€10,200 Mystery Bounty
Day 1 Completed
2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€10,200 Mystery Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€10,200
Prize Pool
€371,300
Entries
79
Level
25
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
56
Players Left
30
Orpaz Dominates Day 1 of the €10,200 Mystery Bounty
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Day 1 of the €10,200 Mystery Bounty at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona has come to an end and Tom Orpaz is near the top after a dominating performance that started in Level 1. The remaining 30 players will return on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. to Casino Barcelona for the Day 2 finale of the tournament.
Orpaz is joined at the top of the leaderboard by Daniel Rezaei, Quan Zhou, Maher Nouira, and EPT bounty specialist Kayhan Mokri.
The opening day drew 56 entries for an initial prize pool of €263,200. Registration remains open through the end of Level 10 on Tuesday.
€10,200 Mystery Bounty Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Orpaz | Israel | 713,000 | 238 |
| 2 | Daniel Rezaei | Austria | 499,000 | 166 |
| 3 | Quan Zhou | Hong Kong | 437,500 | 146 |
| 4 | Kayhan Mokri | Norway | 336,500 | 112 |
| 5 | Pawel Krol | Poland | 329,000 | 110 |
| 6 | Tsugunari Toma | Japan | 282,000 | 94 |
| 7 | Daisuke Ogita | Japan | 269,500 | 90 |
| 8 | Aliaksandr Shylko | Ukraine | 237,000 | 79 |
| 9 | Paul Newey | United Kingdom | 214,500 | 72 |
| 10 | Vahe Martirosyan | Armenia | 201,500 | 67 |
Day 1 Highlights
Orpaz got off to a hot start in the opening moments of the day when he forced a fold from Santiago Plante with a big bet on the turn. He took another early pot moments later with a strong river bet against Ramon Kropmanns, and by Level 3 he was above 200,000.
PokerStars Ambassador Alejandro Lococo was felted early when he shoved a small stack with a suited king-seven and Eliran Argelazi out flopped him to win with a pair of aces. Lococo took a short break and bought back in, but he was out for good in Level 6 when Renat Bohdanov beat him with three aces.
Fellow PokerStars Ambassador Sam Grafton also lost on an early entry, but he bought back in and bagged for Day 2. Also returning for Day 2 are Kayhan Mokri, Conor Beresford, Julien Sitbon, Nacho Barbero, Erik Seidel, and defending champion Francisco Benitez.
Orpaz continued his big day with a torrid run through Level 4 and he went into the mid-day break with over 400,000. He followed that up with the elimination of Henri Kasper after the break when his ace-ten caught Kasper’s pocket kings with an ace on the turn. By the end of Level 6, he was already over 600,000 and he held off a late charge from Rezaei to bag the top count for Day 2.
Players will return on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. local time in Level 9 with blinds at 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante. Registration remains open until the end of Level 10 and the bounty period of the tournament will kick off in Level 13. The tentative plan is to play to a winner on Day 2.
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Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
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End-of-Day Chip Counts
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
745,000
745,000
|
745,000 |
|
||
|
713,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
499,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
437,500
226,000
|
226,000 |
|
336,500
141,500
|
141,500 |
|
329,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
282,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
269,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
237,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
214,500
42,500
|
42,500 |
|
201,500
47,500
|
47,500 |
|
189,500
189,500
|
189,500 |
|
||
|
163,000
56,500
|
56,500 |
|
153,000
-77,000
|
-77,000 |
|
146,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
137,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
|
118,500
29,500
|
29,500 |
|
117,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
114,500
23,500
|
23,500 |
|
109,500
-13,500
|
-13,500 |
|
96,500
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
||
|
95,500
-39,500
|
-39,500 |
|
||
|
88,500
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
87,000
-41,000
|
-41,000 |
|
70,500
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
That's a Wrap
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The final 29 players are bagging up for the evening and they will return on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. for Day 2.
Stay tuned to the PokerNews team for a full recap.
Last Four Hands
Level 8
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The tournament director has announced that there will be four more hands before the players bag up for the night.
Toma Busts Eychenne
Level 8
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Just before blinds went up, Thomas Eychenne got the last of his dwinding stack into the middle and Tsugunari Toma was the one to look him up.
Thomsa Eychenne: K♦J♦
Tsugunari Toma: A♠K♠
The board ran out 2♣2♥8♣6♠7♠ and Toma held on with Big Slick to eliminate Eychenne from the tournament on his second bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
291,000
191,000
|
191,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Late Night Chip Count Updates
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
635,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
452,000
358,000
|
358,000 |
|
|
262,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
|
|
230,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
|
|
217,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
|
212,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
211,500
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
204,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
|
195,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
190,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
|
172,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
|
154,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
147,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
||
|
|
142,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
135,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
128,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
115,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
106,500
-18,500
|
-18,500 |
|
|
91,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
70,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
61,500
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
48,500
-32,500
|
-32,500 |
|
|
||
|
44,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
Bohdanov Sends Lococo Off
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Action was multi-way with 4♥6♥A♣ on the board when Renat Bohdanov tossed out a bet of around 6,500 from the small blind that folded Tom Orpaz out. Alejandro Lococo looked down and tossed in his last 15,000 and Bohdanov looked him up.
Alejandro Lococo: Q♥6♠
Renat Bohdanov: A♠9♦
The board finished up A♦3♥ and Bohdanov held on to eliminate Lococo from the tournament on his second bullet.
Elsewhere, Dennys Ramos is out at the hands of Conor Beresford and Eliran Argelazi hit the rail when his ace-king couldn't beat two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
545,000 | |
|
|
121,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |