€3,000 Mystery Bounty Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-13-2023 17:27 UTC+2

Skolin Doubles Through Kanme

Tyler Foran

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Raoul Kanme opened 1,200 before Vincent Skolin jammed for 8,300 from a couple of spots to his left. The action folded around to Kanme and he made the call.

Vincent Skolin: A♦K♠
Raoul Kanme: K♦J♥

Skolin had Kanme dominated and the board ran out Q♣5♠2♥4♦K♣ for him to score the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raoul Kanme	45,000 9,000	9,000
Vincent Skolin	17,800 17,800	17,800

Tags: Vincent Skolin Raoul Kanme

12-13-2023 17:22 UTC+2

Big Stacks and Other Notables

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rifat Palevic	114,700
Emad Zarghami	112,000
Stefan Peukert	104,700 2,700	2,700
Brandon Mifsud	71,500 30,100	30,100
Benjamin Spragg	64,100 23,100	23,100

Danut Chisu	43,000
Yulian Bogdanov	40,000 17,500	17,500
Adam McKola	26,000 2,000	2,000
Antoine Saout	25,000 5,000	5,000
Simon Brandstrom	24,000 13,000	13,000

Rory Jennings	20,600 6,000	6,000

Natan Chauskin	18,700
Aliaksei Boika	18,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

12-13-2023 17:01 UTC+2

Break Time

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Tyler Foran

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With 343 entries thus far, they have reached their first 20-minute break of the day.

12-13-2023 16:58 UTC+2

Calamusa Sends El Asmar to the Rail

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Ollie Garland

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

PokerNews caught the action as Pierre Calamusa, who was under the gun, had Hady El Asmar, on the button, all in and at risk on a flop of 6♠A♠5♥.

Hady El Asmar: A♥7♣
Pierre Calamusa: 5♠5♣

The turn and river landed the 9♦ and J♦ respectively. Calamusa's set was more than enough to send El Asmar to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Calamusa	74,000 10,200	10,200
Hady El Asmar	Busted

Tags: Hady El Asmar Pierre Calamusa

12-13-2023 16:57 UTC+2

Siemund Back to Start

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Simon Brandstrom raised to 900 from the cutoff before Pieter Siemund put in 2,500 chips from the button. The blinds folded, but Brandstrom made the call.

The Q♣8♦Q♥ flop saw Brandstrom check-call a 1,700 continuation-bet from Siemund, while the subsequent 2♠ turn was checked by both players.

On the 9♠ river, Brandstrom checked once more and Siemund flicked in a T-5,000 chip for a bet of the same amount.

Brandstrom made a quick call but mucked his cards once he saw the A♠A♥ that his opponent tabled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Siemund	29,600
Simon Brandstrom	11,000 17,900	17,900

Tags: Pieter Siemund Simon Brandstrom

12-13-2023 16:56 UTC+2

Labat Flops an Ace

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Tyler Foran

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Rory Jennings opened 800 in the cutoff, and both Antoine Labat on the button and Hady El Asmar in the big blind made the call.

The dealer spread a flop of A♣K♦7♥, and El Asmar checked to Jennings who continued for 1,200. Only Labat called.

Both players proceeded to check it down on the 5♣ turn and 4♥ river. Jennings rolled over 3♣3♥, which was no good as Labat tabled A♠6♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Labat	53,100 2,100	2,100
Rory Jennings	26,600 2,400	2,400

Hady El Asmar	9,400 13,000	13,000

Tags: Antoine Labat Hady El Asmar Rory Jennings

12-13-2023 16:49 UTC+2

Batlle Takes It on the River

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Ollie Garland

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Three players were looking at a flop of 5♥A♣9♦.

Olivier Paris, in the small blind, checked the action to Ladislao Dalfo Batlle, in early position. Batlle bet out 1,300, Tiziano Di Romualdo called to his direct left, as did Paris.

The K♥ river saw Paris check again. Batlle bet out 3,000, Di Romualdo called and Paris folded.

The J♣ river saw Batlle fire once more, this time for 4,200, prompting Di Romualdo to fold. As he raked in the pot, Batlle tabled A♥8♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ladislao Dalfo Batlle	36,500 7,900	7,900
Tiziano Di Romualdo	28,000 26,000	26,000
Olivier Paris	23,000 5,800	5,800

Tags: Ladislao Dalfo Batlle Olivier Paris Tiziano Di Romualdo

12-13-2023 16:44 UTC+2

Kassouf Triples Up in the Lobby

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The €3,000 Mystery Bounty is always a popular tournament, and once again enough entries have been made that the overflow tables were filled up in the Hilton lobby.

On one of those tables, Alexandre Landron raised to 1,000 from the hijack and got called by William Kassouf in the cutoff. Agostino Scozzari then made it 3,800 to go from the button and both players came along.

On the 7♦Q♠3♠ flop, the action was checked to Scozzari, who made a bet of 8,000. Landron called before Kassouf shoved all in for 26,600. Scozzari said he put Kassouf on a set, but made the call anyway, and Landron stuck in his stack of 24,800 as well.

Alexandre Landron: A♠Q♥
William Kassouf: 3♥3♣
Agostino Scozzari: K♥K♦

Kassouf indeed had a set, and it held as no king appeared on the turn or river.

Landron exited while Kassouf stacked up his three starting stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Kassouf	90,400
Agostino Scozzari	21,000
Alexandre Landron	Busted

Tags: Agostino Scozzari Alexandre Landron William Kassouf

12-13-2023 16:40 UTC+2

Bogdanov Shoves the River

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Tyler Foran

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

In a heads-up pot, the completed board read Q♥5♠4♣4♦3♦ and there was about 24,000 in the middle. Him Chan checked before Yulian Bogdanov jammed all-in, having Chan covered.

Chan tanked for about 20 seconds before tossing his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yulian Bogdanov	57,500 57,500	57,500
Him Chan	23,900 6,100	6,100

Tags: Him Chan Yulian Bogdanov