Day 1 of €3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty Gets Underway at 3 p.m. CET
The PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague has been a glittering success so far, with the EPT Main Event, Eureka Main Event, and Eureka High Roller all generating record-breaking fields.
Next up on the agenda, is the €3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty, which kicks off inside the Hilton Prague at 3 p.m. CET.
This is the second Mystery Bounty tournament to take place at EPT Prague, with Rodrigo Seiji taking down the €10,200 Mystery Bounty at the beginning of the series. Seiji despatched Jorryt van Hoof in heads up play to claim the €95,880 up top and a further €27,500 in additional bounties.
This event is a three-day tournament, with late registration open until the beginning of Day 2, which kicks off on Thursday, December 15 at 12:30 p.m. On Day 2 is when the Mystery Bounty element comes into play and possible prizes could be as followed but are not limited to €100,000, €50,000, €30,000, €15,000, €10,000, €5,000, €1,000, and €500.
Anyone who enters the Mystery Bounty will receive a starting stack of 30,000. The plan for Day 1 is to play 12 40-minute levels and while the registration period is open, players are allowed unlimited reentries.
From the €3,000 buy-in, a third of that will go into the bounty prize pool, while €1,716 of the entry fee will be allotted to the regular prize purse.
€3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty Day 1 Schedule
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 min | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | 40 min | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 3 | 40 min | 100 | 300 | 300 |
| 20 min break | ||||
| 4 | 40 min | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 5 | 40 min | 200 | 500 | 500 |
| 6 | 40 min | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 75 min dinner break | ||||
| 7 | 40 min | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 8 | 40 min | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 9 | 40 min | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 20 min break | ||||
| 10 | 40 min | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 11 | 40 min | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 12 | 40 min | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
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and Pilkington check-called from the small blind against the 1,800 bet from Peters in the cutoff. 
and action checked through. Pilkington announced "King" for top pair but it was no good as Peters showed 
for two pair to take down the pot.
and Miquel bet 6,000. Kisacikoglu quickly called and turned over 
for two pair beating Miquel's bluff of 
.
board his opponent, Sasan Tabib, checked from the cutoff. Seiji fired for a pot-sized bet of 8,000 from the button to Tabib's dismay. 
and Lococo said "Ace queen with the queen of diamonds" while in the tank before calling. His opponent showed 
for a bluff while Lococo tabled 
for one pair to take down the pot.
flop after Ostlyngen continued for 1,800. The latter called. 
turn. Ostlyngen bet another 1,800 but quickly folded after Kuertoesi tank-jammed as the superior stack.
on the 
completed the board.
