Stoyan Madanzhiev moved all in for 4,000 from under the gun. Toni Kaukua called from early position. Abdelhakim Zoufri called in the hijack and Martin Stoyanov called in the cutoff. Fabrice Maltez called on the button and Maksim Skripkin completed in the small blind.
With the bounty up for grabs, everyone checked the Q♣10♣Q♥ flop. Everyone checked again on the 4♦ turn before Maltez bet 8,000. Only Stoyanov called.
The 10♦ was checked down. Maltez showed 9♣4♠ and Stoyanov tabled J♦9♠. The pot was chopped and one of the two players will draw the bounty then chop up the amount of the pull between them, as discussed by the two players and the floor.
Santiago Nadal raised to 6,000 from middle position, Parker Talbot moved all in for 15,500 from late position. Mekan Yusupov moved all in for 49,500 and Nadal called covering both players. The cards were flipped.
Parker Talbot: 4♥4♠
Mekan Yusupov: A♦8♠
Santiago Nadal: A♣10♣
The board ran out 8♣3♦3♥3♠Q♥ and Yusupov made a full house, threes full of eights, to win the pot, tripling up his stack and taking Talbot's bounty token.
Imad Derwiche was all-in preflop with a short stack of a little over 20,000 and Daniel Rezaei moved all in over the top for around 50,000. Dominik Bohm called both players with the covering stack. Players flipped their cards.
Imad Derwiche: Q♦2♦
Daniel Rezaei: A♦K♠
Dominik Bohm: A♠Q♠
The board ran out J♦9♣5♥4♥K♥ and Rezaei rivered his king and won the pot. He near-tripled up his stack, taking a chunk from Bohm and eliminating Derwiche moments before the bounties came into play.
Ankit Ahuja raised to 5,000 from the cutoff and Aleksandr Kirichenko defended in the big blind.
The J♣5♠10♠ flop saw Kirichenko check-call a bet of 8,000 from Ahuja.
The 6♦ turn prompted a second check from Kirichenko. Ahuja moved all in for Kirichenko's effective stack of 26,500. Kirichenko thought for some time before finally making the call.
Aleksandr Kirichenko: J♥8♥
Ankit Ahuja: 9♠8♠
Kirichenko was ahead with his top pair, but Ahuja had a monster draw. The K♦ river was a safe one for Kirichenko and he doubled up.
The action was caught as Brandon Sheils, in the big blind, was all-in and at risk for his stacking stack against Jessica Teusl, in middle position.
Brandon Sheils: 5♥5♠
Jessica Teusl: A♣K♦
Sheils was ahead in this flip until the flop landed 4♣A♥A♠ to give Teusl trips. The 9♣ turn and 8♠ river had Sheils out of his seat as he exited the tournament floor.
The PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa continues today with Day 2 of the $3,000 Mystery Bounty. Over yesterday's only starting flight, 779 players found their way to the felt to compete. Of those, only 185 remain. However, with registration still open until the start of Day 2, this number is only anticipated to grow.
As the dust settled, it was Uladzimir Zhyharau who took the all-important title of chip leader, accumulating an impressive sum of 368,000. However, Zhyharau was closely tailed for the accolade as his nearest competitor, Ray Qartomy, secured an equally plentiful stack of 360,000.
Start of Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts:
Name
Country
Chips
Uladzimir Zhyharau
Belarus
368,000
Ray Qartomy
United States
360,000
Karen Nazarian
Russia
349,500
Lukas Zaskodny
Czech Republic
321,500
Morten Klein
Norway
320,500
Stoyan Obreshkov
Bulgaria
309,500
Nenad Dukic
Croatia
303,000
Georges Sultanem
Lebanon
296,000
Matthias Lipp
Austria
290,000
Aleksandr Kirichenko
Russia
285,000
A stacked field of familiar faces ensured many notable names would be returning to the felt for Day 2. High-stakes regular Morten Klein managed to accumulate a top-ten start after winning a monster pot late into Day 1; Klein’s full house had an easy decision when Moussa Thibaut turned his missed flush draw into a big bluff.
Morten Klein
German crusher Samuel Ju will also be returning to the field this afternoon. Ju fired more than one bullet in yesterday’s flight, but it was his final attempt late into the night that yielded the best result. The floor had already announced just five more hands will be played to conclude yesterday’s Day 1 flight; Ju sat down to play his first hand of this bullet and instantly sucked out to double up.
At the start of Day 2, all players will be given a Mystery Bounty Token upon seating; if you eliminate a player you will collect their Mystery Bounty Token. Any time after 5:15 p.m. (the second break), players can take any collected tokens to the Mystery Bounty desk to draw an envelope. The Mystery Bounty prize amounts will be determined by tournament entries and remaining players and will be announced by the tournament floor.
PokerNews will have boots on the ground for the entirety of this Mystery Bounty as the event plays down to a winner tomorrow, so be sure to stick with the live updates to keep up with all the action.
