WATCH: WSOP Player's Expletive-Laden $1M Celebration

Since the debut of the mystery bounty format at the 2022 World Series of Poker, and beyond the WSOP's walls, the thrill of massive bounty pulls has drawn massive fields of players from all walks of life. Multi-time WSOP champions and casual weekend players alike have just as good a chance to draw a prize equivalent to winning the tournament, so long as they play deep enough into the tournament and score an elimination, or preferably several. In recent years, player reactions to mystery bounty pulls cover the full spectrum of potential reactions. Some players, often professionals, try to play it cool despite winning thousands of times their buy-in in a single moment. Others, including Matt Glantz in the inaugural WSOP mystery millions event, shouted in triumph. Andrew Shelton certainly falls in the latter category. Shelton, a recreational player from Connecticut, was one of 20,488 hopefuls in the $550 buy-in mini mystery millions event, a smaller buy-in tournament debuting at the 2026 WSOP. He had just been eliminated from the tournament deep into day 2, finishing 102nd for $3,350. But he had a golden ticket in his possession, in the form of a bounty prize that he hadn't yet cashed in.