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Day 1B of the Mystery Bounty has now wrapped up, and the bags are in.
The tournament board shows that 69 of the 552 entries have advanced to Day 2, which gets underway at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 30.
Overall, the event has drawn 912 entries, with 124 players making it through to the final day. The prize pool stands at $820,800, with an additional $364,800 in mystery bounties, bringing the total to $1,185,600.
Meanwhile, the NLHE/PLO event is currently in Level 11, with Day 1 scheduled to conclude after Level 14. The board indicates 62 players remaining from a field of 185 entries. That tournament has generated a $240,500 prize pool, with $59,290 set aside for the winner. The top 23 players will finish in the money, each guaranteed a minimum payout of $2,765.
Chip counts and full payout details will be posted as soon as they become available.
There was around 4,000,000 in the pot on the 7♥4♥A♣5♥8♠ board. Higor Siebel had a bet of 2,000,000 in front of him from the small blind. Ryan Henry — in the big blind — was in the middle of using several time banks, before raising to 7,000,000.
"I can't fold, way to strong of a hand," said Siebel, who put in calling chips.
Henry tabled 7♦6♦ for a straight.
Siebel huffed and puffed before mucking his hand. "Looks like we got a poker game," said Gautam Dhingra.
"Top two," admitted Siebel as Henry dragged in the pot.
Higor Siebel — 26,600,000
Ryan Henry — 22,325,000
Gautam Dhingra — 27,325,000
Gautam Dhingra opened to 900,000 from the button. Higor Siebel and Ryan Henry called from the blinds.
Siebel checked on the 5♦4♠2♥ flop, with Henry leading out for 500,000. Dhingra made it 2,700,000, folding out Siebel. Henry tossed his stack of time banks forward, using two of them before moving all-in for 8,325,000.
Dhingra asked for a count, but decided to concede the pot instead.
Higor Siebel — 33,300,000
Ryan Henry — 13,200,000
Gautam Dhingra — 28,700,000
Higor Siebel opened to 1,000,000 from the button before Ben Pockett three-bet to 3,500,000, leaving 8,100,000 behind. Siebel used up two time banks and then raised to 6,000,000. Pockett used a time bank of his own, before moving all in for 11,600,000. Siebel snap-called.
Ben Pockett: A♠Q♦
Higor Siebel: A♣A♦
Pockett was in rough shape but had eight outs after the 10♥9♣4♣ flop and J♠ turn. Pockett improved on the Q♣ river, but it wasn't enough to leapfrog the aces.
| Seat | Name | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Higor Siebel | 34,200,000 | 86 |
| 2 | Ryan Henry | 8,300,000 | 21 |
| 3 | Gautam Dhingra | 32,300,000 | 81 |
On the last hand before the break, Nickolas Oiberman was all-in and at risk from the cutoff for 7,625,000. Gautam Dhingra was in the small blind and was the covering stack.
Nickolas Oiberman: A♠K♣
Gautam Dhingra: 5♠5♥
Oiberman was drawing to runner-runner outs after Dhingra spiked a set on the 9♠5♦2♠ flop. The 6♣ turn locked up the hand for the big stack ahead of the 3♠ river.
| Seat | Name | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Higor Siebel | 23,500,000 | 59 |
| 2 | Ryan Henry | 10,275,000 | 26 |
| 3 | Ben Pockett | 13,975,000 | 35 |
| 4 | Gautam Dhingra | 29,650,000 | 74 |
Day 3 Payouts
At 150,000/300,000, Higor Siebel opened to 750,000 from under the gun and saw Gautam Dhingra defend from the big blind.
Dhingra check-called bets of 675,000 and 1,150,00 flop and turn before the river checked through to showdown.
The board read Q♠10♣7♠2♦A♦, and Siebel tabled J♠10♠. Dhingra had that crushed, turning over Q♥Q♣ for a set of queens.
"That could've been a disgustingly big pot," commented Ryan Henry before Nickolas Oiberman whispered "fucking nits."
On the next deal, Ben Pockett opened to 600,000 from the button but folded when Dhingra made it 2,600,000. The latter flashed the K♥ and later said he had ace-king.
| Seat | Name | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Higor Siebel | 25,000,000 | 83 |
| 2 | Ryan Henry | 7,500,000 | 25 |
| 3 | |||
| 4 | Nickolas Oiberman | 10,400,000 | 35 |
| 5 | |||
| 6 | Ben Pockett | 13,800,000 | 46 |
| 7 | Gautam Dhingra | 20,700,000 | 69 |
| Seat | Name | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Higor Siebel | 27,400,000 | 91 |
| 2 | Ryan Henry | 5,200,000 | 17 |
| 3 | |||
| 4 | Nickolas Oiberman | 14,000,000 | 47 |
| 5 | |||
| 6 | Ben Pockett | 12,500,000 | 42 |
| 7 | Gautam Dhingra | 15,900,000 | 53 |
Ruben Padilla was all in, with Higor Siebel putting him at risk.
Ruben Padilla: KxQx
Higor Siebel: QxQx
Padilla was crushed by the queens of Siebel, and he was unable to improve on the runout, to end his run in sixth place.
