WSOP Mini Mystery Million event $550
For past 3 years one of the popular event is Mystery Million ( Bounty) $1000 Buy- in.
Here are the runners for the event for last 3 years :
2023 ………. 18188 participants.
2024 ………. 18409 participants.
2025 ………. 19656 participants.
For 2026 WSOP they are coming up with $550 buy-in Mystery Million.
IMHO this move will bring record breaking crowd for the most popular event with lower buy-in.
My guess is over 25000 runners!
What is your guess !
Good Luck
I was also guessing over 25, 000. Might as well make a game out of it...
For anyone who wants to guess an exact number to see who ends up being closest. I will guess:
27, 259 runners
Yeah they wanted to start the series off with a bang. If I go to one of these I might select the $1K buy -in instead. When I played that in '23 they gave out two million dollar bounty checks. Yeah decisions decisions. Unless I missed it I don't see the flip-n-go tournament for $1K. I didn't play that but watched some of the action. That is fun if you are a true degenerate gambler.
Yeah they wanted to start the series off with a bang. If I go to one of these I might select the $1K buy -in instead. When I played that in '23 they gave out two million dollar bounty checks. Yeah decisions decisions. Unless I missed it I don't see the flip-n-go tournament for $1K. I didn't play that but watched some of the action. That is fun if you are a true degenerate gambl
In $1000 mystery bounty they took $300 out of the $1000 for bounties.
In $550 they are talking out $200 for bounties!
They need 27282 players to built up similar bounty pool . Looks like with the popularity of bounty tournament and lower buy-in will definitely built up to same height.
I guess there will be 2 Million $ bounties in $550 too.
I made up my mind . I will be playing $550 Mystery Million.
Booked the flight & Room .
I was also guessing over 25, 000. Might as well make a game out of it...
For anyone who wants to guess an exact number to see who ends up being closest. I will guess:
27, 259 runners
In that case I will guess 28200 runners.
( Though as per simple mathematics it should be over 30000)
To make this more fun I have decided to offer a $500 prize, payable only if someone guesses the exact number of entries. One guess per person.
There are only two simple conditions:
Spoiler
Guesses must be posted in this thread before the start of the first flight. Also only this year's million dollar bounty winners are eligible for the $500 bonus.
To make this more fun I have decided to offer a $500 prize, payable only if someone guesses the exact number of entries.There are only two simple conditions:
Great idea . Start a new thread. Would be fun
I did .
That’s why I was asking you to create separate thread 🥸
Just curious, how many 2+2 members are interested or planning to play $550 Mystery Million.
Being a retired senior, I was so excited with the announcement of $550 price point.
Don't forget as a senior, they have a $250 NLH senior daily deepstack every Thursday 9am. (assuming they don't change the day).
I will be playing in the $550 Mystery Million, as well as the Monster Stack. I already had rooms booked at Horseshoe for May 27 - June 16 before the schedule came out.
I will be playing in the $550 Mystery Million, as well as the Monster Stack. I already had rooms booked at Horseshoe for May 27 - June 16 before the schedule came out.
Wow that’s 21 days !!!
Must be a big Whale 🥸
My trips are mostly 7-10 days.
And after 2006 first time I am not a Diamond 😩 so have to settle with other economical hotel.
I'm self-employed, so I come out for a few weeks every summer. the week of May 25-31 is a 10x tier credit multiplier, so we can take advantage of that. I'm Diamond plus and my buddy is 7 stars, we just alternate our reservations overlapping the check-in/check-out days and we never have to change rooms, all comped.
I'm self-employed, so I come out for a few weeks every summer. the week of May 25-31 is a 10x tier credit multiplier, so we can take advantage of that. I'm Diamond plus and my buddy is 7 stars, we just alternate our reservations overlapping the check-in/check-out days and we never have to change rooms, all comped.
Good for you.
I was Diamond + since 2006.
Last year had bypass & two other surgeries.
So didn’t do much in casino and was reduce to platinum.
Oh well, nothing I can change 🥸
I will be playing in the $550 Mystery Million, as well as the Monster Stack. I already had rooms booked at Horseshoe for May 27 - June 16 before the schedule came out.
Wow that’s 21 days !!!
Must be a big Whale 🥸
My trips are mostly 7-10 days.
And after 2006 first time I am not a Diamond 😩 so have to settle with other economical hotel.
Same here with the hotel. Where are you looking? I’m leaning toward off strip (I’ll have my car) at either Red Rock or Sam’s Town. I like Red Rock but have never tried Sam’s Town.
Might even hit up the Rio just to be a bit closer to the WSOP.
Since you have a car, you will likely find the best deals at a non-casino hotel, or by renting a condo/house through VRBO or AirBnB. The latter is great, especially if you want a kitchen.
Since you have a car, you will likely find the best deals at a non-casino hotel, or by renting a condo/house through VRBO or AirBnB. The latter is great, especially if you want a kitchen.
Yeah, I’ve thought about that but I’ve had some mixed results with VRBO/AirBnB in the past so I’m a little apprehensive about it.
I’ll start comparing prices for non-casino hotels, though. Don’t know why I haven’t really looked at those yet
Oh and to the topic of the thread, I’ll be the first to say over 30, 000.
Exact guess: 31247
Do you guys think that attendance will drop for the 1k Mystery bounty? I think yes, just a question of by how much.
Good question. I was favoring the 1K until you asked that. The 1K does feature a 40K starting stack compared to the 550 which has a 25K starting stack. I prefer deeper stack events given a choice.
I know there will be one Million $$ bounty guaranteed.
Are there anywhere list of other bounties?
2019 $500 Big 50 hold the record of largest attendance of any WSOP tournament with 28371 runners.
My guess is this year’s $550 Mini Mystery Millions has potential of breaking that record .
The Big 50 had 4 starting Day 1 flights
$550 Mini Mystery has 6 starting Day 1 flights
Go figure and guess how big can be Mini Mystery .
How does playing multiple flights work in this actual tournament. Since its says you're cashing on Day 1 of the event what happens if I have a very small stack and want to try other days 1's. Do I surrender my chips for a small cash, can I play a second day 1B if I have chips from day 1A and then still get a small cash for the first stack or can I just play as many day ones as I want and if the impossible happened and qualified on all days 1's I would get five min cashes and carry on with the big stack.
I played tournament with two day ones at the Orleans and I was allowed and did qualify both days. The paid me $1, 000 for the stack they removed (with a $400 buy-in).
WSOP does not use a best‑stack‑forward format.
To re‑enter, you must bust. You can forfeit your stack at the end of the entry period, but you cannot play another Day 1 if you have chips that already advanced to Day 2.
If a tournament lets you forfeit at the end of Day 1 and take the min‑cash, the “correct” exploit would be to open‑jam any two cards for the last 30 minutes, either spinning up a real stack or busting to lock the small cash and re‑enter the next day.
But in this specific event, that logic flips.
Because bounties don’t start until Day 2 - and because the Day 2 bounties are massive - any stack that reaches Day 2 has far more value than a min‑cash, even if you bag a single big blind. Only about 5% of the field reaches Day 2, so forfeiting and trying to run it back is a losing proposition.
One more strategic note:
Since players desperately want to survive to Day 2 for the bounties, the last hour of Day 1 tends to be extremely tight. If you have a playable stack, you can often steal relentlessly and accumulate chips with very little resistance.
13. Re-entry is allowed as specified on the structure sheet for the WSOP Event. Participants may re-enter these Events by
registering at the WSOP Registration area or through the online registration system. Participants must have zero (0) chips
remaining to re-enter or be subject to disqualification. At the end of the registration period for all re-entry Events, Participants
will be given the option to forfeit their current stack and pay to re-enter. All Participants who re-enter will receive a full starting
stack. Participants who re-enter will be considered a new Participant to the Event.
https://wsop.gg-global-cdn.com/wsop/pdfs/2025-WSOP-Tournament-Rules.pdf
The Highest ever attendance for a poker tournament was 2019 Big 50 with over 28000 runners.
2026 event 1 has many similarities and more attraction to become Biggest Ever:
1, Price point is similar and affordable by tons of players ($550)
2, it’s opening event .
3, One of the biggest advantage it’s a Bounty tournament. And players loves bounty tournaments.
4 $500 buy-in Big 50 attracted over 28k runners
$1000 buy-in bounty tournaments attract over18000k/19000 runners years over again and again.
Can you imagine :
With price point of $550 buy- in,
With Bounty Format.
With guaranteed 1 Million bounty
An Opening event
What 2026 event # 1 Mini Mystery Million can do ?
How does playing multiple flights work in this actual tournament. Since its says you're cashing on Day 1 of the event what happens if I have a very small stack and want to try other days 1's. Do I surrender my chips for a small cash, can I play a second day 1B if I have chips from day 1A and then still get a small cash for the first stack or can I just play as many day ones as
Almost all of the TDs will allow you to be busted with chips at the end of day 1 if you try to bust intentionally in the last few hands and fail to. I witnessed it twice myself in the last two WSOPs. But once you bag, you cannot then play any subsequent flights and there is no best bag forward.
