"Mr.LuckyMan88" Takes Down the PokerStars Bounty Builder Series Main Event for $154,369

Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor
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PokerStars Bounty Builder Series

The $1,050 buy-in edition of the PokerStars Bounty Builder Series No-Limit Hold'em Main Event attracted 1,232 entrants who fought it out over the $1,250,000 prize pool. At the end of two action-packed days, it was "Mr.LuckyMan88" of Argentina who had all 123.2 million chips in front of them. The Argentinian turned their $1,050 investment into a most impressive $154,369.

The top 175 finishers won a share of the regular prize pool, and there were some big names among them. Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson, Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic, Team PokerStars' Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, soccer ace Neymar "Neymar-jr" Jr, and Canada's "Stumpfed" all padded their bankrolls but fell short of the nine-handed final table.

$1,050 Bounty Builder Series NLHE Main Event Final Table Results

RankPlayerCountryBountiesPrizeTotal Prize
1Mr.LuckyMan88Argentina$68,980$85,389$154,369
2RoBnbly Par9Ukraine$23,305$85,388$108,693
3Viktor "gimley14" MechevBulgaria$21,083$50,662$71,745
4Vladyslav "DEDTAWIWASA" KorbutUkraine$500$36,114$36,614
5Jeiko "JEIK0" PalmaPanama$9,933$25,743$35,676
6MnDBreakerBrazil$13,871$18,350$32,221
7TheImpulseSwitzerland$10,539$13,081$23,620
8dammit345Ukraine$5,429$9,324$14,753
9DomJ95Lithuania$4,539$6,647$11,186

With bounties included, none of the nine finalists walked away with less than $11,186 for their efforts, with the top two finishers each scooping a six-figure prize.

Lithuanian "DomJ95" came unstuck in ninth and collected the aforementioned $11,186. "dammit345," one of three Ukrainians at the final table, joined the ever-growing list of eliminated players soon after and got their hands on $14,753 in total.

Seventh place and $23,620 went to "TheImpulse," with "MnDBreaker" seeing their deep run end in a sixth-place finish worth $32,221.

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Two well-known grinders crashed out in fifth and fourth place. Jeiko "JEIK0" Palma of Panama bowed out in fifth for $35,676, and Ukraine's Vladyslav "DEDTAWIWASA" Korbut capitulated in fourth for $36,614. Korbut worked his way to fourth place despite only eliminating one opponent en route.

Heads-up was reached when Viktor "gimley14" Mechev of Bulgaria ran out of steam. Third place came with $71,745 reasons to be happy with his performance. Mechev's exit left "Mr.LuckyMan88" and "RoBnbly Par9" in a one-on-one battle for what was a huge final bounty payout.

The heads-up duo locked in over $85,300, but both had busted several foes before reaching the one-on-one stage. Eventually, "RoBnbly Par9" fell in second place for a combined score weighing in at $108,693, leaving "Mr.LuckyMan88" to bask in the glory of becoming a Bounty Builder Series champion, and wonder how they will spend their $154,369 prize money.

"flowerloveeee" is the $109 Bounty Builder Series Main Event Champion

A huge crowd of 12,490 PokerStars players bought into the $109 edition of the Bounty Builder Series No-Limit Hold'em Main Event and created a guarantee-busting $1,249,000 prize pool. Half of that sum was dished out to the top 1,759 finishers, with the remaining 50% placed on the head of each entry in the form of a progressive bounty.

This Main Event ended in a three-way deal, which saw two of those deal makers win bounties worth five figures. Mexico-based star "FishOnHeater" officially finished in third place and banked $65,769; some $11,450 of that payout stemmed from bounties.

Brazilian "Guialves27" was the runner-up and recipient of $72,269, which left Vietnam's "flowerloveeee" to be crowned the tournament's worth champion, and they logged out of their PokerStars account with $90,021 more in it than a couple of days ago.

$109 Bounty Builder Series NLHE Main Event/Sunday Million Final Table Results

RankPlayerCountryBountiesPrizeTotal Prize
1flowerloveeeeVietnam$29,374$60,647$90,021*
2Guialves27Brazil$9,739$62,530$72,269*
3FishOnHeaterMexico$11,450$54,319$65,769*
4Come on K#48Switzerland$1,620$28,946$30,566
5MAnthony89Bosnia & Herzegovina$6,296$20,633$26,902
6ggnopeSwitzerland$4,730$14,708$19,438
7tekelson221Austria$2,750$10,484$13,234
8Kada79Belgium$1,623$7,473$9,096
9Jan-E1981Sweden$1,499$5,327$6,826

*reflects a three-way deal

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Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor

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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