En Avant les Mystères

The €1,100 Mystery Bounty with a €500,000 guarantee kicked off this Saturday, November 25 at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur. 

4 starting days are scheduled, with Day 2 contested on 50-minute levels on Tuesday November 28, and a Final Day contested on one-hour levels with streaming on Wednesday November 29. 

Each day comprises 12 levels, with late registration until the end of level 9 (around 10.45pm on Saturday). Day 1A began at 3 p.m., with each participant receiving 50,000 tokens and speaking in 40-minute levels.

In this first of four qualifying sessions, only 76 players are left in the running, with 126 already entered! It's level 7 and blinds 500 - 1000 (1000)... the average is 83,000 chips, even if some of them don't have enough time. 

The Mystery Bounty component of the tournament will begin once the prize money is reached, at around 15% of the total field. 







 

123 Entries on Day 1A

Registration is now closed for the first of four opening days of the CPS €1,100 Mystery Bounty. With 123 entrants, the tournament is off to a flying start, with a guaranteed €500,000 prize fund! 

There are 55 players still in the running, with 23 minutes left to play in Level 10. Two 40-minute levels remain to be played at the end of this level, heading for Day 2 on Tuesday November 28. Day 2 will be played over 50-minute levels... 

Noah Alem, Salvatore Alessi, Cédric Glineur, Denis Charlier, Guy Goossens, Anton Deglinne, Gary Hasson, Quentin Tan, Willem Ten Cate, Luc Ta and Farukh Tach are still in the running for this flight... 

Note that the Mystery Bounty format will be implemented in the tournament at the money entry, at approximately 15% of the remaining starting field... 

Rami Awad patron of the opening day

In the money on the Circus Cup, Rami Awad jumped straight into Day 1 of the €1,100 Mystery Bounty... to wrap up the chiplead on the opening day of this €500,000 guaranteed tournament a few hours later. 

41 of the 136 entrants to Day 1A of the Mystery Bounty passed the hurdle and booked their ticket for Tuesday November 28's Day 2, which will be played over 50-minute levels. At the end of 12 40-minute levels, the Egyptian player familiar with Namur took down the biggest stack. He will return with 376,000 pawns on blinds 2000 - 4000 (4000). 

Awad was ahead of Noah Alem (356,000) and Mathieu Colin (300,000), while Luc Ta, Gary Hasson (215,000) and Salvatore Alessi (195,000) were also up. 

The same goes for Octavian Ripan, Gilles Magny, Sandro Pitzanti, Anton Deglinne, Guy Goossens and Cédric Schumacher... 



Chipcount complete Mystery Bounty 1A
Rami Awad 376,000
Noah Alem 356,000
Mathieu Colin 300,000
Kevin Fluegel 272,000
Duc Nguyen 264,000
Heinz Schlueter 237,000
Raoul van Wersh 231,000
Mark Bongaerts 221,000
Luc Ta 221,000
Nisad Muratovic $219,000

Gary Hasson 215,000
Salvatore Alessi 195,000
Wilhelmus Vosters 193,000
Sylvain Audinot 191,000
Octavian Ripan 182,000
Martin Seldak 177,000
Michael Passy 171,000
Gilles MAgny 166,000 
Fabio Percio 166,000
Lennart Dijkkamp 165,000

Wind Max 164,000
Sandro Pitzanti $155,000
Manu van Bocklaer $155,000
Eric Lescot 147,000
Michael Ender 140,000
Guy Goossens 132,000
Min Sung Lee 126,000
Adzael Alouane 116,000
Robert Seelen 116,000
Anton Deglinne 110,000

Konstantin Faerber 106,000
Jelle Jonckhere 98,000
Cedric Schumacher 96,000
Morgan Duquenoy 95,000
Samir Ouraghi 95,000
Willem Ten Cate 92,000
Loic de Doncker 92,000
Olivier Carosella 76,000
Sebastian Benz 75,000
Mathieu Rigolot 64,000
Johannes van Bemmel 46,000