"NekoManeki" Conquers the 888poker $100K Mystery Bounty Main Event

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Aug 12, 2025 4 min read

The $100,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty Main Event is 888poker's flagship tournament, combining a large prize pool with the excitement of a mystery bounty format. The latest edition saw 910 players exchange $109 for the chance to become its champion, resulting in a $9,000 overlay, adding even more value to proceedings.

Day 1 of the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event took place on August 10 and saw the 910 entrants whittled to the final table of eight. By this stage, all of the juicy mystery bounty envelopes had been opened, including the $10,000 jackpot bounty that Ukraine's "zMukeha" clinched before crashing out in tenth place.

The final table was a cosmopolitan affair, with seven countries represented, showing how far and wide 888poker casts its nets. Malta's "NekoManeki" topped the chip counts going into Day 2, although their lead over Ukraine's "FraerVV29" was less than a big blind. Brazilian "LeoJoseCarne" sat down at the final table, streamed on 888poker's Twitch channel with card-up coverage, with a meagre two big blinds at their disposal.

$100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Chip Counts

Unsurprisingly, "LeoJoseCarne" was the first finalist heading to the showers. On the first hand of the final table, "phho86" open-shoved from the button with queen-ten, and "LeoJoseCarne" called all-in from the small blind with pocket eights. Those snowmen stayed the best hand until a king on the river completed a straight for "phhno86," and the at-risk player was ejected.

Another coinflip during the same level resulted in "Lintyman" being void of chips. "FrarerVV29" min-raised with ace-queen before calling the 17 big blind three-bet all-in from "Lintyman," which they made with pocket jacks. An ace on the river meant "Lintyman" was finished.

Canada's "ethan01333" allowed their stack to dwindle to a shade under six big blinds, and they were in desperate need of a double-up. They had the opportunity to do that when the action folded to them in the small blind and they looked down at king-queen, resulting in a perfect shoving opportunity. That is precisely what they did, shipping their stack into the middle. However, "FraerVV29" woke up with ace-jack in the big blind, snap-called, and their ace-high was enough to reduce the final table to five players.

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Those five became four with the untimely demise of "phho86" one hand after "ethan01333" was sent packing. "NekoManeki" min-raised under the gun with ace-ten of diamonds, "phho86" three-bet all-in with pocket nines for 21 big blinds from the next seat across, only for "FraerVV29" to re-shove from the small blind with pocket kings. The initial raiser ducked out of the way and proceeded to improve to a full house by the river.

Four-handed play spanned an hour, ending with "cool_Cat888" being ejected. "cool_Cat888" was chip leader at one stage, having found themselves on the right side of an aces versus kings scenario, but they lost a chunk to "FraerVV29" when they flopped top pair and called a shove on the river only to be shown the nut flush.

That shove call left "cool_Cat888" nursing a five big blind stack, and the writing was on the wall. They got the last of their chips into the middle from the small blind with ace-queen of hearts, and were up against the jack-seven of "FraerVV29." Two sevens on the flop left the all-in player drawing paper-thin. An ace on the turn gave them a 5% chance of surviving, but a king on the river ejected them from the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event.

The tournament progressed to the heads-up stage following the "aalexandress"' exit in third. "NekoMenaki" min-raised on the button with pocket sevens, "aalexandress" three-bet all-in for 10 big blinds with jack-ten of hearts from the small blind, "FraerVV29" folded pocket sixes in the big blind, and the initial raiser called the shove. An ace-high flop with two hearts kept "NekoMenaki" in front, although the at-risk player had slightly more equity due to the myriad of outs they had. An offsuit nine on the turn changed little, with a seven on the river improving "NekoMenaki" to an unnecessary set. Game over for "aalexandress."

"NekoMenaki" entered heads-up holding a 59.2 to 26.1 big blind advantage over "FraerVV29." Less than 10 minutes into the one-on-one action, "FraerVV29" limped with ace-four of hearts, "NekoMenaki" raised with pocket nines before calling their opponents' jam. The five community cards ran out safely for the pocket pair, and that, as they say, was that.

The runner-up took home $8,380 for their efforts, while "NekoMenaki" banked $9,004 and the title of $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event champion.

$100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Results

Win Your Way Into the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event

The next $109 buy-in $100,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty Main Event is scheduled to shuffle up and deal at 6:00 p.m. BST on August 17. Registration is open, with dozens of satellites planned between now and the start of the big dance.

Freeroll satellites are available, with others costing between $1 and $16.50. These enable players to play their way to the big time regardless of their bankroll size.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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