€10,200 Mystery Bounty
Dia 2 Iniciado
€10,200 Mystery Bounty
Dia 2 Iniciado
On the second day of the inaugural PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris festival, the first winner of a high-stakes contest will be crowned at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile. An already big field of 71 entries has emerged thus far in Event #3 $10,200 Mystery Bounty, which is expected to grow further as of 12:30 p.m. local time.
The first High Roller tournament of the stop operated by Club Barriere Paris in the heart of the French capital has generated a cash prize pool of €326,600 so far but the registration on Day 2 remains open for the first two 30-minute levels until approximately 1.30 pm local time. All those who have not entered yet or only bowed out once can re-join the action as the event features a single re-entry option.
Leading the way so far is Nikita Kuznetsov with 376,500, followed by Kayhan Mokri (346,500) and fellow countryman Viktor Ustimov (334,000).
Mokri surpassed $1 million in live tournament cashes according to his Hendon Mob profile during the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure on The Bahamas, during which he came runner-up in a $10,200 Mystery Bounty Event and furthermore pulled two golden $100,000 bounty envelopes.
Among the local contenders, 2022 Master Classics of Poker Main Event winner Julien Sitbon fared the best and sits in fourth place with 330,500. Further big names with above-average stacks include Alexandros Theologis, Stefan Schillhabel, Tom Vogelsang, Chris Brewer, and Davidi Kitai, among others.
Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds Day 2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Russia | 376,500 | 126 |
2 | Kayhan Mokri | Norway | 346,500 | 116 |
3 | Viktor Ustimov | Russia | 334,000 | 111 |
4 | Julien Sitbon | France | 330,500 | 110 |
5 | Alexandros Theologis | Greece | 298,500 | 100 |
6 | Felipe Ketzer | Brazil | 291,000 | 97 |
7 | Tom Orpaz | Israel | 271,500 | 91 |
8 | Stefan Schillhabel | Germany | 265,000 | 88 |
9 | Andre Marques | Portugal | 252,000 | 84 |
10 | Casimir Seire | Finland | 243,500 | 81 |
Many eyes especially from the rail will also focus on football striker Neymar Jr., who joined the high-stakes competition alongside a slate of poker pros and friends from his home country of Brazil. The PokerStars Cultural ambassador will return with 103,500 in chips in the middle of the pack, surrounded by some of the biggest names of the international poker circuit.
Returning blinds for Level 9 will be 1,500/3,000 with a big blind ante of 3,000. Those jumping into the tournament at the very last minute with a fresh stack of 100,000 will have 20 big blinds at their disposal for Level 11, which features blinds of 2,000/5,000 and a 5,000 big blind ante.
The tournament features 30-minute levels until a deal has been made or three players remain in contention. Once the registration closes, the 20-second preflop shot clock increases to 30 seconds each, and all players receive one additional time bank extension for each even level they are seated in.
Approximately 15% of the field will earn a cash prize. Furthermore, at the start of Level 13, after the first break of the day, the Mystery Bounty prizes will come into effect. From each entry, €5,000 is allocated for the bounty prize, and players can redeem their earned bounty tokens for envelopes at their leisure going forward.
Stay tuned for the conclusion of this High Roller contest right here on PokerNews, as the live reporting team will be on the floor from start to finish.
There is a short delay for the restart of the tournament as some of the players are still stuck in the line outside but most have already shown up to open their bags. Seven new entries are confirmed so far and they can be found below.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Jakov Nesterov | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Jonathan Pastore | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Anton Suarez | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Derk van Luijk | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Gregoire Auzoux | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Ilya Nikiforov | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Igor Yaroshevskyy | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Nível: 9
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
In one of the first hands of the day, Gilmar Lima raised it up from early position. He was called by a player a couple of seats over and Jakov Nesterov shipped all in from the small blind. Lima called off his stack of 51,000 and the other player got out of the way.
Gilmar Lima:
Jakov Nesterov:
It was a coin flip and the flop of left Nesterov in the lead with his pair of sevens. The on the turn and the on the river changed nothing as Lima was eliminated early on Day 2.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Jakov Nesterov | 162,000 | 62,000 |
Gilmar Lima
|
Eliminado |
Following a raise by Mehdi Chaoui, Igor Yaroshevskyy three-bet to 17,000 out of the small blind and picked up a call by the initial raiser. On a flop of , Yaroshevskyy continued for 15,000 and Chaoui raised it up to 35,000 in order to pick up a very reluctant call by Yaroshevskyy.
That led them to the turn on which Yaroshevskyy checked. Chaoui pushed all-in with the slightly covering stack and Yaroshevskyy exhausted all his time bank extensions before calling it off.
Igor Yaroshevskyy:
Mehdi Chaoui:
The flopped straight of Chaoui had locked up the hand already which made the river a formality.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Mehdi Chaoui | 230,000 | 119,500 |
Igor Yaroshevskyy | Eliminado |
Adrian Mateos flipped with against the of Casimir Seire. On a board of , the overcards got there and Mateos remained in contention.
At almost the same time, Jakov Nesterov flat-called a raise to 6,000 and then called the short stack all-in of Bruno Volkmann for 27,000. He could not beat the of the Brazilian on a runout as Volkmann doubled with the nut flush.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Adrian Mateos
|
210,000 | 102,000 |
Casimir Seire | 165,000 | -78,500 |
Jakov Nesterov | 130,000 | -32,000 |
Bruno Volkmann | 65,000 | 29,000 |
Adam Miller opened to 6,500 in early position and Pedro Marques defended from the big blind. The flop fell and Marques checked to Miller who continued with a bet of 5,000. Marques check-raised to 14,000 and Miller called.
The turn brought the and Marques sized up a bet of 37,000 this time. Miller went into the tank for a minute, burning one of this time banks before releasing his cards to the muck.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Pedro Marques | 199,000 | 93,500 |
Adam Miller | 137,000 | 17,000 |
The first level of the day draws to an end with 60 players out of 90 entries in contention. Several new High Roller regulars entered the mix while four players have been eliminated thus far. The late registration closes at the start of Level 11.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Niklas Astedt | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Andre Akkari | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Jonas Hagstrom | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Amaury Mamou Mani
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Simon Mattsson | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Stoyan Obreshkov | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Mike Watson
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Imad Derwiche | Eliminado | |
Fahredin Mustafov | Eliminado |
Nível: 10
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000