Day 2 of the WSOP’s inaugural $1,000 Mystery Bounty Event promised to provide plenty of action. One player was going to draw the top mystery bounty of $1 million, and that player just happened to be Matt Glantz, a poker pro who never shies away from a Twitter debate or two.
The WSOP first bought into the mystery bounty concept in 2020, with the introduction of a $1,500 event and the promise of a $250K top bounty prize. While players seemed excited about it, the 2020 Series got COVID-canceled, and the event was somehow left off the 2021 WSOP schedule.
May I present to you, the NEW most hated guy in poker!! @MattGlantz I love you buddy! Can I borrow some $ please pic.twitter.com/Q5g8K8ln8S
— Joshua Arieh (@JoshuaArieh) July 5, 2022
Mystery Bounty Event format
For those who aren’t familiar with the mystery bounty format, here’s a quick breakdown. This event had four starting sessions with a $1,000 buy-in, that played out as a normal No-Limit Hold’em tournament. Everyone who advanced to Day 2 made the money.
From this point on, every time a player knocked someone out, they drew a bounty. Most bounties were worth $1,000, but there were also several worth six figures, and one for $1 million.
Day 2 Bounty Distribution in the Million Dollar Bounty
1 $1,000,000
1 $500,000
1 $250,000
3 $100,000
6 $50,000
38 $25,000
20 $5,000
52 $2,500
704 $1,000— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 5, 2022
Naturally, Glantz claiming the top bounty drew plenty of reaction from some of poker Twitter’s most consistent contributors, so we curated a list of some of the best and funniest comments found online.
Glantz the luckiest guy in poker?
Poker pro David “ODB” Baker tweeted his reaction within seconds of the news breaking at Bally’s. Good friends with Glantz, Baker was quick to reveal a text chain with fellow poker pro Mark Gregorich, in which Baker jokingly called his shot.
My text thread when @MattGlantz goes up for bounty pull pic.twitter.com/nFvEJ3Pke0
— David Baker (@audavidb) July 5, 2022
2004 Main Event runner-up and WSOP bracelet winner David Williams asked a question that was likely on many people’s minds when they too saw the news.
Is there anyone in poker more hated than @MattGlantz ?
— Dave of the Year 🔥 (@dwpoker) July 5, 2022
Funny enough, a tweet Glantz made on Day 1 of the event quickly picked up some traction in light of the recent million-dollar news. He called the event a “nonsense bounty circus event,” but likely feels a bit differently about it now.
Never seen so much FOMO over a nonsense circus bounty event.
— Matt Glantz (@MattGlantz) July 5, 2022
Regardless of the winner of the biggest bounty, most reviews of the event have been positive. Baker tweeted his approval of the new concept and certainly seems ready to see more at the WSOP.
This bounty thing is amazing. Holy crap @wsop crushed this thing. Atmosphere is electric in here
— David Baker (@audavidb) July 5, 2022
As for Glantz, he decided to pay it forward and share his good fortune, tweeting that he gave the player he knocked out, Justin Lett, $5,000. According to Glantz, he got it in bad against Lett, but ended up good by the end.
Put a vicious beat on this kid @JustinMLett to get the bounty that led to the $1m bounty at @WSOP. TT>JJ. Great player and super nice kid. Figured he should be awarded $5k for the memories. pic.twitter.com/DyGPSF32e0
— Matt Glantz (@MattGlantz) July 5, 2022
Just 33 players moved on to the final day of the event and Glantz isn’t one of them, as he busted in 42nd place. However, he’s likely doing just fine after yesterday’s madness went in his favor.
