Action was picked up with Salvatore Camarda having opened to 800 from early position. Joao Sydenstricker reraised on the button to 2,400. Camarda moved all in as the covering stack and Sydenstricker made the call.
Joao Sydenstricker: A?9?
Salvatore Camarda: A?10?
Sydentricker took the lead on the J?5?9? and held across the K? turn and J? river.
Action was picked up the very next hand with Sydenstricker all-in and at risk versus Camarda yet again.
Joao Sydenstricker: 3?3?
Salvatore Camarda: A?4?
Sydenstricker held again across the 7?Q?10?7?6? runout to secure a second double up.
Action was picked up on the river of 7?8?7?9?Q? where Robin Ylitalo led from the small blind for 2,000. Gerard Rubiralta went into the tank before putting Ylitalo all in for around 15,000. Yitalo snap-called.
Rubiralta tabled A?Q? for two pair but was bested by J?10? for a queen-high straight.
The 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona here at the Casino Barcelona continues today with the �3,000 Mystery Bounty; Day 1 of this three-day event kicks off this afternoon at 2 p.m local time.
In 2023, it was Ricardo De Andrade who emerged victorious after besting a field of 1,339 players. De Andrade laid claim to the lion's share of the �2,297,724 prize pool, taking home �374,064 for the first-place prize.
2023��s Final Table Payouts
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Ricardo De Andrade
Portugal
�374,064
2
Armin Rezaei
Austria
�233,890
3
Yaman Nakdali
Spain
�167,040
4
Marcos Kenne
Brazil
�128,510
5
Frederic Breton
Canada
�98,850
6
Mikel Unanue
Mexico
�76,030
7
Jan Bronkhorst
Netherlands
�58,480
8
Vladislav Solovev
Russia
�44,990
9
Ismet Oral
Turkey
�34,600
This is the second Mystery Bounty tournament to take place at EPT Barcelona, with Boris Angelov taking down the �10,200 Mystery Bounty last week. Angelov triumphed over Ren Lin in heads-up play to claim the �110,400 up top and a further �75,000 in additional bounties.
Boris Angelov
Late registration will be open until the beginning of Day 2, which kicks off on Thursday, September 5 at 12:30 p.m. On Level 15 of Day 2, the mystery bounties will come into play. Of the total entry fee, �1,000 will be put into the bounty prize pool which will generate prizes that will be confirmed once the prize pool is finalised.
Anyone who enters the Mystery Bounty will receive a starting stack of 30,000. The plan for Day 1 is to play 12 40-minute levels and while the registration period is open, players are allowed unlimited reentries.
As always, be sure to keep it locked in with PokerNews to keep up with all the action from this exciting event.
