Victory for Greece as Giannis1962 takes PKR Open Bounty

Name: PKR Open Bounty $10,000 GTD
Date: 19 August 2009 18:15 GMT
Runners: 624
Buy-in: $18
Prize pool: $11,232
Duration: 5hrs 32mins
Best PKR_Bounty finish: PKR_Paulie (58th - $39.31)

1. Giannis1962 $2,471
2. didine38 $1,460
3. brattegg $955
4. miooow123 $730
5. theHardliner $539
6. jjmac $416
7. Zwolkor $309
8. Santoro77 $225
9. tsuga $168
10. redhotpoker2000 $135

Three Frenchman, two Brits and range of other Europeans made it to last night's Bounty final table, all fighting for the $2,471 top prize. Only one finalist entered the contest winless, with both jjmac and redhotpoker2000 tied on 17 wins apiece.

Greek Gold Rush champion Giannis1962 emerged with his first major PKR title, defeating didine38 heads up. PKR Open winner jjmac could not match a previous Bounty 3rd place, finishing 6th for $416. Prolific welshman redhotpoker200, appearing at his 118th final table, added a 10th place to multiple Grand Prix and Daily $17K final tables.

Bounties

After recent flops, Team Bounty has been under pressure to peform. PKR_Paulie took up the baton with a fine 58th place finish, cashing for $39 and thus earning his conqueror lefileur $139. The Frenchman's AJs out-raced Paulie's 88 to bag the bounty prize.

PKR_Jake's fate was sealed when his AKs failed to spike a pair against cacciavino's JJ, the VIP Manager departing in 120th. PKR_Anders' attempted blind steal also failed, azzurri49's AK holding versus Anders' powerhouse 95o.

PKR_Chrissie exited in 276th, nine places ahead of PKR_Anders, her AT outmatched by the suitably named Demonaces's AA. PKR_Andy, out in 348th place, suffered the same fate, running his 99 into FRANCK31's AA. 

PKR_Jabba took an early bath, moving his short stack in for a 5-way pot. Frozone's 45cc turned a straight flush to prevail over jonnybigpotatoes's AA, Jabba's KJ and another player's JJ. 

All bountie hunters picked up a minimum of $100 in cash and left with a story to tell. Keep an eye out for next week's Bounty where another six PKR Staff take to the virtual felt...