€10,200 Mystery Bounty | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

2024-02-15 13:31 UTC+2

Short Delay

The start of Day 2 will be delayed by a few minutes as players are taking their seats.

2024-02-15 12:32 UTC+2

Mystifying Prizes to Be Awarded on Road to Crowning a €10,200 Mystery Bounty Champion

On Day 1 of the €10,200 Mystery Bounty at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris, 71 entries were made, creating a provisional cash prize pool of €333,700 and bounty prize pool of €355,000. Of them, 46 will return to Le Palais des Congrès today to battle it out on Day 2. However, when the cards go in the air at 12:30 p.m. local time, late registration will still be open for two more 30-minute levels, leaving plenty of opportunity for that number to grow.

Sitting down with the most chips at the start of play is Joris Ruijs, who used his Day 1 to the fullest and grinded his way to a stack of 405,500, worth 135 big blinds when play recommences. Fellow crusher Sergi Reixach also knew a tremendous Day 1, resulting in him starting with 375,000 on Day 2. Meanwhile, hometown hero Jeremie Zouari completes the top three with 358,000 in chips.

€10,200 Mystery Bounty Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Day 2 Big Blinds
1	Joris Ruijs	Netherlands	405,500	135
2	Sergi Reixach	Spain	375,000	125
3	Jeremie Zouari	France	358,000	119
4	Mario Navarro	Spain	353,500	118
5	Michel Molenaar	Netherlands	324,500	108
6	Daisuke Ogita	Japan	273,500	91
7	Joakim Andersson	Sweden	266,000	89
8	Quan Zhou	China	251,000	84
9	Jean-Noel Thorel	France	235,000	78
10	Boris Kolev	Bulgaria	233,000	78

Meanwhile, some new players have already registered to sit down with a fresh stack on Day 2, including Aliaksei Boika and Jon Ander Vallinas, who both fired one bullet on Day 1 without any success. With only one reentry available to the competitors, they will have to make sure to make the most out of their second one.

All players who hop in during late registration on Day 2 will receive the starting stack of 100,000 chips. With blinds recommencing at Level 9:1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 big blind ante, this leaves plenty of room to play with. When late registration closes at the start of Level 11, the starting stack will be worth 20 big blinds, and it will take two more levels before the mystery bounty element comes into play. After that, the tournament will play as many 30-minute levels as needed to play down to a winner.

At the start of Level 13, all remaining players will receive a bounty token. When a player knocks another competitor out of the tournament, they receive their bounty token. The token can then be traded at the mystery bounty desk for an envelope containing an unknown prize. With €5,000 of each buy-in going to the bounty prize pool, these prizes usually range from high four-figure to high five-figure or even low six-figure amounts.

So stay tuned to PokerNews to find out who becomes the hunters and who the hunted in the thrilling conclusion of the €10,200 Mystery Bounty event at EPT Paris, and check out the coverage hub to not miss any of the other tournaments taking place in the heart of France.

Tags: Boris Kolev Daisuke Ogita Jean-Noel Thorel Jeremie Zouari Joakim Andersson Joris Ruijs Mario Navarro Michel Molenaar Quan Zhou Sergi Reixach

2024-02-15 12:21 UTC+2

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