Welcome Back for Day 2 of €10,000 Mystery Bounty
After a quick Day 1 to kick things off at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague 2022, there will be 32 players returning to their seats for Day 2 of the €10,000 Mystery Bounty Event at King's Casino Prague. Just eight levels were played on the opening day to dwindle the field down from 52 total entries.
Heading into the second and final day of the tournament, Rodrigo Seiji Sirichuk bagged the largest stack with an impressive 370,500 chips. He will have his hands full heading into Day 2 as Sam Greenwood (310,000) and Jorryt van Hoof (293,500) are just a couple of notables nipping at his heels.
The first high roller of the series attracted plenty of other familiar faces including Adrian Mateos, Steve O'Dwyer, Conor Beresford, Daniel Dvoress, and EPT London Bounty winner Juan Pardo. Less than two months ago, Pardo kicked off EPT London with a title in this very same event and scooped a healthy amount of bounties in the process.
The action is slated to begin at 12:30 p.m. local time with the blinds resuming on level 9 at 1,500/3,000 and a big blind ante of 3,000. Late registration will still remain open for another two levels with a starting stack worth 100,000 chips. The levels will continue to be 30 minutes in length until just three players remain when they will be chopped in half. The shot clock will also be in play with 15 seconds to act preflop and 30 seconds to act on all remaining streets.
The bounty portion of the tournament will take commence at the start of level 13 today. The mystery bounty format adds an additional adrenaline rush as players will head to the treasure chest after each elimination. The bounty prizes are expected to range from €1,000 all the way up to €50,000, but those numbers will be tallied once registration is closed.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor to bring you all of the action en route to crowning a winner along with all of the large bounty prize winners.
flop, it checked to Pardo and he bet 7,500. Marques then raised to 19,000 and Bise went into the tank before he check-raised to 50,000.
turn improved Bise and Marques vaulted out of his seat, as he bricked off the 
river.
and Mateos check-called a bet of 8,000 from Greenwood.
and Mateos checked again. Greenwood fired out another bet of 25,000 and Mateos just called. The 
completed the board and Mateos checked for the third time. Greenwood moved all in and Mateos snap-called his last 25,000 chips. Greenwood tabled 
for the nut flush while Mateos was left with 
for the second nuts.
flop instantly improved O'Dwyer and left Calderone with a single out, which triggered a brief curse. Nothing changed on the 
turn and 
river as Calderone left the tournament area with a gasped "nice hand".
left the Brit on the ropes and the 
turn confirmed his elimination, which made the 
and O'Dywyer turned the nut straight to score a knockout. He drew the bounty soon after and earned a €50,000 cash prize.
runout and Watson then redeemed the Mystery Bounty he had kept until now, collecting €25,000 for a small profit in this event.
and Dimov check-called a bet of 80,000 from O'Dwyer. The turn was the 
was a worse king-high, bowing out on the money bubble.