2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

€10,200 Mystery Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€114,080
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,200
Prize Pool
€882,700
Entries
91
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
66
Players Left
45

Igor Pihela Sr. Bags Big on Day 1 of EPT Barcelona €10,200 Mystery Bounty

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Igor Pihela
Igor Pihela

The 2022 PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour kicked off today, and the €10,200 Mystery Bounty was among the events that saw players flock to the felt at Casino Barcelona.

Estonia’s Igor Pihela Sr. bagged the top stack by a fairly large margin with 519,500 chips. The next biggest stack was bagged by another Igor, as Ukraine’s Igor Yaroshevskyy ended the day with 272,000, and South Korea’s Daewoong Song rounded out the top three on the leaderboard with 258,500.

€10,200 Mystery Bounty Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

RANKPLAYERCOUNTRYCHIP COUNT
1Igor PihelaEstonia519,500
2Igor YaroshevskyyUkraine272,000
3Daewoong SongSouth Korea258,500
4Orpen KisacikogluEngland256,500
5Marcelo Bonanata ManfrediniUruguay245,500
6Paulo Roberto Brombim FilhoBrazil242,500
7Ashkan FattahiIran225,000
8Sam GraftonEngland221,000
9Steve Fouad SavioFrance218,000
10Dimitar DanchevBulgaria202,500

There were 45 players who bagged a stack out of the 66 total entries today, although late registration remains open through the first two levels of Day 2. Only eight levels were played today, and the bounty component of the tournament will take effect tomorrow at the start of Level 13 when all remaining players will receive a "Mystery Bounty Token”.

Chipleader Pihela went on a run near the end of the day and never let up, securing the top spot in the standings by a sizeable amount. His son also plays poker, and they each have over $200,000 in live tournament earnings according to The Hendon Mob. The senior Pihela recently scored his biggest cash less than two weeks ago for a runner-up finish in his native Estonia which earned him €42,300, and he will soon be looking to top that result.

Other players to bag a stack include PokerStars Ambassador Sam Grafton (221,000), Steve O’Dwyer (179,500), Sam Greenwood (128,000), Mustapha Kanit (125,500), Stephen Chidwick (94,000), and Erik Seidel (45,000).

PokerStars Ambassador Sam Grafton
PokerStars Ambassador Sam Grafton

Day 2 will restart at 12:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, August 9.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews team continues to provide updates until a winner is crowned, along with coverage of other events from the coast of Catalonia at Casino Barcelona.

Tags: Daewoong SongErik SeidelIgor PihelaIgor YaroshevskyyMustapha KanitSam GraftonSam GreenwoodStephen ChidwickSteve O’Dwyer