Event #8: $1,600 Mystery Bounty
Day 1h Started
Event #8: $1,600 Mystery Bounty
Day 1h Started
The final flight will be starting at 5 p.m. here at The Lodge Poker Club in Round Rock, Texas. There has been a total of 317 entries through the first six starting flights and another 192 in Day 1g which is currently ongoing in Event 6: $1,600 Mystery Bounty $1 Million Guaranteed .
Elliot Smith is in front of the 48 current survivors for Day 2, having 756,500 in chips after finding some steam late on Day 1e. Closest behind him is Michael Reisman who topped Day 1f with 717,000 and is the only other player that has passed the 600,000 mark.
Day | Entries | Remaining | Chip Leader | Chip Count |
1a | 53 | 7 | Matthew Meyer | 581,500 |
1b | 31 | 4 | Robert Hunt | 497,500 |
1c | 37 | 5 | Jeremy Kenter | 581,000 |
1d | 34 | 5 | Gordon Granger | 414,500 |
1e | 76 | 10 | Elliot Smith | 756,500 |
1f | 86 | 11 | Michael Reisman | 717,000 |
1g | 192 | 24 | TBD | -- |
1h | -- | -- | -- |
All registrants will sit down to 40,000 in chips for the first day and will play down until just 12% of the field is left standing. There will be unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 7 for anyone who takes an unlucky exit or wants to jump in for the first time. Blinds will begin at 100/200 with 40-minutes to play each level.
All survivors of the Day 1 flights will return on Sunday, May 15. Anyone who bags more than once will get a bounty chip for each extra bag, playing their highest-valued stack moving forward. Each bounty can be redeemed on the second day for an envelope that contains a prize that ranges from $1,000 all the way up to the $100,000 first-place prize.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Play has begun in Day 1h with 29 entries showing on the clock at the start of play.
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Action was picked up on the turn on a board reading . Dylan Easley bet 2,000. He got raised to 8,300 by Vy Nguyen, Easley called.
The river came the to pair the board. Action went check-check.
Nguyen showed the for two pair but the river pairing on the end cost him as Easley showed the for the better two pair and he took the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dylan Easley | 48,000 | 48,000 |
Vy Nguyen | 29,000 | 29,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Ostapchenko | 40,000 | -32,000 |
Salim Salem | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Mohammad Bagheri | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Brandon Lulov | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Chad Keating | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Don Icawat | 40,000 | 40,000 |
John Clancy | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Eric Salazar | 40,000 | -9,300 |
Young Ryu | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Chris Staats | 40,000 | -80,000 |
Trey Valkenaar
|
40,000 | -14,000 |
Action came in on the turn as the board read . Terry Morales bet 2,800 from middle position. Salim Salem was in the cutoff and made a big raise to 15,000.
Morales thought it out for a while before he laid down his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Terry Morales
|
45,000 | 45,000 |
Salim Salem | 38,000 | -2,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300