With a boisterous rail rooting him on, Jack Germaine of London, England, slowly and dramatically pulled the grand prize $250,000 Mystery Bounty from its envelope, sending his friends and family into a jubilant celebration, highlighting an exciting Day 2 of the Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty event.
Germaine came to the WSOP Paradise gold chest podium shortly after busting in 40th place for $8,900, pulling himself quite the consolation prize – first place in the tournament is worth $350,000.
“All you need is a margarita and a feeling,” said Germaine, raising a drink toward his rail after he slapped the quarter-million-dollar sheet of paper onto the top of the GG Poker Gold Chest beside host Jeff Platt.
Germaine’s previous poker highlights included a $50,000 cash here at WSOP Paradise last year in the Super Main Event and a pair of cashes in his hometown at a London Triton event in 2023 worth a combined $150,000.
Asked what he's going to do with the money, Germaine joked, “I might late reg this $250k (Triton Invitational). He did say that his crew of 20 family and friends will have an even better time here in The Bahamas, thanks to his windfall.
Other big bounty scores
Meanwhile, on the road to Germaine’s quarter-million-dollar win, there were a couple of other notable pulls.
Along with adding to his stack throughout the day, start-of-day chip leader Andrei Piatrushchanka added a $50,000 bounty pull to his tournament earnings.
Meanwhile, Martin Zamani saw a wild 100 big blind bluff jam go horribly awry as his pocket deuces ran into pocket queens to send him to the rail early in the day, earning him just a $3,300 payout. But before that, he earned two gold chests, which were good for $50,000 each, scoring him the equivalent of fifth-place money despite finishing in 141st place.
Roman Berson and Qingyu Lu also pulled the secondary prizes of $100,000.
