PokerNews' Lukas Robinson Captures PokerNews Online Championship Main Event Chip Lead

Matthew Pitt Senior Editor

Mar 01, 2024 4 min read

Current $300,000 Guaranteed Mystery Bounty Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts
Remaining $300,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Flights
Robinson Reaches Super KO High Roller Final Table; "pincha73" Wins
Become an 888poker Stream Team Member in the Stream On Contest
PokerNews Online Championship Results So Far
Remaining PokerNews Online Championship Schedule

It is quite fitting that on the day 888poker launched its Stream On promotion, one of online poker's most popular streamers, PokerNews' very own Lukas "RobinPoker." Robinson finds himself at the top of the chip counts in the PokerNews Online Championship Mystery Bounty Main Event.

The Malta-based Liverpudlian was one of 58 entrants in the $215 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty Main Event that shuffled up and dealt at 7:00 p.m. GMT on February 29. By the time the curtain came down on proceedings, Robinson had turned his 10,000 starting stack into a tournament-leading pile of 190,445 chips.

Fourteen Mystery Bounty Main Event flights remain, so Robinson's lofty position is not locked in just yet, but he has given himself the best possible chance of banking a career-best score. Having 95 big blinds in his arsenal means Robinson can put maximum pressure on smaller stacks when the mystery bounties come into play on Day 2, which starts at 9:00 p.m. GMT on March 4.

Current $300,000 Guaranteed Mystery Bounty Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Lukas "RobinPoker." Robinson	Malta	190,445	95
2	KITCHEN_TE9		180,739	90
3	Klevi25	Romania	175,933	88
4	PlumpySouyon	Malta	159,753	80
5	T_Neto	Mozambique	133,766	67
6	ucanudo	Ukraine	123,746	62
7	sNap36484	Belarus	123,567	62
8	f_z_I7	Azerbaijan	121,063	61
9	konvlo	Ukraine	120,888	60
10	NotSureIf		119,580	60

You now need 119,580 chips, or 60 big blinds, to start Day 2 of the PokerNews Online Championship Mystery Bounty Main Event in the top ten of the chip counts. Jumping into the satellites for the Main Event is worthwhile, as being able to fire multiple bullets obviously works in your favor.

Remaining $300,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Flights

Date	Time (GMT)
Fri 1 Mar	4:00 p.m.
	7:00 p.m.
	10:00 p.m.
Sat 2 Mar	4:00 p.m.
	7:00 p.m.
	10:00 p.m.
Sun 3 Mar	1:00 p.m.
	4:00 p.m.
	7:00 p.m.
10:00 p.m.
Mon 4 Mar	12:00 p.m.
	2:00 p.m.
	4:00 p.m.
	6:00 p.m.

Robinson Reaches Super KO High Roller Final Table; "pincha73" Wins

While Robinson was busy navigating his way to the top of the Mystery Bounty Main Event's chip counts, he was also grinding in the $320 buy-in, $15,000 guaranteed Super KO High Roller. The 63 entrants created an $18,900 prize pool, where half was awarded to the top 12 finishers, and the remaining 50% went on the heads of each player in the form of a $150 bounty.

Robinson found himself at the final table and with a realistic shot of becoming a PokerNews Online Championship champion, especially after "7betAA," "33betwizkid," "grimmLTU," and "xxbasexx" had busted out. However, fifth-place was as deep as Robinson would progress, and $1,261 was the prize he took home.

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Malta's "PotofGreed" fell in fourth for $1,057 before "algsxr," a recent PokerNews Online Championship champion, busted in third for $2,297.

Heads-up was a South American battle, with "pincha73" of Argentina clashing with Brazil's "Escabofildo." The Argentinian claimed their seventh and most important scalp of the tournament to come out on top for a $3,846 score.

Rank	Player	Country	Bounties	Prize	Total Prize
1	pincha73	Argentina	$1,200	$2,646	$3,846
2	Escabofildo	Brazil	$600	$1,767	$2,367
3	algsxr	Canada	$1,050	$1,247	$2,297
4	PotofGreed	Malta	$150	$907	$1,057
5	Lukas "RobinPoker." Robinson	Malta	$600	$661	$1,261
6	xxbaseexx	Denmark	$450	$496	$946
7	grimmLTU	United Kingdom	$750	$406	$1,156
8	33betwizkid	United Kingdom	$300	$335	$635
9	7betAA	Brazil	$150	$274	$424

PokerNews Online Championship Results So Far

Expand the table below to discover which 888poker players have excelled during the early stages of the inaugural PokerNews Online Championship.

Event	Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool	Champion	Prize
#1 – Opening Event Mystery Bounty	$11	1,733	$17,330	mAteus.dAne	$1,931*
#2 – Opening Event Mystery Bounty	$55	850	$42,500	brainiac1	$4,334*
#3 – Opening Event Mystery Bounty	$109	1,118	$120,000	yriy3	$15,389*
#4 – Opening Event Mystery Bounty	$22	795	$15,900	KovalevEvgen	$1,827*
#5 – Opening Event High Roller	$525	92	$46,000	dariotoma	$11,334
#6 – PKO Mini	$11	1,111	$11,110	GemeValter	$1,884*
#7 – PKO Mid	$33	497	$14,910	jetskii	$2,232*
#8 – PKO	$55	283	$14,150	Sosiska	$2,372*
#9 – PKO	$109	169	$16,900	michel.mica	$3,526*
#10 – PKO 6-Max Mini	$11	928	$10,000	Fishmir	$1,323*
#11 – PKO 6-Max High Roller	$320	58	$17,400	ingeruRO14	$5,690*
#12 – PKO 6-Max Mid	$55	262	$13,100	888BIDO	$3,068*
#13 – PKO 6-Max	$109	135	$13,500	algsxr	$3,231*
#14 – Deep Stack Mini	$8.80	748	$5,984	smoky011$927
#15 – Deep Stack Mid	$33	428	$12,840	Motik_13	$2,348
#16 – Deep Stack	$109	129	$12,900	MikeyW94	$2,999
#17 – Super KO Mini	$11	1,147	$11,470	sumyfish	$903*
#18 – Super KO High Roller	$320	63	$18,900	pincha73	$3,846*
#19 – Super KO	$109	186	$18,600	Nowitzki_41	$2,724*
#20 – SNAP PKO 6-Max	$16.50	143	$2,145	shaormastyle	$509*

*includes bounty payments

Remaining PokerNews Online Championship Schedule

Day 6 of the PokerNews Online Championship sees five more tournaments take place. Four are 6-Max Mystery Bounty affairs, while the fifth is an exciting Cut to the Chase, where the blind levels increase as the tournament progresses:

Until the end of late registration – 5 minutes
Until in the money – 6 minutes
Until the final table – 8 minutes
Until the last hand – 12 minutes

Date	Time (GMT)	Event	Buy-in	Guarantee
Fri 1 Mar	5:00 p.m.	PokerNews #21 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max Mini	$11	$10,000
	6:00 p.m.	PokerNews #22 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max Micro	$5.50	$5,000
	6:30 p.m.	PokerNews #23 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max Mid	$22	$10,000
	7:00 p.m.	PokerNews #24 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max	$109	$12,000
	7:30 p.m.	PokerNews #25 – Cut to the Chase	$11	$2,000
Sat 2 Mar	5:00 p.m.	PokerNews #26 – Deep Stack PKO Mini	$11	$10,000
	6:00 p.m.	PokerNews #27 – Deep Stack PKO Mid	$55	$12,000
	6:30 p.m.	PokerNews #28 – PLO Mystery Bounty	$11	$2,000
	7:00 p.m.	PokerNews #29 – Deep Stack PKO	$109	$12,000
Sun 3 Mar	5:00 p.m.	PokerNews #30 – Mystery Bounty Mini	$11	$12,000
	6:00 p.m.	PokerNews #31 – Mystery Bounty	$55	$40,000
	7:00 p.m.	PokerNews #32 – Mystery Bounty Mid	$22	$15,000
	7:00 p.m.	PokerNews #33 – The PKO Rumble	$109	$50,000
	7:30 p.m.	PokerNews #34 – The PKO Rumble High Roller	$525	$50,000
Mon 4 Mar	5:00 p.m.	PokerNews #35 – Big Shot Mini	$16.50	$10,000
	6:00 p.m.	PokerNews #36 – Big Shot Mid	$55	$12,000
	7:00 p.m.	PokerNews #37 – Big Shot	$109	$12,000
	9:00 p.m.	PokerNews #38 – Mystery Bounty Mini Main Event Day 2	$25	$50,000
	9:00 p.m.	PokerNews #39 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 2	$215	$300,000
Tue 5 Mar	5:00 p.m.	PokerNews #40 – Closing Event PKO Mini	$11	$10,000
	6:00 p.m.	PokerNews #41 – Closing Event PKO High Roller	$320	$15,000
	6:30 p.m.	PokerNews #42 – Closing Event PKO Mid	$55	$12,000
	7:00 p.m.	PokerNews #43 – Closing Event PKO	$109	$12,000
	7:00 p.m.	PokerNews #39 – Main Event Final Table

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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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