Ihor Kotyk opened to 500 from under the gun. Alon Huberman called in early position. The rest of the table folded.
Kotyk led the 6♦A♣5♦ flop for 700. Huberman called. Kotyk slowed down on the 6♠ prompting a 1,100 bet from Huberman. Kotyk folded quickly and Huberman took the pot.
Action folded around to James Nixon who opened to 700 from the small blind. Sergiy Dudka called in the big blind.
Nixon led the 9♠8♣A♠ flop for 600 and Dudka called. Nixon slowed down and checked the 10♦ turn before Dudka bet 1,500. Nixon called. The 2♠ river was checked down , Nixon tabled K♦K♥ but was pipped by Dudka's A♦4♠ for top pair.
The 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo here at the Sporting Monte-Carlo 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 Jeremie Zouari who emerged victorious after besting a field of 678 players. Zouari lay claim to the lion's share of the €1,163,448 prize pool, taking home €194,310 for the first-place prize.
2023’s Final Table Payouts
Place
Player
Country
Prize
Bounties
Total
1
Jeremie Zouari
France
€194,310
€8,000
€202,310
2
Anton Kraous
Bulgaria
€170,187
€14,000
€184,187
3
Antoine Labat
France
€100,050
€38,000
€138,050
4
Ignacio Sole Aparicio
Spain
€76,950
€10,000
€86,950
5
Jon Ander Vallinas
Spain
€59,200
€8,000
€67,200
6
Andrea Crobu
Italy
€45,550
€27,000
€72,550
7
Aliaksei Boika
Belarus
€35,050
€53,000
€88,050
8
Igor Yaroshevskyy
Ukraine
€26,950
€5,000
€31,950
9
Fabio Peluso
Italy
€20,700
€10,000
€30,700
This is the second Mystery Bounty tournament to take place at EPT Monte Carlo, with Antoine Labat taking down the €10,200 Mystery Bounty last week. Labat triumphed over Felipe Boianovsky in heads-up play to claim the €116,800 up top and €40,000 in additional bounties.
Antoine Labat
Late registration will be open until the beginning of Day 2, which kicks off on Wednesday, May 1, 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 bounties 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 twelve 40-minute levels and while the registration period is open, players are allowed unlimited reentries.
As always, be sure to keep it locked in with PokerNews to keep up with all the action from this exciting event.
