€3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty
Day 2 Started
2024 PokerStars EPT Prague
€3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty
Day: 2
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800,000
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Most people like surprises, and you'd be hard pressed to find a poker player who doesn't enjoy the thrill of pulling a mystery bounty envelope.
With late registration still open until the start of Day 2, 184 players will return to Hilton Prague today, December 12, at 12:30 p.m. local time for Day 2 of the €3,000 Mystery Bounty at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague.
The returning players navigated a Day 1 field of 716 entrants, which generated a current prize pool of €1,228,656, although those numbers are expected to increase further before registration closes.
They are led by Mats Ullereng of Norway (410,000), the only player to bag over 400,000, followed by Candido Cappiello of Italy (377,000), while Gerald Karlic of Austria (360,500) sits in third.
Karlic is seeking his second final table of the festival, having finished runner-up in the Eureka Main Event for €327,390. Ullereng is seeking his second EPT title of the year, having taken victory in a €1,100 buy-in event at EPT Paris for €144,520 earlier this year.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mats Ullereng | Norway | 410,000 | 205 |
| 2 | Candido Cappiello | Italy | 377,000 | 188 |
| 3 | Gerald Karlic | Austria | 360,500 | 180 |
| 4 | Alejandro Peinado Guillen | Spain | 329,000 | 164 |
| 5 | Hrayr Grigoryan | Armenia | 326,000 | 163 |
| 6 | Oleh Okhotskyi | Ukraine | 308,500 | 154 |
| 7 | Michel Molenaar | Netherlands | 291,000 | 145 |
| 8 | Jari Mahonen | Finland | 264,500 | 132 |
| 9 | Chengzhou Zhou | Italy | 263,500 | 131 |
| 10 | Thierry Gogniat | France | 251,000 | 125 |
PokerStars Ambassadors Marle Spragg and Simon Wiciak fired a bullet each but did not find a bag, and will have to consider whether to take advantage of Day 2 late registration.
Notables who remain in the mix include Michel Molenaar (291,000), Tom Middleton (244,500) and Robin Ylitalo (210,500).
Players will return to blind Level 13 with blinds of 1,000/2,000, with a 2,000 big blind ante. Bounties will come into play at Level 15, and it is expected at least fourteen 40-minute levels will be played on Day 2 to whittle the field down for the final day.
Prize pool, payout and bounty information will be confirmed after late registration closes.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage to see who can bag the biggest bounties and navigate their way to Day 3.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Play is underway here in the Day 2 €3,000 Mystery Bounty. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of the action.
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Action was picked up with Piero Alioto all in from under the gun against Jon Kyte in the big blind. Alioto had Kyte covered by 200 chips.
Jon Kyte: J♣J♥
Piero Alioto: A♥K♦
Kyte held across the 3♦9♠10♣Q♠9♥ runout to leave Alioto all in from the big blind next hand.
Kyte claimed the last of Alioto's stack blind versus blind. He made a pair of eights with 8♣5♠ across the runout of 3♦A♥8♥9♣7♦ to best Alioto's K♦4♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Action was picked up with Daniel Rezaei all in from the button versus the covering stack of Jari Mahonen.
Daniel Rezaei: K♦Q♥
Jari Mahonen: 8♠8♦
Rezaei hit a queen on the river of the A♦5♥3♣2♦Q♠ runout to secure the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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210,000
-54,500
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56,000
56,000
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56,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
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Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Fintan Hand raised in early position to 4,000, Zdenek Zizka in the small blind called and Michael Uguccioni in the big blind also called.
All players checked around on a flop of 6♦9♦9♥. Action was back on Hand and he bet 5,000 when the A♠ hit the turn which was called only by Uguccioni.
The 6♥ completed the board, both players checked again and Hand tabled A♣J♣ which was the winning hand. Uguccioni mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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160,000
-18,500
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62,000
32,000
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35,000
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5,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Florian Guimond opened to 4,000 from the hijack. Yiannis Liperis raised to 15,000 from the small blind. Guimond called.
Liperis led out for 12,500 on the flop of 8♥J♥Q♦. Guimond went into the tank before moving all in for around 40,000. Liperis called and had Guimond covered.
Florian Guimond: A♥10♥
Yiannis Liperis: K♣K♥
Guimond couldn't complete his monster draw across the Q♠ turn and 3♦ runout and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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95,000
27,500
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27,500 |
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Busted |