$1,100 Mystery Bounty ($1,000,000 GTD) Day 2 | 2023 PokerNews Cup

07-02-2023 13:03 UTC-12

Bouquet Cracks Aces with Kings

Calum Grant

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Vid Zagar opened to 100,000 from early position and was called by Terry Gonzaga from middle position. Rui Bouqeut three-bet to 350,000, folding out Zagar. Gonzaga then jammed and Bouqeut snap-called for his tournament life, with his 1,450,000 stack.

Rui Bouquet: K♥K♦
Terry Gonzaga: A♠A♦

Gonzaga was disgusted with the K♣Q♦6♣ flop and couldn't find his two outs on the 3♣ turn or 10♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rui Bouquet	3,150,000 2,931,000	2,931,000
Vid Zagar	1,300,000 632,000	632,000
Terry Gonzaga	820,000 602,000	602,000

Tags: Rui Bouqout Terry Gonzaga

07-02-2023 13:04 UTC-12

Raleigh Growing Higher

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Liam Gannon

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Forrest Raleigh raised to 100,000 from under the gun and a player called on the button while the big blind came along as well.

The flop rolled off 8♣J♦3♠ and action checked over to the button who bet 125,000. The big blind then moved all in for 710,000. Raleigh thought for a bit before putting his bounty chip in the middle to signify he was all in and the button folded.

Big blind: K♥J♣
Forrest Raleigh: A♦J♠

The board ran out 2♥6♣, giving no help for the big blind and allowing Raleigh to add more chips to his growing stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Forrest Raleigh	3,010,000 1,210,000	1,210,000

Tags: Forrest Raleigh

07-02-2023 13:12 UTC-12

Garles Gathering

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Liam Gannon

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Action was picked up with cards on their backs between Tim Garles in the cutoff and another player from early position who was all in for his last 510,000.

Opponent: AxQx
Tim Garles: A♦K♥

The board ran out 2♣6♠4♥J♣J♠ and the ace-king held up for Garles to take down the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Garles	2,230,000 2,230,000	2,230,000

Tags: Tim Garles

07-02-2023 13:17 UTC-12

Patni Spikes a Set

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Calum Grant

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Alex Lindop opened to 100,000 from middle position before Kunal Patni three-bet to 310,000 from the small blind. Lindop went into the tank and then jammed for 920,000 and Patni quickly called.

Alex Lindop: 10♠10♣
Kunal Patni: 9♣9♠

Lindop remained in front following the K♠7♣2♣ flop and 3♥ turn. However, the 9♦ river gave Patni a set and he claimed the pot as well as Lindop's bounty chip.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kunal Patni	3,000,000 970,000	970,000

Alex Lindop	Busted

Tags: Alex Lindop Kunal Patni

07-02-2023 13:25 UTC-12

Set Over Set Benefits Kelly

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Calum Grant

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Mohamed Kerkeni and Johnny Kelly had their stacks in the middle on the 5♦2♠9♠ flop, with Kerkeni as the shorter stack.

Mohamed Kerkeni: 2♦2♣
Johnny Kelly: 5♠5♣

It was another cooler in the PokerNews Cup, with Kelly on the better side of it.

His set of fives were ahead of the set of deuces of Kerkerni, who was eliminated following the 9♣ river.

"Set over set this deep into a tournament? Sick," chimed one of their tablemates.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Kelly	4,100,000 115,000	115,000
Mohamed Kerkeni	Busted

Tags: Johnny Kelly Mohamed Kerkeni

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

07-02-2023 13:30 UTC-12

Ravi Falls To Cemm

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Liam Gannon

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Thomas Cemm moved all in for 895,000 from the button and in the big blind, Manoj Ravi called for the exact same amount to put himself at risk, too.

Thomas Cemm: K♦J♦
Manoj Ravi: 5♥5♣

The board ran out Q♦Q♣6♥K♥3♣. With Cemm's king-jack finding a cowboy on the turn, he doubled up and the start-of-day chip leader exited the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Cemm	1,865,000 1,462,000	1,462,000
Manoj Ravi	Busted

Tags: Manoj Ravi Thomas Cemm

07-02-2023 13:40 UTC-12

Latest Eliminations

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Calum Grant

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Holtz	Busted
Randall Obando Aguilar	Busted
Bruno Paulo Bernardino	Busted
Plamen Yakimov	Busted
Casey Sandretto	Busted

Gilad Grinberg	Busted
Jeremy Clemons	Busted
Donny Rubinstein	Busted
Andrew White	Busted
Stefan Nemetz	Busted

07-02-2023 13:50 UTC-12

Galindo Doubles Through Kelly

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Liam Gannon

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Action was picked up on the river in a massive pot between Johnny Kelly in the cutoff and Humberto Lopes Galindo in the small blind.

With a board reading 5♥7♣Q♦A♣8♣, Galindo checked over to Kelly who bet 310,000. Galindo thought for a bit before moving all in for 1,385,000 and after some thought, Kelly called.

Humberto Lopes Galindo: K♣J♣
Johnny Kelly: A♥8♥

Kelly had rivered aces up, but it was no good against the rivered flush of Galindo, who took a sizable chunk out of Kelly's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Humberto Lopes Galindo	3,300,000 2,350,000	2,350,000
Johnny Kelly	2,400,000 1,700,000	1,700,000

Tags: Humberto Lopes Galindo Johnny Kelly

07-02-2023 13:55 UTC-12

Himmelbrand Exits The Tournament

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Liam Gannon

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Forrest Raleigh raised to 130,000 in the cutoff and on the button Greg Himmelbrand moved all in for 745,000 and action folded back around to Raleigh who thought for a bit before calling.

Greg Himmelbrand: 7♣7♥
Forrest Raleigh: 8♦8♥

The board ran out A♠3♦9♥A♥3♣ and the eights up held for Raleigh while Himmelbrand ended his deep run.