€3,000 Mystery Bounty
Dia 1 Concluído
€3,000 Mystery Bounty
Dia 1 Concluído
The first of three days of the €3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty at the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®️ is in the books. The field played twelve levels of 40 minutes each and unlimited reentries were available to players throughout the entire day. This led to plentiful action from the 581 registered players and when the dust settled, 167 of them remained to take a stack into Day 2.
Players who did not have any chips to bag at the end of the night need not fret, however, as late registration is still open until the start of Day 2 which will take place Thursday, May 4th at 12.30 p.m. local time. This also marks the moment the mystery bounties will come into play. €1,000 of each buy-in will be allocated to the bounty prize pool and each player who scores a knockout will receive a token that they can redeem for an envelope containing a mystery bounty at any moment of their choosing.
Liu Chun Keat had no shortage of practice delivering coups de grâce on Day 1, as he already eliminated several players on his way to a final tally of 368,500. He will take over 184 big blinds into Day 2, far and above everyone else.
PokerStars Ambassador Sam Grafton also amassed a big stack today, bagging 247,500 chips at the end of play. Grafton started off strong early on his first bullet and would never need a second one to end up with a top ten stack. Grafton has already found success earlier this EPT by winning the €10,200 event with this very same Mystery Bounty format. Bracelet winner Fabio Peluso, meanwhile, sits in fifth place on the leaderboard, as he ended up with 318,500 chips.
Top 10 Chip Counts on Day 1 of the EPT Mystery Bounty
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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1 | Liu Chun Keat | Malaysia | 368,500 | 184 |
2 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | 347,500 | 174 |
3 | Gerard Carbo | Spain | 340,000 | 170 |
4 | Franck Makaci | France | 338,500 | 169 |
5 | Fabio Peluso | Italy | 318,500 | 159 |
6 | Stephen Kehoe | Ireland | 284,500 | 142 |
7 | Ramzi Karam | Lebanon | 256,500 | 128 |
8 | Recep Aydemir | Turkey | 254,000 | 127 |
9 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | 247,500 | 124 |
10 | Florian Duta | Romania | 243,000 | 122 |
Chess Master and Twitch streamer extraordinaire Alexandra Botez also found her way into Day 2. Botez was sitting on a big stack throughout the early stages of Day 1, but eventually fell down to a below-average stack of 63,500. Other notables who bagged and tagged at the end of the day include Bruno Lopes (191,000), Will Kassouf (121,000), Nacho Barbero (111,000), and Martin Jacobson (45,000).
UK’s Carl Shaw and Ian Hamilton, meanwhile, made full use of the unlimited reentry format, valiantly firing seven bullets each. They did, however, not succeed in taking a stack into day 2. They will have one more chance to register tomorrow before the start of play if they wish to do so. Other familiar faces who did not make it through Day 1 include Alec Torelli, Dominik Nitsche, Alejandro Lococo, and Kalidou Sow.
When play restarts at 12.30 p.m. local time, the blinds will resume on Level 13 at 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante. Those who decide to make a (re)entry last minute will receive the starting stack of 30,000 chips, equating to 15 big blinds. The levels will continue to be 40 minutes long, with breaks of varying lengths scheduled after every three levels.
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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1 | 3 | Ramin Hajiyev | Azerbaijan | 139,000 | 70 |
1 | 4 | Israel Zilberman | Israel | 41,000 | 21 |
1 | 5 | Aliaksandr Hirs | Belarus | 85,500 | 43 |
1 | 6 | Wagner Ripper | Brazil | 136,000 | 68 |
1 | 7 | Conor Bergin | Ireland | 26,000 | 13 |
1 | 8 | Maria Konnikova | USA | 114,500 | 57 |
2 | 1 | Vlado Banicevic | Montenegro | 54,000 | 27 |
2 | 3 | Tomas Jozonis | Lithuania | 81,000 | 41 |
2 | 4 | Razvan Belea | Romania | 27,500 | 14 |
2 | 5 | Florian Duta | Romania | 243,000 | 122 |
2 | 6 | Ilya Nikiforov | Russia | 227,500 | 114 |
2 | 7 | Nicolas Julien | France | 59,000 | 30 |
3 | 2 | Aleksandar Tomovic | Serbia | 37,500 | 19 |
3 | 3 | Sadri Saleh | Canada | 47,500 | 24 |
3 | 5 | Nuri Hadioglu | Turkey | 105,000 | 53 |
3 | 6 | Mathieu His | France | 56,000 | 28 |
3 | 7 | Sam Benoliel | France | 47,500 | 24 |
3 | 8 | Paul Tasso | France | 43,500 | 22 |
4 | 1 | Oliver Weis | Germany | 161,500 | 81 |
4 | 2 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | 247,500 | 124 |
4 | 3 | Jean-Pierre Boulad | France | 127,000 | 64 |
4 | 4 | Benjamin Souriau | France | 35,500 | 18 |
4 | 5 | Ehsan Amiri | Australia | 109,000 | 55 |
4 | 6 | Franck Kalfon | France | 109,500 | 55 |
5 | 2 | Wai Sim Kok | Malaysia | 104,500 | 52 |
5 | 3 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | 111,000 | 56 |
5 | 4 | Michel Bouskila | Australia | 106,000 | 53 |
5 | 5 | Elias Gutierrez | Switzerland | 26,000 | 13 |
5 | 7 | Zhang Fen | China | 169,500 | 85 |
5 | 8 | Dan Djorno | France | 103,500 | 52 |
6 | 1 | Gadir Aliyev | Spain | 85,000 | 43 |
6 | 2 | Andrew Chen | Canada | 146,500 | 73 |
6 | 4 | Gregory Donabedian | France | 46,000 | 23 |
6 | 5 | Ran Shahar | Israel | 5,500 | 3 |
6 | 6 | Bruno Lopes | France | 191,000 | 96 |
6 | 7 | Lucas Silva Rocha | Brazil | 72,000 | 36 |
7 | 4 | Jamie Nixon | United Kingdom | 124,000 | 62 |
7 | 6 | Jon Kyte | Norway | 140,500 | 70 |
7 | 7 | Ido Aboudi | Israel | 23,000 | 12 |
8 | 2 | Gianluca Speranza | Italy | 73,000 | 37 |
8 | 3 | Lucas Scafini | Brazil | 35,000 | 18 |
8 | 4 | Davidson Nahshon | Israel | 51,000 | 26 |
8 | 6 | Oliver Huber | Germany | 101,500 | 51 |
8 | 8 | Ori Elul | Israel | 176,500 | 88 |
9 | 1 | Terence Etim | United Kingdom | 193,000 | 97 |
9 | 2 | Jeremie Zouari | France | 133,000 | 67 |
9 | 3 | Heesoo Im | South Korea | 48,500 | 24 |
9 | 5 | Ken Demlakian | Australia | 146,000 | 73 |
9 | 6 | Kent Roed | Norway | 185,000 | 93 |
10 | 2 | Oleksii Ievchenko | Ukraine | 96,000 | 48 |
10 | 3 | Emmanuel Terrazzoni | France | 31,000 | 16 |
10 | 4 | Ibrahim Ghassan | Lebanon | 44,500 | 22 |
10 | 5 | Zhewen Hu | Hong Kong | 121,000 | 61 |
10 | 6 | Cedric Schwaederle | France | 83,000 | 42 |
10 | 7 | Fahad El Mechraa | France | 143,500 | 72 |
10 | 8 | Soraya Estrada | Spain | 148,000 | 74 |
11 | 1 | Saar Wilf | Israel | 38,500 | 19 |
11 | 3 | Ekrem Sanioglu | Turkey | 45,000 | 23 |
11 | 5 | Aurelien Russo | France | 70,500 | 35 |
11 | 6 | Ricardo Caridade | Portugal | 52,500 | 26 |
11 | 7 | Recep Aydemir | Turkey | 254,000 | 127 |
11 | 8 | Yves Piacentino | France | 42,000 | 21 |
12 | 1 | Mehdi Chaoui | Morocco | 123,500 | 62 |
12 | 2 | Anton Kraous | Bulgaria | 116,000 | 58 |
12 | 4 | Edouard Mignot | France | 66,000 | 33 |
12 | 5 | Luigi Dalterio | Italy | 36,000 | 18 |
12 | 6 | Kiryl Liudvikevich | Latvia | 20,500 | 10 |
12 | 8 | Ayaz Chandirli | Azerbaijan | 98,000 | 49 |
13 | 1 | Robbie Schiffbauer | USA | 100,500 | 50 |
13 | 2 | Jimmy Kebe | France | 61,500 | 31 |
13 | 3 | Pierre Zerbib | France | 242,000 | 121 |
13 | 4 | Stefan Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 61,500 | 31 |
13 | 6 | Selahaddin Bedir | Turkey | 100,000 | 50 |
13 | 8 | Nikolai Mamut | Russia | 41,000 | 21 |
14 | 1 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 103,000 | 52 |
14 | 2 | Frederic Daoud | France | 48,500 | 24 |
14 | 3 | Aylar Lie | Norway | 82,000 | 41 |
14 | 5 | Georgios Karakousis | Greece | 94,000 | 47 |
14 | 6 | Francois Pradervand | France | 76,000 | 38 |
15 | 1 | Martin Norberg | Sweden | 110,500 | 55 |
15 | 2 | Andrea Crobu | Italy | 72,000 | 36 |
15 | 3 | Ignacio Sole Aparicio | Spain | 195,000 | 98 |
15 | 4 | Patrick Gaonach | France | 49,500 | 25 |
15 | 5 | Liu Chun Keat | Malaysia | 368,500 | 184 |
15 | 7 | Frederic Delval | France | 153,000 | 77 |
16 | 1 | Mehdi Tafer | France | 238,000 | 119 |
16 | 3 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 124,000 | 62 |
16 | 4 | Alexander Shelukhin | Russia | 176,000 | 88 |
16 | 5 | Evgenii Fidchuk | Ukraine | 159,000 | 80 |
16 | 6 | Alexandru Danes | France | 34,000 | 17 |
16 | 8 | Rui Bouquet | Portugal | 161,500 | 81 |
17 | 1 | Michal Mrakes | Czech Republic | 102,500 | 51 |
17 | 2 | Lukasz Grossmann | Poland | 183,500 | 92 |
17 | 4 | Florian Montes | France | 137,500 | 69 |
17 | 5 | Tibor Nagygyorgy | Hungary | 94,500 | 47 |
17 | 6 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 67,000 | 34 |
18 | 1 | Dominykas Mikolaitis | Lithuania | 118,000 | 59 |
18 | 2 | Yuichi Sumida | Japan | 167,000 | 84 |
18 | 3 | Hrayr Grigoryan | Armenia | 113,500 | 57 |
18 | 4 | Christian Cinque | Italy | 38,000 | 19 |
18 | 5 | Andrey Andreev | Russia | 78,000 | 39 |
18 | 7 | Ali Kamran | Argentina | 158,500 | 79 |
19 | 1 | Adrian State | Romania | 50,000 | 25 |
19 | 4 | Rodrigo De Barros | Brazil | 39,000 | 20 |
19 | 5 | Quan Zhou | Hong Kong | 38,000 | 19 |
19 | 6 | Demosthenes Kiriopoulos | Canada | 52,500 | 26 |
19 | 7 | Marian Mitran | Romania | 53,000 | 27 |
19 | 8 | Pascal Dayot | France | 115,500 | 58 |
20 | 1 | Marian Ciurea | Romania | 23,000 | 12 |
20 | 3 | Volodymyr Legkyi | Ukraine | 167,500 | 84 |
20 | 4 | Oliver Bosch | Austria | 225,000 | 113 |
20 | 8 | Laurent Polito | France | 47,000 | 24 |
21 | 3 | Aviv Meiri | Israel | 105,500 | 53 |
21 | 5 | Arthur Conan | France | 80,000 | 40 |
21 | 6 | Weiran Pu | China | 83,000 | 42 |
21 | 8 | Martin Jacobson | Sweden | 45,000 | 23 |
22 | 1 | Will Kassouf | United Kingdom | 121,000 | 61 |
22 | 3 | Alan Goasdoue | France | 229,000 | 115 |
22 | 4 | Ramzi Karam | Lebanon | 256,500 | 128 |
22 | 5 | Christophe Larquemin | France | 165,000 | 83 |
22 | 6 | Alexandra Botez | USA | 63,500 | 32 |
22 | 8 | Stephen Kehoe | Ireland | 284,500 | 142 |
23 | 1 | Jonathan Ventura | France | 12,000 | 6 |
23 | 3 | Sylwester Fortuna | Poland | 35,500 | 18 |
23 | 4 | Nicolas Vayssieres | France | 149,500 | 75 |
23 | 5 | Philip Sternheimer | United Kingdom | 83,000 | 42 |
23 | 6 | Marian Dumitrache | Romania | 17,000 | 9 |
23 | 8 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Russia | 60,000 | 30 |
24 | 1 | Rui Querido Martins | Portugal | 25,500 | 13 |
24 | 2 | Ghassan Bitar | Lebanon | 163,500 | 82 |
24 | 3 | Antoine Labat | France | 30,000 | 15 |
24 | 4 | Marec Boyer | France | 186,000 | 93 |
24 | 5 | Yigit Aksoy | Turkey | 49,500 | 25 |
24 | 8 | Julien Veyssiere | France | 45,500 | 23 |
25 | 1 | Jessica Teusl | Austria | 50,000 | 25 |
25 | 2 | Antoine Saout | France | 30,500 | 15 |
25 | 3 | Roberto Romanello | United Kingdom | 67,000 | 34 |
25 | 6 | Thomas Eychenne | France | 51,500 | 26 |
25 | 7 | Jean Chicheportiche | France | 45,500 | 23 |
25 | 8 | Jon Vallinas | Spain | 69,500 | 35 |
26 | 1 | Murad Akhundov | Azerbaijan | 123,000 | 62 |
26 | 2 | Marco Regonaschi | Italy | 59,000 | 30 |
26 | 5 | Ramzey Idriss | Lebanon | 18,000 | 9 |
26 | 6 | Atanas Malinov | Bulgaria | 43,500 | 22 |
26 | 7 | Vladyslav Potomkin | Ukraine | 150,000 | 75 |
26 | 8 | Karim Abdelmoumene | France | 79,000 | 40 |
27 | 1 | Sergi Miralles | Spain | 56,500 | 28 |
27 | 5 | Didier Pitcho | France | 108,000 | 54 |
27 | 6 | Takumi Odani | Japan | 69,000 | 35 |
27 | 7 | Jerome Ruefenacht | Switzerland | 93,000 | 47 |
27 | 8 | Alexandru Papazian | Romania | 94,500 | 47 |
28 | 1 | Mohamed Mehalleg | France | 28,500 | 14 |
28 | 2 | Gerard Carbo | Spain | 340,000 | 170 |
28 | 5 | Walter Treccarichi | Italy | 74,500 | 37 |
28 | 6 | Fabrice Maltez | France | 48,000 | 24 |
28 | 7 | Ken Okada | Japan | 56,000 | 28 |
28 | 8 | Christophe Benzimra | France | 109,000 | 55 |
29 | 1 | Fabio Peluso | Italy | 318,500 | 159 |
29 | 2 | Manuel Pestana | Brazil | 74,000 | 37 |
29 | 3 | Takushi Shiratori | Japan | 151,500 | 76 |
29 | 4 | Oleh Okhotskyi | Ukraine | 77,000 | 39 |
29 | 6 | Alessandro Pichierri | Italy | 121,000 | 61 |
29 | 7 | Dominik Panka | Poland | 101,000 | 51 |
30 | 4 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | 347,500 | 174 |
30 | 5 | Marius Kudzmanas | Lithuania | 195,000 | 98 |
30 | 6 | Lazar Bartha | Romania | 93,500 | 47 |
30 | 8 | Franck Makaci | France | 338,500 | 169 |
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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368,500
285,500
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285,500 |
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347,500
347,500
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347,500 |
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340,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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338,500
338,500
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338,500 |
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318,500
318,500
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318,500 |
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284,500
124,500
|
124,500 |
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256,500
106,900
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106,900 |
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254,000
254,000
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254,000 |
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247,500
27,500
|
27,500 |
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243,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
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242,000
146,500
|
146,500 |
|
238,000
238,000
|
238,000 |
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229,000
36,500
|
36,500 |
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227,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
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225,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
195,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
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195,000
124,500
|
124,500 |
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193,000
193,000
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193,000 |
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191,000
66,500
|
66,500 |
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186,000
159,500
|
159,500 |
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185,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
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183,500
183,500
|
183,500 |
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176,500
176,500
|
176,500 |
|
176,000
176,000
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176,000 |
|
169,500
169,500
|
169,500 |
With that, Day 1 has reached its completion. Stay tuned for full chip counts and a full recap of all the action today.
On the last hand of the night, Besiana Antoni shoved her final 22,000 in the middle from early position. The action folded to Andrew Chen in the big blind and he swiftly made the call.
Besiana Antoni: 7♦5♦
Andrew Chen: 8♣8♦
''Wow, a cooler!'' Will Kassouf could not help but comment while the Q♦K♣3♠3♣7♠ board was dealt out. Antoni made a consolation pair on the river but it was no good.
Andrew Chen scored the last knockout that is not going to be worth any money. Play has ended and from tomorrow on, the bounties will come into play.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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152,500
86,000
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86,000 |
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Eliminado |
The tournament director has announced that there will be four more hands played before all remaining players bag and tag for tomorrow.
Manuel Roca was all in for his last 21,000 and Anton Kraous put him at risk.
Manuel Roca: A♣10♥
Anton Kraous: K♠K♦
The board ran out 9♥6♥6♣5♣5♦ and Kraous held on with pocket kings to send Roca to the rail and move above 100,000 as Day 1 winds down.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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119,000 | |
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Eliminado |
Ilya Nikiforov open-raised to 4,000 from early position before Leonardo Da Silva pushed his stack of 35,500 in the middle from the hijack. The action folded back to NIkiforov, who asked for a count. When that was given to him, he made the call to put Da Silva at risk.
Leonardo Da Silva: A♥J♥
Ilya Nikiforov: A♣K♥
Da Silva flopped a flush draw on 6♥4♥Q♠ and the 10♣ turn brought him even more outs. Too many, as some would say, as Nikiforov's ace-king held when the 9♣ river completed the board.
Nikiforov is now playing near 250,000 chips and is among the bigger stacks in the room.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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245,000
210,500
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210,500 |
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Eliminado |