The pot stood at 5,200 with two players looking at a flop of K?9?A?.
Jack Hardcastle, in the hijack, check-called a bet of 5,000 from Josef Schusteritsch, on the button.
The K? turn checked through to the Q? on the river. Hardcastle checked again and Schusteritsch bet out 12,300. Hardcastle check-raised, moving all in for approximately 28,000. Schusteritsch was forced to fold.
The pot stood at approximately 4,000 with three players looking at a flop of J?4?10?. All three players checked to see the 8? turn.
Fabien Claude, in the big blind, took the lead for 1,900. Both Martin Lategui and Teymur Valiyev, in middle position and the cutoff respectively, made the call.
The A? river saw the action check to Valiyev, who bet out 2,400. Claude called and Lategui mucked. Valiyev tabled A?9? for a rivered top pair, but Claude claimed this pot with J?10? for two pair.
The under-the-gun player raised, prompting David Petkovic to three-bet jam for his last 10,800, from the button. Nina Krasilnikova cold called in the small blind and the original raiser folded.
David Petkovic: 10?10?
Nina Krasilnikova: 6?6?
"Please! Six!" called Krasilnikova, the moment she saw she was behind. The poker gods seemingly listened as the dealer spread 5?A?6? flop. The Q? turn and K? river ensured Petkovic's departure.
Eric Lai raised to 1,200 from under the gun, Mark Teltscher three-bet to 3,500 in the hijack and Lai called.
Lai check-called a bet of 2,000 from Teltscher, on the 7?2?5? flop.
The 4? turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Teltscher sized up to 5,000.
The 2? river prompted Lai to play out of flow, leading for 8,500. Teltscher thought on his decision before moving all in for 17,700. Lai made a quick call.
Mark Teltscher: A?A?
Eric Lai: 8?8?
Teltscher found the full double with his pocket aces.
The pot had already swelled to approximately 23,000 with two players looking at a full board of K?4?7?Q?3?.
Lukas Hafner, in the hijack, checked the action to Demin Shen, on the button. Shen moved all in, putting Hafner to the test for his effective stack of 22,800.
Pained by his decision, Hafner tanked for some time before finally flicking in the call. Shen tabled 9?7? for a pair of sevens, while Hafner raked in this pot with K?J?.
A neutral player at the table announced that he thought Shen had a set.
The 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo here at the Sporting Monte-Carlo 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 Jeremie Zouari who emerged victorious after besting a field of 678 players. Zouari lay claim to the lion's share of the �1,163,448 prize pool, taking home �194,310 for the first-place prize.
2023��s Final Table Payouts
Place
Player
Country
Prize
Bounties
Total
1
Jeremie Zouari
France
�194,310
�8,000
�202,310
2
Anton Kraous
Bulgaria
�170,187
�14,000
�184,187
3
Antoine Labat
France
�100,050
�38,000
�138,050
4
Ignacio Sole Aparicio
Spain
�76,950
�10,000
�86,950
5
Jon Ander Vallinas
Spain
�59,200
�8,000
�67,200
6
Andrea Crobu
Italy
�45,550
�27,000
�72,550
7
Aliaksei Boika
Belarus
�35,050
�53,000
�88,050
8
Igor Yaroshevskyy
Ukraine
�26,950
�5,000
�31,950
9
Fabio Peluso
Italy
�20,700
�10,000
�30,700
This is the second Mystery Bounty tournament to take place at EPT Monte Carlo, with Antoine Labat taking down the �10,200 Mystery Bounty last week. Labat triumphed over Felipe Boianovsky in heads-up play to claim the �116,800 up top and �40,000 in additional bounties.
Antoine Labat
Late registration will be open until the beginning of Day 2, which kicks off on Wednesday, May 1, 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 bounties that will be confirmed once the prize pool is finalized.
Anyone who enters the Mystery Bounty will receive a starting stack of 30,000. The plan for Day 1 is to play twelve 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.
