€10,200 Mystery Bounty Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-15-2023 23:58 UTC+2

Assorted Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Ketzer	480,000 5,000	5,000
Kayhan Mokri	210,000 67,000	67,000
Jorryt van Hoof	135,000 25,000	25,000
Pedro Garagnani	130,000 30,000	30,000
Thomas Eychenne	125,000 25,000	25,000
Jakob Miegel	120,000 20,000	20,000
Stephen Chidwick	110,000 61,000	61,000
Jules Dickerson	98,000 33,000	33,000
Chris Brewer	93,000 -47,000	-47,000
Neymar	80,000 -35,000	-35,000

Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	80,000 -35,000	-35,000
Andre Akkari	45,000 -13,000	-13,000

Lander Lijo	38,000 -62,000	-62,000
Erik Seidel	27,000 -73,000	-73,000

Adrian Mateos	27,000 -73,000	-73,000

Natan Chauskin	Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

02-15-2023 23:50 UTC+2

Gavrilovich Catches Derwiche Bluffing

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Having defended the big blind against a raise by Jenya Gavrilovich, it was Imad Derwiche who bet the turn for 10,500 and the river for another 17,000. Gavrilovich called both times and Derwiche flashed the for a missed gutshot, which was beaten by the of the Belorussian.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jenya Gavrilovich	153,000 53,000	53,000
Imad Derwiche	90,000 -30,000	-30,000

Tags: Imad Derwiche Jenya Gavrilovich

02-15-2023 23:45 UTC+2

Schwecht Doubles Through Kuznetsov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Nikita Kuznetsov opened to 5,000 and then called the three-bet shove by Tobias Schwecht, who was all-in for the last 24,000.

Tobias Schwecht:
Nikita Kuznetsov:

The flop vaulted Schwecht into the lead, which he retained thanks to the turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikita Kuznetsov	195,000 -30,000	-30,000

Tobias Schwecht	55,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Nikita Kuznetsov Tobias Schwecht

02-15-2023 23:43 UTC+2

Neymar Scores a Double Through Theologis

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ren Lin opened the action with a raise to 4,500 and received two callers including Neymar Jr. Alexandros Theologis in the small blind then pushed all-in with the largest stack of all players involved, which forced out Lin and the first cold-caller.

Neymar Jr. called all-in for 43,000 and the cards were flipped over.

Neymar Jr.:
Alexandros Theologis:

The flop gave the football star to a set of nines while Theologis had a gutshot at his disposal, with Lin filming the showdown on his phone. Nothing changed with the turn and the river only improved Neymar Jr. to a full house for the double.

"King queen? My man," Lin joked to Theologis, who replied "it's a good hand ... fifty, fifty."

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandros Theologis	135,000 -60,000	-60,000
Neymar	115,000 56,000	56,000

Ren Lin	85,000

Tags: Alexandros Theologis Neymar Jr Ren Lin

02-15-2023 23:37 UTC+2

Orpaz Gets a Shove Through; Ustimov Chips Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Shimizu Ozomu was in the tank for a medium-sized pot in which Tom Orpaz had already invested a third of his stack until the turn. Ozomu then checked and Orpaz pushed all-in for what appeared to be around 55,000.

His opponent didn't ask for an exact count but tank-folded, using two time bank extensions. Orpaz flashed the and that left Ozomu with the head shaking.

One table over, Viktor Ustimov continued his charge further up on the leaderboard. He raked in two pots in a row, the latter of which came with a successful continuation bet on the flop. Derk van Luijk had defended the big blind but check-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Ustimov	210,000 40,000	40,000
Shimizu Nozomu	160,000 45,000	45,000
Tom Orpaz	120,000 20,000	20,000
Derk van Luijk	95,000 51,000	51,000

Tags: Derk van Luijk Tom Orpaz Viktor Ustimov

02-15-2023 23:29 UTC+2

Kuznetsov Bad Beats Schwecht

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Nikita Kuznetsov raised it up with a single T-5,000 chip out in front. Tobias Schwecht then three-bet to 11,000 and it folded back to Kuznetsov, who had one 20-second count down vanish. He then pushed all-in and Schwecht instantly called.

Nikita Kuznetsov:
Tobias Schwecht:

The board improved Kuznetsov to trips aces and left Schwecht with a severe short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikita Kuznetsov	225,000 133,500	133,500

Tobias Schwecht	25,000 -115,000	-115,000

Tags: Tobias Schwecht Nikita Kuznetsov

Level: 6

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

02-15-2023 23:22 UTC+2

Danchev Scores a Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Felipe Ketzer had added further chips with the previous elimination of Dawid Smolka to pull further ahead atop the leaderboard. The next all-in showdown brought a small dip to his growing tower, as the cards of the Brazilian were already mucked.

Ketzer paid off a double to Dimitar Danchev, who had the best of it with the for broadway on a runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Ketzer	380,000 50,000	50,000
Dimitar Danchev	120,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Dawid Smolka Felipe Ketzer Dimitar Danchev

02-15-2023 23:19 UTC+2

Kulev Back to the Starting Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

On a flop of , Pedro Marques in the small blind and Alex Kulev in the hijack got their chips into the middle with the latter at risk.

Alex Kulev:
Pedro Marques:

Both players were on draws with Kulev ahead, who then also improved on the turn. Marques needed a club to knock out the Bulgarian but the river was a blank to secure the double-up for Kulev.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	97,000 27,000	27,000
Pedro Marques	75,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tags: Pedro Marques Alex Kulev