888poker hosted its ever-popular $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event this weekend, which saw 956 players exchange $109 for the 15,000 chips and the chance to become this tournament’s champion.
Thanks to one of the mystery bounties being worth a cool $10,000, the player who pulls the jackpot from the golden envelope usually ends up being the biggest winner on the night. However, that was not the case this week because the champion turned their $109 investment into $10,238, the most of any other player. It certainly helps when the champion eliminates almost all of their final table opponents!
Day 1 ended with only eight players and with the $10,000 jackpot already won. Montenegro’s “AlCunningham” was the lucky recipient of that huge payout before they busted in 192nd place, 12 spots before the money places.
Remarkably, the two $3,000 mystery bounties were pulled by the same player. Brazilian “nego1001” navigated their way to the final table sixth in chips, having earlier grabbed not one by two $3,000 bounties; their combined value was worth more than the second-place prize money, going some way to show how profitable mystery bounty tournaments can be.
$100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rybka12 | Moldova | 3,283,939 | 47 |
| 2 | FRENTEXXy | Brazil | 2,396,491 | 34 |
| 3 | Getoverhere | Romania | 2,302,241 | 33 |
| 4 | algsxr | Canada | 2,273,778 | 33 |
| 5 | Keven.r | Canada | 1,897,021 | 27 |
| 6 | nego1001 | Brazil | 1,011,959 | 15 |
| 7 | kaineknow6 | 603,643 | 9 | |
| 8 | SeamusR23 | United Kingdom | 570,928 | 8 |
The eight-handed final table kicked off under the watchful eyes of the 888poker Twitch channel, with “Rybka12” leading the way and “SeamusR23” bringing up the rear. An elimination occurred on the first hand of the final table, and it wasn’t one of the short stacks making their way to the exits.
With blinds of 35,000/70,000/8,750a, “Rybka12” min-raised to 140,000 under the gun with ace-deuce of diamonds. “Getoverhere” called with ace-queen a couple of seat along before “Keven.r” made it 210,000 with ace-queen of hearts. Both “Rybka12” and “Getoverhere” called.
The three-eight-four flop had two diamonds, giving the opening raiser a flush draw and a gutshot wheel draw. “Rybka12” initially checked, “Getoverhere” checked behind, but “Keven.r” fired a 350,000 bet. “Rybka12” responded by check-raising all-in, covering both active players. “Getoverhere” wasted no time in folding, but “Keven.r” called off the 1,328,271 chips they had behind. An offsuit ten followed by a non-diamond five improved “Rybka12” to a straight, sent “Keven.r” to the rail, and $1,000 bounty to the pot winner.
“kaineknow6” only had 516,143 chips when they saw the action fold to them in the small blind, so it was unsurprising to see them open-shove with jack-nine. Unfortunately for the all-in player, “Rybka12” called with king-six. A king on the flop left “kainekow6” drawing thin, with a four on the turn leaving them drawing dead.
Sixth-place went to “SeamusR23” who had seen their chip stack dwindle to only 3.5 big blinds. They open-shoved with jack-seven of hearts from middle position, and found a called in the shape of “Getoverhere” with queen-ten in the small blind. Queen-high proved enough to win the pot and reduce the player count by one.
Another short-stacked player made an ill-timed shove and fell in fifth. After “Rybka12” had min-raised to 200,000 with ace-ten from under the gun, “nego1001” three-bet all-in for 496,959 in the small blind with king-jack offsuit. “Rybka12” called and won the pot when the board ran out queen-high. Although “nego1001” busted in fifth, they won the third-most money thanks to capturing a pair of $3,000 mystery bounties on Day 1.
After seeing four eliminations in the space of 25 minutes, it took another 17 minutes for someone to be relieved of their stack. “Getoverhere” was that unfortunate soul. They min-raised to 240,000 from the button with pocket tens, and “Rybka12” defended their big blind with four-three of hearts. “Rybka12” checked the four-eight-three flop, which had improved them to two pair, and watched as “Getoverhere” bet 198,000 chips. “Rybka12” check-raised to 615,000 before calling the 1,745,569 shove from their opponent. The lowly two pair held, and the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event was down to its final three.
Those three became two when “algsxr” was eliminated. The 888poker regular, who hails from Canada, seemed to have connection problems throughout the final table, and was sat out for most of the action. “algsxr” was eventually blinded out, leaving “Rybka12” heads-up against “FRENEXXy.”
“Rybka12” held a 9,246,468 to 5,093,532 chip lead over their opponent at the start of heads-up. Neither player managed to either extend their lead or close the gap until the final hand saw explosive action and ended the tournament.
“FRENEXXy” min-raised to 240,000 with ace-queen before snap-calling off the 4,092,928 chips they had behind when “Rybka12” three-bet jammed with the dominated ace-three. Both players flopped an ace, with “Rybka12” improving to two pair when a three appeared on the turn. The river was a brick and “Rybka12” had all the chips in play and became the latest 888poker champion. It may not have been the ending the viewers expected, but it was the conclusion nonetheless.
$100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rybka12 | Moldova | $2,933 | $7,305 | $10,238 |
| 2 | FRENTEXXy | Brazil | $1,368 | $5,340 | $6,708 |
| 3 | algsxr | Canada | $1,491 | $3,925 | $5,416 |
| 4 | Getoverhere | Romania | $1,451 | $2,885 | $4,336 |
| 5 | nego1001 | Brazil | $6,138 | $2,135 | $8,273 |
| 6 | SeamusR23 | United Kingdom | $862 | $1,590 | $2,452 |
| 7 | kaineknow6 | $806 | $1,195 | $2,001 | |
| 8 | Keven.r | Canada | $1,346 | $905 | $1,385 |
The next $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event begins at 7:00 p.m. BST on June 30. Either buy in directly for $109 or see if you can spin a $0.01 satellite into a seat!
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