$3,000 Mystery Bounty
Day 1 Started
2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$3,000 Mystery Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info
2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,509,072
Entries
894
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
779
Players Left
185
Players Left 1 / 894
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The 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus here at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa continues today with the $3,000 Mystery Bounty; Day 1 of this three-day event kicks off this afternoon at 2 p.m local time.
In 2023, it was Quan Zhou who emerged victorious after besting a field of 981 players. Zhou claimed the lion's share of the $1,683,396 prize pool, taking home $242,623 for the first-place prize.
2023’s $3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quan Zhou | Hong Kong | $242,623 |
| 2 | Walid Bou Habib | Lebanon | $242,623 |
| 3 | Dmitrii Nazarov | Romania | $133,400 |
| 4 | Dumitru Pora | Romania | $102,600 |
| 5 | Manuel Fischer | Germany | $78,950 |
| 6 | Dylan Destefano | United States | $60,700 |
| 7 | Jacques Der Megreditchian | France | $46,700 |
| 8 | Kemal Aslan | Turkey | $35,900 |
| 9 | Damir Zhugralin | Kazakhstan | $27,600 |
This is the second Mystery Bounty tournament to take place at EPT Cyprus, with Marcelo Bonanata taking down the $10,200 Mystery Bounty last week. Bonanata triumphed over Aleksejs Ponakovs in heads-up play to claim the $99,300 up top and a further $57,500 in additional bounties.
Late registration will be open until the beginning of Day 2, which kicks off on Thursday, October 17 at 12:30 p.m. On Level 15 of Day 2, the Mystery Bounties will come into play. Of the total entry fee, $1,000 will be put into the bounty prize pool which will generate prizes that will be confirmed once the prize pool is finalized.
Anyone who enters the Mystery Bounty will receive a starting stack of 30,000. The plan for Day 1 is to play 12 40-minute levels and while the registration period is open, players are allowed unlimited reentries. There will be a 15-minute break every three levels with a 65-minute dinner break after level 9.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
The cards are in the air and play has commenced for the day.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Aliaksei Chernak raised to 500 from the button, receiving calls from both the blinds.
The action checked to Chernak, who bet out 900 on the 4♣9♦8♠ flop. Iulian Petrache, in the small blind, check-raised to 4,500 earning a fold from both the big blind and Chernak.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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28,600
28,600
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28,600 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Roberto Tassi open limped and Ramzi Karam raised to 1,100 from late position. Elie Saad called on the button and Tassi called.
The flop came 8♣7♠Q♥ and Tassi checked. Karam bet 1,500, Saad called and Tassi folded. The turn was the 8♠ and Karam checked. Saad made it 2,500 and Karam called.
The river was the A♣ and both players checked to showdown. Karam had K♠Q♣ for a pair of queens, two pair with the eights on board. Saad mucked and Karam won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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26,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
The pot stood at 2,700 with two players looking at a board of 8♣Q♥9♣A♦.
Benjamin Lebo, in the small blind, checked the action to Oliver Heidel, in the cutoff. Heidel bet out 1,100 and Lebo clicked it back to 2,200. Heidel called.
The A♥ river saw Lebor bet again, this time for 4,000 and Heidel snap-called. Lebo rolled over J♠10♦ for a straight, but was beaten by Heidel's Q♦Q♣ for a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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18,500 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Action was picked up with Hassan Nashar betting 10,000 in the dark before the flop of 8♥Q♣9♦. Damir Gabdullin called on the button. Nashar then moved all in on the 3♠ and was snap-called by Gabdullin.
Damir Gabdullin: J♠10♠
Hassan Nashar: Q♠7♣
Gabdullin had flopped the nuts and Nashar was drawing dead. The 4♥ river was inconsequential.
The very next hand. Gabdullin opened to 600 from the button. Nashar put in the last of his stack from the big blind.
Hassan Nashar: 5♦4♦
Damir Gabdullin: A♦10♦
Gabdullin made two pair across the 3♦A♣6♣10♥Q♣ runout to secure the last of Nashar's stack. A sense of bewilderment fell upon the table as Nashar departed the tournament area.
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Anatoliy Zlotnikov limped in from the small blind. Nikola Gunchev raised to 800, from the big blind, and Zlotnikov responded with a reraise to 3,800. Gunchev called.
The Q♠8♥9♦ flop slowed down Zlotnikov, who checked and then called a bet of 4,000 from Gunchev.
The 5♠ turn saw Zlotnikov check again. Gunchev bet out 8,000 and Zlotnikov check-raised, moving all in for Gunchev's effective stack of 22,000. Gunchev snap-called,
Nikola Gunchev: 8♦8♣
Anatoliy Zlotnikov: A♠K♠
Gunchev's flopped set avoided a spade on the K♦ river, earning him a full double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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