Chengxu Hu limped from under the gun, Mounim Kaddouri moved all in for 470,000 and Hu made the call.
Mounim Kaddouri: A♥10♠
Chengxu Hu: Q♦2♦
Kaddouri had the lead, but Hu flopped a flush draw and an open-ender on the K♣J♦10♦ flop. The 9♥ on the turn gave Hu the king-high straight and the 8♣ completed the board, leaving Kaddouri in disbelief as he headed to the pay out desk.
The bounty prizes have been announced and there is one top prize of $100,000! The majority of players will make at least $3,500 per knockout, but there is one booby prize of $1,000 that nobody wants!
It is time for some of the most electric envelope opening on the planet it is the $3,300 Paradise Mystery Bounty at the Mediterranean Poker Party!
Yesterday players poured in over three starting flights to qualify for payday. A total of 44 players have made it though to compete for the prizepool as well as claiming a mystery bounty for knocking someone out. The top bounty is an outstanding $100,000!
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Jan Schwippert
Germany
2,140,000
2
Vyacheslav Kardash
Russian Federation
1,715,000
3
Shahab Sahranavard
Finland
1,650,000
4
Aleksandras Rusinovas
Lithuania
1,410,000
5
Chaofei Wang
China
1,365,000
6
Mekan Yusupov
Turkey
1,180,000
7
Istvan Pilhofer
Hungary
1,070,000
8
Tahsin Cankurtaranli
Turkey
1,065,000
9
Pascal Hartman
Germany
885,000
10
Aleksei Istomin
Russian Federation
850,000
German Jan Schwippert is the overwhelming chip leader with 2,140,000. He will be looking to use his powerful stack to rack up the envelopes.
Cards will be in the air from midday, with blinds starting at 10,000/25,000 and a big blind ante of 25,000. Levels will increase every 30 minutes. Players will be able to cash in their bounty chips on the break, which are scheduled after every four levels.
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