The dramatic envelope drawings add a whole new level of sweat to the late stages of mystery bounty events like the 2026 World Series of Poker $550 Mini Mystery Millions. The no-limit hold’em event drew a massive field of 20,488 entries across six starting flights, making for a prize pool worth over $9.3 million.
The single largest payout in this event was ultimately awarded via one of the envelopes: a $1,000,000 bounty. Andrew Shelton let forth a flood of excited curses when he realized that he was the lucky player to lock up the seven-figure score.
While he was the biggest winner, in terms of prize money, this tournament still had a bracelet and a hefty main prize pool to award. The largest share was ultimately captured by Philip Chun. He earned $400,000 and his first bracelet as the last player standing. This was the largest score yet for the California resident, easily surpassing the $88,193 he earned for a win in a $1,100 event at the 2022 Wynn Signature Series. Chun now boasts nearly $719,000 in lifetime cashes after his big victory at the series.
Chun attributed his win to guidance he received via Chip Leader Coaching’s Kristen Foxen. The five-time bracelet winner and women’s all-time money leader did an hour coaching session with Chun ahead of the final day of play, and Chun said that he wouldn’t have won without it.
In addition to the hardware and the money, Chun also earned 720 Card Player Player of the Year points for this victory. This was his second POY-qualified score of 2026.
Final Day Action
The sea of players that turned out for this event thinned to a baker’s dozen by the end of day 2 play. Nearly $4.1 million in bounty payouts were awarded after the bubble burst, with every knockout a chance to draw one of the marquee envelopes. Plenty of notables ran deep, including Brett Shaffer (56th), Michael Khan (39th), Nitis Udornpim (36th), Barry Shulman (25th), and Mike Leah (16th).
David Prociak led the final 13 contenders, with Chun in the middle of the pack to start. The three-time bracelet winner remained out in front by the time the final table was set. Bracelet winner Kartik Ved scored the first elimination after the field combined onto a single table, with his A-Q holding against the A-J of Jurgen Pirgu (9th – $43,000). Ved further added to his stack when A-K held off J-10 suited for Rocco Iati (8th – $43,000).
Soon after that, a three-way all-in spelled the end of Alex Kaviani’s run, with his pocket fives up against pocket sevens for Jalil Houssain and A♥Q♦ for Prociak. Houssain turned a set of sevens and held from there to drag the massive pot, eliminating Kaviani in seventh place ($72,000).
Joseph Trezzo (6th – $90,000) was then sent packing in a brutal hand. He turned deuces full of aces in a limped pot, only to find himself up against kings full of deuces for Houssain.
Chun doubled through Ved during five-handed play, making a flush with Q-10 suited to best pocket nines. His A♠10♦ then held against the A♥8♥ of Axel Bayout (5th – $115,000) to narrow the field to four.
Converting The Lead Into The Title
Prociak was the next to hit the rail. His K♦7♦ shove from the cutoff was called by Ved out of the small blind with 7♥7♣. Prociak turned the nut flush draw, but the case seven on the river gave Ved sevens full and the knockout. Prociak earned $155,000 as the fourth-place finisher.
Ved soon ran a seven-high straight into the eight-high straight of Houssain. That halted his charge up the leaderboard. Chun claimed the rest of Ved’s stack in a preflop showdown. A♣7♣ held against K♥Q♦ on a J♠6♥6♣7♥A♠ runout to eliminate Ved in third place ($200,000). The Indian pro now has over $2.2 million in career cashes.
Chun held 281,000,000 to Houssain’s 230,000,000 when heads-up play began. A preflop cooler early in the match all but cemented the win for Chun. On the second deal of the clash, the chips went in preflop via a three-bet shove from Chun with A♣Q♦. Houssain called with A♦10♦ and the flop came down 9♠7♠3♦. The 8♦ turn gave Houssain both the nut flush draw and an open-ended straight draw. The 8♥ river was a total blank, though. It locked up the pot and the title for Chun. Houssain earned $265,000 as the runner-up. This was by far the largest payday yet for the Palestinian player.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | Philip Chun | $400,000 | 720 |
| 2 | Jalil Houssain | $265,000 | 600 |
| 3 | Kartik Ved | $200,000 | 480 |
| 4 | David Prociak | $155,000 | 360 |
| 5 | Axel Bayout | $115,000 | 300 |
| 6 | Joseph Trezzo | $90,000 | 240 |
| 7 | Alexander Kaviani | $72,000 | 180 |
| 8 | Rocco Iati | $43,000 | 120 |
| 9 | Jurgen Pirgu | $43,000 | 60 |
Photo credits: WSOP / Alicia Skillman.
