Ben Ector shoved for 485,000 from under the gun and action folded around to a player in middle position who said "100K".
The player was mistaken and not aware of Ector's all in, so he chose to fold and surrender the 100,000 bet. Action folded to Katrina Weaver for a call from the small blind. A player in the big blind shoved behind for around 650,000 and Weaver called.
Ben Ector:
Big Blind:
Katrina Weaver:
The board ran out and Weaver turned a jack to pick up a big pot and two mystery bounties.
A player from early position moved all-in for 405,000. Action folded over to the button who called and then showed his cards, perhaps not realizing there was still players behind him left to act.
Tim Garles, in the big blind also made the call. The flop came out and Garles moved all-in and the button folded.
Early Position:
Tim Garles:
The turn of gave the player at risk top pair but Garles spiked the on the river for trips and busted a player. Garles then called the floor over to make a ruling on the player who exposed his hand before preflop action closed. The floor manager ruled that a one-round penalty would be enforced. Garles said the penalized player had as he saw the hand.
With around 500,000 in the pot and on the board, a player in early position checked and Ekrem Bozkurt put out a stack of brown T-25,000 chips. His opponent went into the tank while Bozkurt leaned back to wait.
After several minutes in the tank, Bozkurt's opponent got away from it and he took another pot. The California native has chipped up near 3 million with around 44 players left in the tournament.
Ben Ector raised to 80,000 from middle position and a player in the next seat over called. Sen Mu shoved his last 400,000 from the button and Ector re-shoved his big stack. The player next to Ector folded and action was heads-up, with Mu at risk.
Sen Mu:
Ben Ector:
The board ran out and Ector found a king on the turn to send Mu to the rail and score another bounty.
The Wynn Mystery Bounty tournament brought out a plethora of big name poker pros. Among those stars is Matt Affleck, a long-time pro who has over $3.3 million in live tournament cashes according to the Hendon Mob.
The Washington native infamously lost one of the most memorable bad beats in World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event history in 2010. With 15 players remaining in poker's most prestigious annual event, he got his money in with pocket aces preflop against the eventual champion, Jonathan Duhamel, who was holding pocket jacks.
Duhamel would receive some help from the first four cards on the board — — and could win the hand on the river if he hit his open-ended straight draw or a set. The river in the 41 million chip pot, the largest pot of the tournament up to that point, was the and Affleck's dreams of becoming a world champion were shattered on a cruel bad beat.
He still took home $500,000, but ESPN viewers witnessed the raw emotions of a poker player suffering a rough bad beat late in the WSOP Main Event. Instead of having the chip lead, he was out in 15th place.
Affleck, a respected pro within the poker community, has bounced back from the bad beat quite nicely over the past 12 years. He now has 49 cashes in WSOP bracelet events and has put together an impressive poker career.
The Seattle sports enthusiast is chasing another large cash in the $1,600 buy-in Wynn Mystery Bounty tournament. With 50 players remaining, he has an above average stack.
The mini series features five high-stakes no-limit hold'em poker tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $10,000 (plus $500 fee) to $15,000 (plus $700 fee). A $300 discount is available for the $10k's for players who register prior to the 2 p.m. start time, and $400 discount for the $15k's.
PokerGO recently wrapped up its second annual PokerGO Cup series where Jeremy Ausmus was the overall series champion and Sean Perry won multiple events. The tour rolls on in Las Vegas early next month over at Wynn.
The full schedule is as follows:
Date
Buy-In
Starting Stack
3/1
$10,000 + $500
100,000
3/2
$15,000 + $700
100,000
3/6
$10,000 + $500
100,000
3/7
$10,000 + $500
100,000
3/8
$15,000 + $700
100,000
Ali Imsirovic won the first-ever PokerGO Tour last year. The second season is just getting under way in 2022 and Nick Petrangelo holds an early lead while Perry is in second place, right where he finished in 2021. However, it's far too early in the year to start making projections on who will sit atop the standings at the end of December when it counts the most.