2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

�3,000 Mystery Bounty
Day: 2
Event Info

2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
33
Prize
€298,796
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,000
Prize Pool
€1,682,936
Entries
997
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
383
Players Left
14

[Removed:451] Leads 14 Players Returning for �3,000 Mystery Bounty Day 3

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Day 2 of the �3,000 Mystery Bounty at PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris has just come to a close here at Le Palais des Congres, after fourteen 40-minute levels of play.

Only 14 players remain, all of whom will be hoping to take the title and winner��s prize of �298,796.

[Removed:451] of Belgium comes into Day 3 as the chip leader (5,425,000), some way ahead of Ram Faravash of Australia (4,270,000) in second and Tsugunari Toma of Japan (3,000,000) in third.

The top two seem relatively inexperienced and it will certainly be the biggest spot of their poker careers so far - Al-Sayegh has recorded live tournament earnings totalling $2,797, while Faravash has recorded live cashes totalling just over $1,000.

Toma is considerably more experienced, boasting live winnings of almost $3 million, his biggest result being victory in the �10,300 High Roller at EPT Prague in 2019 for �523,120.

Hossein Ensan of Germany is also still in the mix, and the 2019 WSOP Main Event champion will be hoping to add another major title to his resume. Day 1 chip leader Stephane Gabarre is still in the top ten.

Hossein Ensan
Hossein Ensan

End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1[Removed:451]Belgium5,425,00090
2Ram FaravashAustralia4,270,00071
3Tsugunari TomaJapan3,000,00050
4Gediminas UselisLithuania2,415,00040
5Salomon AzriaFrance2,350,00039
6Fehim HajdariDenmark2,270,00038
7Hossein EnsanGermany2,180,00036
8Seonguk HuhKorea1,770,00030
9Pierre MayGermany1,595,00027
10Stephane GabarreFrance1,300,00022

Day 2 Action

170 players registered at the start of Day 2, swelling the field of 213 returnees from Day 1 to 383. In total the tournament attracted 997 entries, generating a prize pool of �1,682,936, with 143 places paid and a minimum cash good for �3,030.

Mystery bounties were in play from the start of Day 2, the top prizes being four of �50,000. Those were all claimed during the day, with Henok Tekle Mariam, Faravash, Kartik Ved and Seonguk Huh being the lucky recipients.

Bounties totaling �53,000 remain to be claimed, with two �10,000 and three �5,000 envelopes amongst them.

The knockouts came thick and fast at the start of the day, with notables such as Matas Cimbolas, Juan Pardo and Tom Vogelsang among those who started Day 2 but didn��t make the money.

Tom Vogelsang
Tom Vogelsang

A relatively short bubble burst when Stoyan Madanzhiev��s ace-king lost a flip in a race against Fahredin Mustafov��s pocket jacks.

Players such as Paul Trotter, Philippe Souki, Arnaud Enselme, and Scott Margereson were among those who made the money but exited before the end of the day.

Philippe Souki
Philippe Souki

Al-Sayegh made his charge for the chip lead late on, taking a huge pot off Fabrice Bigot with a rivered top pair and then eliminating Fouad Toujani shortly after when his queens held against Toujani's sevens.

Faravash was over the one million mark early after rivering a pair to knock out Elvis Petcu, and he continued to be one of the big stacks throughout the day.

Toma began to gain momentum when he cracked Sergey Lebedev's set of queens with a turned eight-high flush.

Remaining Payouts

PlacePrizePlacePrize
1�298,7967�46,680
2�186,7208�35,910
3�133,3709�27,620
4�102,59010-11�21,240
5�78,91012-13�17,700
6�60,69014�14,760

The remaining 14 players will return on Friday, February 23rd at 12:30 p.m. local time for Day 3 to 40-minute levels and will play to a winner. Play will recommence at level 28, which features 30,000/60,000 blinds with a 60,000 big blind ante.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of what is sure to be a thrilling conclusion to the event.

Tags: Arnaud EnselmeFahredin MustafovHenok Tekle MariamJuan PardoKartik VedMatas CimbolasPaul TrotterPhilippe SoukiRam FaravashScott MargeresonSeonguk HuhStoyan MadanzhievTom VogelsangTsugunari Toma