Overview
- Technical failures during the Day 2 restart left 60% of entrants unable to log in, forcing cancellation of the $250 Mystery Bounty event.
- Organizers deemed Day 2 invalid and decided not to award a bracelet for Event #7 to protect the competition’s integrity.
- WSOP Online is refunding buy-ins for all 1,100 affected players and allowing those who pulled bounties to retain their prizes.
- The series is contributing an extra $550,000 in compensation by issuing each affected player a one-year $500 tournament ticket.
- All other online bracelet events remain on schedule as the overall leaderboard continues through July 15.