"bucurestean" Wins 888poker $100K Mystery Bounty as Summer Sale Kicks Off
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Romania's "bucurestean" is more than $8,300 richer than a few days ago after they navigated past 962 opponents in the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event online at 888poker.
The Romanian grinder reached the eight-handed final table with the chip lead, although their stack only contained eight big blinds more than second-placed "t0nyshark." Finland's "Kalamaaan" brought up the rear with a 12 big blind stack.
Although the champion scooped $8,347 for their victory, Brazil's "maOiiii" walked away with the largest prize of all. Courtesy of banking a $10,000 jackpot bounty, "maOiiii" took home $11,156 despite busting in 15th place.
$100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chiups | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bucurestean | Romania | 3,212,197 | 54 |
| 2 | t0nyshark | Ukraine | 2,735,036 | 46 |
| 3 | EDY14101 | Andorra | 2,257,977 | 38 |
| 4 | ovomaltino | Brazil | 1,839,470 | 31 |
| 5 | LiQuidZeRo | Sweden | 1,324,808 | 22 |
| 6 | FRENTEXXy | Brazil | 1,241,615 | 21 |
| 7 | ZeiKo | Lithuania | 1,136,896 | 19 |
| 8 | Kalamaan | Finland | 697,001 | 12 |
It took only 2.5 hours from the first cards being pitched at the final table to the champion being crowned.
"ZeiKo"'s time at the final table was limited. They sat down second last in chips but were the first player out of the door, three-bet shoving for ten big blinds with ace-five of diamonds only to run straight into the dominating ace-ten of hearts of "bucurestean."
A steady flow of eliminations followed. "Kalamaan" of Finland was next to hit the rail, "EDY14101" of Andorra joined the list of busted players, befoe "ovomaltino" busted in fifth to leave only four players in the hunt for the title of champion.
Those four became three when "LiQuidZeRo" then two with the untimely exit of "t0nyshark," who had been nursing a short stack for some time.
"bucurestean" went into the heads-up clash with "FRENTEXXy" trailing but ultimately came out on top t take home $8,347, leaving the runner-up to pad their 888poker bankroll with $6,595.
$100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bucurestean | Romania | $992 | $7,355 | $8,347 |
| 2 | FRENTEXXy | Brazil | $845 | $5,750 | $6,595 |
| 3 | t0nyshark | Ukraine | $545 | $4,275 | $4,820 |
| 4 | LiQuidZeRo | Sweden | $1,106 | $2,940 | $4,046 |
| 5 | ovomaltino | Brazil | $926 | $1,970 | $2,896 |
| 6 | EDY14101 | Andorra | $3,852 | $1,435 | $5,287 |
| 7 | Kalamaan | Finland | $893 | $1,000 | $1,893 |
| 8 | ZeiKo | Lithuania | $506 | $750 | $1,256 |
888poker Summer Sale Results
While "bucurestean" was busy becoming a champion, the 888poker Summer Sale burst into life, a week-long promotion that sees buy-ins of several multi-table tournaments slashed in half.
"andyboooo9" won the Summer Sale Big Shot 215, turning $109 into $2,393, with "SantosTP" enjoying playing in the Summer Sale PKO Rumble 55 for $27.50 and walking away with the $2,233 top prize.
Check out the Summer Sale results in the table below.
| Event | Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Sale Big Shot 215 | $109 | 101 | $10,100 | andyboooo9 | $2,393 |
| Summer Sale PKO Rumble 55 | $27.50 | 541 | $13,525 | SantosTP | $2,233 |
| Summer Sale Tuesday PKO Rumble 320 | $160 | 97 | $14,356 | swe_cs | $3,769 |
| Summer Sale Mystery Bounty 22 | $11 | 1,073 | $10,730 | MackTwo2 | $950 |
Remaining 888poker Summer Sale Schedule
Don't worry if you missed the first few Summer Sale tournaments because several more run between today and June 15. If you only have the time to play one of these cut-price events, try to make it the Mystery Bounty Main Event at 6:00 p.m. BST on June 15. It costs $55 instead of $109 but keeps its $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. Reach its final table, and you'll feature in PokerNews' recap next week!
