€10,200 Mystery Bounty
Day 2 Completed
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris
€10,200 Mystery Bounty
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris
Buy-in
€10,200
Prize Pool
€473,800
Entries
103
Level
27
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
78
Players Left
1
Level 27
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Paris is the City of Light, and today at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris €10,200 Mystery Bounty, the light shined brightest on Duco ten Haven.
The Dutch pro, who considers Paris a second home, is usually an online crusher but captured his first EPT title today at Le Palais des Congrès by defeating Quan Zhou heads-up to win the trophy and €126,500. In addition to the top prize, he also earned €117,500 in bounties including one of the €50,000 top mystery bounty envelopes as he began his festival here in Paris with a total score of €244,000, the best of his career.
“That’s great. I didn’t even want to play this tournament,” ten Haven said following his victory. “It’s amazing. My first EPT. My best live score. Can’t get any better. I come also from Paris, kind of, so it’s the best feeling to win the EPT in the city that I come from.”
Mystery bounty tournaments have become a fixture on the poker calendar within a few short years. Players can collect a bounty by eliminating a player, but the amount is left up to chance. An envelope is pulled out of a wooden box and the figure that is in there is the player’s to keep. For ten Haven, it’s a way to keep poker more interesting, especially with how it affects the overall strategy of the tournament.
“It’s fun. A mixture of the different types of tournaments is the best thing to have. I enjoy all the formats as much as one another, but the best is having diversification so you’re not bored at any point in time,” he said.
“When the mystery bounty is first getting into play there were a lot, so you should gamble way more at that point, especially if there are short stacks that you cover. But as the tournament goes towards the end they are worth less and less so it plays out more or less like a normal format.”
Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize | Bounties | Total Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duco ten Haven | Netherlands | €126,500 | €117,500 | €244,000 |
| 2 | Quan Zhou | China | €81,500 | €72,500 | €154,000 |
| 3 | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | €58,200 | €25,000 | €83,200 |
| 4 | Sirzat Hissou | Germany | €44,800 | €47,500 | €92,300 |
| 5 | Sergi Reixach | Spain | €35,800 | €62,500 | €98,300 |
| 6 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | €28,700 | €7,500 | €36,200 |
| 7 | Elias Gutierrez | Spain | €22,900 | €15,000 | €37,900 |
| 8 | Aurelien Russo | France | €18,300 | €7,500 | €25,800 |
| 9 | Mike Watson | Canada | €14,700 | €35,000 | €49,700 |
Day 2 Action
Day 2 began with 46 surviving players from Day 1 beginning play at 12:30 p.m. local time. With late registration open for the first two levels of the day, they were joined by 32 new arrivals to bring the total field up to 103.
Mystery bounties kicked in beginning on Level 13. Team PokerStars Pros Alejandro Lococo and Sam Grafton, as well as EPT champion Steve O’Dwyer, Chris Brewer, and Day 1 chip leader Joris Ruijs were among those who busted early. Stephen Chidwick fell two spots off the money, while Artur Martirosian fell victim to Zhou’s flush to finish in 14th place as the unfortunate bubble boy.
Once the bubble burst and the remaining 13 players guaranteed themselves a payday, Joakim Andersson had his aces cracked by Mike Watson to fall in 13th. Atanas Malinov lost to Elias Gutierrez’s rivered pair of aces as he busted in 12th.
Thomas Boivin earned a massive double up when he spiked a set of kings on the river to beat Sergi Reixach’s two aces. Gutierrez then won a race against EPT champion Adrian Mateos to double up and leave Mateos nursing an extreme short stack. Mateos, though, managed to climb back into contention and even claimed the next bounty, eliminating Jean-Noel Thorel in 11th place.
Jakob Miegel suffered a massive cooler when his tens over queens lost to Boivin’s queens full of tens as he finished on the final table bubble in 10th place. Boivin took the chip lead into the nine-handed final table with 1,940,000, ten Haven following close behind in second on a stack of 1,815,000.
Two-time EPT champion Watson was the first to fall, losing a three-way all in to Sirzat Hissou’s turned flush. Mateos picked off a bluff from Gutierrez to double up yet again before Aurelien Russo was eliminated in eighth place when his eights lost to Reixach’s flopped pair of kings. A hand later, Reixach made a straight on the river to beat Gutierrez’s pocket deuces to send the online phenom and streamer known as “SinKarma” to the rail in seventh.
Mateos finally fell when he moved all in for 850,000 with king-six. Zhou called with ace-six and both players made two pair on the flop, but Zhou’s ace earned him the pot as Mateos was sent to the exit in sixth. Zhou took the chip lead, but his turn atop the leaderboard was short-lived as Boivin won a massive flip with nines against Reixach’s ace-king to double up. Reixach was eliminated the next hand by Zhou’s turned straight.
The biggest hand of the tournament, though, was yet to come as ten Haven catapulted into a massive lead. Zhou four-bet jammed and ten Haven snap-called for 2,530,000 with two aces. Zhou had ace-king and was forced to hand over most of his chips as ten Haven took firm control of the tournament.
Zhou nearly tripled up a few hands later to get back into contention. Hissou doubled up his short stack several times before calling off his last 650,000 against ten Haven, who made a pair of aces to bust Hissou in fourth place. Boivin then moved all in for 3,100,000 with a pair of eights and ten Haven called with a dominating pair of nines. Ten Haven ended up with quads to eliminate Boivin in third and take a 8,600,000 to 1,330,000 lead over Zhou into heads-up play.
Zhou managed two double ups until he jammed again for 1,825,000 with jack-four. Ten Haven called with king-three and ended up with a full house to win the pot and tournament. Ten Haven’s night only got better from there, as he claimed the last remaining €50,000 mystery bounty after clinching the title. Fittingly, Zhou won the other top bounty prize.
His career-defining windfall today is going to change ten Haven’s plans for the rest of the EPT Paris festival. The high roller events weren’t on his original schedule, but that might change with his win today. “I wasn’t planning to, but now this makes me reconsider it. So I think so,” ten Haven said.
That concludes PokerNews’ coverage of the €10,200 Mystery Bounty at the 2024 EPT Paris. Stay tuned for more coverage throughout the festival.
Level 27
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Quan Zhou open-shoved his button for 1,825,000 chips and Duco ten Haven made the call from the big blind.
Quan Zhou: J♦4♣
Duco ten Haven: K♠3♦
Ten Haven flopped bottom pair on 8♣9♥3♥, and the 8♦ turn brought no help for Zhou. The 3♣ river upgraded Ten Haven to a full house, and he immediately received some hugs from his rail for the victory.
Meanwhile, Zhou had to settle for being runner-up in the €10,200 Mystery Bounty but can take solace in the fact that he pulled one of the two €50,000 bounties that were up for grabs.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,300,000
2,300,000
|
2,300,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 27
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Level 26
: Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante
While Duco ten Haven and Quan Zhou are battling heads up, some more bounties have been pulled by the other players.
However, the largest amount of €50,000 is still in the chest, among five bounties of lesser value.
Ten Haven has three bounty tokens in front of him, including his own, while Zhou just has one. The remaining two bounty tokens are in hands of unknown players.
| Amount | Count | Remaining | Total Cash | Remaining Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| €50,000 | 2 | 1 | €100,000 | €50,000 |
| €25,000 | 3 | 0 | €75,000 | €0 |
| €10,000 | 8 | 1 | €80,000 | €10,000 |
| €7,500 | 34 | 4 | €255,000 | €30,000 |
| €5,000 + Draw Again | 1 | 0 | €5,000 | €0 |
Level 27
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Quan Zhou limped in and Duco ten Haven checked.
Both players checked the 3♥7♥4♠ flop. The turn was the K♦ and Zhou bet 175,000.
Ten Haven then raised to 650,000 and Zhou quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,000,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
|
2,300,000
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante
Duco ten Haven limped his button and Quan Zhou checked the big blind. Both players then checked on the 9♦8♦2♦ flop before Zhou bet 175,000 on the 7♥ turn.
Ten Haven called before Zhou made a quick bet of 350,000 on the K♠ river. Ten Haven tanked for a bit before piling in 1,500,000 chips for a raise.
Zhou quickly mucked his cards as he relinquished the pot to his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,550,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
|
|
2,750,000
-850,000
|
-850,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante
Quan Zhou limped in and Duco ten Haven checked back his big blind.
The flop came 4♠5♠3♥ and ten Haven led out for 150,000. Zhou moved all in for 1,600,000 and ten Haven snap-called.
Quan Zhou: J♣6♥
Duco ten Haven: 9♠7♠
Zhou was ahead with jack-high and a straight draw but needed to hold on against ten Haven's flush draw. The Q♣ turn was safe, while the 3♦ completed the board and earned Zhou another double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,700,000
-2,000,000
|
-2,000,000 |
|
|
3,600,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante
Quan Zhou open-jammed his button for 725,000 chips and Duco ten Haven made a quick call from the big blind.
Quan Zhou: A♠10♣
Duco ten Haven: A♣7♣
Zhou's superior ace remained the best hand on the Q♠3♣2♦6♠6♦ runout, seeing him double back up to more than ten big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,700,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
|
1,600,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante
Thomas Boivin moved all in for 3,100,000 from the button and Duco ten Haven called in the small blind.
Thomas Boivin: 8♦8♣
Duco ten Haven: 9♠9♣
Boivin found himself crushed by ten Haven's bigger pocket pair as the K♥9♦2♦ flop left him further behind to ten Haven's set. The 9♥ turn sealed his elimination as ten Haven made quads, making the 5♣ river a mere formality.
"Chop chop," Quan Zhou joked with ten Haven, who will take a massive chip lead into heads-up play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,600,000
3,790,000
|
3,790,000 |
|
|
1,330,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
Busted |