Platinum Pass Up for Grabs in £3,000 Mystery Bounty; Kicks Off at 3 P.M.
Welcome to another event at the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour London, which is hosted at the fantastic Hilton Park Lane. Today's action sees Day 1 of the EPT Platinum Pass Mystery Bounty play out, which begins at 3 p.m. local time.
This is the third Mystery Bounty Event at EPT London, and follows the £10,200 Mystery Bounty and the £440 UKIPT Mystery Bounty Cup, which were won by Juan Pardo (£80,280) and Henrik Veldhoem (£39,716) respectively.
While those events were thrilling in their own right, there's an extra shine on this edition as a huge $30,000 Platinum Pass to the PokerStars Players Championship is up for grabs when the mystery bounties come into play on Day 2.
The plan of action for Day 1 is to play twelve 40-minute levels, with breaks taking place every two hours. Entrants begin with 30,000 starting stack and will need to bag and tag a stack to make it through to the second stage. Blinds will begin at 100/100 and a 100 big blind ante will be in play from the get go.
All players who survive Day 1 will receive a mystery bounty token and will be able to claim any prizes after 3 p.m. on Day 2. Possible prizes could be as followed, but are not limited to:
| £100,000 | £10,000 |
| £50,000 | £5,000 |
| £30,000 | £1,000 |
| £15,000 | £500 |
Late registration is open until the start of Day 2, so players are able to bypass the first day of play should they wish to.
EPT Platinum Pass Mystery Bounty Day 1 Schedule
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 min | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | 40 min | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 3 | 40 min | 100 | 300 | 300 |
| 15 min break | ||||
| 4 | 40 min | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 5 | 40 min | 200 | 500 | 500 |
| 6 | 40 min | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 60 min break | ||||
| 7 | 40 min | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 8 | 40 min | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 9 | 40 min | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 15 min break | ||||
| 10 | 40 min | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 11 | 40 min | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 12 | 40 min | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
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flop. Koop then made it 11,000 which Guimond called. Guimond, who had 9,800 behind, check-called for his tournament life after Koop put him all-in on the 
turn. 
river was of no help to Koop and Guimond scooped the sizeable pot.
, Luciano Macchiarelli was heads-up in a pot with Alex Lynskey. Macchiarelli led out with a bet of 7,000 in the small blind and Lynskey just called from the hijack.
completed the board and Macchiarelli ripped all in for around 13,000. Lynskey instantly slid out chips to call and Macchiarelli tabled 
for a flush. Lynskey flipped over 
for quad aces and Macchiarelli was sent to the rail.
and Jeffrey Hakim led out with a bet of 3,200. Bruno Fitoussi jammed all in for 17,400 and Hakim opted to call after some deliberation.
and Hakim spiked a straight to leave Fitoussi drawing dead to the 
on the river.
. Kobbelvedt was all in on the turn for a little over 70,000 and Guilbert was in the tank for a couple of minutes.
paired the board on the river and Miller held on to eliminate both of his opponents.
. Bernstein was all in for 15,500 on the turn and Kanit quickly called to put him at risk.
of Kanit who flopped a set. The insignificant 
hit the river and Kanit dragged in another pot, sending him into the chip lead.
. Suvarna had pocket deuces, while Papadopoulos flopped a pair of nines. Navarro had both players beat as he turn trip aces while holding the 
