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

05-03-2023 21:56 UTC+2

Lipp Picks Up Aces and Shipita Eliminated

Matt Warburton

Level 21 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Matthias Lipp raised from under the gun and action folded to Ran Shapira, who reraised from late position to 105,000. Lipp made the call and players went to the flop.

The flop fell 7♦K♦8♣. Lipp checked and Shapira bet 85,000, which Lipp called.

The turn was the 2♠. Lipp checked again and Shapira pushed all in. Lipp quickly called and revealed his hand, A♥A♦ for pocket aces. Shapira showed K♥J♥ for a pair of kings.

The river came the 9♣ for a blank and Lipp scooped the pot. Shapira was eliminated in 30th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthias Lipp	1,100,000 619,000	619,000
Ran Shapira	Busted

Tags: Matthias Lipp Ran Shapira

05-03-2023 21:56 UTC+2

Zhang Busts in Ultimate Cooler

Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Antoine Labat open-raised from the hijack and Fan Zhang went all in for roughly 200,000 chips. The action folded back to Labat, who snap called.

Fan Zhang: KxKx
Antoine Labat: A♥A♣

The best preflop hand in Texas hold 'em versus the second best, a classic cooler. As the board ran out 10♥8♣J♠10♠Q♣, Zhang took his leave, cashing a five figure-score with his gathered bounties added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Labat	925,000 460,000	460,000
Fan Zhang	Busted

Tags: Antoine Labat Fan Zhang

05-03-2023 21:44 UTC+2

A Cash Prize of €4,800 Awarded to These Players

Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	Busted
Sam Greenwood	Busted
Aleksandar Tomovic	Busted
Selahaddin Bedir	Busted
Christophe Panetti	Busted
Alexander Shelukhin	Busted
Aurelien Russo	Busted

05-03-2023 21:39 UTC+2

Three-Way All In, Three-Way Chop

Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Maria Konnikova was all in from early position for 200,000 and Andrea Crobu reshoved with a 330,000 from the button. Small blind Fan Zhang then stuck in his 250,000 stack as well and there was a three-way all-in situation.

Maria Konnikova: A♥10♠
Fan Zhang: 9♥9♣
Andrea Crobu: 10♦10♥

Crobu was in a prime position for a double knockout. Everything went smooth on the 6♠5♣3♠4♣ board but the river 7♥ brought a straight on the board. The dealer started counting stacks until the table pointed out that it was a three-way chop.

Crobu stood up in a disappointed fashion while Konnikova could not help but laugh about the situation.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Crobu	330,000 258,000	258,000

Fan Zhang	250,000 54,500	54,500
Maria Konnikova	200,000 -37,000	-37,000

Tags: Andrea Crobu Fan Zhang Maria Konnikova

05-03-2023 21:34 UTC+2

Three Streets of Value for Zouari as Gonzalez Attempts to Catch Bluff

Matt Warburton

Level 21 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jeremie Zouari raised from late position and Soraya Estrada called in the big blind.

The flop came 5♦K♥10♦. Gonzalez checked and Zouari bet small for 15,000. Gonzalez made the call.

The turn was the 8♥. Gonzalez checked again and Zouari bet 45,000, which Gonzalez again called.

The river fell the K♣. Gonzalez checked a third time and Zouari moved all in for 135,000. Gonzalez looked at her cards, put her head in her hands, crinkled her forehead and eventually made the call.

Gonzalez flipped over 8♦2♦ for a busted flush draw and pair of eights. She had then attempted to catch Zouari's bluff on the river. Unfortunately for her, Zouari had K♠J♠ for trip kings to give him the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremie Zouari	480,000 347,000	347,000
Soraya Estrada	165,000 165,000	165,000

Tags: Jeremie Zouari Soraya Estrada

05-03-2023 21:25 UTC+2

Wilf Can Have Dessert

Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Saar Wilf was the first player to bust after the dinner break. He got his last 160,000 chips in from the hijack and Stefan Dimitrov made the call from the button.

Saar Wilf: A♦5♥
Stefan Dimitrov: A♠10♣

Dimitro flopped Wilf near-dead on 2♠J♥10♦, but the Q♠ turn brought some chop outs. The 7♥ river was not one of them, however, and Wilf turned in his bounty token to Dimitrov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Dimitrov	720,000 658,500	658,500
Saar Wilf	Busted

05-03-2023 21:15 UTC+2

Remaining Bounties After Dinner Break

Matt Warburton

Level 21 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

One of the two €100,000 bounties is still up for grabs, along with one €25,000 and two €5,000 bounties. Here's what's left following the dinner break:

Bounty Value	Total Amount	Total Value	Number Remaining	Value Remaining
€100,000	2	€200,000	1	€100,000
€40,000	2	€80,000	0	€0
€25,000	2	€50,000	1	€25,000
€10,000	4	€40,000	0	€0
€5,000	11	€60,000	2	€10,000
€1,000	243	€243,000	47	€47,000
€1,000 (with redraw)	10	€10,000	0	€5,000

05-03-2023 21:07 UTC+2

Six Figure Stacks

Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksei Boika	1,350,000 990,000	990,000

Igor Yaroshevskyy	1,275,000 955,000	955,000
Jon Ander Vallinas	1,205,000 1,135,500	1,135,500
Michal Mrakes	1,000,000 720,000	720,000

05-03-2023 20:26 UTC+2

Magnus Carlsen Talks Chess Versus Poker

Kaelaine Minton

Level 21 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

05-03-2023 20:00 UTC+2

Players On 75-Minute Dinner Break

Matt Warburton

Level 21 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Players in the €3,000 Mystery Bounty are heading for a 75-minute break to eat and reset. There are now only 38 players remaining in the field. When action resumes, blinds will be on 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 big blind ante.