On Thursday, the final 255 players from a 2,333-entry field returned for Day 2 action in the highly-anticipated Wynn Fall Classic $2,200 Mystery Bounty Event, a tournament being live reported by PokerNews here. All of those players were in the money and eligible for the “Mystery Bounty” portion of the tournament, which meant every time they eliminated an opponent they’d get a chance to draw an envelope from a spinning drum.
Inside were 255 sealed envelopes under constant supervision and surveillance. Each contained a card with a prize ranging from $500-$250,000. There was only a single quarter-million top bounty followed by three $100,000 prizes, six $50,000 envelopes, and a dozen $25,000 slips.