€1,650 Mystery Bounty
Day 2 Completed
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€1,650 Mystery Bounty
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€1,650
Prize Pool
€626,040
Entries
666
Level
35
Blinds
175,000 / 350,000
Ante
350,000
Entries
99
Players Left
1
Level 35
: Blinds 175,000/350,000, 350,000 ante
Mikolaj Zawadzki has won the €1,650 Mystery Bounty after defeating a field of 666 entrants to take the €95,418 grand prize at the PokerStars and Barcelona?Casino European Poker Tour. He defeated Tobias Peters heads-up to secure the biggest live cash of his career.
PokerNews caught up with Zawadzki after his win to talk about his poker career. Zawadzki was joined by his rail which included Mateusz Moolhuizen who cheered him on throughout the final stages of the final table. Zawadzki said this is his biggest live tournament win but said he's had bigger scores online. Zawadzki said he'd swung between mid-stakes and high-stakes tournaments online with an average buy-in of $200 as well as playing cash games online.
€1,650 Mystery Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikolaj Zawadzki | Poland | €95,418 |
| 2 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | €83,498 |
| 3 | Yordy Bakker | Netherlands | €63,764 |
| 4 | Gianluca Bernardini | Italy | €40,240 |
| 5 | Darren Rabinowitz | United States | €30,560 |
| 6 | Christophe Devaux | France | €23,810 |
| 7 | Emrah Yildiz | United Kingdom | €18,310 |
| 8 | Lessa Calheiros Quintella | Brazil | €14,090 |
| 9 | Mathias Duarte | Uruguay | €10,840 |
Action of the Day
The day started with 99 players remaining with them all being in the money and bounties being activated. Players dropped fast and Yassine El Ouahdani collected five bounties before the first break. He tried his luck at the break and managed to secure the €75,000 bounty early in the day.
However the €100,000 eluded the players and was still up for grabs by the time of the final table. Before the later stages of the tournament Jason Wheeler was eliminated (27th- €3,480) as well as Julio Ribeiro (23rd- €4,010) who was eliminated in brutal fashion as Ezequiel Waigel rivered a set of sevens against his pocket aces.
The final started with the elimination of Mathias Duarte (9th-€10,840) who got in trouble when he slow played pocket queens against Zawadzki who turned a straight. The chips went in on the river and Duarte was eliminated. Next out was Lessa Calheiros Quintella (8th-€14,090) who started the final table second in chips but was second eliminated when his ace-queen couldn't hold against Gianluca Bernardini's queen-ten.
Emrah Yildiz lost a flip against Bernardini to be eliminated in seventh place for €18,310. Christophe Devaux (6th- €23,810) soon followed as the Frenchman as he shipped five big blind in from under the gun with jack-seven only to run into the queens of Zawadzki and the ace-jack of Bernardini to be eliminated in sixth.
Darren Rabinowitz (5th- €30,560) had been hoarding bounties all day as he saved up six before his ace-six lost to Bernardini's nine-five. Rabinowitz claimed his six bounties but was disappointed to not get his hands on the €100,000 grand prize.
Italian Bernardini (4th- €40,240) was next out in fourth when he shipped king-nine from the cutoff only to run into the queens of Zawadzki to be eliminated.
Play stopped as players drew for bounties but the €100,000 still remained. There were long talks of a deal where the remaining players who decided to ICM chop the regular prize pool as well as agreeing a gentleman's agreement to split the remaining €102,000 mystery bounty prize pool. The final three were left to play for the remaining €12,680 as well as the trophy.
Three-handed play lasted a while before Yordi Bakker (3rd- €63,764) called off Zawadzki's shove from the small blind with king-seven. He was up against Zawadzki's pocket fours and failed to hit to be eliminated in third.
Bakker's elimination set up a heads-up battle between Zawadzki and Peters. The pair battled on until Zawadzki pushed all in from the small blind and Peters called in the big. Zawadzki's ace-four held against Peters' king-ten to claim the title and his biggest live cash to date.
This concludes the PokerNews coverage for this event but follow along for all the EPT Barcelona updates.
Level 35
: Blinds 175,000/350,000, 350,000 ante
After defeating Tobias Peters in a heads-up battle, Mikolaj Zawadzki emerged victorious and is awarded with the coveted spade trophy and the first-place prize of €95,418.
Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's action along with a winner's interview.
Level 35
: Blinds 175,000/350,000, 350,000 ante
Mikolaj Zawadzki moved all in from the small blind and Tobias Peters called for about 4,300,000 remaining.
Tobias Peters: 
Mikolaj Zawadzki: 
The flop came 
to pair the ace and give Peters a broadway draw. The turn was the 
and Peters was drawing only to a jack to survive but the river was the 
and Zawadzki was confirmed as the champion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,980,000
5,980,000
|
5,980,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 35
: Blinds 175,000/350,000, 350,000 ante
Mikolaj Zawadzki raised to 700,000 from the small blind/button. Tobias Peters called.
The flop came 
and Zawadzki continued for 700,000 when checked to. Peters called.
The 
was the turn and again Peters checked to Zawadzki. Zawadzki bet 2,000,000 which caused Peters to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,000,000
1,220,000
|
1,220,000 |
|
|
5,100,000
-2,100,000
|
-2,100,000 |
Level 35
: Blinds 175,000/350,000, 350,000 ante
Action went check-check on a flop of 
. The turn was the 
. Mikolaj Zawadzki bet 600,000 from the big blind and Tobias Peters called.
The river came the 
. Zawadzki then bet 1,500,000 which was enough to get the fold from Peters.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,780,000
4,330,000
|
4,330,000 |
|
|
7,200,000
-1,800,000
|
-1,800,000 |
Level 35
: Blinds 175,000/350,000, 350,000 ante
Mikolaj Zawadzki moved all in from the small blind and Yordy Bakker in the big blind picked up a stack of chips and held them in the air dramatically.
"He's going to call," Zawadzki joked to his rail, "all in, call, just watch."
"All in ,call just watch," Bakker repeated, mocking Zawadzki in a comical voice as he still held the chips in the air.
Suddenly he slammed them on the table in a call, putting himself at risk.
Yordi Bakker: 
Mikolaj Zawadzki: 
The was in the window to give Bakker a pair of kings but the full flop was 
to give Zawadzki a set of fours, a gut punch for Bakker. The rest of the board ran out 
to secure Zawadzki's victory and eliminated Bakker in third place for a payout of €63,764.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,500,000
2,050,000
|
2,050,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 35
: Blinds 175,000/350,000, 350,000 ante
Yordy Bakker moved all in from the small blind for 2,000,000. He was called by Tobias Peters in the big blind.
Yordy Bakker:
Tobias Peters:
Bakker was ahead and the flop came 
which gave both players a pair. The turn of the was of no help to Peters. The river came the which gave Bakker the nuts for the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,000,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
4,350,000
1,625,000
|
1,625,000 |
Level: 35
Blinds: 175,000/350,000
Ante: 350,000
Level 34
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
The players have decided to do an ICM chop of the prize pool based on chip stacks. Mikolaj Zawadzki will get €82,738, Yordy Bakker is guaranteed €63,764 as the short stack and Tobias Peters will take home €83,498.
There is still €12,680 up top to play for the winner as well as the trophy.