€3,000 Mystery Bounty Championship
Day 1 Started
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€3,000 Mystery Bounty Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€3,000
Prize Pool
€1,942,512
Entries
1,132
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
996
Players Left
337
€3,000 - #38 - EPT Platinum Pass Mystery Bounty (€1,000 Mystery Bounty) - Unlimited Re-Entry Kicks off at 3 p.m.
The PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour is about to kick off the €3,000 - #38 - EPT Platinum Pass Mystery Bounty (€1,000 Mystery Bounty) - Unlimited Re-Entry today at 3:00 p.m.
The three-day event at Casino Barcelona should be an exciting one with the bounties adding a sweat factor. €1,000 of the buy-in will go toward the bounty pool while €1,716 will go into the regular prize pool.
Players will begin with a starting stack of 30,000 chips in exchange for their buy-in. Levels will last 40 minutes in duration with blinds beginning at 100/100/100.
Day 1 will play for twelve levels and late registration will close at 12:30 pm on Day 2, which kicks off Thursday, August 18 at 1:00 p.m., meaning players will have to register before Day 2 begins.
The bounty component of the tournament will take effect at the start of Level 13 and all remaining players will receive a Mystery Bounty Token. Any time after 5:15 p.m. (the second break), players can take any collected tokens to the Mystery Bounty desk to draw an envelope.
Another exciting bonus is that there is a PLATINUM PASS ADDED - WORTH $30,000 and a RED SPADE PASS ADDED - WORTH $18,000 added to the bounty prizes.
The second and final day of the tournament will play down to a winner, who will take home the trophy and the biggest cut of the prize pool.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site here in Barcelona and ready to bring you updates on the €3,000 Mystery Bounty action, as well as other events in the series.
Record Breaking Main Event Day 1b
Cards in the Air!
They have told the dealers to "Shuffle up and deal!" and the tournament has officially begun!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Cano Wins 200+ Big Blinds Pot in First Level
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
On a completed board of 
, cutoff Ilya Vrublevsky checked to his heads-up opponent Michael Cano on the button.
Cano then bet a sizeable sum of 6,600 into a pot of around 8,000, which sent Vrublevsky into the tank.
After a good minute of mulling the decision, he gathered his chips and set them in front of him to call. He was then shown 
by Cano for top two pair and Vrublevsky mucked. Cano then proceeded to scoop in the massive 212 big blinds pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
|
20,000 |
Dwyer Takes Four-Bet Pot from Teusl
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Yiannis Liperis opened for 300 from the cutoff and Michael Dwyer three-bet to 800 from the button. Jessica Teusl then four-bet to 3,500 from the small blind, which forced Liperis to let go of his holdings. Dwyer made the call.
The flop came 
and Teusl continued for 3,500. Dwyer called.
On the 
turn, Teusl slowed down and, after 30 seconds, tapped the table. Dwyer would only need about 15 seconds before putting out a bet of 6,000. A dejected Teusl told Dwyer "I'll let you have this one" and threw her cards away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000 | 37,000 |
|
29,500 | 29,500 |
|
24,000 | 24,000 |
Chen Gets Big River Bluff Through Kolev
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
With well over 18,000 in the middle on a 
runout, Yuliyan Kolev, in the hijack, checked over to Daniel Chen in the cutoff, who bet 12,000.
Kolev said "Ugh, you got lucky" before folding his cards. Chen then flashed 
, showing a missed flush draw as he scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
21,000 | 21,000 |
Trip Tens for O'Driscoll
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
On a completed board of 
, play was only three-handed and Conor O'Driscoll was heads-up against Tibor Nagygyorgy.
O'Driscoll had bet 3,200 into a pot of 2,800 and Nagygyorgy was deciding what to do. He eventually made the call but was shown the bad news when O'Driscoll tabled 
for trip tens to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | 35,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Albiges Off to a Flyer
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
With around 8,200 in the middle and the board reading 
, Vytautas Semaska checked over to Benoit Albiges, who bet 6,000.
Semaska went into the tank for over a minute before finally tossing his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000 | 37,000 |
|
27,500 | 27,500 |