"edtastylez92" Comes Out on Top as 888poker Summer Sale Week Concludes

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Jun 27, 2023 5 min read

The 888poker Summer Sale Week wrapped up on June 26 with the crowning of the final champions. Some 11,327 players bought in across the week-long series, and generated $347,480 in prize money, far more than the advertised $300,000.

One of those many entrants was "edtastylez92," who entered the $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event, which cost $55 instead of the usual $109. Some 2,041 players, including re-entries, created a guarantee-busting $102,050 prize pool that the top 320 finishers shared.

Mystery bounties came into play from the 18th level, with some of those secret prizes being juicy.

Brazil's "fhoffmann1" may have busted in 136th place but they collected a $3,000 bounty before heading to the showers. Nicolas "PKaiser" Fierro went a little deeper, bowing out in 86th place with a $3,000 mystery bounty in two.

Sixteenth-place finisher "Fackedelic" was the biggest success story of the tournament because they pulled out a $10,000 bounty from a golden envelope, and walked away with a total prize worth $10,590, which was more than the champion took home!

$100,000 Summer Sale Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Chip Counts

The tournament paused once the nine-handed final table was reached. "edtastylez92" sat down in the middle of the pack with 29 big blinds at their disposal, a stack dwarfed by the 71 big blinds "Bender_Rod" had accumulated on their way to the grand finale.

"igormaister2" of Ukraine was the first finalist to find themselves void of chips. They open-shoved from late position for a little under 11 big blinds with pocket sixes, only for fellow Ukrainian "ukrLaci" to wake up with pocket aces in the big blind. "ukrLaci" called, their aces held, and "igormaister2" headed for the rail.

"ukrLaci" was next to fall despite winning that pot. They made an ill-timed move after min-raising with ace-seven of clubs from the button, and seeing "solovivir" three-bet to five big blinds from the big blind. "ukrLaci" decided to rip in their 23 big blind stack, and "solovivir" snap-called with pocket kings. "solovivir" flopped a set, and "ukrLaci" was drawing dead by the turn.

The United Kingdom's "Marksman_M" was shot down in seventh, and it was "edtastylez92" who pulled the trigger. "Marksman_M" open-shoved for three big blinds from the small blind with ace-ten, and "edtastylez92" called in the big blind with king-four of spades. A king on the turn proved enough to reduce the player count by one.

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The final six became five with the untimely demise of Sweden's "Turbienator." They mi-raised in late position with pocket queens, and "solovivir" called in the small blind with pocket deuces. The flop fell jack-deuce-four with two diamonds, and "soloviivr" check-raised a continuation bet from their opponent. "Turbienator" jammed for 23 big blinds in total and was snapped off. A six and four completed the board, and confirmed "Turbienator"'s elimination.

Two Brazilians busted after one another. First, "Paulada85" got their last eight big blinds in with ace-four against the ace-jack of "edtastyle92." Both players improved two pair by the river.

The second busted Brazilian was "josepoker71." Their last four big blinds went into the middle from the small blind with king-nine of diamonds, and "edstylez92" called in the big blind with nine-six of hearts. A six on the flop and a nine on the river sent "josepoker71" home in fourth.

Heads-up was set when "solovivir" crashed out in third. "Bender_rod" limped in from the small blind with king-seven of spades, "solovivir" raised to three big blinds with ace-queen offsuit, and "Bender_Rod" moved all-in! "solovivir" called off the 36.5 big blinds they had behind. The nine-four-nine flop kept the ace-queen ahead, but the queen of spades turn give "Bender_Rod" outs to a flush. One of those out, the ace of spades, completed the five community cards, and sent "solovivir" home in third.

"Bender_Rod " held a substantial 111 big blind to 11.5 big blind chip lead over "edtastylez92" going into the one-on-one battle, but the short stack was in no mood for throwing in the towel. "edtastylez92" couldn't find a spot for the firs 30-minutes of heads-up play, but then began clawing their way back into contention.

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"Bender_Rod" was caught with their hands in the cookie jar, bluffing at a pot with seven-deuce when "edtastylez92" was set there with a full house, and the roles had been reversed.

The final hand saw "edtastylze92" limp with ten-seven, and "Bender_Rod" check with eight-six. A jack-five-eight flop was checked, leading to a six on the turn. "Bender_Rod" had turned two pair, but "edtastylze92" had an open-ended straight draw. "Bender_Rod" led for two big blinds, and was called. A nine on the river completed "edtastylze92"'s straight. "Bender_Rod" checked before calling off their 8.5 big blind stack when "edtastylze" set them all in. GG.

$100,000 Summer Sale Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Results

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Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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