$1,100 Luxon Pay Mystery Bounty
Day 2 Completed
$1,100 Luxon Pay Mystery Bounty
Day 2 Completed
The final day of the $1,100 Luxon Pay Mystery Bounty, running at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Casino in Northern Cyprus as part of the 2024 Mediterranean Poker Party, has now concluded. It took more than 18 hours of grinding on Day 2 for Aleksey Savenkov to emerge as the winner, taking home the grand prize of $85,000 plus bounties.
A total of 1,207 entries were made to the event throughout five flights, to create a prize pool of $1,207,000, surpassing the $1,000,0000 guarantee. 181 players returned for the final day of action, and the bustouts came fast and furious, losing losing almost half of the field by the third level of the day.
Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
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1 | Aleksey Savenkov | Russian Federation | $85,000 |
2 | Kirill Burtin | Russian Federation | $57,800 |
3 | Konstantin Generalov | Russian Federation | $41,200 |
4 | Vadzim Godzdanker | Belarus | $28,400 |
5 | Tamazi Skhirtladze | Georgia | $21,200 |
6 | Ebrahim Ehghaghi | Iran | $17,100 |
7 | Damir Gabdullin | Russian Federation | $14,300 |
8 | David Boyaciyan | Netherlands | $11,300 |
Savenkov dominated the entire final table, single handedly eliminating six of the final nine. Maxim Brovko was first to bust after the final table commenced when he jammed jack-ten suited but couldn’t defeat the ace-queen of Tamazi Skhirtladze despite flopping a straight a flush draw.
Although Aleksandr Kirichenko was unable to make it to the final table, he managed to pull the largest bounty worth $70,000 early in the day.
Bounty Prize | Count | Total Value |
---|---|---|
$70,000 | 1 | $70,000 |
$40,000 | 2 | $80,000 |
$25,000 | 3 | $75,000 |
$15,000 | 4 | $60,000 |
$10,000 | 6 | $60,000 |
$5,000 | 7 | $35,000 |
$3,000 | 12 | $36,000 |
$2,000 | 20 | $40,000 |
$1,500 | 43 | $64,500 |
$1,000 | 83 | $83,000 |
Action continued to be rapid, with only about 20 minutes passing before David Boyaciyan felt the wrath of Savenkov as well, finisihing in 8th place as he couldn’t win the race with ace-king against pocket sixes.
With seven left, action came to a halt, with nobody exiting the tournament for a little over two hours. Eventually, another victim of Savenkov fell as Damir Gabdullin who had just doubled up, immediately got his stack in the middle with pocket jacks, but ran into pocket queens.
It was deja vu as Ebrahim Ehghaghi had gotten his stack in the middle before the flop with pocket jacks once again, against Savenkov. This time he was up against five-three suited, and despite make a set of jacks, he still was forced to leave the tournament as Savenkov made a flush.
Falling next in fifth-place was Tamazi Skhirtladze who had gotten all of the chips in the middle before the flop with ace-jack, but ultimately couldn't hold against the ace-nine of Vadzim Godzdanker.
It didn't take long from here as Godzdanker fell short-stacked, and got the last few chips in with nine-seven, and couldn't defeat the ace-three of Savenkov.
Konstantin Generalov had quite the short-stack battle, doubling up several times but ultimately couldn't survive to the finish as his final blow came when he jammed king-eight suited on the button, and was called by Savenkov with ace-six in the blinds.
With Generalov eliminated, the heads-up battle began, with many back-and-forth pots, but the ultimate downswing for Kirill Burtin came after becoming short-stacked after running a bluff, and getting caught by Savenkov's trip eights.
Burtin continued to battle, until all of the chips went in the middle before the flop, and he was ahead with ace-high. However, Savenkov smashed the flop, with his king-queen suited, flopping a full house.
This concludes the $1,100 Luxon Pay Mystery Bounty coverage, stay tuned to PokerNews for more Merit Poker Action.
Kirill Burtin opened 8,000,000 on the buttton, and Aleksey Savenkov asked to see Burtin's chips before jammining all-in. Burtin snap-called his stack of 92,500,000.
Kirill Burtin: A♥10♣
Aleksey Savenkov: K♣Q♣
Burtin was the favorite but the K♠K♦Q♥ flop left his drawing nearly dead as he stood up from the table. The 8♠ hit the turn, and the 5♠ river was just a formality.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Aleksey Savenkov |
242,000,000
91,000,000
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91,000,000 |
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Kirill Burtin | Busted | |
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Level: 36
Blinds: 2,000,000/4,000,000
Ante: 4,000,000
Kirill Burtin raised 6,000,000 on the button with Q♣9♥, and Aleksey Savenkov defended with the A♠8♥.
The flop came K♥8♠3♦, and Savenkov check-called a bet of 5,500,000.
The 8♣ hit the turn, and Savenkov took the lead, firing 7,000,000. Burtin responded with a raise to 24,000,000. Savenkov went into the tank, using a time bank before making the call.
The 10♣ completed the board, and both players quickly checked, sending a massive pot to Savenkov.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Aleksey Savenkov |
151,000,000
23,000,000
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23,000,000 |
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Kirill Burtin |
91,000,000
-23,000,000
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-23,000,000 |
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Kirill Burtin opened to 6,000,000 with Q♥Q♣, and Aleksey Savenkov called with 3♣3♠.
The dealer fanned a flop of A♠8♥2♣, and Savenkov check-called a bet of 4,500,000.
When the 9♣ hit the turn, Savenkov check-called another bet, this time for 13,500,000.
The 7♥ completed the board, and both players tapped the table, sending the pot to Burtin.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Aleksey Savenkov |
128,000,000
-48,000,000
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-48,000,000 |
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Kirill Burtin |
114,000,000
27,000,000
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27,000,000 |
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Konstantin Generalov opened to 9,000,000 on the button, and Aleksey Savenkov shoved in the big blind. Generalov called off his stack of 20,000,000.
Konstantin Generalov: K♣8♣
Aleksey Savenkov: A♥6♣
The 10♦5♦4♠ flop was no help for Generalov but 8♠ turn gave him the lead once again. However, the A♠ hit the river, sending him out in 3rd place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Aleksey Savenkov |
176,000,000
53,000,000
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53,000,000 |
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Konstantin Generalov | Busted |
Aleksey Savenkov limped the small blind with 9♠6♣, and Konstantin Generalov checked his option with 4♦3♦.
The flop came J♦9♣6♦, giving Savenkov two pair, while Generalov picked up a flush draw.
Savenkov led for 4,000,000, and Generalov called.
The J♥ hit the turn, and Savenkov check-called a bet of 5,000,000.
The 5♠ completed the board, and Savenkov checked for a final time. Generalov dropped 3,000,000, and Savenkov looked annoyed as he put in the call.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Aleksey Savenkov |
123,000,000
22,000,000
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22,000,000 |
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Kirill Burtin |
87,000,000
-6,000,000
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-6,000,000 |
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Konstantin Generalov |
31,500,000
-23,500,000
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-23,500,000 |
Level: 35
Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000
Ante: 3,000,000
Aleksey Savenkov limped on the button with A♠8♥, and Kirill Burtin checked his option, holding J♥9♥.
The dealer spread a flop of K♣8♠7♦, and Burtin check-called a bet of 2,500,000.
The 10♦ hit the turn, giving Burtin a straight, and he checked once again. Savenkov checked as well.
The 8♣ landed on the river, improving Savenkov to trip eights and Burtin took the lead, firing 4,500,000. Savenkov responded by raising to 20,000,000.
Burtin called quickly, sending a massive pot his way.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Aleksey Savenkov |
101,000,000
-14,000,000
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-14,000,000 |
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Kirill Burtin |
93,000,000
37,000,000
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37,000,000 |
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