€3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

€3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty

Day 2 Completed

09-01-2023 02:18 UTC+2

Oral Holds Chip Lead Going Into Day 3 of €3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty

Ollie Garland

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The PokerStars European Poker Tour (ESPT) at Casino Barcelona continued today with an action-filled Day 2 of €3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty. Over the Day 1 flight yesterday and an additional cohort of late registers this morning, a massive 1,339 entrants made up this record-breaking Mystery Bounty tournament. Of those, 461 players found their seats this morning to battle it out over the felt, as the Mystery Bounty tokens were introduced. After 10 hours of play, only 22 remain.

As the dust settled it was Ismet Oral who bagged the chip lead having accumulated 4,750,000 by the end of Level 27 tonight. Oral remains nearly 2,000,000 chips in front of his nearest competitors EPT Paris Main Event Champion Razvan Belea and Sven Stok who managed to amass 2,920,000 and 2,700,000 respectively.

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

Day 2 Action

As Day 2 got underway, the focal point for every player quickly became the Mystery Bounties on offer. For each opponent they managed to eliminate, the player would be able to claim a token that would grant them the opportunity to pull a mystery bounty. While there was plenty of fortune on offer, it was the two €200,000 bounties that captivated the attention of the field.

Jan Bronkhorst was the first player to lay claim to the elusive €200,000 bounty on the seventh level of the day. With $71,814 in live recorded tournament cashes, this singular bounty exceeded over double Bronkhort’s lifetime earnings. Bronkhorst is also a top-ten stack heading into Day 3.

It wasn’t until Level 21 that the second €200,000 would picked by Samy Boujmala; this grand bounty is almost equivalent to Boujmala’s biggest live tournament cash to date.

Klas Lofberg was the beneficiary of the last six-figure bounty in the form of €100,000. While Ahmed Ibrahimi, Anthony Michel Cruz, Zlatin Penev and Michel Dattani all got their hands on a €50,000 bounty each.

The collection of €25,000 bounties found its way into the pockets of Cristinel Dumitru, Erdal Gulseven, Byron Kaverman and Marcelo De Medeiros.

With no major bounties at large, the focus of the tournament floor is starting to switch to the looming first-place prize of €374,064.

Day 3 restarts tomorrow, September 1 at 12 p.m. local time. The structure will recommence on Level 28 with blinds at 40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 big blind ante.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow to bring you more coverage of the Europen Poker Tour Mystery Bounty here at EPT Barcelona as we play down to a winner, so stay tuned.

Tags: Ahmed Ibrahimi Alberto Stegeman Anthony Michel Cruz Byron Kaverman Cristinel Dumitru Dzhavad Abdolvand Erdal Gulseven Ismet Oral Jan Bronkhorst Klas Lofberg Marcelo De Medeiros Marcos Kenne Michel Dattani Mikel Unanue Razvan Belea Ricardo De Andrade Samy Boujmala Sven Stok Zlatin Penev

09-01-2023 02:00 UTC+2

Day 3 Seat Draw and End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Ollie Garland

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Romain Le Dantec	France	1,905,000	24
1	2	Ricardo De Andrade	Portugal	1,825,000	23
1	3	Sven Stok	Netherlands	2,700,000	34
1	4	Alberto Stegeman	Netherlands	2,055,000	26
1	5	Peter Tordai	Hungary	1,390,000	17
1	6	Mikel Unanue	Mexico	1,760,000	22
1	8	Razvan Belea	Romania	2,920,000	37

2	1	Yaman Nakdali	Spain	1,400,000	18
2	2	Dan Heimiller	USA	815,000	10
2	3	Vladislav Solovev	Russia	1,085,000	14
2	4	Ruoqin Cai	Hong Kong	1,615,000	20
2	5	Dzhavad Abdolvand	Ukraine	2,600,000	33
2	6	Marcos Kenne	Brazil	2,635,000	33
2	7	Guilebaldo Flores Manzo	Mexico	1,600,000	20
2	8	Fotios Katidis	Germany	850,000	11

3	1	Julian Pineda Lozano	Mexico	895,000	11
3	3	Frederic Breton	Canada	1,125,000	14
3	4	Ibrahim Senoussi	France	1,300,000	16
3	5	Jan Bronkhorst	Netherlands	2,295,000	29
3	6	Ismet Oral	Turkey	4,750,000	59
3	7	Hamed Sedini	France	1,200,000	15
3	8	Armin Rezaei	Austria	1,385,000	17

Player	Chips	Progress
Ismet Oral	4,750,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Razvan Belea	2,920,000 -180,000	-180,000

Sven Stok	2,700,000 700,000	700,000
Marcos Kenne	2,635,000 485,000	485,000
Dzhavad Abdolvand	2,600,000 -300,000	-300,000
Jan Bronkhorst	2,295,000 -1,005,000	-1,005,000
Alberto Stegeman	2,055,000 155,000	155,000
Romain Le Dantec	1,905,000 -95,000	-95,000
Ricardo De Andrade	1,825,000 155,000	155,000
Mikel Unanue	1,760,000 210,000	210,000
Ruoqin Cai	1,615,000 65,000	65,000
Guilebaldo Flores Manzo	1,600,000 -700,000	-700,000
Yaman Nakdali	1,400,000 150,000	150,000
Peter Tordai	1,390,000 -110,000	-110,000
Armin Rezaei	1,385,000 585,000	585,000
Ibrahim Senoussi	1,300,000 500,000	500,000
Hamed Sedini	1,200,000 -50,000	-50,000
Frederic Breton	1,125,000 -975,000	-975,000
Vladislav Solovev	1,085,000 565,000	565,000
Julian Pineda Lozano	895,000 -205,000	-205,000
Fotios Katidis	850,000 -130,000	-130,000
Dan Heimiller	815,000 185,000	185,000

09-01-2023 01:15 UTC+2

Four Hands to Play

Matt Warburton

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The floor has announced that there will be four more hands dealt before the tournament finishes for the day.

09-01-2023 01:13 UTC+2

Timur Margolin Eliminated in 23rd Place (€11,740)

Matt Warburton

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Action was on the river on a board of 5♥3♥K♠7♥2♦. Timur Margolin moved nearly all in, keeping just 5,000 behind. Razvan Belea made the call and players turned their cards.

Margolin showed A♦3♦ for a pair of threes that he had turned into a bluff. Belea had 7♣7♠ for a set of sevens and picked off the bluff to win the pot.

Margolin did manage to bring his stack back up to 65,000 chips the next hand, winning a pot to scoop the antes and double his 5,000.

A couple of hands later, Margolin raised to 50,000 from late position, leaving 15,000 behind. Belea reraised to 150,000, Sven Stok called in the big blind, and Margolin threw his last chips in the middle.

The flop came 9♣6♣A♣. Stok checked and Belea bet 60,000, which Stok called. The turn came the 6♦. Stok checked again and Belea fired out 200,000. Stok once again called. The river was the 5♣ and both players checked to showdown.

Belea showed A♠9♥ for two pair, Stok showed Q♣10♣ for a flush and Margolin showed A♦7♦ for a pair of aces. Stok won the pot and Margolin was eliminated from the tournament in 23rd place for €11,740.

Player	Chips	Progress
Razvan Belea	3,100,000 650,000	650,000

Sven Stok	2,000,000 -490,000	-490,000
Timur Margolin	Busted

Tags: Razvan Belea Sven Stok Timur Margolin

09-01-2023 01:11 UTC+2

Koray Korkmaz Eliminated in 24th Place (€10,200)

Matt Warburton

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Action was on the flop on a board of 5♥7♦10♥. Koray Korkmaz was all in against Jan Bronkhorst, with Korkmaz at risk as players flipped their cards.

Koray Korkmaz: 6♥4♥
Jan Bronkhorst: A♥10♦

Korkmaz had a flush draw and straight draw. Bronkhorst had a pair of tens. The turn came the 2♣ and the river was the 7♣. Korkmaz faded his outs and Bronkhorst held.

Korkmaz was eliminated from the tournament in 24th place for €10,200.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Bronkhorst	3,300,000 1,350,000	1,350,000
Koray Korkmaz	Busted

Tags: Jan Bronkhorst Koray Korkmaz

09-01-2023 01:00 UTC+2

Three Table Redraw (full)

Ollie Garland

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Counts	Big Blinds
1	1	Romain Le Dantec	France	2,000,000	40
1	2	Ricardo De Andrade	Portugal	1,670,000	33
1	3	Sven Stok	Netherlands	2,490,000	50
1	4	Alberto Stegeman	Netherlands	1,900,000	38
1	5	Peter Tordai	Hungary	1,500,000	30
1	6	Mikel Unanue	Mexico	1,550,000	31
1	7	Timur Margolin	Iceland	625,000	13
1	8	Razvan Belea	Romania	2,450,000	49

2	1	Yaman Nakdali	Spain	1,250,000	25
2	2	Dan Heimiller	United States	630,000	13
2	3	Vladislav Solovev	Mexico	520,000	10
2	4	Ruoqin Cai	Hong Kong	1,550,000	31
2	5	Dzhavad Abdolvand	Ukraine	2,900,000	58
2	6	Marcos Kenne	Brazil	2,150,000	43
2	7	Guilebaldo Flores Manzo	Mexico	2,300,000	46
2	8	Fotios Katidis	Germany	980,000	20

3	1	Julian Pineda Lozano	Colombia	1,100,000	22
3	2	Koray Korkmaz	Turkey	720,000	14
3	3	Frederic Breton	Canada	2,100,000	42
3	4	Ibrahim Senoussi	France	800,000	16
3	5	Jan Bronkhorst	Netherlands	1,950,000	39
3	6	Ismet Oral	Turkey	3,350,000	67
3	7	Hamed Sedini	France	1,250,000	25
3	8	Armin Rezaei	Austria	800,000	16

Player	Chips	Progress
Ismet Oral	3,350,000 400,000	400,000

Dzhavad Abdolvand	2,900,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Sven Stok	2,490,000 -910,000	-910,000
Razvan Belea	2,450,000 1,470,000	1,470,000

Guilebaldo Flores Manzo	2,300,000 600,000	600,000
Marcos Kenne	2,150,000 -650,000	-650,000
Frederic Breton	2,100,000 850,000	850,000
Romain Le Dantec	2,000,000 1,856,000	1,856,000
Jan Bronkhorst	1,950,000 125,000	125,000
Alberto Stegeman	1,900,000 1,805,500	1,805,500
Ricardo De Andrade	1,670,000 530,000	530,000
Mikel Unanue	1,550,000 -50,000	-50,000
Ruoqin Cai	1,550,000 790,000	790,000
Peter Tordai	1,500,000 1,235,000	1,235,000
Yaman Nakdali	1,250,000 1,250,000	1,250,000
Hamed Sedini	1,250,000 450,000	450,000
Julian Pineda Lozano	1,100,000 953,000	953,000
Fotios Katidis	980,000 930,000	930,000
Ibrahim Senoussi	800,000 290,000	290,000
Armin Rezaei	800,000 725,000	725,000
Koray Korkmaz	720,000 521,000	521,000
Dan Heimiller	630,000 -1,220,000	-1,220,000
Timur Margolin	625,000 345,000	345,000
Vladislav Solovev	520,000 -20,000	-20,000