$3,000 Mystery Bounty
Day 2 Started
2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$3,000 Mystery Bounty
Day: 2
Event Info
2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,509,072
Entries
894
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
305
Players Left
15
Players Left 1 / 894
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The PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa continues today with Day 2 of the $3,000 Mystery Bounty. Over yesterday's only starting flight, 779 players found their way to the felt to compete. Of those, only 185 remain. However, with registration still open until the start of Day 2, this number is only anticipated to grow.
As the dust settled, it was Uladzimir Zhyharau who took the all-important title of chip leader, accumulating an impressive sum of 368,000. However, Zhyharau was closely tailed for the accolade as his nearest competitor, Ray Qartomy, secured an equally plentiful stack of 360,000.
Start of Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts:
| Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| Uladzimir Zhyharau | Belarus | 368,000 |
| Ray Qartomy | United States | 360,000 |
| Karen Nazarian | Russia | 349,500 |
| Lukas Zaskodny | Czech Republic | 321,500 |
| Morten Klein | Norway | 320,500 |
| Stoyan Obreshkov | Bulgaria | 309,500 |
| Nenad Dukic | Croatia | 303,000 |
| Georges Sultanem | Lebanon | 296,000 |
| Matthias Lipp | Austria | 290,000 |
| Aleksandr Kirichenko | Russia | 285,000 |
A stacked field of familiar faces ensured many notable names would be returning to the felt for Day 2. High-stakes regular Morten Klein managed to accumulate a top-ten start after winning a monster pot late into Day 1; Klein’s full house had an easy decision when Moussa Thibaut turned his missed flush draw into a big bluff.
German crusher Samuel Ju will also be returning to the field this afternoon. Ju fired more than one bullet in yesterday’s flight, but it was his final attempt late into the night that yielded the best result. The floor had already announced just five more hands will be played to conclude yesterday’s Day 1 flight; Ju sat down to play his first hand of this bullet and instantly sucked out to double up.
At the start of Day 2, all players will be given a Mystery Bounty Token upon seating; if you eliminate a player you will collect their Mystery Bounty Token. Any time after 5:15 p.m. (the second break), players can take any collected tokens to the Mystery Bounty desk to draw an envelope. The Mystery Bounty prize amounts will be determined by tournament entries and remaining players and will be announced by the tournament floor.
PokerNews will have boots on the ground for the entirety of this Mystery Bounty as the event plays down to a winner tomorrow, so be sure to stick with the live updates to keep up with all the action.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The cards are in the air and play has commenced for the day.
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Enzo Enzo raised from under the gun, Yannick Schumacher three-bet jammed for 30,500 from the small blind and Enzo called.
Yannick Schumacher: K♥K♦ 
Enzo Enzo: A♣J♠
The board ran out 4♠10♦7♠6♦10♠; Schumacher's kings held to double him up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
60,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Tom Middleton was all in for around 6,000. Sebastien Compte moved all in from the small blind to isolate the chips.
Tom Middleton: 9♣8♣
Sebastien Compte: A♣A♥
The Q♥4♦8♠ flop provided Middleton with a pair but he still needed to improve. The A♠ turn gave Compte top set and the river 8♥ gave him a full house and Middleton trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Dumitru Pora was all-in with a starting stack from middle position against Aleksandr Pustovoi, who had him covered as players flipped their cards.
Dumitru Pora: 10♣10♠
Aleksandr Pustovoi: Q♥Q♠
The board ran out 10♦5♠6♣K♦8♦ and Pora made a set of tens on the flop. He held to crack Pustovoi's queens and doubled up his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Anze Smajd opened to 30,000 from the button. Damir Gabdullin called from the small blind meaning he was all-in for 14,000.
Damir Gabdullin: K♣K♦
Anze Smajd: 8♠8♦
The runout of A♠4♦10♠10♣6♣ was clean for Gabdullin and he secured the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
19,500
|
19,500 |
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The action was caught as Brandon Sheils, in the big blind, was all-in and at risk for his stacking stack against Jessica Teusl, in middle position.
Brandon Sheils: 5♥5♠
Jessica Teusl: A♣K♦
Sheils was ahead in this flip until the flop landed 4♣A♥A♠ to give Teusl trips. The 9♣ turn and 8♠ river had Sheils out of his seat as he exited the tournament floor.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
106,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
Busted |
