Mystery Bounty tournaments are all the rage right now thanks, in part, to the lottery aspect adding a fresh dynamic and much excitement to a standard bounty tournament. The Goliath X Mystery Bounty event proved exceptionally popular with 814 players piling into the £440 buy-in event and creating a £325,600 prize pool.
Guy Taylor got his hands on the lion's share of the pot, namely £39,440 from the main prize pool in addition to £11,950 worth of mystery bounty payments, making for a profitable day at the office for the popular grinder.
Goliath X Mystery Bounty Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize | Mystery Bounties | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guy Taylor | £39,440 | £11,950 | £51,390 |
| 2 | Keith Fraser | £27,500 | £4,900 | £32,400 |
| 3 | Shane Brown | £16,100 | £3,400 | £19,500 |
| 4 | John Gilchrist | £9,850 | £2,600 | £12,450 |
| 5 | Jason Shellum | £6,250 | £1,100 | £7,350 |
| 6 | Natalie Wood-Stoddard | £3,900 | £23,500 | £27,400 |
| 7 | Waheed Ashraf | £2,850 | £1,200 | £4,050 |
| 8 | Dan Gormley | £2,150 | £2,400 | £4,550 |
| 9 | Freddie Bogie | £1,900 | £800 | £2,700 |
The top 77 finishers got their hands on a slice of the main prize pool pot. Jack Hardcastle cashed for £300 plus £3,400 worth of bounties only days after winning the Goliath X GUKPT Main Event for £125,450.
Brandon Sheils, Dan Stacey, Anthony Gardner, Rupinder Bedi, Vaidas Siriunas, and PartyPoker PPC UK Malta champion Oliver Hutchins were among those who finished in the money places but outside of the final table.
Freddie Bogie was the first finalist heading for the cashier's desk. Bogie collected a combined prize worth £2,700. Bogie was followed to the rail by Dan Gormley and the legendary Waheed Ashraf, who continued his impressive run of form having triumphed in the Road to PSPC event at Dusk Till Dawn over the weekend.
Natalie Wood-Stoddard only had in the region of $300 worth of live cashes to her name before this event, but she walked away with a cool £27,400. Wood-Stoddard scooped £3,900 for her sixth-place finish but pulled out the top bounty prize of £20,000 plus a handful more to give her take-home pay a significant boost.
Fifth place and £7,350 went to Jason Shellum before John Gilchrist added the £9,850 fourth-place prize to the £2,600 worth of mystery bounties he had collected before he busted.
Heads-up was set when Shane Brown bowed out in third, his first recorded live result since October 2013, and a career-high of £16,100 (£19,500 if you include bounties). Brown's demise left Taylor heads-up against Scotsman Keith Fraser. Taylor eliminated his final opponent to scoop the £39,440 top prize plus £11,950 from the bounty prize pool. Fraser walked into the night with £32,400 to show for his grind, which included £4,900 worth of scalps.
PokerNews Brings You Live Goliath X Coverage
The PokerNews Live Reporting team is on the ground from Day 2 of the massive Goliath X event. Join the team from 12:00 p.m. BST on September 3 as we bring you all the action as it happens from the Goliath X.
There is one flight remaining in the tournament, yet the prize pool already tips the scales at over £1 million! Stay tuned to PokerNews to discover who slays the Goliath X and pads their bankroll with a six-figure score for only a £150 buy-in.
