$1,100 Mystery Bounty ($1,000,000 GTD) Day 1a | 2023 PokerNews Cup

06-29-2023 15:54 UTC-12

Registration Closed

Liam Gannon

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

The clock has ticked past registration as a few players have gotten in at the last minute.

Day 1a of the PokerNews cup has been attended tremendously, recording 504 entries in the opening flight and just 153 of those remain.

Day 1a will close when 63 players remain.

It's also looking like the $1,000,000 guarantee will be obliterated as $488,880 has been collected with Day 1b and 1c still to play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brock Wilson	30,000 30,000	30,000

Michael Lech	30,000 21,000	21,000

06-29-2023 15:53 UTC-12

Gonzalez' Trap Goes Unsprung

Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Drew Gonzalez opened to 7,000 from under the gun and the player on his direct left called.

Action checked all the way through to showdown for the final board to read A♠5♣7♣6♥4♦.

Gonzalez had AxQx for top pair and bested the 9x9x that his opponent held.

Player	Chips	Progress
Drew Gonzalez	106,000 -56,000	-56,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

06-29-2023 15:32 UTC-12

Miles Doubles Through Oppenheim

Calum Grant

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Tony Miles opened to 5,000 from the cutoff and David Oppenheim called from the big blind.

The J♣8♣3♠ flop checked through to the J♥ turn. Oppenheim bet 5,000 and Miles called.

Oppenheim checked the A♣ river, prompting Miles to jam for 20,000.

"You won't believe my hand," chimed Oppenheim as he deliberated. He then inferred that he should've just jammed preflop.

After some thinking time, Oppenheim called while mentioning on the lines that if Miles caught the ace it would be sick.

As Oppenheim's chips went in, Miles declared he had an ace and tabled his A♠4♣.

Oppenheim mucked his hand, but one of their tablemates requested the hand be turned over as it was an 'all-in and call.'

Oppenheim showed K♣K♠ for a no good pair of kings and they returned to the muck for a second time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Miles	61,000 36,000	36,000
David Oppenheim	9,000 -31,000	-31,000

Tags: David Oppenheim Tony Miles

06-29-2023 15:32 UTC-12

Break

Liam Gannon

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The players have gone on another 15-minute break.

After this break, registration will close for this flight.

06-29-2023 15:22 UTC-12

Passy Binks The River

Liam Gannon

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was picked up with cards on their backs with Michael David Passy having put another player at risk for their last 41,000.

Opponent: A♥K♦
Michael David Passy: A♠Q♣

The board ran out J♥9♠5♣4♦Q♦ and the river peeled off the queen to give Passy the winning hand and send him over six figures.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael-David Passy	113,000 113,000	113,000

Tags: Michael David Passy

06-29-2023 15:11 UTC-12

Oppenheim Fails to Blast Out Fallon

Calum Grant

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

David Oppenheim opened to 5,000 from under the gun before Tim Fallon made it 13,000 from the hijack. Oppenheim called.

Oppenheim check-called the 16,000 all in from Fallon on the Q♥7♠5♣ flop for the cards to go on their backs.

Tim Fallon: AxAx
David Oppenheim: KxQx

The turn and river were bricks and Fallon found a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Fallon	64,000
David Oppenheim	40,000 -22,000	-22,000
Michael Cribb	Busted
Matthias De Clercq	Busted

Tags: David Oppenheim Tim Fallon

06-29-2023 15:01 UTC-12

Tamayo Gets a Double

Calum Grant

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The cutoff made it 5,500 before the small blind three-bet to 19,000. Jonathan Tamayo then jammed for 35,000 from the big blind and only the small blind called.

Small Blind: AxQx
Jonathan Tamayo: 10x10x

Tamayo's tens remained best as the board ran out with the 7♥6♥5♦J♠2♠.

Also at the table is Bhavin Khatri, who has built a stack since entering a few levels ago. He said he would've scooped it all as he had a jack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bhavin Khatri	193,000 128,000	128,000
Jonathan Tamayo	77,000 37,000	37,000

Tags: Bhavin Khatri Jonathan Tamayo

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

06-29-2023 14:49 UTC-12

Gonzalez Wins With Snowmen

Liam Gannon

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Drew "BetOnDrew" Gonzalez raised 5,000 in late position which saw a player move all in from the button for 31,000 and action folded back around to Gonzalez who called to put his opponent at risk.

Opponent: A♠J♦
Drew "BetOnDrew" Gonzalez: 8♣8♥

The board ran out Q♥Q♠2♥10♠7♣ and the eights held up for Gonzalez to win the pot.