€3,000 Mystery Bounty Day 2 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-22-2024 15:40 UTC+1

Miniucchi Busts Nouchi; Damages Kozhomzharov

Richard Hayes

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Three players cards were on their backs and Marcello Miniucchi was scooping in the pot, having knocked out Maxime Nouchi and held in a side pot against Aibek Kozhomzharov.

Nouchi had 4♣4♦, Kozhomzharov had 10♥10♦ and Marcello Miniucchi had A♦A♥ on A♣4♠9♠7♣5♠, Miniucchi scooping the pot with a set of aces, while Nouchi was unfortunate his set of fours was no good, while Kozhomzharov ended up last in the three horse race with his pair of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcello Miniucchi	285,000 179,000	179,000
Aibek Kozhomzharov	80,000 90,000	90,000
Maxime Nouchi	Busted

Tags: Aibek Kozhomzharov Marcello Miniucchi Maxime Nouchi

02-22-2024 15:35 UTC+1

€50,000 and €25,000 Bounty Already Pulled

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Matt Warburton

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Following a rush of players queuing for at the bounty desk during the break, one of the top prizes has been taken, along with one of the second biggest prizes.

Kartik Ved was the first player in the tournament to pull one of the four available €50,000 prizes.

Also among the big bounty winners so far, Ram Faravash has pulled one of the €25,000 bounties as well as a €10,000 prize.

Others to pull €10,000 bounties include Bruno Bernardino, Tamer Kamel, Samuel Miller, Jaime Niell Alomar, and Christophe Panetti.

Bounty Prize	Count	Remaining	Total Value	Remaining Value
€ 50,000	4	3	€ 200,000	€ 150,000
€ 25,000	6	5	€ 150,000	€ 125,000
€ 10,000	15	9	€ 150,000	€ 90,000
€ 5,000	25	19	€ 125,000	€ 95,000
€ 2,000	1	0	€ 2,000	€ 0
€ 1,000	358	261	€ 358,000	€ 261,000
€ 1,000	10	10	€ 10,000	€ 10,000
€ 500	4	0	€ 2,000	€ 0

Tags: Bruno Bernardino Christophe Panetti Jaime Niell Alomar Kartik Ved Ram Faravash Samuel Miller Tamer Kamel

02-22-2024 15:27 UTC+1

Hajdari Coolers Vogelsang

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Richard Hayes

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Around 44,000 was in the middle on 5♥3♠6♥J♥ when Tom Vogelsang in the big blind check-raised to 35,000 versus a bet of 16,000 from Fehim Hajdari. Hajdari called.

On the 3♦ river, Vogelsang put the rest of his chips in the middle and Hajdari snap-called.

Vogelsang showed 8♥3♥ for the eight-high flush and Hajdari had Q♥9♥ for the queen-high flush, allowing Hajdari to claim his second knockout of the day in short order.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fehim Hajdari	415,000 75,000	75,000
Tom Vogelsang	Busted

Tags: Fehim Hajdari Tom Vogelsang

02-22-2024 15:26 UTC+1

Joyce Runs Into Aces Blind Versus Blinds

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Matt Warburton

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Toby Joyce was all in preflop for around 30,000 from the big blind against Aibek Kozhomzharov in the small blind, who had him well covered as players flipped their cards.

Toby Joyce: Q♣Q♥
Aibek Kozhomzharov: A♣A♦

The board ran out 9♣10♠8♣A♥9♠. Kozhomzharov further improved to a set on the turn and made a full house by the river, aces full of nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aibek Kozhomzharov	170,000 90,000	90,000
Toby Joyce	Busted

Tags: Aibek Kozhomzharov Toby Joyce

02-22-2024 15:21 UTC+1

Bayer Busts Kesanen

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Patrick Cole

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Mathias Bayer opened from early position to 9,000. Action folded around to Jan-Mikael Kesänen who defended the big blind.

He checked the J♦9♦J♣ to Bayer for fired a bet of 4,000. Kesänen made the call before the checking the 5♣ turn. Bayer bet 50,000, enough to put Kesänen all in, who had around 20,000 behind. Kesänen made the call and the players showed down.

Jan-Mikael Kesänen: A♦6♣
Mathias Bayer: K♣K♥

Kesänen needed to find an ace to win the pot, but Bayer made a full house on the J♥ river which eliminated Kesänen from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathias Bayer	280,000 235,000	235,000
Jan-Mikael Kesanen	Busted

Tags: Mathias Bayer Jan-Mikael Kesänen

02-22-2024 15:20 UTC+1

Demri Locks Up Pot With River Bet

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Matt Warburton

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jeremie Demri raised to 9,000 from early position, Rayane Benounnane three-bet to 23,000 from late position, and Demri called.

The flop came 9♦A♣A♠. Demri checked, Benounnane bet 6,000, and Demri check-raised to 15,000. Benounnane then reraised to 25,000 and Demri called.

The turn was the 9♥ and both players checked. The river came the 2♦. Demri led out for 30,000 and Benounnane folded to give him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rayane Benounnane	290,000 290,000	290,000
Jeremie Demri	160,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Jeremie Demri Rayane Benounnane

02-22-2024 15:12 UTC+1

Hajdari Eliminates Weis

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Richard Hayes

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Fehim Hajdari opened to 8,000 from middle position and was met with a three-bet jam from Oliver Weis in the big blind for around 90,000. Hajdari made the quick call.

Oliver Weis: A♣9♥
Fehim Hajdari: J♠J♣

Weis was in trouble with only one overcard versus Hajdari's pair of jacks, and no help arrived on the 10♣6♣4♠3♠K♣ runout. Hajdari collected his first bounty of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fehim Hajdari	340,000 241,500	241,500
Oliver Weis	Busted

Tags: Fehim Hajdari Oliver Weis

02-22-2024 15:09 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts (full)

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Tyler Foran

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Rodrigues	661,000 450,000	450,000
Christian Rotundo	600,000 242,500	242,500
Gediminas Uselis	599,000 499,000	499,000
Frederik Thiemer	589,000 567,500	567,500
Kartik Ved	490,000 120,000	120,000
Marvin Ben Haim	463,000 355,500	355,500
Samuel Fournier	440,000 193,000	193,000
Elie Dib	440,000 67,500	67,500
Luis Andre Rodrigues Dono	430,000 430,000	430,000
Ram Faravash	415,000 415,000	415,000
Lorenzo Cendali	412,000 247,000	247,000
Juan Carlos Vecino Dueñas	409,000 409,000	409,000
Mark Buckley	395,000 395,000	395,000
Bruno Porto	366,000 366,000	366,000
David Miscikowski	350,000 234,000	234,000
Ibrahim Ghassan	350,000 239,000	239,000
Fouad Toujani	325,000 180,500	180,500
Salomon Azria	322,000 58,000	58,000
Ricardo Caridade	320,000 61,000	61,000
Rayane Mokhtar	309,000 270,000	270,000
Robert-Andrei Burlacu	305,000 130,000	130,000
Bernd Gleibner	294,000 294,000	294,000
Daridge Saidi	271,000 271,000	271,000
Mario Navarro Arrocha	270,000 195,000	195,000
Fahredin Mustafov	270,000 43,000	43,000

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Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

02-22-2024 14:43 UTC+1

This Emerging Star is the Latest Addition to PokerStars Team Pro

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Josh Noy

Level 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

France is poker crazy and has produced some of the biggest names in the industry, such as Bertrand Grospellier and Antoine Saout, so it has been quite the surprise to see the "tricolore" omitted from the PokerStars Team Pro roster over the last few years.

However, at the 2024 European Poker Tour stop in Paris, PokerStars' search for the face for their French expansion finally ended with the latest addition to the team.

Meet the newest PokerStars Team Pro