Niklas Astedt Chases Andras Nemeth as Day 2 of €10,200 Mystery Bounty Awaits
After the dust settled on a rapid Day 1 of the €10,200 Mystery Bounty yesterday at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour at the Hilton Prague, only 19 players bagged and tagged for Day 2 from a total of 36 entrants.
Andras Nemeth of Hungary streaked ahead of the rest of the field after ten levels of play, catching some heat late on in the day and bagging up a 616,000 stack - almost double that of his closest challenger, Swedish crusher Niklas Astedt (323,000). Maksim Vaskresenski of Poland (302,000) was the only other player to breach the 300,000 mark, and he completes the podium places at the start of Day 2.
Nemeth and Astedt are no strangers to EPT glory, with Nemeth seeking his fifth victory in an EPT event, and Astedt eyeing his fourth. Vaskresenski meanwhile will be aiming to grab his first spade trophy.
Plenty of other dangermen lurk in the top ten, including Thomas Santerne (279,000) and former World Champion Espen Jorstad (212,000).
Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andras Nemeth | Hungary | 616,000 | 123 |
| 2 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | 323,000 | 65 |
| 3 | Maksim Vaskresenski | Poland | 302,000 | 60 |
| 4 | Lander Lijo | Spain | 288,000 | 58 |
| 5 | Thomas Santerne | France | 279,000 | 56 |
| 6 | Artsiom Lasouski | Belarus | 248,000 | 50 |
| 7 | Ilia Pavlov | Russia | 245,000 | 49 |
| 8 | Simone Andrian | Italy | 217,000 | 43 |
| 9 | Espen Jorstad | Norway | 212,000 | 42 |
| 10 | Michail Manolakis | Greece | 193,000 | 39 |
Day 2 will resume today, December 5, at noon local time, with 30-minute levels and blinds at 2,000/5,000, with a 5,000 big blind ante.
With late registration still open until the start of play, it is expected the field will significantly increase, with the prize pool currently standing at €168,840 plus bounties. Players taking advantage of late registration will sit down with a starting stack of 100,000, and will have room for maneuver with 20 big blinds.
The full prize pool, payouts and bounty prizes will be announced as soon as the information is finalized, with bounties scheduled to come into play at the start of Level 13.
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