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

05-03-2023 15:34 UTC+2

Bounties Remaining After First Break

Matt Warburton

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

During the first break, one of the €100,000 bounties was pulled, as well as three out of four of the €10,000 bounties. Here's what remains:

Bounty Value	Total Amount	Total Value	Number Remaining	Value Remaining
€100,000	2	€200,000	1	€100,000
€40,000	2	€80,000	2	€80,000
€25,000	2	€50,000	2	€50,000
€10,000	4	€40,000	1	€10,000
€5,000	11	€60,000	8	€40,000
€1,000	243	€243,000	152	€152,000
€1,000 (with redraw)	10	€10,000	6	€6,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

05-03-2023 15:17 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Will Kassouf	399,000 399,000	399,000
Sam Grafton	295,000 47,500	47,500

Michal Mrakes	280,000 177,500	177,500
Maria Konnikova	224,000 109,500	109,500

Chun Keat Liu	202,000 -166,500	-166,500

Sam Greenwood	190,000 160,000	160,000
Jen Shahade	145,000 145,000	145,000

Alexandra Botez	112,000 16,000	16,000

Half an Hour of Relaxation

Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The players are now on a 30-minute break in which the Mystery Bounty desk is sure to be swarmed.

05-03-2023 15:01 UTC+2

Bish, Bash, Bosch

Matt Warburton

Level 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mathieu His raised to 6,000 from early position, Oleh Okhotski called, Igor Yaroshevskyy called and then Oliver Bosch reraised to 26,000. His folded, Okhotski called and Yaroshevskyy called.

The flop came 7♦3♣6♣ and action checked to Bosch, who bet 55,000. Only Okhotski made the call.

The turn was the K♠, Okhotski checked and Bosch moved all in. This was too much for Okhotski, who made the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Bosch	350,000 125,000	125,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy	320,000 -27,500	-27,500
Oleh Okhotski	310,000 310,000	310,000

Tags: Igor Yaroshevskyy Mathieu His Oleh Okhotski Oliver Bosch

05-03-2023 14:53 UTC+2

Notable Busts From the First Two Hours

Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	Busted
Conor Bergin	Busted
Dimitar Danchev	Busted

Kalidou Sow	Busted
Kayhan Mokri	Busted
Jessica Pilkington	Busted
Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

Carl Shaw	Busted
Ian Hamilton	Busted

Christopher Puetz	Busted
Conor Beresford	Busted
Gianluca Speranza	Busted
Martin Jacobson	Busted
Roberto Romanello	Busted

Julien Sitbon	Busted
Dominik Panka	Busted

Jessica Teusl	Busted
Manig Loeser	Busted

Dominik Nitsche	Busted

05-03-2023 14:53 UTC+2

Boika Wins Two Bounties With Six-Deuce

Matt Warburton

Level 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Aliaksei Boika limped in early position and Daoud Majid went all in for just 5,500 chips. Aylar Lie called behind before Alan Goasdoue moved all in for 45,000 chips. Boika made the call and Lie folded. Players flipped their cards.

Daoud Majid: K♦4♣
Alan Goasdoue: 8♣7♠
Aliaksei Boika: 6♥2♣

Majid was as surprised as anyone to see that he had the best hand. "Hold, king, hold!", he said. Goasdoue had attempted to isolate but was called by Boika, who had both players covered.

The board ran out 5♣J♦3♣Q♣2♦. The river brought Boika a pair of deuces, which was enough for him to win the pot, add to his stack, and claim two bounty tokens.

Majid and Goasdoue were both eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksei Boika	360,000 257,000	257,000

Daoud Majid	Busted
Alan Goasdoue	Busted

Tags: Alan Goasdoue Aliaksei Boika Aylar Lie Daoud Majid

05-03-2023 14:40 UTC+2

Kassouf's Kings Hold Up

Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Jamie Nixon opened the action from under the gun with a raise to 6,000. Will Kassouf then made it 18,000 from the cutoff before Biliyan Petleshkov four-bet jammed 119,500 from the cutoff.

The action folded back to Nixon, who asked for a count. Seeing that he was covered by a small amount, he elected to let this hand go. Kassouf said ''Well, if you have aces you have aces'', and put in the call in hopes of obtaining a bounty token.

Viliyan Petleshkov: A♦K♥
Will Kassouf: K♦K♠

The aces remained absent on the Q♠6♦J♠5♠2♥ runout, and no Broadway was turned or rivered either. Petleshkov was out but traveled to the bounty desk with a handful of tokens, so he may yet turn a big profit in this tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Kassouf	350,000 195,000	195,000
Jamie Nixon	100,000 -24,000	-24,000
Viliyan Petleshkov	Busted

Tags: Jamie Nixon Viliyan Petleshkov Will Kassouf

05-03-2023 14:34 UTC+2

Mystery Bounty Values Released

Matt Warburton

Level 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Players can now draw for mystery bounties and the totals have been released. There will be two €100,000 top prizes. So far, only €1,000 bounties have been drawn.

Bounty Value	Total Amount	Total Value	Number Remaining	Value Remaining
€100,000	2	€200,000	2	€200,000
€40,000	2	€80,000	2	€80,000
€25,000	2	€50,000	2	€50,000
€10,000	4	€40,000	4	€40,000
€5,000	11	€60,000	11	€60,000
€1,000	243	€243,000	237	€237,000
€1,000	10	€10,000	10	€10,000

05-03-2023 14:24 UTC+2

Navarro Arrocha Nets a Big Pot

Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mario Navarro Arrocha had bought in at the start of play today with a stack of 30,000. He had already multiplied that several times over when his latest hand was caught.

He was battling with Viliyan Petleshkov over a 36,000 pot. The flop read A♦4♦7♥ and Petleshkov checked to Navarro Arrocha, who elected to bet 12,000. Petleshkov made the check-raise to 48,000 and Navarro Arrocha called after some delibiration.

The turn brought the 8♥ and Petleshkov now announced ''all-in'', for a pot-sized bet worth Navarro Arrocha's 129,000 stack. Navarro Arrocha snap called and the players showed their cards.

Mario Navarro Arrocha: A♠4♠
Viliyan Petleshkov: A♣K♠

Petleshkov flopped top pair, top kicker but it was no match for the the two pair of Navarro Arrocha. The river 3♠ bricked out and Navarro Arrocha scooped a huge pot of nearly 400,000. Meanwhile, Petleshkov was left with 20 big blinds

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Navarro	390,000 360,000	360,000
Viliyan Petleshkov	50,000 -135,000	-135,000

Tags: Viliyan Petleshkov Mario Navarro Arrocha