€3,000 Mystery Bounty
Day 1 Completed
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris
€3,000 Mystery Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris
Buy-in
€3,000
Prize Pool
€1,682,936
Entries
997
Level
38
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
827
Players Left
213
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Day 1 of the €3,000 Mystery Bounty here at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris has wrapped up after 12 levels of play and saw Stephane Gabarre bagging a stack of 401,500 to put him at the top of the leaderboard as he looks to make a deep EPT run.
Gabarre's best live cash came just a few short days ago, when he finished 17th in the €2,200 France Poker Series for €22,040 here in Paris. The French grinder will return on Day 2 to compete against the 213 players who bagged on Day 1, including other top stacks Elie Dib (372,500), Christian Rotundo (357,500), and Jonathan Proudfoot (276,500).
€3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephane Gabarre | France | 401,500 | 201 |
| 2 | Elie Dib | Lebanon | 372,500 | 186 |
| 3 | Christian Rotundo | Italy | 357,500 | 179 |
| 4 | Jonathan Proudfoot | United Kingdom | 276,500 | 138 |
| 5 | Ram Sanati Faravash | Australia | 276,000 | 138 |
| 6 | Jaume Alomar | Spain | 272,500 | 136 |
| 7 | Bruno Ribeiro | Brazil | 272,000 | 136 |
| 8 | Salomon Azria | France | 264,000 | 132 |
| 9 | Ricardo Caridade | Portugal | 259,000 | 130 |
| 10 | Pavels Spirins | Latvia | 252,500 | 126 |
The Mystery Bounty event attracted a massive 827 runners for a prize pool of €1,395,976 plus a €827,000 bounty prize pool, and those numbers will surely grow as late registration remains open until the start of play on Day 2.
Of the remaining 213 who found a bag, PokerStars Ambassador Elias Gutierre was among them as he amassed a stack of 174,500 heading into Day 2. Gutierre is fresh off a 7th-place finish where he collected a payout of €22,900 in the €10,200 Mystery Bounty here in Paris, and looks to capture his first EPT Title.
Other notables who survived the 12 levels of play on Day 1 include Julien Sitbon, Ankit Ahuja, Olga Iermolcheva, and Leo Margets.
Notables who weren't fortunate enough to find a bag include PokerStars Ambassadors Parker Talbot, Ramon Colillas, Alejandro Lococo, and Maria Konnikova who found herself coolered with only 10 minutes left on the clock as her kings ran into aces.
We will see if any of those big names jump back into the action as late registration will remain open until the start of play on Day 2, which will kick off at 12:30 p.m. local time on Level 13 with blinds of 1,000/2,000/2,000.
Players will be given a Mystery Bounty Token at the start of Day 2 and can pull a mystery bounty for every player they eliminate. Bounties can be but are not limited to €100,000, €50,000, €30,000, €15,000, €10,000, €5,000, €1,000 and €500.
That wraps up the PokerNews live reporting team's coverage of Day 1 of €3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty, but the team will be back tomorrow to report on the Day 2 action
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
401,500
272,700
|
272,700 |
|
||
|
372,500
113,500
|
113,500 |
|
357,500
45,500
|
45,500 |
|
264,000
264,000
|
264,000 |
|
252,500
179,500
|
179,500 |
|
246,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
230,500
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
227,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
222,000
172,700
|
172,700 |
|
216,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
216,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
214,000
141,000
|
141,000 |
|
213,500
-66,500
|
-66,500 |
|
211,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
211,000
82,800
|
82,800 |
|
210,500
185,800
|
185,800 |
|
199,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
|
199,000
189,000
|
189,000 |
|
186,000
67,800
|
67,800 |
|
186,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
184,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
177,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
165,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
160,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
157,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
401,500
272,700
|
272,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
372,500
113,500
|
113,500 |
|
|
357,500
45,500
|
45,500 |
|
276,500
276,500
|
276,500 |
|
276,000
276,000
|
276,000 |
|
272,500
272,500
|
272,500 |
|
272,000
272,000
|
272,000 |
|
|
264,000
264,000
|
264,000 |
|
259,000
259,000
|
259,000 |
|
|
252,500
179,500
|
179,500 |
|
|
246,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
245,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
243,000
243,000
|
243,000 |
|
239,500
239,500
|
239,500 |
|
238,500
238,500
|
238,500 |
|
|
230,500
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
230,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
227,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
|
222,000
172,700
|
172,700 |
|
218,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
|
|
216,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
216,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
214,000
141,000
|
141,000 |
|
|
213,500
-66,500
|
-66,500 |
|
|
211,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Players in the Mystery Bounty have bagged and tagged for the end of Day 1, with 213 players making it through to Day 2. Standby for the full chip counts and recap on PokerNews.
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Quan Zhou, who was under the gun, and Maria Konnikova, on the button, had a preflop-raising war that saw all the chips in the middle before the flop.
Maria Konnikova: K♣K♥
Quan Zhou: A♥A♣
The board ran out 8♦7♦2♠J♥2♥. Zhou was the beneficiary of this cooler right at the end of Day 1, sending PokerStars Ambassador to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
221,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The tournament staff have announced that three more hands will be played for Day 1 of the Mystery Bounty.
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Christian Rotundo raised to 5,000 from the cutoff and Ali Zebarjad defended in the big blind.
Zebarjad checked the action to Rotundo, who bet out 5,000 on the J♦8♦6♦ flop. Zebarjad moved all in and Rotundo called.
Ali Zebarjad: Q♦9♠
Christian Rotundo: J♠10♣
Zerbarjad had straight and flush outs, but the 3♥ turn and 8♠ river failed to improve his queen high, and he was sent to the rail
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
312,000
289,000
|
289,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Alexandre Rabusseau limped the small blind before World Series of Poker Main Event, and European Poker Tour Champion Hossein Ensan checked his option.
The dealer fanned a flop of Q♦6♦4♥, and Rabusseau check-called a bet of 1,200.
When the 9♣ hit the turn, Rabusseau checked once more and Ensan fired 6,500. This time that was enough to take the pot as Rabusseau mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Reza Tabatabaei was all in preflop from early position against Soraya Estrada in the big blind, who had her opponent well covered as players flipped their cards.
Reza Tabatabaei: A♦K♥
Soraya Estrada: A♣J♦
The board ran out 8♥10♠10♥7♦9♥. Tabatabaei had Estrada dominated, but Estrada rivered a straight to win the pot, sending Tabatabaei out in the last level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
112,000 | |
|
Busted |