€10,200 Mystery Bounty | 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-09-2022 18:41 UTC+1

Arthur Conan Eliminated in 6th Place (€25,880)

Connor Richards

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Arthur Conan opened to 85,000 from the cutoff and Francisco Benitez three-bet to 250,000 on the button. Action folded back around and Conan four-bet jammed a stack of about 1,000,000. Benitez called with a bigger stack.

Arthur Conan:
Francisco Benitez:

Conan had the inferior pair and the runout of didn't change things to send him out in sixth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Benitez	3,600,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Arthur Conan	Busted

Tags: Arthur Conan Francisco Benitez

08-09-2022 18:31 UTC+1

Yazan Mdanat Eliminated in 7th Place (€20,700)

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Brandon Bloom

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Yazan Mdanat jammed for 490,000 under the gun and Francisco Benitez called in the hijack.

Yazan Mdanat:
Francisco Benitez:

Mdanat was in rough shape against the rockets and the flop left him needing running cards, but the board completed with the and to eliminate the Jordanian player in seventh place for €20,700.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Benitez	2,550,000 550,000	550,000
Yazan Mdanat	Busted

Tags: Francisco Benitez Yazan Mdanat

08-09-2022 18:24 UTC+1

Igor Pihela Sr. Eliminated in 8th Place (€16,560)

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Brandon Bloom

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Before the blinds went up, Joris Ruijs opened to 60,000 in early position, Yazan Mdanat flatted in the cutoff, and Igor Pihela moved all in on the button for his stack of approximately 600,000. Ruijs called and Mdanat folded.

Joris Ruijs:
Igor Pihela:

Pihela ran into the cowboys, and although the flop gave a bit of hope, the turn and river completed the board to eliminate the Estonian Day 1 chipleader in eighth place for €16,560, while the Dutch Ruijs' good fortune continued as he added to his chip lead shortly after he pulled the €100,000 bounty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joris Ruijs	3,300,000 700,000	700,000
Yazan Mdanat	415,000 160,000	160,000
Igor Pihela	Busted

Tags: Igor Pihela Joris Ruijs

Level: 20

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

08-09-2022 18:12 UTC+1

Gabriel Moura Eliminated in 9th Place (€13,250)

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Connor Richards

Level 19 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Gabriel Moura had lost most of his chips in a previous hand and got the rest of his short stack in the middle to see a flop four ways.

The flop came and Igor Pihela led out for 150,000 from the big blind. Anton Suarez folded, leading Joris Ruijs to raise to 350,000. Pihela responded with a three-bet jam and Ruijs snapped him off with his stack of 1,100,000.

Gabriel Moura:
Joris Ruijs:
Igor Pihela:

Ruijs was ahead with the flopped set but needed to dodge spades as Pihela had a flush draw, while Moura had little hopes of winning the main pot. Neither the turn nor river brought spades and Ruijs scooped the main pot and a huge side pot to take a commanding lead, while Moura was eliminated in ninth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joris Ruijs	2,600,000 1,380,000	1,380,000
Igor Pihela	600,000 -800,000	-800,000

Gabriel Moura	Busted

Tags: Anton Suarez Gabriel Moura Igor Pihela Joris Ruijs

08-09-2022 17:55 UTC+1

Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Counts

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Brandon Bloom

Level 19 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

SEAT	PLAYER	COUNTRY	CHIPS	BIG BLINDS
1	Bruno Volkmann	Brazil	1,175,000	39
2	Igor Yaroshevskyy	Ukraine	695,000	23
3	Yazan Mdanat	Jordan	255,000	9
4	Igor Pihela	Estonia	1,400,000	47
5	Arthur Conan	France	1,075,000	36
6	Gabriel Moura	Brazil	265,000	9
7	Francisco Benitez	Uruguay	2,000,000	67
8	Anton Suarez	Sweden	1,015,000	34
9	Joris Ruijs	Netherlands	1,220,000	41

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Benitez	2,000,000
Igor Pihela	1,400,000 -210,000	-210,000

Joris Ruijs	1,220,000 -480,000	-480,000
Bruno Volkmann	1,175,000
Arthur Conan	1,075,000 475,000	475,000
Anton Suarez	1,015,000 635,000	635,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy	695,000 365,000	365,000
Gabriel Moura	265,000 -215,000	-215,000
Yazan Mdanat	255,000 -245,000	-245,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

08-09-2022 17:42 UTC+1

Ruijs Finds €100,000 Bounty

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Brandon Bloom

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Just before the nine remaining players went on a short break before the start of the final table, Joris Ruijs redeemed one of his Mystery Bounty Tokens from an earlier elimination and found the top €100,000 bounty. He celebrated with his rail as the bounty already earned him more than the second-place prize.

He will enter the final table third in chips and will soon be looking to add even more to his total earnings for the day.

Tags: Joris Ruijs

08-09-2022 17:31 UTC+1

Dimitar Danchev Eliminated in 10th Place (€10,590)

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Brandon Bloom

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Dimitar Danchev had gotten his remaining short stack of approximately 160,000 in and was at risk against Bruno Volkmann.

Dimitar Danchev:
Bruno Volkmann:

The flop improved Volkmann to a set and left Danchev with hope as he had a flush draw, but the turn gave Volkmann a boat, and the inconsequential river eliminated Danchev in 10th place.