Epic Comeback: "shashOs21" Bags Top 888poker Mystery Bounty and $32K Overall

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The Festival Online series is running at 888poker, and there is no doubt that "shashOs21" will look back on the series with fond memories even if they do not cash in any of the remaining events.

"shashOs21" was one of 1,088 entrants in Event #31 Mystery Bounty, a $150,000 guaranteed affair that ultimately paid out $163,200. The champion elect not only navigated their way to the eight-handed final table but did so having captured the $15,000 top bounty, meaning they were guaranteed a healthy return on their $160 investment regardless of their finishing position at the final table.

As it happens, the Cypriot came out on top and walked away with a total prize worth $32,066, more than double what "ivanmfilho" took home for their second-place finish!

The Festival Online $150,000 Mystery Bounty Final Table Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryBountiesChipsBig Blinds
1cunsy15United Kingdom$2,0052,350,24759
2OlaColaMosa $5762,055,73051
3ivanmfilhoBrazil$2,0762,001,10050
4shashOs21Cyprus$16,2551,786,14348
5nuncanemviBrazil$9781,191,45929
6WomenAreGood $1,002811,55920
7bringiton405United Kingdom$1,003371,7509
8ScholomnceMontenegro$576312,0128

The final table action started with a bang and a double elimination. Ten minutes after play began, "Scholomance" open-shoved for 14 big blinds with pocket nines, "bringiton405" called off their 13.3 big blinds with ace-king, before "ivanmfilho" called from the small blind with pocket queens, covering both at-risk players. The queens held, and two players headed to the rail.

"cunsy15" sat down at the final table as the chip leader, but nothing went their way, and they had to make do with a sixth-place finish worth $5,242. "cunsy15" dropped to only four big blinds after backing into top pair on the river and calling a shove made by "OlaColaMosa" who had turned trip sevens. The last of "cunsy14"'s chips went in with ace-eight, ultimately losing to the jack-five of "OlaColaMosa."

The final five became four when "nuncanemvi" ripped in their last six big blinds with king-jack and lost to the lowly eight-four of chip leader "ivanmfilho" courtesy of a four on the flop.

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"WomenAreGood" crashed out in fourth at the hands of the hot-running "ivanmfilho." From the button, "ivanmfilho" opened to 2.3 big blinds before instantly calling the 19.5 big blind all-in shove from "WomenAreGood." Why was the call instantaneous? Because "ivanmfilho" held pocket aces. Those aces crushed the all-in player's dominated ace-nine, and the tournament was suddenly down to only three.

Three-handed play lasted a mere five minutes, ending when "OlaColaMosa" jammed for six big blinds on the button with pocket fives and lost a flip to "ivanmfilho," who held ace-queen.

"ivanmfilho" started the one-on-one battle against "shashOs21" with a seemingly unsurmountable 126.6 big blind to 9.4 big blind advantage. However, nothing is guaranteed in poker tournaments until you have all of the chips in play in your stack.

"shashOs21" doubled on the first hand with ace-king versus ace-queen, but that saw their stack dwindle again, unable to dent their opponent's colossal stack.

The ace-five of "shashOs21" cracked the pocket kings of "ivanmfilho" and most things went their way from then on.

The final hand took place during the 41st level of the tournament and started with a min-raise from "shashOs21" with king-eight of diamonds, a three-bet to 7.1 big blinds from "ivanmfilho" with ace-eight offsuit, and a call.

A flop reading four-six-king rainbow saw "ivanmfilho" lead for 4.8 big blinds, which "shashOs21" called. "ivanmfilho" checked when an eight landed on the river before moving all-in for 19.8 big blinds in total after "shashOs21" bet 12 big blinds. "shashOs21" called with their two pair, which held as an offsuit seven completed the community cards.

The Festival Online $150,000 Mystery Bounty Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryBountiesPrizeTotal Prize
1shashOs21Cyprus$16,807$15,258$32,066
2ivanmfilhoBrazil$4,555$11,130$15,686
3OlaColaMosa $852$8,132$8,984
4WomenAreGood $1,002$5,935$6,938
5nuncanemviBrazil$978$4,365$5,344
6cunsy15United Kingdom$2,005$3,236$5,242
7ScholomanceMontenegro$576$2,399$2,975
8bringiton405United Kingdom$1,003$1,790$2,793

The Festival Online Results So Far

Ian Simpson
Ian Simpson

We have to doff our cap to "algsxr," who has managed to take down three events during The Festival Online. The Canadian won a $109 PKO for $2,345, a $320 Mystery Bounty High Roller for $6,161, and a $320 High Roller for $5,967!

888poker ambassador Ian "Simpioni" Simpson also has a title under his belt; the popular streamer took down the $320 Super KO High Roller for $4,695.

EventBuy-inEntrantsPrize PoolChampionPrize
#01 Mini High Roller Opening Event$21566$13,200BeHappyyy$3,960
#02 Opening Event$109876$100,000ZeiKo$14,860
#03 Mini Opening Event$22842$20,000coldzebra$3,740
#04 PLO Opening Event$5559$4,000BuddyLuv$1,480
#05 High Roller Opening Event$52556$28,000altavistt$8,400
#06 PKO 6-Max Mini$22459$9,180NoraB23$1,702*
#07 PKO 7-Max High Roller$21561$12,200nottodaybro$3,498*
#08 Mystery Bounty 6-Max$22643$12,860Prof3sorul$2,233*
#09 PKO 6-Max$10989$8,900idkhtp$2,625*
#10 Super KO Mini$33235$7,050APJennings$848*
#11 Super KO High Roller$32058$17,400Ian "Simpioni" Simpson$4,695*
#12 Mystery Bounty$22645$12,900wca,pelo$1,977*
#13 Super KO$109110$11,000JogoEletrone$1,898*
#14 PKO Mini464$9,28001100$1,710* 
#15 PKO$109104$10,400algsxr$2,345*
#16 Mystery Bounty$22608$12,160Pedrozadota$1,545*
#17 Mystery Bounty High Roller$32078$23,400algsxr$6,161*
#18 Mystery Bounty$55312$15,600777Arsen14$1,872
#19 Mystery Bounty$22545$10,900romodrago$1,465*
#20 PKO Turbo Deepstack$10973leblond1996$2,043* 
#21 Mystery Bounty$22637$12,740CORPINHO$2,575*
#22 Mystery Bounty$22665$13,300BaXTeP.ua$1,833*
#23 PKO Mini$22701$14,020ProudToBeNIT$2,533*
#24 Mini High Roller$2557$11,400idkhtp$3,705
#25 Micro PLO$11204$3,000pity_36_36$636
#26 Mystery Bounty$221,107$22,140LegitNit$2,449*
#27 High Roller PKO$52562$31,000wellyxx$9,935*
#28 Mystery Bounty$109295$29,500TuturFR$4,245*
#29 Mini High Roller$21556$11,200levieux65$3,360
#30 Mystery Bounty$22642$12,840Bracapomater$1,899*
#31 Mystery Bounty$1601,088$163,200shashOs21$32,066*
#32 High Roller$32073$21,900algsxr$5,967
#33 Mystery Bounty$33616$12,320jhonnesilva$1,687*
#34 PLO 6-Max$5539$2,000salty14$800

*includes bounty payments

888poker The Festival Remaining Schedule

Do not be disappointed if you missed out on some glory during the opening handful of The Festival Online events because there are dozens more tournaments to get your teeth into over the next couple of weeks.

Every The Festival Online tournament deserves your attention, but two, in particular, stand out from the crowd.

Be sure to check out Event #51, the $250 buy-in Main Event with an incredible $200,000 guaranteed prize pool!

DayTour NameBuy inTime (GMT)GTD
Wed 26 JulThe Festival Online - #35 Super KO MiniUS$2216:30US$6,000
 The Festival Online - #36 Texas Super KOUS$10917:00US$8,000
 The Festival Online - #37 Mystery BountyUS$2218:00US$10,000
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1US$25019:00-
Thu 27 JulThe Festival Online - #38 PKO 6-Max MiniUS$2216:30US$6,000
 The Festival Online - #39 PKO 6-Max High RollerUS$32017:00US$12,000
 The Festival Online - #40 Mystery Bounty 6-MaxUS$2218:00US$10,000
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1US$25018:00-
 The Festival Online - #41 PKO 6-MaxUS$10918:30US$8,000
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1US$25020:00-
Fri 28 JulThe Festival Online - Mega Sat (10 seats) to MainUS$2217:00US$2,500
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1US$25018:00-
 The Festival Online - #42 Mystery BountyUS$2218:00US$10,000
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1US$25020:00-
Sat 29 JulThe Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1US$25014:00-
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1US$25016:00-
 The Festival Online - Mega Sat (20 seats) to MainUS$2217:00US$5,000
 The Festival Online - #43 Mystery BountyUS$2218:00US$10,000
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1US$25018:00-
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1US$25020:00-
Sun 30 JulThe Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1US$25014:00-
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1US$25016:00-
 The festival Online - #44 Mini High RollerUS$21517:00US$10,000
 The Festival Online - Mega Sat (25 seats) to MainUS$2217:00US$6,250
 The Festival Online - #45 Micro Mystery Bounty FinaleUS$5.5018:00US$5,000
 The Festival Online - #46 Mystery Bounty FinaleUS$10918:00US$20,000
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1US$25018:00-
 The Festival Online - #47 Mini Mystery Bounty FinaleUS$2218:00US$18,000
 The Festival Online - #48 Mystery Bounty High Roller FinaleUS$52518:30US$25,000
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1US$25020:00-
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1 HyperUS$25021:30-
Mon 31 JulThe Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1US$25014:00-
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1US$25016:00-
 The Festival Online - #49 After Party High Roller MiniUS$21517:00US$10,000
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1 TurboUS$25017:00-
 The Festival Online - #50 Mystery BountyUS$2218:00US$10,000
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 1 HyperUS$25018:00-
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Day 2 (ITM)-20:00US$200,000
Tue 1 AugThe Festival Online - #52 Mystery BountyUS$2218:00US$10,000
 The Festival Online - #51 Main Event Final Table stream-19:00-
 The Festival Online - #53 AfterpartyUS$10919:30US$15,000

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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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