First, Nicola Grieco doubled up Maria Konnikova, who had Ax9x. Then, after an open raise to 4,000, Grieco three-bet to 16,500. When Javier Gomez shoved all-in, the initial raiser considered calling but ultimately opted against it with Grieco still to act. Grieco also folded, losing approximately 70,000 chips over the course of two hands.
Besiana Antoni opened from early position to 4,000. Action folded around to Ihor Kotyk who called in the small blind and Ut Tam Vo defended the big blind.
The 10♦K♦10♥ flop was checked around. Kotyk checked the K♣ turn and Vo bet 2,000. Antoni called and Kotyk folded. Vo then led the 6♥ river for 3,000. Antoni took a moment before calling. She tabled A♥Q♠ which bested Vo's A♣J♠.
Yiannis Liperis opened the button to 5,000. Boris Kolev reraised all in for around 20,000 in the small blind. Liperis called as the covering stack.
Boris Kolev: A♦9♦
Yiannis Liperis A♥J♣
Kolev's ace was dominated and found no help on the 7♣4♣5♦ flop. The 4♦ turn gave him a straight draw but he couldn't get there on the 10♣ river and was sent to the rail.
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Day 2 of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo €3,000 Mystery Bounty kicks off today at Sporting Monte-Carlo, here in the glamourous principality of Monaco.
This three-day event, starting at 12:30 p.m. local time, is sure to see plenty of action and bounties galore, with players battling it out for chips and tokens to reveal a selection of mystery bounties. The bounty tokens come into play today at the start of Level 15.
The chip leader is Alan Ferraro with 429,000. Sylwester Fortuna is the current runner-up in second place with 392,500 and is closely followed by Igor Pihela in third with 380,000. They are looking to replicate last years winner Jeremie Zouari who scooped a grand total of €202,310 inclusive of bounties.
€3,000 Mystery Bounty Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Alan Ferraro
Italy
429,000
2
Sylwester Fortuna
Poland
392,500
3
Igor Pihela
Estonia
380,000
4
Nir Sharon
USA
338,000
5
Kamal Bejjani
Lebanon
315,000
6
Mengshi Tian
Hong Kong
315,000
7
Alfonso Simone
Italy
300,000
8
Sergi Reixach
Spain
275,000
9
Umberto Zaffagnini
Italy
261,000
10
Andrija Robovic
Croatia
255,000
Jeremie Zouari
Other notable players that made it through to Day 2 include 2017 PokerStars Championship Prague Main Event champion Kalidou Sow with 240,000 and this year's €50,000 EPT Paris Super High Roller winner Thomas Santerne with 85,000.
PokerStars AmbassadorsParker Talbot (216,000), Ramon Colillas (105,000), Benjamin Spragg (98,000) and Maria Konnikova (50,000) also found a bag.
Action commences with blinds at 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante. Fifteen 40-minute levels will be played today. There will be two 20-minute breaks at the end of Level 15 and 18 in addition to a 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 21. The final 20-minute break will take place after Level 24. Late registration remains open until the start of Day 2.
Stay tuned as PokerNews will be bringing you all the action and updates from here on the French Riviera at EPT Monte Carlo.
