Once players returned from the first break on final table, action picked up and 3 quick eliminations occurred.

The first to go was Mathieu Brunet, who fell to the hands of Joey Boczek. Mathieu opened from under the gun, and Vasilios came along for the ride. Joey then 3-bet all-in from the big blind, and found calls from both table-opponents. He tabled , and went on to flop a set to score a knockout and nearly triple his stack.

Moments later, Vasilios was gunning for another double elimination as he called the all-ins of Mathieu Guerard and Charan Malhotra. His AK overcame the pocket tens of Mathieu and the pocket jacks of Charan to bring the field down to 5 players.

The final 5 decided to look at the ICM figures, and after some negotiating, they shook hands on the deal to bring this event to a close.

Congratulations to the winners of the $25 Bounty Event!

Here is a look at the final payouts of the top 5 players:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis	Prize | Bourse
Vasilios	Sklavounos	468,000	$1,225.00
Joey	Boczek	370,000	$1,146.00
Marc	Lacroix	252,000	$1,015.00
Leo	Hackenbroch	225,000	$980.00
Daniel	Gates	85,000	$725.00

Mathieu Brunet raised to 26,000 from under the gun, and Vasilios Sklavounos came along for the ride next to act. Action folded around to Joey Boczek in the big blind, who pulled the trigger for just over 125,000. Mathieu quickly made the call for his stack, and Vasilios went into the tank. He opted to call for the double knockout, and all three players tabled their hands.

Mathieu:
Joey:
Vasilios:

Joey flopped a set on the to win himself a massive pot, collecting a $25 bounty along the way.

Moments later, Vasilios was faced with two all-ins when he peeled AK in the hole. He made the call, and was once again looking to score himself a double knockout. He was facing the pocket tens of Mathieu Guerard and the pocket jacks of Charan Malhotra, and managed to defeat both players to bring the field down to 5 players, collecting two $25 bounty chips in the process.

Moments after the $25 Bounty Event merged to its final table, Vasilios Sklavounos extended his chip lead in the tournament by eliminating table-opponent Michael Nabilsi, bringing the field down to 8 players in the process.

Players have just come off a short break, and we took this time to bring an update on the leaderboard. Here is the current chip distribution as play enters level 17:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Stack | Tapis
Vasilios	Sklavounos	422,000
Leo	Hackenbroch	237,000
Mathieu	Guerard	202,000
Marc	Lacroix	187,000
Charan	Malhotra	126,000
Joey	Boczek	113,000
Daniel	Gates	62,000
Mathieu	Brunet	59,000

With a double elimination when the field was down to 11 players, the $25 Bounty Event has just reached the final table. Although only the top 8 players were meant to be in the money, the finalists decided to remove some cash from the top prizes to pay out 9th place, who will receive $150.

Congratulations on making it in the money!

Here is a look at the final table:

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège
Daniel	Gates	Seat 1
Mathieu	Guerard	Seat 2
Marc	Lacroix	Seat 3
Leo	Hackenbroch	Seat 4
Charan	Malhotra	Seat 5
Joey	Boczek	Seat 6
Mathieu	Brunet	Seat 7
Vasilios	Sklavounos	Seat 8
Michael	Nabilsi	Seat 10

Registration has now closed in the $25 Bounty tournament and a total of 70 players joined the fray before time was up – we’ll have full prize pool calculations ready to publish shortly. So far no one has managed to accumulate more than one additional bounty chip, nor are there any players with a big chip lead so far – we’ll be following the leaders as the tournament goes deeper.

Here are a few photos of the action in the early going.

Thursday June 16th, 12:00pm

Win $25 for every player you eliminate.