€10,200 Mystery Bounty
Day 1 Completed
2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€10,200 Mystery Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
Buy-in
€10,200
Prize Pool
€437,100
Entries
93
Level
27
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
69
Players Left
39
Vlad Martynenko and Thomas Santerne Bag Top Stacks in Day 1 of the PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo €10,200 Mystery Bounty
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Play has finished for the day here at the Sporting Monte-Carlo in Day 1 of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo €10,200 Mystery Bounty and Vlad Martynenko is the chip leader with a stack of 436,500 heading into Day 2.
Martynenko won the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Event in the $1,500 FIFTY STACK No-Limit Hold'em and is looking to build on that bracelet win with an EPT title. In second place is Thomas Santerne with 428,000 chips. The Frenchman is looking for his second EPT title in as he claimed the €50,000 EPT Super High Roller at EPT Paris in February for €889,480. Rounding out the top three is Kazuhiko Yotsushika. He bagged a stack of 414,000 heading into Day 2 and is looking to add to his $2,485,013 in live tournament earnings.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Country | Chip Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vlad Martynenko | Ukraine | 436,500 | |
| 2 | Thomas Santerne | France | 428,000 | |
| 3 | Kazuhiko Yotsushika | Japan | 414,000 | |
| 4 | Vicente Delgado | Spain | 400,000 | |
| 5 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 392,500 | |
| 6 | Alejandro Lococo | Argentina | 310,000 | |
| 7 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 291,500 | |
| 8 | Damian Salas | Argentina | 272,500 | |
| 9 | Jon Vallinas | Spain | 265,000 | |
| 10 | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | 247,500 |
Other notable players to be bagging a stack outside of the top 10 are PokerStars Ambassador Sam Grafton who bagged 150,500, Ole Schemion who has 112,000 and Adrian Mateos who has 111,000.
The current prize pool stands at €324,300 but expect that to increase as more players will register before the end of the registration period which ends at the end of Level 10 tomorrow.
Day 2 starts at 12.30p.m. local time tomorrow with the blinds at 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 big blind ante. At the start of level 13, a Mystery Bounty token will be awarded to each remaining player and players who eliminate other players will collect the Mystery Bounty Token from the eliminated player.
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage of this €10,200 Mystery Bounty here at EPT Monte Carlo.
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Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
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End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
436,500
311,500
|
311,500 |
|
||
|
428,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
|
414,000
189,000
|
189,000 |
|
400,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
392,500
214,500
|
214,500 |
|
||
|
310,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
||
|
291,500
191,500
|
191,500 |
|
272,500
107,500
|
107,500 |
|
265,000
37,500
|
37,500 |
|
247,500
72,500
|
72,500 |
|
240,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
215,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
194,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
||
|
174,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
171,500
71,500
|
71,500 |
|
165,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
161,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
159,500
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
150,500
150,500
|
150,500 |
|
|
||
|
132,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
126,000
-74,000
|
-74,000 |
|
125,500
125,500
|
125,500 |
|
124,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
118,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
112,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
Play Finished for the Day
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The 39 remaining players on Day 1 have bagged and tagged ahead of play resuming tomorrow at 12.30 p.m. local time. Expect more entries tomorrow as late registration remains open until Level 10.
Stay tuned for the recap here on PokerNews.
Seven From Heaven for Nakdali
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Thomas Boivin opened from early position to 26,000. Action folded around to Yaman Nakdali who went all in for 93,000. Artur Martirosian shoved from the big blind for around 200,000. Boivin went into the tank before folding.
Yaman Nakdali: 7♠7♥
Artur Martirosian: A♦Q♣
Martirosian took the lead on the 4♣Q♠9♦ flop and held on the 6♣ turn. Nakdali stood up from his seat before the dealer flipped over the 7♦ on the river which gave him a set to claim a full double up from Martirosian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
186,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
175,000
34,500
|
34,500 |
|
65,000
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
|
||
Santerne Scoops on Flop
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Felipe Boianovsky opened from early position to 5,000. Action folded around to Thomas Santere who called from the cutoff. Malcolm Trayner reraised to 26,000 from the small blind. Both players called.
Action checked around to Santerne on the 4♦6♥5♥ flop before he elected to bet 17,000. Both Boianovsky and Trayner folded quickly leaving Santerne with the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
225,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
115,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
EPT Monte Carlo and SCOOP Bundles Up for Grabs With PokerStars Power Path
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The Power Path is now a permanent addition to PokerStars, as players can receive a $0.50 Step 1 Power Path ticket every single day as part of the new PokerStars Rewards programme. So there's never been a better time to have a look at how the Power Path can reward you and where it can take you.
Both live and online events have featured in the Power Path since its launch last summer, with Special Edition Gold Passes sending lucky players to the NAPT and Las Vegas Grand Prix last December.
Here’s look at the various Passes on offer, including both Gold and Silver Passes to EPT Monte Carlo and the upcoming Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP).
Last Hands
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Five more hands before play finishes for the end of Day 1.
Trayner Takes Pot from Hrabec
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Action was picked up at an all in and call announced. Malcolm Trayner was at risk versus the covering stack of Roman Hrabec.
Malcom Trayner: Q♣Q♦
Roman Hrabec: A♥K♣
The 2♣2♦5♦ flop was about as good as it gets for Trayner's pocket pair, and the Q♠ turn left Hrabec drawing dead and Trayner with a boat. The 7♦ river confirmed Trayner received a full double up from his 71,500 chip shove.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
143,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |