Three players were still in the hand on the river with the board reading . There were around 30,000 chips in the middle already and Aliaksandr Shylko ripped all in for roughly 24,000. Silvio Costa went into the tank for a couple of minutes before finally calling off his stack of around 21,000.
Federico Caroe quickly mucked his cards and Shylko tabled for the best two pair. Costa could only muster and was sent to the rail.
Baku Fazliu raised from under the gun and was called by Francky Magliocco on his direct left. Grzegorz Kozieja three-bet from middle position and action folded back to Fazliu. He made it 16,000 to go, which folded out Magliocco. Kozieja then five-bet jammed for 47,900 and was called.
Grzegorz Kozieja:
Baku Fazliu:
Kozieja got the post-dinner-break double up following the runout.
Bart Lybaert opened to 2,000 from under the gun and was called by Luis Fario and Jonas Hagstrom from the cutoff and the small blind. Andrija Robovic then three-bet to 12,000. Lybaert jammed for 52,000 which folded out the callers. Robovic made the call.
Bart Lybaert:
Andrija Robovic:
Lybaert scored the double-up following the drama-free runout.
Martin Kabrhel just took a seat to the right of Thomas Muehloecker and was trying to convince the table to start straddling, or blind raising in a tournament. James Lee wouldn't comply but opted to shove all in for around 17,000 from under the gun instead. The action folded around to Thomas Muehloecker in the big blind who called.
James Lee:
Thomas Muehloecker:
The board ran out and Muehloecker's pair of sevens held on to eliminate Lee. On the next hand, Philippe Souki put out the 2,400 "straddle' but folded to a raise.
Next up was Benjamin Lebor who was confused at was taking place. He just followed instructions and put the 2,400 on and the action proceeded.
Tetsuma Ishizu moved all in for 14,900 middle position before Thomas Muehloecker rejammed from the cutoff. Phillipe Souki was on the button and called off his tournament life with his last 41,600.
Tetsuma Ishizu:
Philippe Souki:
Thomas Muehloecker:
Souki was in fantastic shape to get a double up and change up and ousting Ishizu. That's exactly what happened as the board ran out with the .
On a shortened opening day in the €3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty at the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris, there was no shortage of action nor any shortage of players throughout 10 levels of poker. There were over 700 entries recorded on Day 1 with just 329 players advancing to Day 2.
There will be more to come before the action resumes tomorrow with late registration staying open until 12:30 p.m. local time. Take note, that the cards will not go in the air until 1 p.m. and the bounty portion of the tournament will then commence.
A surprise chip leader emerged after 10 levels today with Gabriel Shohet accumulating 266,000 chips. Shohet, the owner of Black Sheep Coffee in multiple cities across Europe, has landed himself in the poker spotlight at EPT Paris. The business owner and recreational poker player landed himself 12 knockouts on the opening day but those will not become important until Day 2 begins. Shohet has also been refining his poker skill thanks to his mentor and 2014 WSOP Main Event champion Martin Jacobson's training course 'Prepare Perform'.
Shohet was not afraid to put his chips to work throughout the day, sending them into the middle on multiple occasions and most of the time forcing his opponents to fold. However, when the cards were face up, Shohet got the best of his opponents including the very last hand of the night. As all of the other tables were bagging their chips, Shohet raise-called off a shove of around 15 big blinds with ace-jack but found himself up against ace-king. However, an ace and a jack on the flop gave Shohet the best hand and solidified his position at the top of the leaderboard.
Top 10 Chip Counts on Day 1 of the EPT Mystery Bounty
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Gabriel Shohet
United Kingdom
265,500
2
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Switzerland
222,500
3
Jonas Hagstrom
Sweden
210,500
4
Daniel Heredi
Hungary
195,000
5
Julian Salvesen
Norway
192,500
6
Lex Veldhuis
Netherlands
192,500
7
Ian Bradley
United Kingdom
182,000
8
Oleksii Koiev
Ukraine
177,500
9
Roelof Pepping
Netherlands
176,000
10
Walter Ripper
Brazil
176,000
Some of the other notable big stacks advancing to Day 2 include none other than PokerStars ambassador Lex Veldhuis who finished the day with 192,500 chips. Veldhuis was forced to use his second bullet but made no mistake running up one of the larger stacks in the field. He will be joined by Nick Marchington (136,000), Sonny Franco (127,500), Jack Corrigan (115,500), and Byron Kaverman (106,000) who have all put themselves in a great position to collect some bounties tomorrow.
There were also multiple players who failed to advance to the bounty portion of the tournament including Jacobson who fired both of his shots today. Mauricio Salazar Sanchez, Jamil Wakil, Will Kassouf, Jonathan Jaffe, and Thomas Muehloecker all exited the tournament throughout the day.
As mentioned earlier, the cards will go back in the air at 1 p.m. local time with the blinds resuming on level 11 at 1,000/1,500 and a 1,500 big blind ante. For those players looking to still register, a starting stack will be worth 30,000 chips, good enough for 20 big blinds. The levels will continue to be 40 minutes in length with a 15-minute break after every three levels.
The bounties will start being accumulated from the start but the prizes will not be able to be drawn until the first break of the day. Just like other EPT Mystery Bounty events, the top prize for this event will likely be €100,000 but that is still to be determined based on the prize pool.
Make sure to stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will have all that information and more along with more live updates when Day 2 gets underway.