2023 PokerNews Cup

$1,100 Mystery Bounty ($1,000,000 GTD)
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 PokerNews Cup

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$176,540
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$2,261,070
Entries
2,331
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
292
Players Left
9

Maliauka Has All the Jacks

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

A player moved all in for 265,000 in the cutoff and on the button, Clyde Maliauka moved all in for more and everyone else folded.

Opponent: AQ
Clyde Maliauka: JJ

The board ran out AJ4J6 and Maliauka made four jacks to scoop a near double up at the expense of his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Clyde Maliauka us
Clyde Maliauka
610,000
367,000
367,000

Tags: Clyde Maliauka

Kerrien Nears 2 Million

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action was picked with cards on their backs with Clement Kerrien having another player at risk for his last 310,000.

Opponent: KQ
Clement Kerrien: AK

The board ran out as no help to the king-queen and Kerrien's chip count rose even higher.

Kerrien had also pulled the $75,000 bounty and looks to add even more numbers to his overall haul.

Player Chips Progress
Clement Kerrien fr
Clement Kerrien
1,950,000
1,547,000
1,547,000

Tags: Clement Kerrien

Big Batch of Bust Outs

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sarkis Maroutian us
Sarkis Maroutian
Busted
Francisco Correia br
Francisco Correia
Busted
Yuchung Chang tw
Yuchung Chang
Busted
Noam Muallem il
Noam Muallem
Busted
Dipanjan Chattopadhyay us
Dipanjan Chattopadhyay
Busted
Alan Ferraro it
Alan Ferraro
Busted
David Jackson us
David Jackson
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Wooseok Kim kr
Wooseok Kim
Busted
Anthony Alonso
Anthony Alonso
Busted
Tristan Jappa us
Tristan Jappa
Busted
Daniel Montagnolli at
Daniel Montagnolli
Busted
Arnaldo Gordon us
Arnaldo Gordon
Busted
Hyon Kim us
Hyon Kim
Busted
Agustin Naranja ar
Agustin Naranja
Busted
Anthony Harach
Anthony Harach
Busted
David Hoag us
David Hoag
Busted
Shane Melert us
Shane Melert
Busted
Brooks Floyd us
Brooks Floyd
Busted
Amarpal Banger us
Amarpal Banger
Busted
Xiaoyan Wang
Xiaoyan Wang
Busted
Guan-Lun Cheng
Guan-Lun Cheng
Busted
Joseph Shammas us
Joseph Shammas
Busted
Zal Irani us
Zal Irani
Busted
James Koenig
James Koenig
Busted
Cliff Yuan us
Cliff Yuan
Busted

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Vo Collects A Bounty

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Norman Michalek raised to 40,000 in late position, only to see Viet Vo three-bet to 135,000. The big blind moved all in for 155,000 and both players called.

The board ran out A7767 and action checked down to the river where Vo bet 90,000 and Michalek folded.

Opponent: QQ
Viet Vo: A9

Vo's sevens full of aces was good to best his opponent's sevens full of queens and he took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Viet Vo us
Viet Vo
1,510,000
966,000
966,000
Norman Michalek us
Norman Michalek
855,000
-345,000
-345,000

Tags: Norman MichalekViet Vo

Final $100K & $75K Bounties Pulled

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Bounty Winners
Bounty Winners

The final $100,000 and $75,000 mystery bounty prizes have been pulled, with Michael Lo grabbing the six-figure prize while Clement Kerrien bagged himself the $75,000 envelope.

Bounty PrizeNo. of PrizesLeft
$100,00020
$75,00020
$50,00021
$25,00021
$15,00020
$10,00030
$6,000105
$2,00074
$1,5002215
$1,000235107
$50050

Tags: Clement KerrienMichael Lo

Rubinstein Soaring

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Donny Rubinstein
Donny Rubinstein

Donny Rubinstein raised to 45,000 from under the gun and saw both blinds come along.

On the K46 flop, action checked over to Rubinstein who moved all in. The small blind called for 350,000 effective while the big blind folded.

Small blind: A10
Donny Rubinstein: AK

The board ran out A7 and Rubinstein collected a bounty while adding to his growing chip stack.

Player Chips Progress
Donny Rubinstein us
Donny Rubinstein
1,350,000
250,000
250,000

Tags: Donny Rubinstein

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

Mckellar Survives With Rockets

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Pierce Mckellar raised to 50,000 in the hijack, which saw the button call and everyone else fold.

The flop peeled off 10103 and Mckellar checked over to the button who bet 80,000. Mckellar raised to 230,000 and his opponent moved all in for 650,000 effective and Mckellar went into the tank before calling to put himself at risk.

Pierce Mckellar: AA
Opponent: 76

The board ran out 38 and the aces held up against the flush draw for Mckellar to survive in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Pierce Mckellar us
Pierce Mckellar
1,515,000
1,292,000
1,292,000

Tags: Pierce Mckellar