A Winner Will be Crowned in Event #4 €10,200 Mystery Bounty
The first High Roller contest of the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® at the Monte-Carlo Sporting complex will play down to a winner today. It was a very promising start for the return of Europe's premier live poker tour to the French Riviera after a three year hiatus and a field of 71 entries has emerged thus far in Event #4 €10,200 Mystery Bounty, of which 50 players remain for the final day.
Thanks to a short-lived first day, the late registration remains open for another two levels when the action gets back underway as of 12.30 pm local time in the America's Room. All those who have been eliminated just once or new participants can enter and the only player no longer eligible to join again is Andras Nemeth, as he has exhausted the maximum of two entries already.
Ben Heath leads the pack with a stack of 404,500 and he is followed by Luciano De Hollanda (340,500), Sergi Reixach (300,500), and Sam Greenwood (277,000). Also among the overnight top ten are the likes of Alex Kulev, Timothy Adams, and Boris Kolev.
Top 10 Chip Counts Event #4 €10,200 Mystery Bounty
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds Day 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | 404,500 | 135 |
| 2 | Luciano De Hollanda | Brazil | 340,500 | 114 |
| 3 | Sergi Reixach | Spain | 300,500 | 100 |
| 4 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 277,000 | 92 |
| 5 | Kayhan Mokri Roshanfekr | Norway | 274,000 | 91 |
| 6 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 269,000 | 90 |
| 7 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 264,000 | 88 |
| 8 | Guram Andronikashvili | United Kingdom | 241,000 | 80 |
| 9 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 233,500 | 78 |
| 10 | Andriy Lyubovetskiy | Ukraine | 227,000 | 76 |
The action will recommence in level nine with blinds of 1,500-3,000 and a big blind ante of 3,000. Late registration and a single re-entry in total remains available until the end of level 10 at approximately 1.30 pm local time. All levels for this High Roller contest will last 30 minutes each until a winner has been crowned.
Late Registration Period Level Structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 33 |
| 10 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 25 |
| 11 | 2,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 20* |
*Registration closes at start of level 11
The tournament also features the latest craze in the world of poker, the Mystery Bounty format. From the €10,200 buy-in, €4,700 will go towards the cash prize pool while €5,000 are allocated to the bounty prize pool. All Mystery Bounties will be calculated once the registration closes and they come into play when the event has reached the money stages.
The contenders still in contention when the cash bubble has burst will receive a Mystery Bounty token. For each opponent eliminated, the winner will collect the respective token and can then draw an envelope to determine their bounty prize.
With a cash prize pool of €333,700, the Mystery Bounties will play a pivotal role on the business end of the tournament and you can follow along right here on PokerNews as the live reporting team will be there until the final hand has been dealt.
flop improved Mateos and Kisacikoglu with the latter freerolling thanks to the nut flush draw on top. Nothing changed on the 
turn and 
river as Mateos and Kisacikoglu escaped from elimination.
with 22,000 in the middle.
for Reixach to improve to a full house. With two outs left, Jattin was getting ready to get up from his chair and when he saw the 
on the river, he made his way out of the tournament area. 
, the duo had gotten it in after the turn as confirmed by Timothy Adams. "It was a three-bet pot, he had ace-king with the king of hearts," the Canadian mentioned. Segebrecht held the winning hand in 
for a set of sixes to win the large pot.
river was checked by Sergi Reixach from under the gun and Steve O'Dwyer then pushed all-in.
for a flopped straight and headed out of the tournament area.
and Heath doubled to put a dent into Danchev's stack.
board on which Derwiche improved to the superior hand.
for Greenwood to hit the straight flush indeed while the 
on the turn. Reixach led the 
for a pair of nines. That was beaten by the 
of Reixach, who had turned two pair and scored the knockout.
for the ace-high for Thorel to double up for the remaining 367,000 as he held the 