Tastanis Crowned Bounty King
The �165 Mega Knockout Side Event attracted a big field of 344 entries the previous night and a prize pool of �33,024 emerged. Of the buy-in �100 went to the prize pool and each knockout secured another payday of �50 for the winner of the hand.
Play was halted at around 3 a.m. local time and the final nine players returned to play down to a champion as of 3 p.m. local time. The field was quickly reduced to the final five when Michail Tastanis pushed over the top of a raise by Luis Larrosa and a jam by Juan Batalle. Larrosa as second-biggest stack in the hand called with nines and Larrosa showed 
. Tastanis only had 
, but spiked an ace on the flop and river to send two players to the rail.
From there on out, Tastanis had a massive lead and claimed the trophy soon after. The Greek will also be back for Day 2 of the Main Event as he advanced from Day 1a with a big stack of 243,000.
Final Result �165 The Mega Knockout
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in EUR) | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michail Tastanis | Greece | 7,450 | $8,324 |
| 2 | Juan Roca | Spain | 4,800 | $5,363 |
| 3 | Patrick Scaramozza | Italy | 3,300 | $3,687 |
| 4 | Luis Larrosa | Spain | 2,224 | $2,485 |
| 5 | Juan Batalle | Spain | 1,575 | $1,760 |
| 6 | Pablo Battista | Italy | 1,155 | $1,291 |
| 7 | Lorenzo Amadeo | Italy | 910 | $1,017 |
| 8 | Nikita Iakushev | Russia | 725 | $810 |
| 9 | Alfons Rodergas | Spain | 595 | $665 |
