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Dec 8

22:36

Darner gets it done!

Mike Patrick

Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty champion Mark Darner

Roughly seven hours after winning Chris Jones the $30,000 package to Paradise in our Pick 3 contest, Mark Darner claimed his own victory, winning the Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty!

It was his second bracelet of the year, after winning a $2,500 No-Limit Hold ‘em event at this summer’s World Series of Poker for just under $500,000. This win earned him $350,000 plus bounties, so he'll likely be seeing Jones in the Super Main Event.

Congrats to both Chris and Mark on their big wins on Monday.

Dec 8

15:56

Darner doubles before dinner and has a message for our Pick 3 winner!

Mike Patrick

Mark Darner

While our Pick 3 contest is now in the books, won by Chris Jones, the Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty tournament rolls on with five players remaining to head out for the 60-minute dinner break.

In the final hand before the break, Jones' horse that won him the package earlier today, Mark Darner, doubled up with ace-king against ace-queen to close in on the chip leaders.

Already in a good mood thanks to the double-up, Darner was even happier to hear what his deep run in the tournament had won for Jones.

"That's awesome! Let's go Chris, hopefully I'll be in that event too. Thanks for having faith in me."

Dec 8

15:16

Chris Jones: "I cannot believe this is even real"

Dave Woods

We spoke with Chris Jones, who's been sweating his team today, and he said, "I cannot believe this is even real. I love this game so, so much. I love thinking about it, challenging myself with it, and playing it. And I love watching those who play it at the highest level.

"I never in a million years dreamed I'd have a chance to play in a room with those same people. I’m already such a fan of what PokerOrg does, but I can't thank them enough for this opportunity. This is a recreational poker player's dream!"

Dec 8

14:27

Darner eliminates Dong - Team 5by5 wins Pick 3!!!

Mike Patrick

Mark Darner has just eliminated Vera Dong to win the Pick 3 contest for Team 5by5

We have a winner in our Pick 3 contest for a $30,000 package to the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event.

Vera Dong moved in just over 3,000,000 chips from the cutoff and fittingly it was called by the other remaining Pick 3 player, Mark Darner on the button.

The blinds folded and Dong was at risk needing to win a flip.

Vera Dong:
Mark Darner:

The board came as Darner's trip queens eliminated Dong in 9th place for $33,000 and clinched the Pick 3 victory for Team 5by5 owned by Chris Jones of RecPoker!

Congrats Chris, we'll be reaching out to get your prize to you!

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Circuit Championship - Day 3

FAV	#	PLAYER	CHIPS
All Players
	1	mark darner	134,000,000
	2	yayun liu	0
	3	bogdan jontulovic	0
	4	tomas jozonis	0
	5	matthew klapstein	0
	6	michael nugent	0
	7	christopher nguyen	0
	8	johnny bromberg	0
	9	vera dong	0
	10	eun sommatino	0
	11	nenad medic	0
	12	yi li	0
	13	matthew mcewan	0
	14	jamie payne	0
	15	luigi martins soncin	0
	16	anthony guidice	0
	17	sebastian martinez	0
	18	daniel pearlman	0

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#	PLAYER	PRIZE
1	mark darner	$350,000
2	yaun liu	$265,000
3	bogdan jontulovic	$200,000
4	tomas jozonis	$140,000
5	matthew klapstein	$100,000
6	michael nugent	$75,000
7	christopher nguyen	$60,000
8	johnny bromberg	$46,000
9	vera dong	$33,000
10	nenad medic	$24,850
11	eun sommatino	$24,850
12	yi li	$19,400
13	matthew mcewan	$19,400
14	jamie payne	$19,400
15	luigi martins soncin	$19,400
16	sebastian martinez	$15,000
17	anthony guidice	$15,000
18	daniel pearlman	$15,000
19	cristian-andrei folescu	$15,000
20	jason sagle	$15,000
21	roman berson	$15,000
22	vitalijs korhs	$15,000
23	andrei piatrushchanka	$15,000
24	mihai-cristian tabac	$12,500
25	lara eisenberg	$12,500
26	dmitrii prusov	$12,500
27	david jackson	$12,500
28	robert renaud	$12,500
29	anthony augusto	$12,500
30	nader arfai	$12,500
31	phong truong	$12,500
32	kevin bass	$10,500
33	weldon ward	$10,500
34	sridhar sangannagari	$10,500
35	arthur thiriart	$10,500
36	gilles simon	$10,500
37	behnam esfahanizadeh	$10,500
38	stefan clemens	$10,500
39	qingyu lu	$10,500
40	jack germaine	$8,900
41	david tarbet	$8,900
42	renmei liu	$8,900
43	roman timergazin	$8,900
44	victor espinal	$8,900
45	douglas davis	$8,900
46	zachary schwartz	$8,900
47	gustavo tonelli lima castro	$8,900
48	colby covington	$7,500
49	stephen dauphinais	$7,500
50	sean rosenthal	$7,500
51	mitesh shere	$7,500
52	bryce mitsuo yockey	$7,500
53	gregory sessler	$7,500
54	vasilios billy tsaggarelis	$7,500
55	derek kwan	$7,500
56	jorge artiga pacheco	$6,300
57	jon vallinas	$6,300
58	dong chen	$6,300
59	david mzareulov	$6,300
60	yinan zhou	$6,300
61	poseidon ho	$6,300
62	lisa hua han	$6,300
63	jun obara	$6,300
64	kevin javier	$5,400
65	alexander wong	$5,400
66	arthur walker	$5,400
67	brant taylor	$5,400
68	balakrishna patur	$5,400
69	tyler hirschfeld	$5,400
70	garry gurevich	$5,400
71	joseph olszewski	$5,400
72	samuel sabu mullur	$4,700
73	phanit pollavith	$4,700
74	mordechai goldner	$4,700
75	frank thomas lagodich	$4,700
76	francis obadun	$4,700
77	david kaufmann	$4,700
78	andrew nichols	$4,700
79	benjamin gros	$4,700
80	konstantin aleksandrov	$4,100
81	anthony zinno	$4,100
82	armin rezaei	$4,100
83	bin duan	$4,100
84	cindy spier	$4,100
85	john mcdonald	$4,100
86	harold rosnick	$4,100
87	jherson alvarez	$4,100
88	terry williams	$4,100
89	joseph desanto	$4,100
90	cedric schwaederle	$4,100
91	dean hutchison	$4,100
92	vanush mnatsakanian	$4,100
93	andras nemeth	$4,100
94	eli hersh	$4,100
95	ryan gebow	$4,100
96	bolivar palacios	$4,100
97	igor pihela	$4,100
98	frank funaro jr	$4,100
99	simon wilson	$4,100
100	jon bowman	$3,600