888poker remains the only online poker site running daily mystery bounty tournaments, and the only site that offers its players the chance to win a share of $100,000 every Sunday in huge mystery bounty event: the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event.
The latest edition of the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event saw a field of 908, made up of 725 unique players and 183 re-entries, fight it out for a share of $100,000. Half the pot was paid out in a traditional payment structure, with the remaining 50% divvied up into sealed golden envelopes and awarded after each elimination from Level 18 onwards.
$100,000 Mystery Bounty Prizes
| Bounty | No. of Prizes |
|---|---|
| $10,000 | 1 |
| $3,000 | 2 |
| $1,000 | 6 |
| $500 | 15 |
| $200 | 30 |
| $140 | 50 |
| $48 | 155 |
The biggest mystery bounty this week was worth an impressive $10,000, and it went to the United Kingdom's "xxkim62." The Brit busted in 21st place for a $255 score, but that five-figure mystery bounty meant xxkim62 walked away with $10,448 in total, which was the largest payout of the tournament.
Other big winners from the mystery bounty pool included 19th place finisher "pokanuktus" and 12th place finisher "diego7791" who opened envelopes containing $3,000 prizes.
$100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | balchu3232 | Argentina | $1,390 | $7,740 | $9,130 |
| 2 | alligatorboy | Germany | $381 | $5,645 | $6,026 |
| 3 | GiordanoKK | Brazil | $673 | $4,150 | $4,823 |
| 4 | joelmito | Brazil | $533 | $3,075 | $3,608 |
| 5 | Sim0nK | Lithuania | $916 | $2,275 | $3,191 |
| 6 | iluckbox | Brazil | $576 | $1,700 | $2,276 |
| 7 | ieduiezilor | Romania | $1,248 | $1,280 | $2,528 |
| 8 | Hvalavam | Montenegro | $387 | $970 | $1,357 |
| 9 | Dar1nskas | Lithuania | $376 | $740 | $1,116 |
Nobody at the nine-handed final table took home less than $1,116 for their $109 investment. "Dar1nskas" of Lithuania bowed out in ninth and received that sum. Montenegro's "Hvalavam" and Romanian "ieduiezilor" were the next players heading for the exits, doing so with total prizes worth $1,357 and $2,528, respectively.
"Sim0nK," also of Lithuania, fell in fifth for $3,191, with two Brazilians crashing out in quick succession and leaving only two players in the hunt for the title; "joelmito" ($3,608) and "GiordanoKK" ($4,823) being those busted Samba stars.
Heads-up pitted Germany's "alligatorboy" against "blachu3232" of Argentina. Blachu3232 had alligatorboy on the ropes for a large part of the one-on-one battle, and eventually clinched the title when their pocket sixes flopped a set and rivered a boat to stay way ahead of their opponent's queen-ten. Blachu3232 won the $200 mystery bounty that was on the head of alligatorboy plus the $140 that started on their head, taking their total bounty haul to $1,390 and their overall prize $9,130.
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If you are VIP Level 40 or above, there is a freeroll at 3:45 p.m. GMT on February 11 that has 50x $109 seats in its prize pool. A more traditional manner to win a seat is via the $16.50 buy-in satellites that frequently run and have up to five seats guaranteed. You can play your way into the $16.50 satellites for as little as $0.10!
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