€10,200 Mystery Bounty
Jour 1 terminé
2022 PokerStars EPT Prague
€10,200 Mystery Bounty
Jours 1
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
Info Joueurs - Jour 1
2022 PokerStars EPT Prague
Buy-in
€10,200
Prize Pool
€319,600
Entrants
68
Niveau
24
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entrants
52
Joueurs Survivants
32
Seiji Leads the Way After Day 1 of €10,200 Mystery Bounty Event; Greenwood and Van Hoof Among the big Stacks
Niveau 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague festival has officially commenced at the King's Casino Prague. Four tournaments were listed for the first day of the popular series in the Czech capital and the most expensive tournament was Event #3: €10,200 Mystery Bounty.
Upon completion of eight levels of 30 minutes each, a cash prize pool of €244,400 has been created thanks to 52 entries. The slightly bigger slice of €260,000 is allocated for the Mystery Bounty portion and all cash prizes are still up for grabs. The field was whittled down to 32 survivors.
Brazil's Rodrigo Seiji Sirichuk finished atop the leaderboard with a stack of 370,500, followed by Sam Greenwood (310,000), Jorryt van Hoof (293,500), Jamil Wakil (292,000) and Mark Hammond. Greenwood and Wakil were among the nine players who opted to take advantage of the single re-entry option and did so successfully as they finished inside the top five.
Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 1
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodrigo Seiji | Brazil | 370,500 | 124 |
| 2 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 310,000 | 103 |
| 3 | Jorryt van Hoof | Netherlands | 293,500 | 98 |
| 4 | Jamil Wakil | Canada | 292,000 | 97 |
| 5 | Mark Hammond | United Kingdom | 269,000 | 90 |
| 6 | Hwany Lee | South Korea | 250,000 | 83 |
| 7 | Stoyan Obreshkov | Bulgaria | 212,500 | 71 |
| 8 | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 208,500 | 70 |
| 9 | Juan Pardo | Spain | 208,000 | 69 |
| 10 | Petr Svoboda | Czech Republic | 204,000 | 68 |
Seiji was the first player to win an EPT Mystery Bounty tournament at this very venue earlier in 2022 during the rescheduled 2021 EPT Prague festival. He took down a €2,700 buy-in after coming out on top of a 655-entry strong field and will be aiming to add another PokerStars spadie trophy to his collection. Juan Pardo (208,000) and Jean-Noel Thorel (195,000) also advanced with healthy stacks and will aim to win the €10,200 buy-in version of this tournament for the second time in the fourth edition.
Among a slate of well-known high-stakes regulars to make it through Day 1 were also Steve O'Dwyer, recent WSOP Europe bracelet winner Orpen Kisacikoglu, Juha Helppi, Conor Beresford, Adrian Mateos, and Daniel Dvoress. Not as fortunate were Mike Watson, Gab Yong Kim, Motoyoshi Okamura, Dawid Smolka and Yasuhiro Waki as both ran out of chips once. Santhosh Suvarna and Ondrej Goetz were the only two players to exhaust two entries already and won't be eligible top buy into the tournament anymore.
Thailand's Phachara Wongwichit was also among the late casualties after he lost all but a single chip with a bluff against Hwany Lee. Waki was among the early chip leaders only to see his fortune turn around swiftly. Within two hands, Waki lost his entire stack to Greenwood when he first ran kings into aces and then couldn't beat trips queens of the Canadian.
2022 EPT Monte-Carlo Mystery Bounty winner Thorel joined the big stacks after earning two knockouts in very short succession. Especially the clash with Paul Newey was a memorable one when he spiked a very fortunate river to eliminate his opponent.
However, neither knockout for the French businessman was worth any cash prize yet as the drawings for the Mystery Bounty prizes only commence as of level 13 after the first break on Day 2. By then, the late registration will have closed by 1.30 pm local time in the main tournament room at King's Casino Prague.
The second and final day of the first High Roller event here at 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague gets underway at 12.30 pm local time. Two levels remain for players to join the action and the blinds recommence at 1,500-3,000 with a big blind ante of 3,000.
Stay tuned to find out right here on PokerNews who earns the biggest bounty prizes and a portion of the cash prize pool.
End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts (complet)
Niveau 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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370,500 | 80,500 |
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310,000 | |
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293,500 | -86,500 |
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292,000 | 82,000 |
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269,000 | 69,000 |
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250,000 | 10,000 |
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212,500 | -17,500 |
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208,500 | 48,500 |
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208,000 | -2,000 |
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204,000 | 19,000 |
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200,000 | -15,000 |
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196,500 | 96,500 |
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195,000 | -65,000 |
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181,500 | 101,500 |
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179,000 | 69,000 |
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170,000 | -40,000 |
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169,500 | 69,500 |
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150,000 | 10,000 |
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133,000 | 43,000 |
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130,000 | 20,000 |
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120,000 | -5,000 |
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98,000 | 3,000 |
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90,500 | -99,500 |
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87,500 | 17,500 |
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87,000 | -3,000 |
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Day 1 Completed
Niveau 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
All players have bagged up their chips and the full counts as well as a recap of today's action are to follow.
Pardo Wins Three-Bet Pot Against Bise
Niveau 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Emil Bise opened to 5,500 on the button and Juan Pardo three-bet to 23,500 in the small blind for Bise to call. The flop brought 
and a bet of 25,000 by Pardo claimed a late night pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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210,000 | 85,000 |
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90,000 | -35,000 |
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Three Last Hands for Day 1
Niveau 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
With 32 players out of 52 entries remaining and seven minutes left on the clock, the final hands of the night were drawn. Only three more hands will be played and Jorryt van Hoof appears to be the chip leader ahead of Rodrigo Seiji and Jean-Noel Thorel.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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380,000 | 232,000 |
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290,000 | 185,000 |
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260,000 | 45,000 |
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240,000 | -20,000 |
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230,000 | 110,000 |
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200,000 | 75,000 |
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Eliminé | |
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Eliminé | |
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Wongwichit Crashes Out Against Lee
Niveau 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Hwany Lee tangled in a bigger pot with Phachara Wongwichit and had 57,500 behind to the 
river on which he checked. Wongwichit bet exactly that amount with a single chip behind and Lee reluctantly called all-in.
Wongwichit tabled the 
for a bluff and Lee doubled with his 
for just a pair of sevens.
Down to the single chip. Wongwichit survived the next all-in before he was at risk for 4,000 on the button. Lee had raised and Levan Rcheulishvili in the big blind called. The two active players checked down the entire 
board and Lee revealed 
. Wongwichit was unable to spin it up with 
and Rcheulishvili also earned no portion of the pot with the 
.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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260,000 | 50,000 |
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90,000 | -15,000 |
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Eliminé | |
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Suvarna Among the Late Casualties on Day 1
Niveau 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Santhosh Suvarna was flipping for his tournament life with 
against the 
of Juha Helppi and didn't get there as the mighty pocket pair held up. Samuel Ju then joined a few moments later as the field reached 52 entries, Orpen Kisacikoglu also jumped back in.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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310,000 | 10,000 |
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215,000 | -20,000 |
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190,000 | -50,000 |
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160,000 | 55,000 |
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140,000 | 35,000 |
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120,000 | -20,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | |
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95,000 | -5,000 |
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80,000 | -45,000 |
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Eliminé | |
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Double Knockout Vaults Kim Back on Track
Niveau 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Orpen Kisacikoglu was all-in with a severe short stack and Ondrej Goetz pushed all-in for around 60,000 on the button. Namhyung Kim in the big blind glanced at his cards and then instantly called.
Orpen Kisacikoglu: 
Ondrej Goetz: 
Namhyung Kim: 
The 
board improved Kim to the superior pair and he sent two players to the rail.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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210,000 | 75,000 |
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Eliminé | |
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Eliminé | |
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Niveau: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500