Matt Glantz drew the lucky $1 million bounty on Tuesday afternoon at Paris Las Vegas in the first ever $1,000 buy-in World Series of Poker (WSOP) Million Dollar Bounty, a no-limit hold'em tournament with 14,112 entrants.
Glantz dug through a chest full of envelopes, all with mystery cash prizes ranging from $1,000 to $1 million, most on the low end, and only one person would go home with the grand prize.
A massive pot was brewing just before dinner.
Two players were already all-in on the 
flop and the big blind shoved for 1,120,000.
Rodrigo Semeghini called to put all three players at risk with his big stack.
Cutoff: 
Early Position: 
Big Blind: 
Rodrigo Semeghini: 
Semeghini had flopped a set of sixes and was in a dominant position to win the pot. The turn 
and river 
provided no help to the shorter stacks and Semeghini pulled into the apparent chip lead with three bounties.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
10,700,000
2,500,000
|
2,500,000 |
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
16,000,000
11,000,000
|
11,000,000 |
|
|
4,500,000
-1,300,000
|
-1,300,000 |
|
3,900,000
3,240,000
|
3,240,000 |
|
||
|
3,200,000
1,715,000
|
1,715,000 |
|
|
3,000,000
3,000,000
|
3,000,000 |
|
2,500,000
-3,300,000
|
-3,300,000 |
A 60-minute dinner break is upon us Players will be back around 8:45 p.m. local time.
Around 144 players remain.
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Niveau: 29
Blinds: 100,000/150,000
Ante: 150,000
Zachary Vankeuren moved all in for 1,150,000 from the hijack and was called by Brandon Sheils on the button with all other action folding.
Zachary Vankeuren: 
Brandon Sheils: 
The board ran out 
and Sheils collected the bounty while Vankeuren exited the tournament area.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
10,600,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
Eliminé |
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,800,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
|
8,900,000
2,670,000
|
2,670,000 |
|
6,400,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
6,025,000
1,025,000
|
1,025,000 |
|
5,300,000
5,135,000
|
5,135,000 |
|
2,700,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
||
|
Eliminé | |
|
||
Liam Murphy was all in for his last 2,975,000 from the big blind versus the button.
Liam Murphy: 
Opponent: 
The run out of 
secured the important double on the the first hand back from dinner break.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,000,000
3,500,000
|
3,500,000 |
