Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
A completed board of J♥10♣4♠3♠J♠ was spread across the felt with Nick Petrangelo and Felipe Ketzer heads-up in a pot. There was around 100,000 in the middle already and Petrangelo checked from the small blind. Ketzer counted out a bet of 64,000 and Petrangelo looked him up.
Ketzer tabled A♠Q♠ and Petrangelo responded by showing his A♦K♦, not realizing that Ketzer had made a flush on the river.
On the next hand, Ketzer opened to 6,000 and Petrangelo clicked it to 16,000. Ketzer min-raised him back to 26,000 and Petrangelo just called. The flop fell 10♦4♦3♥ and Ketzer continued with a bet of 12,000 which Petrangelo called.
The turn was the 5♣ and Ketzer jammed all in, followed by a snap-call by Petrangelo for his last 38,000. Ketzer turned over K♠K♣ but Petrangelo had him beat with A♥A♦. The river was the 9♣ and Petrangelo got nearly all of his chips back.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Felipe Ketzer |
215,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Nick Petrangelo |
158,000
8,500
|
8,500 |
Timothy Adams raised to 5,500 in the hijack and Sam Greenwood three-bet to 19,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Adams used a time extension before calling.
The flop came 5♥4♥2♦ and Adams checked to Greenwood who continued with a bet of 25,000. Adams used another time extension and still called. The turn brought the Q♦ and Adams checked once more. Greenwood fired another barrel of 45,000 and Adams finally folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sam Greenwood |
260,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
Timothy Adams |
117,500
-40,500
|
-40,500 |
The tournament clock has been paused and there will be three more hands before the bagging process begins.
Pablo Brito Silva raised to 5,500 on the button and was called by Yuan Li and Joao Vieira in the blinds. The flop came A♥Q♦7♥ and Li led out with a bet of 6,000. Vieira called and Silva mucked his hand.
The turn was the 4♣ and Li sized up to a bet of 26,500. Vieira still called and the A♦ paired the board on the river. Li checked this time and Vieira made a small bet of 13,500. Li gave it some thought but opted to lay his hand down.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joao Vieira |
444,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
||
Pablo Brito Silva |
124,500
24,500
|
24,500 |
Yuan Li |
54,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kayhan Mokri |
488,500
221,500
|
221,500 |
Joao Vieira |
450,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
||
Nacho Barbero |
396,000
306,000
|
306,000 |
|
||
Sosia Jiang |
263,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
Sam Greenwood |
260,500
500
|
500 |
|
||
Isaac Haxton |
250,500
129,500
|
129,500 |
|
||
Felipe Ketzer |
249,500
34,500
|
34,500 |
Boris Kolev |
246,500
125,500
|
125,500 |
Biao Ding |
231,500
231,500
|
231,500 |
Maksim Vaskresenski |
227,500
47,000
|
47,000 |
Pedro Marques |
220,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
Dimitar Danchev |
186,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
||
Guram Andronikashvili |
165,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
Aliaksei Boika |
164,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
||
Erik Seidel |
145,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
Santhosh Suvarna | 129,000 | |
Adrian Mateos |
123,500
38,500
|
38,500 |
|
||
Yuan Li |
109,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Imad Derwiche |
100,500
500
|
500 |
Paul Newey |
98,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
Alex Kulev |
96,500
-13,500
|
-13,500 |
Weiran Pu |
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Timothy Adams |
84,500
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
Daniel Dvoress |
84,000
32,500
|
32,500 |
|
||
Nick Petrangelo |
75,000
-83,000
|
-83,000 |
It was a short day at the office for the high-stakes tournament players who were in and out of the tournament area in just over four hours, for those that made it to the end of the day. It was the opening day at the 2023 PokerStars EPT presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®️ and a total of 52 entries were recorded for Day 1 of the €10,200 Mystery Bounty event.
After a quick eight levels were completed, just 29 players advanced to Day 2 tomorrow with Kayhan Mokri in a very familiar position. Mokri's last four results at an EPT/PCA event have all resulted in final tables to start off 2023 and he hopes to keep that streak alive. In fact, three of those events were also mystery bounty formats where Mokri raked in many of the top prizes when it came to drawing the envelopes.
While there is a luck factor when it comes to drawing the right bounty tickets, Mokri has continued to put himself in a successful spot by holding a big stack when the bounties come into play. The largest pot of the opening day also went to Mokri in a massive three-way all in. Mokri out-flopped his opponents and then needed a lucky river to make a full house as he scored the double knockout and accumulated a large portion of his stack.
There will be some stiff competition when Day 2 rolls around with other big stacks like Joao Vieira (450,500), and Nacho Barbero (396,000). Some other notables advancing on just a single bullet include Sosia Jiang (263,000), Sam Greenwood (260,500), and Erik Seidel (145,000) who was one of the later entries on the day.
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
1 | Kayhan Mokri | Norway | 488,500 | 163 |
2 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 450,500 | 150 |
3 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | 396,000 | 132 |
4 | Sosia Jiang | New Zealand | 263,000 | 88 |
5 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 260,500 | 87 |
6 | Isaac Haxton | United States | 250,500 | 84 |
7 | Felipe Ketzer | Brazil | 249,500 | 83 |
8 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 246,500 | 82 |
9 | Ding Biao | China | 231,500 | 77 |
10 | Maksim Vaskresenski | Poland | 227,500 | 76 |
Some players were forced to fire multiple shells throughout the first eight levels and they will be given the chance to do so tomorrow as well. Although it is a single reentry event, late registration will remain open until the end of Level 10, approximately 1:30 p.m. local time on Day 2. The bounty portion of the event will begin at the start of Level 13 where each elimination will earn you a chance to draw an envelope from the treasure chest.
There will be a new champion this year as Jean-Noel Thorel fired off both of his bullets but was unable to make his way through the opening day. Joining him on the sideline was PokerStars ambassador Sam Grafton, Mike Watson, Davidi Kitai, and Bruno Fitoussi, but they will have a chance to reenter tomorrow.
The cards will go back in the air at 12:30 p.m. local time, with the blinds resuming on Level 9 at 1,500/3,000 and a 3,000 big blind ante. The level will continue to be 30 minutes in length throughout the event until just three players remain where the level duration will be cut in half. Join us tomorrow as the PokerNews team will be here to bring you all of the live updates along with the excitement that the mystery bounty format brings to the felt.
€10,200 Mystery Bounty
Day 1 Completed