2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

$3,000 Mystery Bounty
Day: 3
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
102
Prize
$242,623
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,683,396
Entries
981
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
18
Players Left
1

Milos Petakovic Eliminated in 13th Place ($17,700)

Level 29 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Milos Petakovic
Milos Petakovic

Dmitrii Nazarov raised from the cutoff, Milos Petakovic three-bet jammed from the big blind and Nazarov called.

Milos Petakovic: AQ
Dmitrii Nazarov: QQ

The dealer spread the AJ6 flop to have Petakovic take the lead. The 7 turned and the Q landed on the river. Nazarov found the last queen in the deck to make a set and send Petakovic to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dmitrii Nazarov ru
Dmitrii Nazarov
7,800,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Milos Petakovic rs
Milos Petakovic
Busted

Tags: Dmitrii NazarovMilos Petakovic

Level: 29

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Farid Jattin Eliminated in 14th Place ($14,750)

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Farid Jattin
Farid Jattin

Action folded around to Farid Jattin, who moved all in from the button for around 800,000. Deividas Daubaris made the call in the small blind with the bigger stack and players turned their cards.

Farid Jattin: KJ
Deividas Daubaris: A9

The board ran out 62795. Daubaris made a pair of nines and held to win the pot. Jattin was eliminated from the tournament in 14th place for $14,750.

Player Chips Progress
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Deividas Daubaris
1,750,000
634,000
634,000
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Farid Jattin
Busted

Tags: Deividas DaubarisFarid Jattin

Ekrem Sanioglu Eliminated in 15th Place ($14,750)

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Ekrem Sanioglu
Ekrem Sanioglu

Action was on the turn on a board of 3K67. Ekrem Sanioglu led out for 410,000 and Dmitrii Nazarov moved all in. Sanioglu called and players turned their cards, with Sanioglu at risk.

Ekrem Sanioglu: KQ
Dmitrii Nazarov: 77

Sanioglu had a pair of kings, but Nazarov had made a set of sevens on the turn. The river came the J and Nazarov won the pot. He now has around 7,800,000 chips.

Sanioglu was eliminated from the tournament in 15th place for $14,750.

Player Chips Progress
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Dmitrii Nazarov
7,800,000
5,400,000
5,400,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
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Ekrem Sanioglu
Busted

Tags: Dmitrii NazarovEkrem Sanioglu

Damir Gabdullin Eliminated in 16th Place ($12,300)

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Damir Gabdullin
Damir Gabdullin

Dmitrii Nazarov raised to 150,000 and Damir Gabdullin moved all in from the button for just 215,000. Milos Petakovic called in the small blind, Kemal Aslan called in the big blind, and Nazarov also called.

Players opted to check down on a board of 743. The turn came the K and all three players checked again. The river was the Q and again players checked to showdown. Hands were revealed.

Damir Gabdullin: J10
Milos Petakovic: A8
Kemal Aslan: AJ
Dmitrii Nazarov: JQ

Nazarov showed the winning hand with a pair of queens. Gabdullin was eliminated in 16th place for $12,300.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dmitrii Nazarov ru
Dmitrii Nazarov
2,400,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Damir Gabdullin ru
Damir Gabdullin
Busted

Tags: Damir GabdullinDmitrii NazarovKemal AslanMilos Petakovic

[Removed:432] Eliminated in 17th Place ($12,300)

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Ekrem Sanioglu raised to 135,000, from under the gun and [Removed:432] moved all in for 990,000, to his direct left. Walid Bou Habib made the call in the big blind and Sanioglu got out of the way.

[Removed:432]: JJ
Walid Bou Habib: 99

The board ran out 93K94. Habib's flopped set was upgraded to quads on the turn, sealing [Removed:433]'s fate and sending him home in 17th place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Walid Bou Habib lb
Walid Bou Habib
3,550,000
1,100,000
1,100,000
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[Removed:432]
Busted

Tags: Ekrem SaniogluWalid Bou Habib

Silius Moll Eliminated in 18th Place ($10,650)

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Silius Moll
Silius Moll

Action folded around to Silius Moll, who pushed all in from the button for 470,000, less than 10 big blinds. Milos Petakovic called in the big blind with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.

Silius Moll: Q8
Milos Petakovic: K3

The board ran out 534107. Petakovic hit a pair of threes and held to win the pot. Moll was eliminated from the tournament in 18th place for $10,650.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Milos Petakovic rs
Milos Petakovic
1,950,000
165,000
165,000
Profile photo of Silius Moll no
Silius Moll
Busted

Tags: Milos PetakovicSilius Moll

Level: 28

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

$3,000 Mystery Bounty Event Plays Down to Winner Today

Dumitru Pora
Dumitru Pora

It's time for the Final Day of the $3,000 Mystery Bounty, running as part of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus at the luxurious Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa. The event gets back underway at 12 p.m. local time.

There were a total of 981 entries made to the event, which gave a total prize pool of $2,664,396. This broke down to $1,683,396 in the regular prize pool and $981,000 in the bounty prize pool.

With those who made it through Day 1, as well as fresh entries before the end of late registration, 352 players came back for Day 2. That field has now been whittled down to just 18 players who are left in contention for the top prize of $298,496.

Dmitrii Nazarov of Russia currently holds the chip lead with 2,895,000. He's followed closely by Dumitru Pora of Romania in second, then Ekrem Sanioglu in third place.

Top Ten Chip Counts

PositionPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Dmitrii NazarovRussia2,895,00048
2Dumitru PoraRomania2,785,00046
3Ekrem SaniogluTurkey2,500,00042
4Walid Bou HabibLebanon2,450,00041
5Farid JattinColombia2,375,00040
6Damir ZhugralinKazakhstan2,125,00035
7Kemal AslanTurkey1,805,00030
8Milos PetakovicSerbia1,785,00030
9Quan ZhouHong Kong1,780,00030
10Dylan DestefanoUSA1,575,00026

The biggest bounty prizes have already been pulled, but there's still $10,000 bounties up for grabs as action approaches the final table.

The structure will recommence on Level 28 at blinds of 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante.

The PokerNews live reporting team will bring you live updates straight from the tournament floor, catching every bustout along the way as the event plays down to a winner.

Tags: Damir ZhugralinDmitrii NazarovDumitru PoraDylan DestefanoEkrem SaniogluFarid JattinKemal AslanMilos PetakovicQuan ZhouWalid Bou Habib