Florin Stavar from Romania is the chip leader after day 1 of the Mystery Bounty – the kick-off event of Smart Poker Tour #5.
A total of 131 players participated in the tournament with a buy-in of €225 with 26 moving forward for day 2.
The Mystery Bounty format means that half of the prize pool will be distributed among the top players in the ranking (13 in this case), while the other half goes to the Mystery Bounty prize pool.
For every elimination throughout day 2 of the tournament, the players will draw a „mystery“ reward, varying from €200 to €3,000!
On day 2 we’ll see many popular poker players, such as Roger Hairabedian from France, Andrew Leathem from the UK, and Carmen Zainescu from Romania.
A total of 8 Bulgarians continue in the tournament: Lyubomir Ganchev, Veselin Petrov, Dimitar Kostov, Hristo Angelov, Miroslav Gochev, Nikolay Stefanov, Vladislav Bakalov, and Plamen Yordanov.
Distribution of the Mystery Bounty prize pool:
- 1 x €3,000
- 2 x €1,650
- 3 x €600
- 10 x €300
- 10 x €200
Official payout structure:
- €3,570
- €2,350
- €1,700
- €1,200
- €837
- €650
- €500
- €430
- €370
- €320
- €280
- €250
- €250
Chip count for day 2:
- Florin Stavar – Romania – 500,000
- Andrew Leathem – UK – 267,000
- Giani Ionut Ifrim – Romania – 252,500
- Roger Patrick Hairabedian – France – 249,000
- Lyubomir Ganchev – Bulgaria – 202,000
- Carmen Zainescu – Romania – 163,000
- Howard Wayne – USA – 105,000
- Veselin Petrov – Bulgaria – 103,500
- Dimitar Kostov – Bulgaria – 103,500
- Hristo Angelov – Bulgaria – 98,000
- Ion Talpan – Romania – 95,000
- Nikolay Stefanov – Bulgaria – 89,000
- Vladislav Bakalov – Bulgaria – 87,500
- Miroslav Gochev – Bulgaria – 76,500
- Gurban Mamedov – Israel – 72,500
- Alexandru Dorin – Romania – 70,500
- Plamen Yordanov – Bulgaria – 68,000
- Tiberiu Grigore – Romania – 63,500
- Raul Ilyaev – Israel – 63,000
- Itzhak Zenati – Israel – 61,000
- Iulian Acsinte – Romania – 60,500
- Shay Aldorf – Israel – 51,000
- George Valentin – Romania – 47,000
- Gal Zuger – Israel – 44,000
- Sorin Pacala – Romania – 39,500
- Paul Mark – Malta – 32,000
The average stack is 100,769.
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