2023 PokerNews Cup

$1,100 Mystery Bounty ($1,000,000 GTD)
Day: 1a
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 1a
Entries
504
Players Left
63

Kennedy Leads The 63 Survivors Of The Massive Day 1a In The PokerNews Cup

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Anthony Kennedy
Anthony Kennedy

The $1,100 PokerNews Cup Mystery Bounty saw the first of three flights conclude today. A total of 507 players came out to play this event which saw only 63 players make it to the end of the day. Last year’s flight got 183 entrants, and with this near-tripling of the turnout, we could see the $1,000,000 guarantee get hit sooner than anticipated.

Leading the way is Anthony Kennedy, who ended their day with 697,000. Kennedy is enjoying his first hendon mob cash in the United States as many of his cashes are from the United Kingdom and Ireland. He holds $282,939 in lifetime earnings and looks to make this run a top career score. The only others to bag over 600,000 are Pedro Ingles (676,000), and Vid Zagar (668,000), each looking to add to their own resumes.

Official Day 1a Top Ten Counts

RankPlayerChip Count
1Anthony Kennedy697,000
2Pedro Ingles Garcia676,000
3Vid Zagar668,000
4Sebastian Mortelmans630,000
5Stefan Nemetz592,000
6Nektarios Vasilakis535,000
7Francisco Pinho Correia502,000
8Andre Rieder495,000
9Cyril Fabre470,000
10Amarpal Banger466,000

Other notables who made their way through the day included WSOPC champion Christopher Trombley (281,000), Benjamin Underwood (164,000), WSOP bracelet winners Ronnie Day (164,000) and Ronnie Bardah (121,000) as well as Jimmy Setna (83,000) each looking for a chance to knock out players to get unknown prizes, as well as a shot at the PokerNews Cup.

Play ended with 32:00 left on the clock in Level 18, with blinds at 5,000/10,000. The 63 players will come back to this level along with the other two flights on Sunday at 12:00 p.m. unless one of the following flights ends earlier.

Tags: Amarpal BangerAndre RiedeAnthony KennedyBenjamin UnderwoodChristopher TrombleyCyril FabreJimmy SetnaPedro InglesRonnie BardahSimon WilsonStefan NemetzVid Zagar