Brazil's "Rafaelgalo49" Demolishes $100K Mystery Bounty Final Table
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888poker is an online poker site popular with Brazilians, and you can see why when the country's natives continually enjoy plenty of success there. "Rafaelgalo49" is the latest Samba star to pad their bankroll in an 888poker event, taking down the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event for $11,362.
Some 1,027 players bought in, ensuring the $100,000 guarantee was surpassed. Six players received mystery bounty payments worth $3,000, with "Gelo420," another Brazilian, taking home the $10,000 jackpot bounty.
The eventual champion managed to scoop $3,609 worth of mystery bounties despite not opening one of the $3,000 envelopes. That's what you get when you send almost all the final table to the rail!
$100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafaelgalo49 | Brazil | $2,878 | 4,576,262 | 76 |
| 2 | pasca98765 | Romania | $575 | 2,490,308 | 42 |
| 3 | TreeTeeAga | Ukraine | $683 | 2,249,646 | 38 |
| 4 | ChipsFool | United Kingdom | $191 | 1,673,088 | 28 |
| 5 | sankovski | Lithuania | $95 | 1,465,358 | 24 |
| 6 | wdias21 | Brazil | $1,222 | 1,230,882 | 21 |
| 7 | fredtempel | Brazil | $518 | 1,162,736 | 19 |
| 8 | LikeaZ0mbY | $3,331 | 556,720 | 9 |
"LikeaZ0mbY" was the shortest stack at the start of the final table, and they wasted no time in trying to change that fact. Within the opening minutes, "LikeaZombY" jammed for less than 10 big blinds with ace-jack and chopped the pot with "TreeTeeAga," who held the same hand.
It was game over for the German a few hands later when they found themselves all-in with pocket nines against the ace-queen of chip leader "Rafaelgalo49." A queen on the flop sent the at-risk player to the showers, and the hand's winner into an even more dominant position.
A battle of the blinds resulted in "wdias21," one of three Brazilians at the final table, heading home earlier than they would have likes. "wdias21" open-shoved for 8.5 bg blinds with king-ten from the small blind only to be snapped off by "pasca98765" in the big blind holding the dominating ace-king. An ace on the flop proved enough to eliminate "wdias21."
The elimination of "TreeTeeAga" was confirmed around the half-hour mark. They lost all but one big blind running their ace-king into "fredtempel"'s kings and crashed out almost immediately after.
That exit sparked a flurry of eliminations, and the champion was crowned less than 40 minutes later.
Lithuania's "sankovski" was the next to fall by the wayside, their four-bet 21 big blind shove with ace-six of hearts getting called by the pocket nines of "Rafaelgalo49," which faded a flush draw to win.
"Rafaelgalo49" then shoved from the small blind with nine-six and was called by "fredtempel" in the big blind holding pocket sixes. The former hit running cards on the turn and river to improve to a straight and leave only three players in the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event.
Those three became two when "Rafaelgalo49" continued his one-macn wrecking spree. "pasca98765" ripped in their final 15 big blinds with pocket queens in the small blind, and "Rafaelgalo49" called with ace-ten in the big blind. "pasca98765" flopped a set with the chip leader spiking an ace. The set of queens remained best on the turn, but a jack on the river gifted "Rafaelgalo49" a hand-winning Broadway straight, and heads-up was set.
"Rafaelgalo49" held a substantial 97.3 big blind to 31.1 big blind lead over "ChipsFool" at the start of heads-up play, and it proved too large a gap to bridge for the chasing player.
Heads-up lasted only one hand. "Rafaelgalo49" opened with ace-queen, "ChipsFool" three-bet with ace-eight of diamonds before calling a shove. A king-high board sent "ChipsFool" home in second place, and left "Rafaelgalo49" to add his name to the long list of $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event champions.
$100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafaelgalo49 | Brazil | $3,609 | $7,752 | $11,362 |
| 2 | ChipsFool | United Kingdom | $191 | $6,060 | $6,251 |
| 3 | pasca98765 | Romania | $715 | $4,505 | $5,221 |
| 4 | fredtempel | Brazil | $518 | $3,098 | $3,617 |
| 5 | sankovski | Lithuania | $95 | $2,076 | $2,171 |
| 6 | TreeTeeAga | Ukraine | $683 | $1,512 | $2,195 |
| 7 | wdias21 | Brazil | $1,222 | $1,054 | $2,276 |
| 8 | LikeaZ0mbY | $3,331 | $790 | $4,121 |
