He pulled off back-to-back gold chests and picked up $125,000 in a span of five minutes. Amazingly, his brother Caio De Almeida (6,300,000) is also still alive in the tournament.

Other players who bagged included Adam Grandmaison (20,900,000), Quincy Borland (27,000,000), Florian Duta (27,000,000), Jorge Juri (29,600,000) and Charlie Combes (24,300,000).

The remaining 33 players will return at 1 p.m. on July 6 in the purple section of Paris Las Vegas to play down to a winner. Follow all the action right here on PokerNews to see who becomes the next WSOP champion.

Tags: Azim Popatia Caio De Almeida Charlie Combes Daniel De Almeida Florian Duta Jorge Juri Libby Wilson Matt Glantz Michael Smith Natalie Hof Nohjun Park Quincy Borland

07-06-2022 01:00 UTC-8

Seat Draw For Day 3

Matthew Pitt

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Casino	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
Paris	113	2	David Timmons	United States	31,000,000	39
Paris	113	3	Raed Abualfilat	United States	7,200,000	9
Paris	113	4	Michael Smith (SK)	Canada	50,300,000	63
Paris	113	5	Kevin Hong	United States	18,300,000	23
Paris	113	6	Naoya Katagiri	Japan	9,700,000	12
Paris	113	7	Daniel Haselhorst	United States	13,800,000	17
Paris	113	8	Charlie Combes	United Kingdom	24,300,000	30
Paris	113	9	Harutyun Gevorgyan	United States	15,100,000	19

Paris	114	1	Kenta Makino	Japan	15,000,000	19
Paris	114	2	James Alexander	United States	9,800,000	12
Paris	114	3	Wojciech Barzantny	Germany	9,700,000	12
Paris	114	5	Caio De Almeida	Brazil	6,300,000	8
Paris	114	6	Matthew Kelly	United States	5,200,000	7
Paris	114	7	Arash Asadabadi	United States	16,100,000	20
Paris	114	8	Adam Grandmaison	United States	20,900,000	26
Paris	114	9	John Nowak	United States	7,200,000	9

Paris	115	1	Neville Endocosta	Brazil	14,000,000	18
Paris	115	2	Natalie Hof	Germany	37,200,000	47
Paris	115	3	Ramon Kropmanns	Brazil	6,200,000	8
Paris	115	4	Mykhailo Lendel	United States	20,200,000	25
Paris	115	5	Joshua Rothberg	United States	2,400,000	3
Paris	115	6	Nellie Park	United States	10,600,000	13
Paris	115	8	Nissar Quraishi	United States	8,400,000	11
Paris	115	9	Quincy Borland	United States	27,000,000	34

Paris	116	1	Stephen Bartlett	United States	13,900,000	17
Paris	116	2	Jorge Juri	Cuba	29,600,000	37
Paris	116	3	Libby Wilson	United States	11,900,000	15
Paris	116	4	Paul Chauderson	United States	31,900,000	40
Paris	116	5	Jose Annaloro	Venezuela	20,100,000	25
Paris	116	6	Florian Duta	United Kingdom	26,700,000	33
Paris	116	7	John MacDonald	United States	9,000,000	11
Paris	116	8	Christopher Doan	United States	19,000,000	24
Paris	116	9	Daniel De Almeida	Brazil	17,300,000	22

07-06-2022 00:59 UTC-8

Official End of Day Chip Counts (full)

NicholasBaltz

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Smith (SK)	50,300,000 44,800,000	44,800,000

Natalie Hof	37,200,000 4,200,000	4,200,000
Paul Chauderson	31,900,000 30,350,000	30,350,000
David Timmons	31,000,000 19,000,000	19,000,000
Jorge Juri	29,600,000 2,600,000	2,600,000
Quincy Borland	27,000,000 5,000,000	5,000,000

Florian Duta	26,700,000 15,700,000	15,700,000
Charlie Combes	24,300,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Adam Grandmaison	20,900,000 17,700,000	17,700,000
Mykhailo Lendel	20,200,000 19,005,000	19,005,000
Jose Annaloro	20,100,000 -900,000	-900,000
Christopher Doan	19,000,000 4,000,000	4,000,000
Kevin Hong	18,300,000 17,530,000	17,530,000
Daniel De Almeida	17,300,000 -1,200,000	-1,200,000
Arash Asadabadi	16,100,000 -3,300,000	-3,300,000
Harutyun Gevorgyan	15,100,000 13,685,000	13,685,000
Kenta Makino	15,000,000 14,999,999	14,999,999
Neville Endo Costa	14,000,000 12,670,000	12,670,000
Stephen Bartlett	13,900,000 13,530,000	13,530,000
Daniel Haselhorst	13,800,000 -700,000	-700,000
Libby Wilson	11,900,000 3,500,000	3,500,000
Nellie Park	10,600,000 10,600,000	10,600,000
James Alexander	9,800,000 -450,000	-450,000
Naoya Katagiri	9,700,000 9,700,000	9,700,000
Wojciech Barzantny	9,700,000 -6,600,000	-6,600,000

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07-06-2022 00:45 UTC-8

Final Hands of the Night

NicholasBaltz

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

The clock is paused and the last few hands of the night are being dealt.

07-06-2022 00:37 UTC-8

A Few More Counts Before Bagging

NicholasBaltz

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Quincy Borland	22,000,000 -2,300,000	-2,300,000

Daniel Haselhorst	14,500,000 400,000	400,000
Nissar Quraishi	10,800,000 9,205,000	9,205,000

07-06-2022 00:33 UTC-8

De Almeida Keeps It Going; Brother Remains As Well

NicholasBaltz

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Daniel De Almeida had a player all in and at-risk preflop.

Shorter Stack:
Daniel De Almeida:

The runout sent De Almeida another bounty ticket, which scored an extra $1,000 for him.

A few tables over, his brother Caio is still in the running as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel De Almeida	18,500,000 7,950,000	7,950,000
Caio De Almeida	7,700,000 -2,300,000	-2,300,000

07-06-2022 00:30 UTC-8

Templeman's Invincible Stuffies Strike Again

Liam Gannon

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Action was picked up with Templeman having moved all in against an opponent for his opponent's remaining 6,000,000. After some time his opponent called and the hands were turned over.

Opponent:
Kristopher Templeman: