2023 PokerNews Cup

$1,100 Mystery Bounty ($1,000,000 GTD)
Day: 3
Event Info

2023 PokerNews Cup

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$176,540
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$2,261,070
Entries
2,331
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
9
Players Left
1

Galindo Doubles Through Kelly

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Humberto Lopes Galindo
Humberto Lopes Galindo

Humberto Lopes Galindo moved all in for 2,600,000 from under the gun and Johnny Kelly called from the big blind.

Humberto Lopes Galindo: A2
Johnny Kelly: 88

Galindo paired his ace on the AQJ3K runout and survived to stay in contention.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Felipe Olivieri ar
Felipe Olivieri
28,575,000
2,500,000
2,500,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Vid Zagar si
Vid Zagar
16,675,000
-1,250,000
-1,250,000
Profile photo of Johnny Kelly gb
Johnny Kelly
7,425,000
-3,100,000
-3,100,000
Profile photo of Humberto Lopes Galindo mt
Humberto Lopes Galindo
5,950,000
3,350,000
3,350,000
Profile photo of Kyle Gross us
Kyle Gross
4,600,000
Profile photo of Kunal Patni in
Kunal Patni
4,200,000
-250,000
-250,000
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Forrest Raleigh
3,100,000
-1,250,000
-1,250,000

Tags: Humberto Lopes GalindoJohnny Kelly

Tim Garles Eliminated in 8th Place ($27,850)

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Tim Garles
Tim Garles

Vid Zagar raised to 1,000,000 in early position, which saw action fold around to Tim Garles on the button who moved all in for 4,400,000 and Zagar called.

Tim Garles: JJ
Vid Zagar: AK

The board ran out A72Q6 and the ace-king found a pair of aces on the flop to give Zagar the pot while Garles exited the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Felipe Olivieri ar
Felipe Olivieri
26,075,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Vid Zagar si
Vid Zagar
17,925,000
5,650,000
5,650,000
Profile photo of Johnny Kelly gb
Johnny Kelly
10,525,000
Profile photo of Kyle Gross us
Kyle Gross
4,600,000
Profile photo of Kunal Patni in
Kunal Patni
4,450,000
-1,000,000
-1,000,000
Profile photo of Forrest Raleigh us
Forrest Raleigh
4,350,000
Profile photo of Humberto Lopes Galindo mt
Humberto Lopes Galindo
2,600,000
Profile photo of Tim Garles
Tim Garles
Busted

Tags: Tim GarlesVid Zagar

Gross Avoids Flipping

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Kyle Gross raised to 1,000,000 with 77 in middle position which saw action fold around to Felipe Olivieiri who three bet to 3,500,000 with AQ and action folded back to Gross.

Gross wasted little time in tossing his cards into the muck and the chip leader took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Felipe Olivieri
26,075,000
200,000
200,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Kyle Gross us
Kyle Gross
5,850,000
250,000
250,000

Tags: Felipe OlivieiriKyle Gross

Galindo Jams

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Humberto Lopes Galindo moved all in with KJ from the hijack and got it through as the remaining players had trash starting hands.

If Galindo wins the tournament, he will become the first player to win two major live Mystery Bounty events.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Humberto Lopes Galindo mt
Humberto Lopes Galindo
3,850,000
-200,000
-200,000

Level: 34

Blinds: 250,000/500,000

Ante: 500,000

Kelly Turns a Flush

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 4,000,000 ante

Vid Zagar opened to 1,050,000 with K3 from the small blind and Johnny Kelly called from the big blind with 86.

Zagar paired up on the J32 flop while Kelly had a flush draw. Kelly called a bet of 725,000 which brought in the Q turn, completing the aforementioned draw.

Zagar check-folded when Kelly jammed.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Vid Zagar si
Vid Zagar
10,075,000
-2,575,000
-2,575,000
Profile photo of Johnny Kelly gb
Johnny Kelly
9,975,000
1,775,000
1,775,000

Tags: Johnny KellyVid Zagar

Garles Folds Out Gross

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 4,000,000 ante

Kyle Gross raised in the hijack with QJ and Tim Garles, in the cutoff, moved all in with 88 for 3,350,000, which sent Gross into the tank.

After some time Gross tossed his hand into the muck and Garles inched himself closer to his opponent's chip count.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kyle Gross us
Kyle Gross
5,600,000
-1,000,000
-1,000,000
Profile photo of Tim Garles
Tim Garles
5,150,000
2,000,000
2,000,000

Tags: Kyle GrossTim Garles