Birger Larsen opened to 160,000 from middle position before [Removed:451] reraised to 400,000 from the hijack. Action then folded around to Stephane Gabarre who went all in for 740,000. Larsen folded and Al-Sayegh made the call.
Stephane Gabarre: K♠J♠
[Removed:451]: Q♦10♦
Gabarre called for a king before the 6♣10♥5♥ flop, which put Al-Sayegh ahead. He then called for an ace to make Broadway after the Q♥ turn. Gabarre missed on the 4♣ river. He tapped the table and said good game to his tablemates before heading to the payout desk.
Action was on the flop on a board of 5♥J♠5♠. Birger Larsen checked, [Removed:451] fired a bet, then Larsen check-raised to 325,000. Al-Sayegh moved all in and Larsen called for the rest of his chips.
Larsen showed K♠Q♠ for a flush draw with overcards. Al-Sayegh flipped over J♦10♦ for a pair of jacks.
The turn was the 10♠ and river the 3♠. Al-Sayegh made two pair, but Larsen completed his flush to win the pot and double his stack.
Following an open raise, Salomon Azria called 120,000 from middle position and Tsugunari Toma three-bet to 400,000 from the button. The original raiser folded and Azria made the call.
The flop came 8♠10♠9♣. Azria checked and Toma continued for 330,000, which Azria called. The turn was the 6♦ and both players checked.
The river came the A♠ and both players checked again to showdown. Azria had 4♠4♣ and Toma flipped over 5♣5♥. The two player high-fived each other as Toma scooped the pot.
Generally, the action has been slow, with many pots taken down with a raise, reraise, or postflop bet.
Action folded around to [Removed:451] in the small blind who raised to 140,000. Salomon Azria made the call from the big blind.
Al-Sayegh led the 6♥10♥6♣ flop for 140,000 before Azria put in the reraise to 325,000. Al-Sayegh said: "what do you have? I don't want to bust you." He tanked for a moment before folding. Azria said: "pick one card" and Al-Sayegh flipped over the 6♦ and Azria scooped the pot.
Cards are in the air here in Day 3 of the €3,000 Mystery Bounty with the final 14 players ready to battle it out for the title. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of the action.
The third and final day of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris €3,000 Mystery Bounty will see a champion being crowned and the rest of the bounties unveiled. The event resumes at 12:30 p.m. local time from here at Le Palais des Congrès.
Only 14 players remain, all of whom will be hoping to take the title and winner’s prize of €298,796 from the €1,682,936 prize pool. There were 997 total entries into this tournament, eclipsing the 787 that entered into this very same event last year.
[Removed:451] of Belgium comes into Day 3 as the chip leader (5,425,000), with Ram Faravash of Australia (4,270,000) in second and Tsugunari Toma of Japan (3,000,000) in third.
The last €25,000 and €50,000 bounties were pulled last night but there are still three €10,000 and three €5,000 envelopes to be pulled.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
[Removed:451]
Belgium
5,425,000
90
2
Ram Faravash
Australia
4,270,000
71
3
Tsugunari Toma
Japan
3,000,000
50
4
Gediminas Uselis
Lithuania
2,415,000
40
5
Salomon Azria
France
2,350,000
39
6
Fehim Hajdari
Denmark
2,270,000
38
7
Hossein Ensan
Germany
2,180,000
36
8
Seonguk Huh
Korea
1,770,000
30
9
Pierre May
Germany
1,595,000
27
10
Stephane Gabarre
France
1,300,000
22
The remaining 14 players will return today 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 exciting ending to this event.