Ukrainian Wins $100K Mystery Bounty A Week After Taking Down KO Games Main Event
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A couple of weeks ago, 888poker Stream Team star Leo "KaizenStyle" Jokura won the 888poker $100,000 RAKELESS Mystery Bounty and reached the final table of the $200,000 KO Games Main Event. Ukraine's "Fl4tbush20" has somehow managed to beat those impressive performances. They were crowned the KO Games Main Event champion, and seven days later won the $100,000 RAKELESS Mystery Bounty Main Event!
The latest RAKELESS Mystery Bounty Main Event saw 896 entries processed. Nine of the mystery bounties were worth at least $1,000, including one weighing in at $10,000. Argentina's "blachu3232" got their hands on that five-figure sum before falling in 20th place.
Both "iBustYa888" and final table bubble popper "M.Flush.N" helped themselves to a $3,000 mystery bounty before they fell by the wayside.
Often in this tournament, there are one or two big stacks with the rest of the finalists trying to claw their way back into contention. That wasn't the case this week, with only nine I linds separating "Vozdushnii" in first place and "picimayi" in fifth. Those closely-packed chip counts led to some interesting battles.
$100,000 RAKELESS Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vozdushnii | Ukraine | $1,536 | 2,228,146 | 50 |
| 2 | Fl4tbush20 | Ukraine | $1,272 | 2,202,116 | 49 |
| 3 | fishermani95 | Romania | $136 | 2,041,194 | 45 |
| 4 | MantynisNa | Lithuania | $1,772 | 1,949,450 | 43 |
| 5 | picimatyi | $1,249 | 1,852,680 | 41 | |
| 6 | GirlsBluff | Ireland | $276 | 1,435,189 | 32 |
| 7 | bowladay | New Zealand | $1,392 | 1,215,098 | 27 |
| 8 | Itzcarlos | United Kingdom | $544 | 516,127 | 12 |
The first elimination was confirmed 10 minutes after the final table action began. Short-stacked "Izcarlos" open-shoed or under seven big blinds with ace-eight from under the gun, and lost to the dominating ace-queen of "GirlsBluff" who called from the small blind.
Another 35 minutes passed without an elimination, until "picimatyi" exited, breaking the deadlock. Down to 11.5 big blinds, "picimatyi" looked down at king-jack and moved all-in from the button. Unfortunately for them, "bowladay" had been dealt ace-king in the small blind and they reshoved. An ace on the flop and a king on the turn spelled the end of "picimatyi."
It may have taken 45 minutes for the final table to lose two players, but it the tournament was wrapped up within the next 40.
Ireland's "GirlsBluff" lost more than half of their stack in a hand against "MantynisNa" when they backed into a full house, only to lose to a better full house. That left them with 12 big blinds, and they never recovered. Their final action in the $100,000 RAKELESS Mystery Bounty Main Event was to open-jam eight big blinds with ace-eight of spades from the small blind and lose to the king-queen of "fishermani95" in the big blind, which improved to an unlikely flush.
Fifth-place went to New Zealand's "bowladay" almost immediately after "GirlsBluff" had crashed out. "Fl4tbush20" min-raised from the button with ace-ten before calling the 19.1 big blind shove from "bowladay," who was in the big blind with the less-than-stellar queen-eight of spades. Neither played paired either of their hole cards, and the final table was suddenly down to four players.
Those four became three with the exit of the start-of-the-day chip leader, "Vozdushnii." They busted on the 75-minute mark after a battle of the blinds with "Fl4tbush20." "Vozdushnii" moved all-in for 11.2 big blinds from the small blind with pocket fives, and "Fl4tbush20" called with king-ten. A king on the flop was enough to reduce the player count once more and send "Fl4tbush20" into the lead.
The $100,000 RAKELESS Mystery Bounty progressed to the heads-up stage when "fishermani95" became the next "Fl4tbush20" victim. "fishermani95" ripped in 8.5 big blinds from the small blind with ace-jack, but that hand couldn't melt their Ukrainian opponent's snowmen.
"Fl4tbush20" went into the heads-up battle with Lithuania's "MantynisNa" holding an 82.9 to 51.5 big blind advantage. What could have been a long, drawn-out affair, due to the deep stacks, was over almost as soon as it had begun.
On the first hand of heads-up play, "Fl4tbush20" raised with jack-ten and called a three-bet from "MantynisNa," which they made with pocket eights. The flop fell four-ten-five, and "MantynisNa" moved all-in for almost 44 big blinds into the 15 big blind pot. "Fla4tbush20" paused for a few moments before calling with top pair. Neither the turn nor the river was eights or running hearts, which meant "MantynisNa" fell in second-place and "Fl4tbush20" had won back-to-back Sunday Majors at 888poker.
$100,000 RAKELESS Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fl4bush20 | Ukraine | $1,829 | $8,140 | $9,969 |
| 2 | MantynisNa | Lithuania | $1,772 | $6,050 | $7,822 |
| 3 | fishermani95 | Romania | $204 | $4,375 | $4,579 |
| 4 | Vozdushnii | Ukraine | $1,536 | $2,975 | $4,511 |
| 5 | bowladay | New Zealand | $1,532 | $1,975 | $3,507 |
| 6 | GirlsBluff | Ireland | $344 | $1,435 | $1,779 |
| 7 | picimatyi | $1,249 | $1,000 | $2,249 | |
| 8 | Itzcarlos | United Kingdom | $544 | $750 | $1,294 |
The RAKELESS Mystery Bounty Main Event is continuing throughout April, meaning every cent of the $109 buy-in goes into the prize pool. Satellites from as little as $0.10 are available in the 888poker lobby. See if you can win your way into the April 5 edition and prevent "Fl4tbush20" from an unprecedented three-peat.
