Action was picked up with Hassan Nashar betting 10,000 in the dark before the flop of 8♥Q♣9♦. Damir Gabdullin called on the button. Nashar then moved all in on the 3♠ and was snap-called by Gabdullin.
Damir Gabdullin: J♠10♠
Hassan Nashar: Q♠7♣
Gabdullin had flopped the nuts and Nashar was drawing dead. The 4♥ river was inconsequential.
The very next hand. Gabdullin opened to 600 from the button. Nashar put in the last of his stack from the big blind.
Hassan Nashar: 5♦4♦
Damir Gabdullin: A♦10♦
Gabdullin made two pair across the 3♦A♣6♣10♥Q♣ runout to secure the last of Nashar's stack. A sense of bewilderment fell upon the table as Nashar departed the tournament area.
The 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus here at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa continues today with the $3,000 Mystery Bounty; Day 1 of this three-day event kicks off this afternoon at 2 p.m local time.
In 2023, it was Quan Zhou who emerged victorious after besting a field of 981 players. Zhou claimed the lion's share of the $1,683,396 prize pool, taking home $242,623 for the first-place prize.
2023’s $3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty Final Table Results
Rank
Player
Country
Prize
1
Quan Zhou
Hong Kong
$242,623
2
Walid Bou Habib
Lebanon
$242,623
3
Dmitrii Nazarov
Romania
$133,400
4
Dumitru Pora
Romania
$102,600
5
Manuel Fischer
Germany
$78,950
6
Dylan Destefano
United States
$60,700
7
Jacques Der Megreditchian
France
$46,700
8
Kemal Aslan
Turkey
$35,900
9
Damir Zhugralin
Kazakhstan
$27,600
This is the second Mystery Bounty tournament to take place at EPT Cyprus, with Marcelo Bonanata taking down the $10,200 Mystery Bounty last week. Bonanata triumphed over Aleksejs Ponakovs in heads-up play to claim the $99,300 up top and a further $57,500 in additional bounties.
Marcelo Bonanata
Late registration will be open until the beginning of Day 2, which kicks off on Thursday, October 17 at 12:30 p.m. On Level 15 of Day 2, the Mystery Bounties will come into play. Of the total entry fee, $1,000 will be put into the bounty prize pool which will generate prizes that will be confirmed once the prize pool is finalized.
Anyone who enters the Mystery Bounty will receive a starting stack of 30,000. The plan for Day 1 is to play 12 40-minute levels and while the registration period is open, players are allowed unlimited reentries. There will be a 15-minute break every three levels with a 65-minute dinner break after level 9.
As always, be sure to keep it locked in with PokerNews to keep up with all the action from this exciting event.
