£3,000 Platinum Pass Mystery Bounty
Day 3 Completed
2022 PokerStars EPT London
£3,000 Platinum Pass Mystery Bounty
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2022 PokerStars EPT London
Buy-in
£3,000
Prize Pool
£791,076
Entries
461
Level
36
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
16
Players Left
1
Level 36
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Sometimes all you need is a chip and a chair...and some luck in the case of Pavel Plesuv. Down to his last two big blinds, Plesuv came all the way back to capture the title in the £3,000 Platinum Pass Myster Bounty at this year's PokerStars European Poker Tour London.
Plesuv will be taking home £154,426 for his efforts after defeating Santhosh Suvarna in an epic heads-up battle. This was the fifth time Plesuv reached the heads-up stage of a tournament on the EPT dating back to 2016 and the third win of his career on the tour. The poker pro has amassed over $5.6 million in career tournament winnings with the majority of it coming on European soil.
The man from Moldova has not been playing much of the higher-stakes buy-ins as of late but this win will give him some renewed confidence. He will also be adding 11 bounties on top of the first-place prize for an additional £20,000 when he appears at the payout desk. As for his heads-up rival, Suvarna will earn a cool £96,700 plus some bounty money as well, pushing his total into the six-figure mark.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (GBP) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | £154,426 |
| 2nd | Santhosh Suvarna | India | £96,700 |
| 3rd | Iacopo Brandi | Italy | £69,100 |
| 4th | Robert Macsim | Romania | £53,100 |
| 5th | Sebastien Jung | United Kingdom | £40,850 |
| 6th | Yasuhiro Waki | Japan | £31,450 |
| 7th | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | £24,200 |
| 8th | Bruno Soutavong | France | £19,850 |
Action from Day 3
Day 3 began with 16 players returning to their seats with their sights set on the lion's share of the prize pool that was still up for grabs. Oh, and there was also a PSPC Platinum Pass waiting in one of the remaining envelopes. However, it didn't take long for that prize to be snagged up by Hannes Jeschka who was the first to be eliminated on the day. Jeschka headed to the treasure chest to redeem three of his unclaimed bounty tickets and one of them happened to be the coveted Platinum Pass that will earn him a direct entry into the PSPC this coming January in the Bahamas.
It was smooth sailing from there as the final table was reached in an orderly manner but that is when the action seemed to stall out. Once Paul Tedeschi was eliminated in ninth place, Bruno Soutavong followed to the payout desk when his aggressive style backfired. His nut-flush draw ran into Iacopo Brandi's set and Soutavong was unable to catch up.
Many players fell into the short stack at the table on multiple occasions but one thing stayed consistent and that was the big stack of Plesuv ever since the start of the day. Blaz Zerjav and Yasuhiro Waki put up a good fight but eventually, they succumbed to the blinds and bowed out in seventh and sixth place respectively. Sebastien Jung also made a climb up the leaderboard at one point, but a cold deck didn't allow for him to get anything going afterward.
The start-of-day chip leader was Robert Macsim who battled his way up to a fourth-place finish. A cooler eventually finished him off when his pocket tens ran into the pocket kings of Suvarna. That allowed Suvarna to take over the chip lead for the time being. However, after the elimination of Brandi, Plesuv regained his crown and took a slight lead into the heads-up match.
A monster hand at the start of the heads-up match went in the favor of Suvarna who flopped a full house. Plesuv was unable to get away from his turned two pair and was left with less than two big blinds at the time. Just when everyone thought the match was over, including Plesuv, the deck had other things to say about it. In three consecutive hands, Plesuv was all in and at risk and won all of them, including two of them coming from behind. That momentum carried forward for the next two levels and by now we all know how that finished.
That wraps up the PokerNews coverage for this event but there are still a couple of days remaining at the EPT stop at Hilton Park Lane so keep it tuned in here for all of the latest updates.
Level 36
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Pavel Plesuv raised to 700,000 on the button and Santhosh Suvarna shipped all in for around 3,600,000 in the big blind. Plesuv snap-called and had his opponent on the ropes once again.
Santhosh Suvarna: 
Pavel Plesuv: 
The flop came 
to give Plesuv a set of tens but it wasn't over yet as Suvarna picked up a straight draw. The 
on the turn changed nothing and the 
on the river only improved Plesuv to a full house.
Suvarna was eliminated in second place and will take home over six figures after adding in the bounties he collected. A recap of the day's action will be followed shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,825,000
3,925,000
|
3,925,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 36
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
After falling behind over the course of a few hands, Santhosh Suvarna got it all in for around 1,800,000 and Pavel Plesuv went for the win.
Santhosh Suvarna: 
Pavel Plesuv: 
The board ran out 
and Suvarna made nines and eights to stay alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,900,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
3,900,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Level 36
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Pavel Plesuv raised to 700,000 on the button and Santhosh Suvarna called from the big blind. The flop came 
and Suvarna check-called a bet of 600,000 from Plesuv.
The 
paired the board on the turn and Suvarna checked again. Plesuv pushed out a bet of 1,800,000 this time and Suvarna sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,875,000
1,375,000
|
1,375,000 |
|
|
3,950,000
-1,350,000
|
-1,350,000 |
Level 36
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Pavel Plesuv raised to 700,000 and Santhosh Suvarna called. The flop was 
.
Suvarna checked the flop and called an 800,000 bet from Plesuv. The turn was .
Suvarna checked again and Plesuv continued for 1,500,000. It was too much this time and Suvarna gave up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,500,000
3,450,000
|
3,450,000 |
|
|
5,300,000
-3,475,000
|
-3,475,000 |
Level: 36
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Level 35
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Pavel Plesuv was all-in and at risk on three separate occasions, starting with 475,000 chips and 
. Plesuv spiked a pair of deuces on the first flop to out-draw Santhosh Suvarna's ace-high.
On the next hand, Plesuv was all in with 
against the 
of Suvarna. A jack on the turn meant Plesuv would find yet another double up.
Lastly, Suvarna raised to 900,000 on the button and Plesuv jammed all in for 2,400,000 in the big blind. Suvarna called and the cards were on their backs again.
Pavel Plesuv: 
Santhosh Suvarna: 
The board ran out 
and Plesuv managed his third straight double-up to climb back into the match.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,775,000
-4,525,000
|
-4,525,000 |
|
|
5,050,000
4,550,000
|
4,550,000 |
Level 35
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Santhosh Suvarna raised to 750,000 and Pavel Plesuv called. The flop was .
Plesuv check-called a 650,000 bet from Suvarna on the flop.
The turn was and Plesuv checked again. Suvarna bet 1,475,000 and Plesuv called.
The river was 
and Plesuv checked once more. Suvarna shoved for around 3,700,000.
"I don't think you have a jack," Plesuv said as he talked out his options. He called and turned over , but Suvarna showed 
to take the pot with fives full of jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,300,000
6,750,000
|
6,750,000 |
|
|
500,000
-6,775,000
|
-6,775,000 |
Level: 35
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 250,000