A German One-Two in the Latest 888poker $100K Mystery Bounty Main Event
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Germany's "tamtrigiac" came back from being fifth in chips at the start of the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event final table to become the latest 888poker player to be crowned this event's champion. In fact, it was a German one-two this week, with "Seko1917" finishing as the runner-up. Between the two Deutschland-based grinders, they took home $16,487 of the $100,000 prize pool.
Including re-entries, 945 players bought in for $109, leaving 888poker to make up the guarantee's shortfall. Twice as many players are required for the October 26 edition of the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event because its buy-in is being halved to $55 during the 888poker Sale Week.
Day 1 saw the near four-figure crowd reduced to an eight-handed final table. Denmark's "Dvingminator" was the lucky player who opened the $10,000 jackpot mystery bounty, doing so before crashing out in 28th place for a total haul worth $10,774.
Brazilian "Rafaelgalo49," who won this event a couple of weeks ago, enjoyed plenty of bounty luck, opening an envelope containing $3,000, then adding another $2,253 in bounties. They reached the final table with the chip lead in tow, although their 45 big blind stack was not as large as some other chip leaders' in recent weeks.
$100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafaelgalo49 | Brazil | $5,253 | 2,671,108 | 45 |
| 2 | Streusalz | $249 | 2,419,184 | 40 | |
| 3 | BilliON | Ukraine | $328 | 2,128,397 | 36 |
| 4 | Seko1917 | Germany | $698 | 2,126,417 | 35 |
| 5 | tamtrigiac | Germany | $780 | 1,961,565 | 33 |
| 6 | Tigger8890 | Canada | $249 | 1,204,332 | 20 |
| 7 | Jfaw14 | United Kingdom | $1,089 | 1,192,319 | 20 |
| 8 | swe_cs | Sweden | $1,364 | 471,678 | 8 |
Sweden's "swe_cs" had fewer than eight big blinds in their stack at the start of Day 2, making them the shortest stack. Immediately after play resumed, "swe_cs" open-shoved their short stack with pocket sevens. "Seko1917" called with king-queen suited, and a queen on the flop sent the Swede to the showers.
Another coinflip as the half-hour mark approached sent another player home. "tamtrigiac" min-raised with queen-jack of diamonds before calling the 18.5 big blind shove from "Jfaw14," which they made with pocket sixes. The sixes remained best until a queen landed on the river, leaving only six players in the hunt for the title.
Fifth place went to "Streusalz," who won the $110,000 RAKELESS edition of this event in August. The former champion raised preflop with pocket kings and bet all three streets of a queen-high board, including jamming for slightly more than half pot on the river. Unfortunately for "Streusalz," "tamtrigiac" had turned a set of nines, and they called the shove to bust "Streusalz."
After the remaining four players returned from a scheduled break, "Tigger8890" of Ukraine min-raised with ace-five of spades from an 11.5 big blind stack. "Seko1917" woke up with the dominating ace-king on the button and they three-bet all-in for a little over 14.5 big blinds. The initial raiser called and busted in fourth when the board ran in such a way that "Seko1917"'s king-kicker played. "Tigger8890" freerolled their way into this event and turned that free entry into almost $3,300.
The Mystery Bounty Main Event progressed to the heads-up stage after "Rafaelgalo49" went from hero to zero. The Brazilian chip leader had more than twice as many chips as their nearest rival at the start of three-handed play, yet they still fell in third.
Nothing really went the Brazilian's way, as was evident by getting their last chips in as a slight favorite but still losing. "Seko1917" jammed from the small blind with king-jack, and "Rafaelgalo49" called all-in for 7.2 big blinds with ace-six. A jack on the turn and a king on the river busted the once-chip leader, and heads-up play was set.
"tamtrigiac" held a 41.3 to 29.5 big blind lead over fellow German "Seko1917" going into heads-up. They discussed a deal, which "Seko1917" agreed to, but "tamtrigiac" rejected the ICM deal, meaning play continued as normal.
The final hand saw "Seko1917" jam for 26.5 big blinds with ace-seven, and "tamtrigiac" called with ace-nine. "tamtrigiac" paired their nine on the river to clinch the title and a $9,429 top prize, leaving "Seko1917" to collect a $7,058 consolation prize.
$100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tamtrigiac | Germany | $1,289 | $8,140 | $9,429 |
| 2 | Seko1917 | Germany | $1,008 | $6,050 | $7,058 |
| 3 | Rafaelgalo49 | Brazil | $5,253 | $4,375 | $9,628 |
| 4 | Tigger8890 | Canada | $304 | $2,975 | $3,279 |
| 5 | BilliON | Ukraine | $328 | $1,975 | $2,303 |
| 6 | Streusalz | $249 | $1,435 | $1,684 | |
| 7 | Jfaw14 | United Kingdom | $1,089 | $1,000 | $2,089 |
| 8 | swe_cs | Sweden | $1,364 | $750 | $2,114 |
The next $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event runs at 888poker on October 26. As mentioned earlier, the online poker giant selected this event to be part of its Sale Week promotion, meaning entrants will only pay $55 to enter instead of the usual $109. If ever you were going to take a shot at this event, this weekend is the time to do it.
