Aroha Ngata ($18,715) Wins One Day Mystery Bounty Outright
2024 Moneymaker Tour
MGM Grand Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
Event #2
$400 Moneymaker Mystery Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries: 283
Prize Pool: $93,390 ($56,690 Cash Payouts/$36,800 Bounty Payouts)
June 29, 2024
Event 2 of the 2024 Moneymaker Tour at MGM Grand Las Vegas was a $400 Buy-in Mystery Bounty NLH tournament. The popular format features mystery bounty envelopes when the players reach the money. The event drew 283 entries creating a prize pool of $93,390 more than doubling the $40,000 guarantee.
Joining the field and cashing in 32nd place for $395 was poker commentator Lon McEachern. In the end, Aroha Ngata won the event outright receiving $18,715 (including $6,200 in bounties) and the coveted Moneymaker trophy! Thank you to everyone who came out to support our first ever Mystery Bounty in Las Vegas! We look forward to more tournament and cash game (Meet Up Game with Chris on Tuesday, July 2nd @ 6pm) action through July 6th!
Congrats Aroha!
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Cash Prize | Bounty Prize | Total Prize |
| 1 | Aroha | Ngata | $12,515 | $6,200 | $18,715 |
| 2 | Jason | Voerster | $8,830 | $4,400 | $13,230 |
| 3 | Brandon | Zuidema | $5,690 | $3,600 | $9,290 |
| 4 | Keith | McCormick | $3,525 | $3,800 | $7,325 |
| 5 | Shaun | Fugate | $2,720 | $600 | $3,320 |
| 6 | Alfonso | Arnau | $2,255 | $600 | $2,855 |
| 7 | Marvin | Becker | $1,895 | $2,400 | $4,295 |
| 8 | John | Lyons | $1,570 | $400 | $1,970 |
| 9 | Mikhil | Gera | $1,255 | $2,000 | $3,255 |
| 10 | Stephen | Hyvonen | $1,060 | $1,600 | $2,660 |
| 11 | Michael | O'Brien | $1,060 | $400 | $1,460 |
| 12 | Christopher | Webb | $1,060 | $5,000 | $6,060 |
| 13 | Jonathan | Rees | $900 | $900 | |
| 14 | Daniel | Driesen | $900 | $900 | |
| 15 | Zhou | Jiang | $900 | $1,000 | $1,900 |
| 16 | Eugene | Sumter | $750 | $750 | |
| 17 | Kyle | Wilson | $750 | $750 | |
| 18 | Clen | Chang | $750 | $1,000 | $1,750 |
| 19 | Dustin | Shacklock | $615 | $615 | |
| 20 | Mace | Reed | $615 | $3,400 | $4,015 |
| 21 | Douglas | Fonden | $615 | $615 | |
| 22 | Luiz | Contursi | $495 | $495 | |
| 23 | Jared | Farber | $495 | $400 | $895 |
| 24 | Clinton | Martin | $495 | $495 | |
| 25 | Gregory | Masterson | $440 | $440 | |
| 26 | Jeffrey | Chory | $440 | $440 | |
| 27 | Fernando | Takemura | $440 | $440 | |
| 28 | Shane | Rawlings | $395 | $395 | |
| 29 | Danielle | Anderson | $395 | $395 | |
| 30 | Sambuddha | Ghosh | $395 | $395 | |
| 31 | Gary | Pagel | $395 | $395 | |
| 32 | Lon | McEachern | $395 | $395 | |
| 33 | Shannon | Roberts | $395 | $395 | |
| 34 | Andreo | Mowen | $395 | $395 | |
| 35 | Michael | Ebert | $395 | $395 | |
| 36 | Bryce | Linville | $395 | $395 |