$3,000 Mystery Bounty Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-18-2023 16:26 UTC+3

Top Ten Chip Counts After First Break

Ollie Garland

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hady El Asmar	152,600 152,600	152,600
Andrey Andreev	110,000 80,000	80,000
Enzo Vito	103,800 103,800	103,800
Kemal Aslan	100,000 100,000	100,000
Muhammed Hakim	98,300 98,300	98,300
Marc Joseph	97,000 97,000	97,000
Dawid Smolka	97,000 97,000	97,000
Akin Guven	86,500 86,500	86,500
Mihaita Croitoru	85,000 85,000	85,000
Andrei Shapovalov	84,500 84,500	84,500

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

10-18-2023 16:01 UTC+3

Break Time

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Ollie Garland

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The remaining 300 players have been sent on the first 20-minute break of the day.

10-18-2023 16:00 UTC+3

Fast Wins Small Pot

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Matt Warburton

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Dietrich Fast raised to 900 from early position, Ekrem Sanioglu called on the button and Vasilii Shvarev called in the small blind.

The flop came 4♣J♠K♣ and all three players checked. The turn was the K♦. Action checked to Sanioglu, who bet 2,000. Both Shvarev and Fast called.

The river was the 2♥ and all three players checked again to showdown. Sanioglu showed 8♥4♥ for a pair of fours, Shvarev showed J♥5♦ for a pair of jacks, and Fast showed A♦J♣ for a pair of jacks with ace kicker to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasilii Shvarev	52,000 52,000	52,000
Ekrem Sanioglu	50,000 50,000	50,000
Dietrich Fast	42,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Dietrich Fast Ekrem Sanioglu Vasilii Shvarev

10-18-2023 15:56 UTC+3

Im Pushes Out Gavrilovich

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Ollie Garland

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The pot stood at 7,600 with two players looking at a board that read 7♦4♥A♦.

Jenya Gavrilovich, in the big blind, placed a small bet of 700. Jung Ho Im thought for some time before electing to put int a raise to 4,500. Gavrilovich rechecked his cards before pitching them into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jung Ho Im	35,300 11,300	11,300
Jenya Gavrilovich	25,500 25,500	25,500

10-18-2023 15:52 UTC+3

Leetz Gets Value for Bluff

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Matt Warburton

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Following an early position open raise, Brandon Leetz called, the small blind called and then Jeremie Zouari reraised to 4,400 from the big blind. Leetz was the only player to call the raise.

The flop came 9♠10♦J♣. Zouari continued for 2,500 and Leetz raised it up to 6,500. Zouari made the call.

The turn was the 10♥. Zouari checked and Leetz bet 8,000, which Zouari called.

The river came the 2♣ and both players checked to showdown. Zouari showed K♣8♠ for a missed straight draw. Leetz showed 7♥7♦ for a pocket pair of sevens, two pair with the tens on board.

"I was bluffing," said Leetz as he scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Leetz	55,000 23,000	23,000
Jeremie Zouari	16,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Brandon Leetz Jeremie Zouari

10-18-2023 15:48 UTC+3

Labat Value Bets Into Aces

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Ollie Garland

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The pot stood at approximately 7,500 with two players looking at a board that read 5♥3♥J♥10♠. Both Antoine Labat, who was under the gun, and Matias Gonzalez Ayesa, in the cutoff, checked to the river.

The 9♦ fell and Labat made a bet of 6,000. Gonzalez Ayesa snap-called. Labat tabled K♠J♠, while Gonzalez Ayesa scooped the pot with A♥A♠

Player	Chips	Progress
Matias Gonzalez Ayesa	72,000
Antoine Labat	13,700 16,300	16,300

Tags: Agustin Begue Antoine Labat

10-18-2023 15:34 UTC+3

Nedved Makes Flush to Beat Two Pair

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Matt Warburton

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Ghassan Yared raised to 900 from middle position, Johnny Nedved called, Simon Higgins called in the small blind and the big blind also called.

The flop came 9♣A♠J♠. Action checked to Yared, who bet 2,300. Nedved and Higgins called.

The turn was the 6♠ and both players checked. The river came the K♠. Higgins checked, Yared bet 1,000 and Nedved called.

Yared showed A♦J♥ for two pair and Nedved showed Q♣10♣ for a flush to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ghassan Yared	61,000 25,000	25,000
Johnny Nedved	47,000 17,000	17,000
Simon Higgins	37,000 37,000	37,000

Tags: Ghassan Yared Johnny Nedved Simon Higgins

10-18-2023 15:30 UTC+3

Notable Entries Over the Last Level

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Ollie Garland

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jessica Teusl	30,000 30,000	30,000
Antoine Labat	30,000 30,000	30,000
Georgi Sandev	30,000
Maximilian Silz	30,000 30,000	30,000
Cecile Ticherfatine	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jason Wheeler	30,000 30,000	30,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	30,000 30,000	30,000
Upeshka De Silva	30,000 30,000	30,000
David Karsenty	30,000 30,000	30,000
Gaelle Baumann	30,000 30,000	30,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400