$10,200 Mystery Bounty
Day 2 Completed
2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$10,200 Mystery Bounty
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
Buy-in
$10,200
Prize Pool
$352,500
Entries
75
Level
25
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
39
Players Left
1
Level 25
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
After nine hours of play on Day 2, Marcelo Bonanata of Uruguay is the newest 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus champion after taking victory in the $10,200 Mystery Bounty for a total of $156,800, inclusive of bounties.
Bonanata, who surged from the middle of the pack during the final table, defeated Latvian Aleksejs Ponakovs after a back and forth heads-up battle.
Ponakovs is consoled with a $129,000 payday after scooping a $50,000 bounty, while Vladimir Korzinin of Estonia completed the podium places.
Bonanata is an EPT regular, his first cash in an EPT event being back in 2013, but this marks his first live tournament victory outside his native country, and his first EPT triumph.
$10,200 Mystery Bounty Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounties | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcelo Bonanata | Uruguay | $99,300 | $57,500 | $156,800 |
| 2 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | $64,000 | $65,000 | $129,000 |
| 3 | Vladimir Korzinin | Estonia | $45,800 | $32,500 | $78,300 |
| 4 | Tom Vogelsang | Netherlands | $35,200 | $52,500 | $77,700 |
| 5 | Santhosh Suvarna | India | $27,100 | $7,500 | $34,600 |
| 6 | Yulian Bogdanov | Bulgaria | $21,500 | $75,000 | $96,500 |
| 7 | Manuel Fritz | Austria | $17,200 | $7,500 | $24,700 |
| 8 | Alexander Zubov | Russia | $13,800 | $17,500 | $31,300 |
| 9 | Valeriy Fokin | Russia | $11,000 | $0 | $11,000 |
Final Day Recap
Only 26 players qualified from Day 1, with Ren Lin leading the way, and the field increased to 39 at the start of play after 13 players took advantage of late registration.
Those figures brought the total field to 75 players, generating a $352,500 cash prize pool, along with a bounty prize pool of $375,000.
Dimitar Danchev was the first player to fall on Day 2 to Teun Mulder, and the knockouts continued at a steady pace as Patrick Leonard, Ognyan Dimov and Boris Kolev all fell by the wayside before the first break.
At that point, Korzinin led the way, ahead of Mulder, after taking a huge pot against Lin with a set, with Yulian Bogdanov completing the top three.
The departures continued at a rapid pace after the break, with Adrian Mateos and Aliaksei Boika both being sent to the rail, while Tom Vogelsang moved among the chip leaders after securing a double knockout.
Korzinin continued to chip up after busting Vicente Delgado, with Bogdanov close on his tail after he disposed of Paul Newey and Marius Kudzmanas in one hand.
Lin became short after his pocket jacks were cracked, and he ultimately proved to be the bubble boy when he got his short-stack in with a dominated ace against Bonanata.
The final table was set after Diogo Coelho and Joao Tomas busted to Manuel Fritz and Alexander Zubov respectively.
Final Table Action
Korzinin came into the final table with the chip lead, having almost double the stack of his closest challenger, Vogelsang. Bonanata, Fritz, Bogdanov and Ponakovs all had similar stacks in the 40-big-blind region, while Santhosh Suvarna and Valeriy Fokin brought up the rear.
Fokin was the first player to exit when he missed the board versus Ponakovs. His fellow Russian Zubov was next to depart in eighth, when he jammed the flop but found his flush draw was dominated by Bonanata.
Short-stack Fritz got unlucky to have his pocket kings cracked by Vogelsang to leave the arena in seventh, and the bad luck stories continued as Bonanata two-outed Bogdanov to send the Bulgarian packing in sixth. Bogdanov will no doubt take solace in taking the largest amount of bounties, totaling $75,000.
Suvarna had done well to navigate his short-stack to fifth, but he was next to go to the rail when Vogelsang rivered a straight.
At the final four, Bonanata and Korzinin held a decent lead over Vogelsang and Ponakovs, who were playing similar stacks.
The Dutchman was next to depart when Ponakovs three-bet jammed from the big blind versus Vogelsang's button open, and spiked his only overcard on the turn.
Korzinin had been chip leader for the majority of the day, but he exited in third when he picked an unfortunate time to run a bluff straight into Ponakov's flopped trip tens.
That set the stage for the heads-up battle between Bonanata and Ponakovs, with Bonanata holding a slight lead.
Ponakovs went in front with a better ace-high at showdown and extended his lead when he rivered a flush.
Bonanata hit the front again when a small river raise forced a fold from Ponakovs, and he took successive key pots with two pair and a straight. Ponakovs briefly threatened a further comeback, but ultimately fell short when he could not overcome Bonanata's pocket deuces in a flip in the final hand.
That concludes PokerNews coverage of this event, but be sure to stay tuned to our extensive coverage of EPT Cyprus 2024.
Level 25
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Uruguayan Marcelo Bonanata has emerged victorious in the $10,200 Mystery Bounty for his first major live tournament victory. Bonanata takes home the first place prize of $99,300, the famous PokerStars spade trophy, and $57,500 in bounties.
Stay tuned for a full recap of the day.
Level 25
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Marcelo Bonanata moved all in from the button with the covering stack, and Aleksejs Ponakovs snap-called.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: A?8? 
Marcelo Bonanata: 2?2?
Ponakovs needed some help from the board versus Bonanata's pocket deuces, but he whiffed the J?6?3?9?10? runout, ending the lengthy heads-up battle.
The players shook hands, Ponakovs congratulating Bonanata on his victory.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,500,000
1,680,000
|
1,680,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 25
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
In a limped pot ot the 7?10?3? flop, Marcelo Bonanata checked from the big blind before Aleksejs Ponakovs bet 120,000 on the button. Bonanata called and checked the A? turn.
Ponakovs checked back before Bonanata led out for120,000 on the A? river. Ponakovs made the call and was shown 10?9? by Bonanata for two pair. Ponakovs' hand disappeared into the muck as he drifted down further.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,820,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
|
1,680,000
-335,000
|
-335,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Level 24
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
| Prize | Count | Remains | Total $ | Remaining $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | 2 | 0 | $100,000 | $0 |
| $20,000 | 1 | 0 | $20,000 | $0 |
| $15,000 | 2 | 1 | $30,000 | $15,000 |
| $10,000 | 7 | 2 | $70,000 | $20,000 |
| $7,500 | 20 | 3 | $150,000 | $22,500 |
| $5,000 and Draw Again | 1 | 0 | $50,000 | $0 |
Level 24
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
The players have been sent on a short break. Play will resume when they have both returned to the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,485,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
|
2,015,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Level 24
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Aleksejs Ponakovs raised his button to 300,000 and Marcelo Bonanata defended his big blind. On the 5?8?4? flop, Bonanata checked to Ponakovs, who bet 175,000.
Bonanata raised to 500,000, sending Ponakovs into the tank. After 30 seconds or so, Ponakovs decided to muck his hand as he was left with 19 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,575,000
925,000
|
925,000 |
|
|
1,925,000
-925,000
|
-925,000 |
Level 24
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
In a limped pot, the action checked through on the 10?J?8? flop and 3? turn.
Aleksejs Ponakovs then bet 200,000 on the Q? river from the big blind and was called by Marcelo Bonanata on the button.
Ponakovs showed 9?3? for a straight and Bonanata quickly mucked his cards in defeat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,650,000 | |
|
|
2,850,000 |