2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

€10,200 Mystery Bounty
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
53
Prize
€128,500
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,200
Prize Pool
€1,027,200
Entries
107
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
81
Players Left
1

Level: 16

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

Mokri the Bounty Hunter Strikes Again

Level 15 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Kayhan Mokri
Kayhan Mokri

Atanas Malinov was moved tables to balance the shrinking field and ended up all-in and at risk soon after, facing the very aggressive Kayhan Mokri in a typical coin flip.

Atanas Malinov: {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}
Kayhan Mokri: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

The {q-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{7-Hearts} flop improved Mokri to the superior pair, and he retained the lead throughout the {9-Diamonds} turn and {k-Clubs} river to earn another shot at a bounty prize.

Player Chips Progress
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Kayhan Mokri
800,000
150,000
150,000
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Atanas Malinov
Busted

Tags: Atanas MalinovKayhan Mokri

Nozomu Busts Marques With Quads

Level 15 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Pedro Marques
Pedro Marques

It remains unclear when the chips went into the middle as the cards were already revealed and some gasps and "ohhh's" came from table number four. That was the result of an all-in showdown between Pedro Marques and Shimizu Nozomu, the latter of which held the superior stack.

Marques' {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs} represented the nut flush draw on the {k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} flop while Nozomu held bottom set with the {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}. It was all over on the {4-Spades} turn, which made the {q-Clubs} river bittersweet for the Portuguese.

Player Chips Progress
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Shimizu Nozomu
400,000
160,000
160,000
Profile photo of Pedro Marques pt
Pedro Marques
Busted

Tags: Pedro MarquesShimizu Nozomu

Ketzer Scores a Double; Dashes Out a Double

Level 15 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Stephen Chidwick
Stephen Chidwick

Roman Hrabec in the small blind jammed into the big blind of Felipe Ketzer, who was suddenly the far shorter stack. The Brazilian glanced at the first card and then called when it was an ace while essentially "slowrolling" again.

"Maybe it is the other ace again like before, he joked.

Felipe Ketzer: {a-Spades}{2-Hearts}
Roman Hrabec: {10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}

The {q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{8-Spades}{3-Spades}{k-Diamonds} board kept ace-high ahead and Ketzer doubled.

Soon after he attempted to knock out Stephen Chidwick after the flop when a big portion of the stack was already in prior to the {q-Hearts}{j-Spades}{8-Hearts} flop while the cards were already exposed.

Stephen Chidwick: {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}
Roman Hrabec: {a-Spades}{10-Hearts}

The {7-Hearts} turn brought an additional flush draw but the {j-Clubs} river was a blank to keep Chidwick around.

Player Chips Progress
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Stephen Chidwick
300,000
-75,000
-75,000
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Roman Hrabec
210,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Felipe Ketzer br
Felipe Ketzer
130,000
-120,000
-120,000

Tags: Felipe KetzerRoman HrabecStephen Chidwick

Mateos and Mokri are Both Winners!

Level 15 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Adrian Mateos
Adrian Mateos

Adrian Mateos got the last of his 70,000 chips in the middle and was looked up by one of the big stacks at the table in Kayhan Mokri.

Adrian Mateos: {a-Spades}{9-Spades}
Kayhan Mokri: {a-Clubs}{8-Spades}

Mateos was in a dominating position and it stayed that way on the {a-}{7-}{6-} flop. A {10-} on the turn gave both players straight draws and a {9-} on the river completed Mokri's straight to eliminate Mateos.

Mateos, who earned a bounty earlier on, headed to the treasure chest with Mokri to pull their bounty tickets. Mokri let Mateos draw his envelope first and it happened to be the biggest prize of €75,000. Mokri drew his next and was forced to settle for a €25,000 payday.

Player Chips Progress
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Kayhan Mokri
650,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Kayhan MokriAdrian Mateos

Mokri Can't Shake Garagnani

Level 15 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Pedro Garagnani raised it up on the button and was called by Zhi Ning in the small blind and Kayhan Mokri in the big blind. The flop came {j-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} and Garagnani continued with a bet of 26,000. Ning folded and Mokri check-raised to 81,000 which Garagnani called.

The turn was the {2-Hearts} and Mokri counted out a bet of 180,000. Garagnani used a time bank before calling and the {7-Hearts} completed the board. Both players checked and Garagnani turned over {a-Spades}{a-Clubs} to claim the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Pedro Garagnani
870,000
690,000
690,000
Profile photo of Kayhan Mokri no
Kayhan Mokri
550,000
-180,000
-180,000
Profile photo of Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Kayhan MokriPedro GaragnaniZhi Ning

Malinov Triples; van Hoof on Fumes

Level 15 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Atanas Malinov was all-in for 72,000 via open shove from an early position and Jorryt van Hoof did so from one seat over for 104,000. Bruno Volkmann in the small blind went all-in over the top to isolate successfully.

Atanas Malinov: {k-Spades}{j-Spades}
Jorryt van Hoof: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Bruno Volkmann: {j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

The {8-Clubs}{5-Spades}{5-Hearts}{7-Spades}{q-Spades} runout provided three spades as Malinov tripled up in fortunate fashion.

Player Chips Progress
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Bruno Volkmann
470,000
280,000
280,000
Profile photo of Atanas Malinov bg
Atanas Malinov
230,000
72,000
72,000
Profile photo of Jorryt van Hoof nl
Jorryt van Hoof
32,000
-158,000
-158,000

Tags: Atanas MalinovBruno VolkmannJorryt van Hoof

Hissou Doubles Through Mulder

Level 15 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Sirzat Hissou was down to less than 15 big blinds and shoved all in for 141,000 in middle position. Teun Mulder was in the big blind and picked up a hand good enough to call.

Sirzat Hissou: {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Teun Mulder: {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

It was a coin flip and the board of {7-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Spades}{8-Clubs}{2-Hearts} whiffed Mulder completed as he was forced to pass chips across the table.

Player Chips Progress
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Sirzat Hissou
292,000
116,000
116,000
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Teun Mulder
195,000
-105,000
-105,000

Tags: Teun MulderSirzat Hissou

Schwecht Gets a Shove Through

Level 15 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The tournament has reached a sudden dull period with 31 players remaining spread across four tables as the initial bounty madness slowed down. All-in showdowns are now stretched out over minutes instead of moments, and the next one over on table two didn't go all the way.

With 142,000 in the middle to the {j-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{10-Spades} turn, Tobias Schwecht in the big blind jammed for 149,000. Mehdi Chaoui asked for a count in middle position and then folded with the covering stack.

Andre Marques is the biggest stack on the table and also has two bounty prizes yet to redeem.

Player Chips Progress
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Andre Marques
620,000
Profile photo of Jamil Wakil ca
Jamil Wakil
360,000
-15,000
-15,000
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Tobias Schwecht
291,000
176,000
176,000
Profile photo of Sirzat Hissou de
Sirzat Hissou
290,000
114,000
114,000
Profile photo of Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
255,000
-20,000
-20,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Mehdi Chaoui
190,000
-172,000
-172,000
Profile photo of Tom Vogelsang nl
Tom Vogelsang
180,000
-160,000
-160,000
Profile photo of Teun Mulder nl
Teun Mulder
160,000
-140,000
-140,000

Tags: Andre MarquesMehdi ChaouiTobias Schwecht

Level: 15

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000