$3,000 Mystery Bounty | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-20-2023 13:38 UTC+2

Pora Doubles Through Fischer

Ollie Garland

Level 31 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Dumitru Pora moved all in for 710,000 from the small blind. Manuel Fischer snap-called in the big blind.

Dumitru Pora: Q♥J♦
Manuel Fischer: 9♥9♦

The coin flip fell in Pora's favour as the board ran out 5♣K♦8♥Q♠K♥. Pora peeled a queen on the turn to pull in front, ultimately doubling up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Fischer	3,500,000 700,000	700,000
Dumitru Pora	1,540,000 1,245,000	1,245,000

Tags: Dumitru Pora Manuel Fischer

Level: 31

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

10-20-2023 13:10 UTC+2

Players Heading for 20-Minute Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Players in the $3,000 Mystery Bounty are heading for the first 20-minute break of the day.

It's been an action packed start, with eight players busting in the first few levels. The next payout is worth $21,250. After that, play will reach the final table.

10-20-2023 13:01 UTC+2

Destefano Doubles Taki

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Ollie Garland

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Dylan Destefano, in the small blind, raised enough to put Hossien Taki all in for his effective stack of 975,000. Taki called.

Hossien Taki: A♥J♥
Dylan Destefano: J♦9♦

The board ran out 3♦Q♠5♣2♠A♦. Taki's was ahead the whole way, pairing his ace on the river for good measure, doubling him up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hossien Taki	2,100,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Dylan Destefano	1,000,000 575,000	575,000

Tags: Hossien Taki Dylan Destefano

10-20-2023 12:47 UTC+2

Fischer Finds Value With His Full House

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Ollie Garland

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The action was caught on a the K♥2♣2♥ flop. Manuel Fischer, in the big blind, checked the action to Hossien Taki who placed a bet of 100,000, from the cutoff. Fischer check-raised the bet to 265,000. Taki called.

The 6♦ turn slowed down Fischer, as he check-called a bet of 300,000 form Taki.

The K♠ river saw Fischer lead out for a small bet of 200,000. Taki eventually made the call. Fischer tabled K♣10♣ for a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Fischer	4,200,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Hossien Taki	800,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Hossien Taki Manuel Fischer

10-20-2023 12:41 UTC+2

Zhugralin Gets Value

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Ollie Garland

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Walid Bou Habib raised from the cutoff and Damir Zhugralin defended in the big blind.

Zhugralin check-called a bet of 200,000 from Habib on the Q♦4♣8♦ flop.

The A♦ turn checked through to the 6♠ on the river. Zhugralin placed a bet of 350,000, which was looked up by Habib. Zhugralin tabled Q♥6♥ for a rivered two pair, sending Habib's cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damir Zhugralin	3,500,000 1,375,000	1,375,000
Walid Bou Habib	2,600,000 950,000	950,000

Tags: Damir Zhugralin Walid Bou Habib

Level: 30

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

10-20-2023 12:23 UTC+2

Pora Picks $25,000 Bounty for Fischer

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Matt Warburton

Level 29 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Dumitru Pora walked back over to his table with a $25,000 bounty ticket in his hand and placed it in front of Manuel Fischer.

"Woooah!", said Fischer, "How do you do that?!".

The table asked what was going on. Pora had just pulled Fischer's bounty for him and he'd pulled the biggest remaining prize. Fischer thought it was some kind of bluff or trick. It wasn't. He got up and hugged his opponent.

There are no more $25,000 prizes left in the box and just one more $10,000 to pull. Here's what's left.

Bounty Prize	Number Available	Remaining	Total Value	Value Remaining
$75,000	2	0	$150,000	$0
$25,000	13	0	$325,000	$0
$10,000	17	1	$170,000	$10,000
$2,000	6	0	$12,000	$0
$1,000	314	11	$314,000	$11,000
$1,000 + Draw Again	10	1	$10,000	$1,000

Tags: Dumitru Pora Manuel Fischer

10-20-2023 12:18 UTC+2

Nikolay Ponomarev Eliminated in 11th Place ($21,250)

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Matt Warburton

Level 29 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Manuel Fischer open raised to 160,000 from late position and Nikolay Ponomarev three-bet from the button to 240,000. Fischer moved all in and Ponomarev called for the rest of his stack. The cards were turned.

Nikolay Ponomarev: K♠10♦
Manuel Fischer: A♥10♥

The board ran out 8♥5♠10♠9♠7♦. Fischer had Ponomarev dominated. Both players hit a pair of tens on the flop and Fischer held with his ace kicker.

Ponomarev was eliminated from the tournament in 11th place for $21,250.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Fischer	3,100,000 1,685,000	1,685,000
Nikolay Ponomarev	Busted

Tags: Manuel Fischer Nikolay Ponomarev

10-20-2023 12:07 UTC+2

Deividas Daubaris Eliminated in 12th Place ($17,700)

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Matt Warburton

Level 29 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Walid Bou Habib raised from under the gun and Deividas Daubaris moved all in from the small blind with a short stack of around 300,000. Habib called and players flipped their cards.

Deividas Daubaris: K♦J♦
Walid Bou Habib: 9♦8♦

Daubaris was ahead until the board ran out 6♣5♠9♠5♣4♣ to give Habib a pair of nines on the flop, two pair on the turn with the fives on board. He won the pot and chipped up to around 3,500,000.

Daubaris was eliminated from the tournament in 12th place for $17,700.

Player	Chips	Progress
Walid Bou Habib	3,550,000
Deividas Daubaris	Busted

Tags: Deividas Daubaris Walid Bou Habib