It may be the first time in a Mystery Bounty tournament that there were three marquee prizes up for grabs.
Not only could players draw a €250,000 prize — the largest mystery bounty prize in European poker history — but there was also the draw of a $30,000 Platinum Pass to the 2023 PSPC and a PokerStars Red Spade Pass to the Brazilian Grand Prix later this year.
Zeitoun Eyes New Apartment with €250,000 Bounty Prize
The big cash prize was won by Johann Zeitoun who walked away with the €250,000 bounty prize.
"I was telling my friends that if I got a bounty I would go directly to the desk," he told PokerNews. "I'm really happy. I play lots of tournaments, but now I'm really happy."
The biggest cash of Zeitoun's career was a €70,000 prize for winning the Unibet DeepStack Open Paris earlier this year, but now has almost equaled his career live cashes with a single bounty prize. Zeitoun said that he would use the money to buy an apartment
⚠️ #MegaPath freeroll this Saturday ⚠️
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Wessman Bags Red Spade Pass
Meanwhile, the Red Spade Pass winner was Viktor Wessman from Sweden. Wessman has one career cash from the 2019 World Series of Poker and will now be heading to Brazil for an exclusive Formula 1 experience, courtesy of PokerStars.
Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor.
He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.
