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Ahead of the upcoming PokerNews Online Championship on 888, which begins October 18, one player got a head start on celebrating. Ukraine’s “toptiersir” won the $80,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event on October 12, converting a $109 entry into $12,130 and the champion’s title.
Unlike many editions of this tournament, the final table lacked a dominant chip leader. Only 21 big blinds separated “neverback” in first place from “Jwarriner11” at the bottom of the counts when eight players remained.
The action started slowly, with no eliminations in the first 35 minutes. The ice finally broke when “jekazavod92” shoved with king-queen and ran into the ace-queen of spades held by “Jwarriner11.”
From there, the pace quickened considerably. “neverback” fell with ace-ten against king-nine, Germany’s “Stago44” lost a race holding queen-jack of spades against ace-king, and Denmark’s “kojgysto888” busted after running king-ten into pocket aces.
Brazil’s “LRigos94,” who had built up $4,669 in bounty earnings, exited in a three-way all-in alongside “YAMAHA1311” after “Jwarriner11” flopped a set with pocket sevens, sending both opponents to the rail and setting up heads-up play.
Despite trailing early in the final confrontation, “toptiersir” eventually built a commanding lead before ending matters when their king-queen turned a straight and held against “Jwarriner11’s” ace-six, securing the title and top prize. Another $80,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty event runs this weekend as part of the $780,000 guaranteed championship series.
