Day 3 of the €3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty Restarts at 12 p.m.
The PokerStars European Poker Tour (ESPT) at Casino Barcelona continues today with Day 3 of the €3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty. Yesterday’s Day 2 commenced with 461 players taking their seats, ready to compete. After 10 hours of play, only 22 players will be returning for Day 3 this afternoon.
Coming into Day 3 with the chip lead is Ismet Oral who managed to bag 4,750,000 by the end of Level 27 last night. Oral remains nearly 2,000,000 chips in front of his nearest competitors 2023 EPT Paris Main Event Champion Razvan Belea and Sven Stok who managed to amass 2,920,000 and 2,700,000 respectively.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ismet Oral | Turkey | 4,750,000 | 59 |
| 2 | Razvan Belea | Romania | 2,920,000 | 37 |
| 3 | Sven Stok | Netherlands | 2,700,000 | 34 |
| 4 | Marcos Kenne | Brazil | 2,635,000 | 33 |
| 5 | Dzhavad Abdolvand | Ukraine | 2,600,000 | 33 |
| 6 | Jan Bronkhorst | Netherlands | 2,295,000 | 29 |
| 7 | Alberto Stegeman | Netherlands | 2,055,000 | 26 |
| 8 | Romain Le Dantec | France | 1,905,000 | 24 |
| 9 | Ricardo De Andrade | Portugal | 1,825,000 | 23 |
| 10 | Mikel Unanue | Mexico | 1,760,000 | 22 |
The remaining players have already locked up an impressive cash of €11,740, alongside any mystery bounties they may have already collected along the way. But with the two €200,000 bounties having been already claimed by Jan Bronkhorst and Samy Boujmala yesterday, the focus of the tournament has certainly shifted to the first-place prize of €374,064.
Each remaining bounty is still worth a minimum of €1,000, with the largest remaining prize of €5,000 also still in circulation.
Day 3 commences today at 12 p.m. local time. The structure will recommence on Level 28 with blinds at 30,000/60,000 with an 80,000 big blind ante.
Stay tuned with the PokerNews live reporting team as we bring coverage of the Europen Poker Tour Mystery Bounty here at EPT Barcelona as we play down to a winner.