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The 2026 PokerNews Online Championship saw its largest guaranteed event to date reach a conclusion on October 19, as the $109 buy-in, $80,000 guaranteed Mystery Opening Event crowned a champion. Played on 888poker, the tournament attracted 730 entries across two days of action.
Moldova’s “User1912” emerged victorious, banking $7,614 including bounty payments. The win came despite a precarious early moment at the final table, where their pocket sixes fell to the pocket queens of “TheHueyLewis,” dropping their stack below 15 big blinds.
The final table saw several notable eliminations. Brazil’s “MachadadaRS” departed first after missing a flush draw against the pocket kings of “Clay_Born.” Fancied player “C3H5NO33” exited in seventh when their ace-ten couldn’t overcome a flopped set from “TheHueyLewis.” Germany’s “Nik32112” fell in a short-stacked shove against “otteotteotte.”
Four-handed play stretched past half an hour before “User1912” seized control, calling a 26 big blind shove from “otteotteotte” with pocket aces against pocket eights and flopping a set to take the chip lead. “otteotteotte” later busted in a near river-five bad beat against “Lurich28.”
With three players remaining, “TheHueyLewis” exited after a blind battle with “Lurich28,” setting up a heads-up clash between “Lurich28” and “User1912.” Despite starting with a commanding 70 to 21.3 big blind advantage, “Lurich28” saw their lead evaporate after “User1912” rivered a king with ace-king against queen-jack.
The chip lead swung several more times before “User1912” built a nine-to-one advantage. The match concluded when “Lurich28” shoved queen-jack and “User1912” called with pocket deuces, which held to secure the title and complete the comeback victory.
