Peter Jorgne had opened from the hijack preflop, and Rifat Palevic had called from the cutoff. Jorgne then put out a continuation-bet of 1,600 on the 5♥2♠2♠ flop, which Palevic raised to 4,500.
The raising was not done yet, however, as Jorgne put in a three-bet to 11,600. Palevic called and the K♣ was turned. Jorgne fired another 16,000 chips in the middle, and Palevic again obliged with a call.
On the Q♦ river, Jorgne jammed all in for 36,500, causing Palevic to go deep into the tank. Eventually, under the pressure of the clock that had been called on him, he made the fold, granting the pot to his fellow Swede.
Ioannis Oikonomidis raised to 1,500 from under the gun, Raoul Kanme three-bet to 3,600 in the hijack and Oikonomidis called.
Oikonomidis check-called a bet of 1,600 from Kanme on a flop of K♥J♣8♣.
The 2♥ turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Kanme sized up to 8,000.
The 8♦ river prompted Oikonomidis to check again. Kanme moved all in, putting Oikonomidis to the test for his effective stack of 30,200. Oikonomidis snap called.
Ioannis Oikonomidis: J♠J♥
Raoul Kanme: A♠Q♦
Oikonomidis' full house ensured him the full double up.
Olivier Paris, in the small blind, checked the action to Ladislao Dalfo Batlle, in early position. Batlle bet out 1,300, Tiziano Di Romualdo called to his direct left, as did Paris.
The K♥ river saw Paris check again. Batlle bet out 3,000, Di Romualdo called and Paris folded.
The J♣ river saw Batlle fire once more, this time for 4,200, prompting Di Romualdo to fold. As he raked in the pot, Batlle tabled A♥8♦.
The €3,000 Mystery Bounty is always a popular tournament, and once again enough entries have been made that the overflow tables were filled up in the Hilton lobby.
On one of those tables, Alexandre Landron raised to 1,000 from the hijack and got called by William Kassouf in the cutoff. Agostino Scozzari then made it 3,800 to go from the button and both players came along.
On the 7♦Q♠3♠ flop, the action was checked to Scozzari, who made a bet of 8,000. Landron called before Kassouf shoved all in for 26,600. Scozzari said he put Kassouf on a set, but made the call anyway, and Landron stuck in his stack of 24,800 as well.
Alexandre Landron: A♠Q♥
William Kassouf: 3♥3♣
Agostino Scozzari: K♥K♦
Kassouf indeed had a set, and it held as no king appeared on the turn or river.
Landron exited while Kassouf stacked up his three starting stacks.
After a preflop raising war Guillermo Nuez Escribano, in middle position, and Sebastien Ravache, in the hijack found themselves all in and at risk for there remaining 10,100 and 14,000 respectively. Alex Glogar, in early position, had them both covered.
Guillermo Nuez Escribano: 10♠10♦
Sebastien Ravache: A♥Q♣
Alex Glogar: 7♠7♦
The board ran out 8♦4♣J♦Q♥A♦. Ravache rivered two pair to send Escribano to the rail and scooped a big pot from Glogar.
Benjamin Spragg and Antonio Asara saw a completed board of A♣10♥8♥8♠10♣ on the table. Spragg checked from the small blind to Asara under the gun, and the latter made a bet of 3,000.
Spragg flicked in a call and Asaro stated he played the board. Spragg showed A♦3♦ for a higher two pair and raked in the pot.
On an adjacent table, Spragg's colleague and friend Fintan Hand was also spotted.
Kemal Aslan and Brandon Mifsud got all of their chips in the middle at some point in the hand. A board of A♠7♠3♣J♥ laid on the table and Aslan's A♥Q♠ was also visible.
However, Mifsud had stormed off from the table. All players at the table corroborated that his J♠J♥ lay in the muck after Mifsud had done so himself, meaning that Aslan would be drawing dead. The floor was quickly called over and ran to get the missing player.
Mifsud was brought back to the table, but stated "I don't know why everyone keeps bringing me back here like I've killed someone."
After the floor retrieved his cards from the muck and repeatedly explained to Mifsud that he was a lock to win the hand, he acknowledged the fact, but still opted to go towards the exit. The table was left bewildered while the 2♥ completed the board.
The pot was shipped to Mifsud's seat, while Aslan was left with 13,000, which he would lose not much later.
Mifsud has not been seen since, and his stack will be continuously blinded down until he returns, if he chooses to do so.
The 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague here at the Hilton Prague continues today with the €3,000 Mystery Bounty; Day 1 of this three-day event kicks off this afternoon at 2 p.m local time.
In 2022, it was Mathieu Di Meglio who emerged victorious after besting a field of 776 players. Di Meglio lay claim to the lion's share of the €1,331,616 prize pool, taking home €243,186 for the first-place prize.
2022 €3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize (EUR)
1
Mathieu Di Meglio
France
€243,186
2
Vlada Stojanovic
Croatia
€151,990
3
Niko Koop
Germany
€108,570
4
Daan Mulders
Netherlands
€83,510
5
Nenad Dukic
Croatia
€64,240
6
Nils Pudel
Austria
€49,420
7
Mats Ullereng
Norway
€38,020
8
Gregoire Auzoux
France
€29,240
9
Iliodoros Kamatakis
Greece
€22,490
This is the second Mystery Bounty tournament to take place at EPT Prague, with Oleg Vasylchenko taking down the €10,200 Mystery Bounty just yesterday. Vasylchenko triumphed over Enrico Camosci in heads-up play to claim the €154,673 up top and a further €80,000 in additional bounties.
Late registration will be open until the beginning of Day 2, which kicks off on Thursday, December 14 at 12:30 p.m. Upon the start of Day 2, the Mystery Bounties will come into play. Of the total entry fee, €1,000 will be put into the bounty prize pool which will generate prizes that include, 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.
As always, be sure to keep it locked in with PokerNews to keep up with all the action from this exciting event.
