$1,100 Mystery Bounty ($1,000,000 GTD) Day 1b | 2023 PokerNews Cup

06-30-2023 11:04 UTC-12

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronnie Abro	113,000 63,000	63,000
Gloria Vallejo	64,000 7,000	7,000
Antoine Labat	50,000 5,000	5,000
Dongwuk Moon	35,000 65,000	65,000
Diogo Coelho	25,000 5,000	5,000
Brian Hastings	12,000 7,000	7,000

Jack Bittker	Busted
Angela Jordison	Busted

Bracelet Winners Collide

Liam Gannon

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Ryan Laplante raised to 2,000 in early position which saw a player in the hijack call and Cole Ferraro in the big blind call as well.

The flop of A♠A♥5♠ saw action check around to the 2♣ turn where Ferraro bet 2,500 which only Laplante called.

On the river 10♠, Ferraro checked over to Laplante who bet 7,200 and Ferraro sighed flashing 4♥ as he tossed his hand into the muck. Laplante showed A♦2♦ for aces full as he took in the pot from a fellow bracelet winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Laplante	42,100

Cole Ferraro	32,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Cole Ferraro Ryan Laplante

06-30-2023 10:50 UTC-12

Updated Stacks

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Calum Grant

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Dickstein	113,000 8,000	8,000
Andre Marques	85,000 55,000	55,000
Aaron Barone	30,000

Andras Nemeth	28,300
Harrison Ashdown	Busted

06-30-2023 10:48 UTC-12

Bremond Downs One

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Calum Grant

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The middle position player jammed for 11,300 and Roman Bremond called from the small blind.

Opponent: A♥8♥
Roman Bremond: 10♣10♠

the pocket pair was never troubled and held out following the K♣K♥8♠5♣Q♦ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Bremond	60,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

06-30-2023 10:16 UTC-12

Break Time

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Day 1b has seen 532 entries so far, and the players have been sent on a 15-minute break.

The guarantee has been eclipsed already, with $1,004,920 currently in the prize pool.

06-30-2023 10:14 UTC-12

Assorted Counts Around The Room

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Liam Gannon

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Shane Melert	111,000 111,000	111,000
Tarun Gulati	98,100 98,100	98,100
Jason Riesenberg	59,700 59,700	59,700
Joey Gargiulo	43,300 43,300	43,300
Josh Prager	43,100 43,100	43,100
Kenny Huynh	43,000 43,000	43,000

Alex Wheeler	42,000 42,000	42,000
Angela Jordison	34,100 16,100	16,100

Terence Reid	28,000 4,000	4,000
Ian O'Hara	27,800 27,800	27,800

Cole Ferraro	21,000 21,000	21,000

Greg Himmelbrand	14,200 14,200	14,200
Chris Tryba	12,900 12,900	12,900

Kevin Garosshen	11,300 11,300	11,300
Anna Antimony	Busted

06-30-2023 10:11 UTC-12

Kollar Gets a Double

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The middle position player opened to 1,500 before Forrest Kollar made it 4,000 from the cutoff. His opponent called.

The K♣2♥2♦ flop checked through to the 5♥ turn. Kollar bet 3,800 and was called.

Kollar then jammed for 13,000 on the K♥ river and his opponent called.

Kollar tabled Q♥Q♠ to best his opponent's 7x7x.

In last year's PokerNews Cup, Kollar finished in 3rd place for $92,095. Can the American put in another deep run this time around?

Player	Chips	Progress
Forrest Kollar	43,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Forrest Kollar PokerNews Cup

06-30-2023 10:08 UTC-12

Top Pair for Wilke

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Douglas Shirk limped in from the button and Dennis Wilke checked from the big blind.

Wilke check-called for 2,200 on the Q♣9♦3♥ flop before the 2♣ turn checked through to the 6♥ river.

Wilke led out for 2,500 and was called. The German tabled Q♥7♦ for top pair and Shirk mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Douglas Shirk	38,000 28,000	28,000
Dennis Wilke	32,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Dennis Wilke Douglas Shirk

06-30-2023 10:07 UTC-12

Petkov Jams on Bittker

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jack Bittker opened to 1,200 from middle position and the player on his direct left called. Lachezar Petkov clicked it to 4,100 and both players called.

Petkov continued for 3,500 on the K♥J♦3♥, and again both opponents called.

Action checked to Petkov for a second time, who jammed for 13,500 on the Q♠ turn. Bittker asked for a count and spent some time in the tank before folding and the final opponent quickly released their hand.