Day 1 of EPT Paris €3,000 Mystery Bounty to Kick Off at 4 p.m.
The PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris is in full flow, with the EPT Paris Main Event on Day 2 and several tournaments already in the books.
Next up on the agenda is the €3,000 EPT Paris Mystery Bounty, which kicks off inside the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile at 4 p.m. CET.
This is the second Mystery Bounty tournament at EPT Paris, with Portugal's Andre Marques taking down the €10,200 Mystery Bounty at the beginning of the series. Marques despatched Kayhan Mokri in heads-up play to claim the €128,500 up top and a further €47,500 in additional bounties.
This event is a three-day tournament, with late registration open until the beginning of Day 2, which kicks off at 12:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday, February 23.
Day 2 is when the Mystery Bounty element comes into play, and possible prizes could be as followed but are not limited to €100,000, €50,000, €30,000, €15,000, €10,000, €5,000, €1,000, and €500.
Anyone who enters the Mystery Bounty will receive a starting stack of 30,000. The plan for Day 1 is to play ten 40-minute levels, and while the registration period is open, players are allowed a single reentry.
The players will take a 20-minute comfort break after the first three levels and then play another three levels before going on a 75-minute dinner break (approx. 8:20 p.m.). They will then duke it out for another two levels before going on their last 20-minute break and then return to battle it in Levels 9 and 10. Anyone with chips in front of them will then bag and tag their stacks for the event's next stage.
A third of the €3,000 buy-in will go into the bounty prize pool, while €1,688 of the entry fee will be allotted to the regular prize purse.
Day 1 Schedule
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 min | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | 40 min | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 3 | 40 min | 100 | 300 | 300 |
| 20 min break | ||||
| 4 | 40 min | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 5 | 40 min | 200 | 500 | 500 |
| 6 | 40 min | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 75 min dinner break | ||||
| 7 | 40 min | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 8 | 40 min | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 20 min break | ||||
| 9 | 40 min | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 10 | 40 min | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
A star-studded field is expected, so as always, keep it locked in with PokerNews to keep up with all the action from this exciting event.
and only Hamilton got out of the way. 
turn before Benhamou made it 4,000. Ilie called. Bindel was waiting for the river card, thinking both of his opponents had called his bet. However, he realised he had missed 5,000 off his bet size. Upon seeing that he faced a raise, he folded. 
river and Ilie quickly made it 15,000 and Benhamou wasted little time calling. 
for fours full of jacks.
flop checked through to the 
river, Juutilainen check-folded after D'Ursel fired for 10,000. 
turn checked through to the 
river. D'Ursel then led out for 3,500 and after some thinking time, Helppi folded.
was laid out on the table with around 20,000 chips already in the middle. Namhyung Kim led out with a bet of 6,000 and Guillaume Bacri shoved all in for 21,800. Kim thought for a minute before splashing in some chips to call.
into a bluff. It wasn't meant to be though as Kim simply called with 
flop, which brought in the 
river completed Vinayagamoorthy's open-ended straight draw. Chisu left the table and his opponent raked in the pot.
before he led with a bet of 1,500. Gineste was not going anywhere and called the bet.
turn, Lin fired a bet of 3,500, while claiming that Gineste's supposed ace-king was no good. However, that did not deter Gineste from making the call, and he matched Lin's bet to see the river.
hit the table. Lin cheered and announced that he was all in, covering Gineste's 16,500 remaining chips. Gineste only thought a few seconds before putting in the call, after which Lin burst out in laughter and gave his neighbor a jovial hug. 
, playing only the pair on the board. Gineste showed his hand and it turned out Lin's read was correct; 
flop and 
turn. However, the 
