"Reggie_Degen" Dominates 888poker $100K RAKELESS Mystery Bounty
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The latest edition of the $100,000 Mystery Main Event online at 888poker took place over the Easter holiday, and saw 836 entrants take to the virtual felt. Throughout April, anyone entering this tournament will not pay rake, meaning all $109 of their buy-in goes into the prize pool.
The 836-strong field was reduced to the eight-handed final table on Day 1, with those finalists returning to their seats the following day to wrap up matters. All the biggest mystery bounties had been claimed by this point, with "Gladius1337" opening the golden envelope containing the $10,000 jackpot bounty. Both "marcospaolo" and final table chip leader "alucilveks" banking a $3,000 bounty.
$100,000 RAKELESS Mystery Main Event Final Table Chip Count
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | alucilveks | Austria | $3,256 | 3,205,473 | 92 |
| 2 | blufingbaldy | United Kingdom | $1,384 | 2,517,769 | 72 |
| 3 | Reggie_Degen | Canada | $2,428 | 1,913,875 | 55 |
| 4 | TheHeuyLewis | Brazil | $564 | 1,492,674 | 43 |
| 5 | pwnji | Finland | $676 | 1,244,927 | 36 |
| 6 | kukufz | Austria | $1,000 | 847,038 | 24 |
| 7 | Johny_Zara | Kazahkstan | $1,128 | 790,294 | 23 |
| 8 | Darki99 | Malta | $544 | 527,950 | 15 |
888poker ambassadors Nick "eastyyy22" Eastwood and Aaron "abarone68" Barone took up their positions in the commentary booth and ran their expert eyes over the action throughout the two-hour Twitch broadcast.
The duo didn't have long to wait before they had to commentate on the first elimination at the final table. Malta's "Darki99" had sat down with 15 big blinds, which was the shortest stack, but they managed to double up. However, after "Reggie_Degen" had min-raised in early position, "pnwji" had called in late position, and "alucilveks" had squeezed from the cutoff, "Darki99" four-bet all-in for 30 big blinds on the button with ace-king. Everyone folded, except "alucilveks," who called with those pocket deuces. "alucilveks" won the flip comfortably, hitting a set on the river.
Around 25 minutes later, another coinflip reduced the player count. "blufingbaldy" min-raised with king-trey of spades from early position, "Reggie_Degen" called with pocket eights from the next seat along, only to see "Johny_Zaza" rip in 11.7 big blinds with ace-queen in the cutoff. Only "Reggie_Degen" called, and they won the hand courtesy of a five-high board.
The final six became five when Finland's "pwnji" ran out of luck. The action folded to "Reggie_Degen" in the small blind, and they moved all-in for 9.5 big blinds effective with nine-eight. "ownji" instantly called from the big blind with king-queen of clubs. "pwnji" was a 66% favorite to win the hand, according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, but that all changed when an eight appeared on the flop. A seven on the turn followed by an ace on the river were of no help to the at-risk player, and they crashed out in sixth.
Despite being the chip leader at the start of five-handed play, "alucilveks" was the next player heading for the showers. First, they lost a chunk of their stack bluffing with king-queen of spades in a battle of the blinds with "TheHeuyLewis" only to discover the latter had flopped a set of deuces. They then lost an all-in with pocket nines against the ace-king of "kukufz" and they never recovered. Their final action in the $100,000 RAKELESS Mystery Main Event was to three-bet shove for 16.5 big blinds from the big blind after "Reggie_Degen" had opened from the small blind. "Reggie_Degen" quickly called with ace-queen and flopped an ace to bust the one-time chip leader in fifth.
Fourth place went to Austria's "kukufz." Their stack had dwindled to a shade under nine big blinds, and they committed that short stack from the small blind with ten-six of clubs. Unfortunately for them, "blufingbaldy" called with the dominating king-six and they made the call. An unnecessary king on the river won the pot for "blufingbaldy" and resigned "kukufz" to a fourth-place finish.
Three-handed play lasted approximately 15 minutes, ending with "blufingbaldy" heading for the rail. Brazilian "TheHeuyLewis" completed the small blind with ace-nine then called the 24.6 big blind shove from "blufingbaldy," which they made with ace-four of diamonds. A nine on the flop left the all-in player at risk of busting, and while a four on the turn gave them some hope, the river bricked, and heads-up was set.
That hand gave "TheHeuyLewis" an 88.8 to 68 big blind advantage over "Reggie_Degen" going into heads-up. A huge hand went down that turn the heads-up match in "Reggie_Degen"'s favour. "TheHeuyLewis" min-raised on the button with nine-four of diamonds, and "Reggie_Degen" called with jack-five of diamonds. An all-diamond three-ten-eight flop ignited the blue touchpaper, and after a flurry of bets, "Reggie_Degen" had their 47 big blinds in the middle, and "TheHeuyLewis" had called. "TheHeuyLewis" was drawing dead and was now trailing "Reggie_Degen" by 99.1 big blinds to 26.3.
Diamonds were involved in the final hand of this weekend's $100,000 RAKELESS Mystery Main Event. "TheHeuyLewis" min-raised with pocket eights, "Reggie_Degen" called with queen-five of diamonds, and the flop fell ten-eight-four with two diamonds showing. "Reggie_Degen" check-called a continuation bet on the flop before checking again on the six turn, which put two clubs into view. "TheHeuyLewis" fired another bet, "Reggie_Degen" moved all-in, and "TheHeuyLewis" called off their last 8.8 big blinds with their set of eights. The nine of diamonds on the river improved "Reggie_Degen" to a flush, which eliminated "TheHeuyLewis" in second place, and concluded 888poker's flagship weekly tournament.
$100,000 RAKELESS Mystery Main Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reggie_Degen | Canada | $2,901 | $11,041 | |
| 2 | TheHeuyLewis | Brazil | $628 | $6,678 | |
| 3 | blufingbaldy | United Kingdom | $1,584 | $5,959 | |
| 4 | kukufz | Austria | $1,000 | $3,975 | |
| 5 | alucilveks | Austria | $3,320 | $5,295 | |
| 6 | pwnji | Finland | $676 | $2,114 | |
| 7 | Johny_Zaza | Kazahkstan | $1,128 | $2,128 | |
| 8 | Darki99 | Malta | $544 | $1,294 |
The RAKELESS Mystery Main Event next runs on April 12 only at 888poker. Satellites from $0.10 are in the tournament lobby right now, opening the door for most players to take a shot at a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.
