€3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-30-2023 13:50 UTC+1

Morozovs Takes Down Four-Bet Pot

Matt Warburton

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Mihails Morozovs raised from under the gun and Didier Julien reraised to 1,700. Antonio Dascenzo called in the small blind before Morozovs put in the four-bet to 8,100. Both Julien and Dascenzo made the call.

Action went to the flop, which came 5♦9♦3♥. Dascenzo checked and Morozovs bet out 16,000. Julien looked like he was contemplating the call but eventually opted to fold. Dascenzo also folded and Morozovs scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mihails Morozovs	36,000
Didier Julien	34,000
Antonio Dascenzo	10,000

Tags: Antonio Dascenzo Didier Julien Mihails Morozovs

08-30-2023 13:55 UTC+1

Ticherfatine Check Raises the River

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Ollie Garland

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The pot stood at 3,200 with two players looking at a board that read A♣5♣7♠6♥4♣.

Cecile Ticherfatine, in the big blind, checked the action to Ihar Soika, who was under the gun. Soika bet out for 2,400 and Ticherfatine check-raised to 7,200. After some time in the tank, Soika tossed his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ihar Soika	210,000 210,000	210,000
Cecile Ticherfatine	36,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Cecile Ticherfatine Ihar Soika

08-30-2023 14:00 UTC+1

Hochheim Takes Pot With River Bet

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Matt Warburton

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Breno Avelino raised to 600 from late position. He was called by Pablo Harfouche and David Hochheim in the big blind.

The flop came 8♦A♠3♦ and all three players checked. The turn was the Q♥. Hochheim bet out for 1,600, Avelino called and Harfouche folded.

The river was the 6♦. Hochheim led out again, this time for 3,200. Avelino folded his hand and Hochheim took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Hochheim	36,000 36,000	36,000
Breno Avelino	28,000

Tags: Breno Drumond Avelino David Hochheim Pablo Harfouche

08-30-2023 14:07 UTC+1

Sandsmark Comes Out on Top

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Ollie Garland

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The pot stood at 11,500 with three players looking at a board that read 9♦6♠4♣A♠.

Pawel Krol checked from the small blind. Stephane Knafo, in the big blind, bet out for 7,000, Roger Johannessen Sandsmark called from under the gun, as did Krol.

TheK♦ river checked to a showdown. Krol tabled 7♠4♠, which was beaten by the 10♥9♣ of Knafo, although it was Sandsmark who tabled the winner as he showed A♣8♣ for a pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Sandsmark	82,000 82,000	82,000
Stephane Knafo	18,500 18,500	18,500
Pawel Krol	17,500 17,500	17,500

Tags: Pawel Krol Roger Johannessen Sandsmark Stephane Knafo

08-30-2023 14:10 UTC+1

Early Bustouts

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Matt Warburton

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

There have now been 455 entries, with 429 players remaining.

There have been quite a few early bustouts in the Mystery Bounty, although with unlimited reentries and late registration open until Day 2, there's every chance these players could fire a second bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerome Zerbib	Busted
Tristan Forge	Busted
Mohamed Aissani	Busted
Cristian Castro Martinez	Busted
Igor Pihela	Busted
Salvatore Camarda	Busted
Charles-Henri Garnero	Busted
Steven Watts	Busted
Jason Wheatley	Busted
Xavier Zuczkowski	Busted
Orhan Ates	Busted
Illia Korobkin	Busted
Selahaddin Bedir	Busted

08-30-2023 14:20 UTC+1

Tagliani Gets Value on the River

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Ollie Garland

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The pot stood at 11,200 with two players looking at a flop of 7♠7♥3♦.

The action was checked to Lars Tungel on the button, who bet out for 6,400. Matias Tagliani, in the big blind, called.

The A♠ turn checked through to the K♠ on the river. Matias Tagliani took the lead with a bet of 6,800 and Tungel almost beat him into the pot with a call. Tagliani tabled A♣3♣, good enough to see Tungel's cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matias Tagliani	49,000 49,000	49,000
Lars Tungel	14,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Lars Tungel Matias Tagliani

08-30-2023 14:22 UTC+1

Yu Cracks Palvini's Kings

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Matt Warburton

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Ryan Yu raised from middle position and Jeremy Palvini reraised to 2,200, which Yu called.

The flop came 8♠8♣10♣. Yu checked and Palvini bet 1,500. Yu responded with a raise to 6,000 and Palvini called. The turn came the Q♦. Yu shoved all in and Palvini quickly called. Players flipped over their cards.

Palvini showed K♦K♥ for two pair with pocket kings and the eights on board. Yu showed J♦8♦ for trip eights.

The river came the 7♥ and Yu held to win the pot and eliminate Palvini.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Yu	64,000 64,000	64,000
Jeremy Palvini	Busted

Tags: Jeremy Palvini Ryan Yu

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

08-30-2023 14:40 UTC+1

Oleh Takes It on the Flop

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Ollie Garland

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The hijack raised to 700, Enzo Vito called in the cutoff and Okhotskyi Oleh squeezed from the small blind to 3,500. Only Oleh called.

Oleh continued for 3,800 on a flop of A♠9♦7♠ and Vito made a very swift fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Enzo Vito	27,000 27,000	27,000
Okhotskyi Oleh	22,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Enzo Vito Okhotskyi Oleh

08-30-2023 14:43 UTC+1

Iaculli Raises the River

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Matt Warburton

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Gianfranco Iaculli raised to 800 from late position, Vitalijs Korhs reraised to 2,500 and Iaculli called.

The flop came 2♣4♣10♦. Iaculli checked and Korhs bet out 2,500, which Iaculli called. The turn came the J♦ and both players checked.

The river was the Q♣. Iaculli checked and Korhs bet 4,500. Iaculli raised to 11,100 and Korhs folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianfranco Iaculli	70,000 70,000	70,000
Vitalijs Korhs	24,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Gianfranco Iaculli Vitalijs Korhs