Tauan Naves Leads Final Nine of Event #76: $10,000 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed)
From 965 entrants, 236 players came back today to the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas on Day 2 of Event #76 of the World Series of Poker, the $10,000 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed).
After a long day during which a few players discovered the joys of opening big mystery bounties, only nine players remain and have successfully qualified for Day 3. Among these players is Tauan Naves, who bagged the chip lead. He was still second in chips until the penultimate hand of the night, but he managed to hero-call with two pair after Damarjai Davenport moved all in on the river.
Thanks to this hand, Naves reached 16,300,000 chips, while Davenport ended the day with 10,000,000. Matthew Lambrecht takes third place with 9,900,000 chips.
Event #76: $10,000 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) Final Table
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damarjai Davenport | United States | 10,000,000 | 40 |
| 2 | Tauan Naves | Brazil | 16,300,000 | 65 |
| 3 | William Jia | Australia | 2,125,000 | 9 |
| 4 | Simas Karaliunas | Lithuania | 6,875,000 | 28 |
| 5 | Matthew Lambrecht | United States | 9,900,000 | 40 |
| 6 | Vladimir Minko | Russian Federation | 7,475,000 | 30 |
| 7 | Robert Heidorn | Germany | 1,975,000 | 8 |
| 8 | Andrei Konopelko | Belarus | 1,775,000 | 7 |
| 9 | Eshaan Bhalla | United States | 1,675,000 | 7 |
Behind Vladimir Minko (7,475,000), Simas Karaliunas (6,875,000), and William Jia (2,125,000), Robert Heidorn has one of the shortest stack of the final table with 1,975,000, closely followed by Andrei Konopelko (1,775,000) and Eshaan Bhalla (1,675,000).
However, Heidorn was also the luckiest player of the day, as he opened more than 12 chests today, including a $100,000 and a $75,000 mystery bounty. Earlier in the day, Christopher Puetz then Bruno Lopes moments before the bubble also found $100,000 in a chest. The biggest prize belongs to Brazil's Felipe Ketzer, who opened the single gold chest worth $250,000.
Once he has secured this massive prize, Ketzer was eliminated outside of the money places.
Leon Sturm, Niall Farrell, Espen Jorstad, Stephen Song, Daniel Negreanu or Jennifer Harman also didn't make the money either.
Giuseppe Iadisernia was eventually eliminated on the bubble after his kings were cracked by Viktor Ustimov's sevens. Then players like Johnny Chan (133rd), Kristen Foxen (127th), Joey Weissman (124th), Isaac Haxton (120th), Maria Ho (102nd) and Chris Hunichen (99th) secured a minimum cash prize of $13,605, while Stephen Chidwick earned slightly more (75th, $15,265) as well as Dan Smith, who ran into aces in a three-way all-in and call situation (66th, $16,626).
After Nick Schulman (48th - $20,859), Justin Saliba (47th - $24,010), and Roberto Romanello (46th - $24,010) were eliminated, Erik Seidel (33rd - $28,132) missed the three-table redraw, where Shaun Deeb ran into Davenport's runner-runner flush to finish in 20th place for $40,684.
Matthew Lambrecht then scored a double elimination to reach the final two tables. But Julien Sitbon, on his birthday (14th - $50,186), and his Winamax teammate Adrian Mateos (11th - $62,942) didn't go further, as well as Christopher Brewer (12th - $50,186).
While Brewer lost to Minko's straight, Mateos ran his queens into Naves' kings and lost almost all his chips. He was sent to the rail moments later. Finally, Dan Shak lost a flip against Naves to finish the tournament in tenth place and left the nine remaining players to gather on the final table.
Action is set to resume at 1:00 p.m. local time on July 3 and will end when a winner is crowned. The players will resume play at Level 31 in the 125,000/250,000/250,000 blind level. They will play 40-minute levels with a 15-minute break after every three levels.
Remaining Payouts and Mystery Bounties
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,018,933 |
| 2 | $678,707 |
| 3 | $478,247 |
| 4 | $341,963 |
| 5 | $248,174 |
| 6 | $182,846 |
| 7 | $136,792 |
| 8 | $103,942 |
| 9 | $80,238 |
| Bounty Prize | Remaining | Remaining Total |
|---|---|---|
| $25,000 | 1 | $25,000 |
| $15,000 | 1 | $15,000 |
| $10,000 | 1 | $10,000 |
| $5,000 | 6 | $30,000 |
| Total | 9 | $80,000 |
Stay tuned into PokerNews for live coverage and updates throughout the day until we crown a champion. Also, don't miss the beginning of the much-awaited $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship, which starts tomorrow at noon local time with Day 1a!