888poker Mystery Bounty Events are a Happy Hunting Ground For "Flopzilla_XD"
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Most online poker players have a tournament that they love playing. They ensure it is part of their daily or weekly schedule and do everything in their power to take it down. High buy-in mystery bounty tournaments at 888poker fit this bill for New Zealand's "Flopzilla_XD," who can seemingly do nothing wrong in them.
In November 2023, "Flopzilla_XD" finished fourth in the $109 Mystery Bounty Main Event, narrowly missing out on top spot. More recently, in March 2024, "Flopzilla_XD" bowed out of the $215 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty Festival Main Event in 46th place, but not before capturing a mystery bounty that tipped the scales at a cool $30,000. Last week, "Flopzilla_XD" was the $100,000 Mystery Bounty's runner-up.
Fast-forward to this weekend, and "Flopzilla_XD" can call themselves a $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event champion after outlasting 1,064 opponents and raking in an $11,065 score.
$100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | zMukeha | Ukraine | 5,385,537 | 154 |
| 2 | BadBeatMaker | Brazil | 3,578,256 | 102 |
| 3 | Flopzilla_XD | New Zealand | 2,178,214 | 62 |
| 4 | 23x59 | Cyprus | 1,763,769 | 50 |
| 5 | Bibs1888 | United Kingdom | 978,812 | 28 |
| 6 | Meverik1988 | Belarus | 941,927 | 27 |
| 7 | Babyjanne | Sweden | 657,183 | 19 |
| 8 | blachu3232 | Argentina | 491,302 | 14 |
It took a little over 15 minutes of final table action for the first finalist to bust. With blinds of 20,000/40,000/5,000a, "BadBeatMaker" min-raised under the gun with pocket tens, "Meverik1988" three-bet all-in for 729,427 with ace-king from late position, and the initial raiser called. A few moments later, a nine-high board sent "Meverick1988" to the sidelines.
Argentina's "balchu3232" was the next player heading to the cashier's desk, busting a few hands after "Meverick1988" crashed and burned. "Flopzilla_XD" min-raised to 80,000 from the cutoff, "blachu3232" made it 220,000 from the small blind before calling off the 116,302 they had behind when "Flopzilla_XD" set them all-in. "blachu3232" had woken up with pocket kings, but "Flopzilla_XD" held pocket rockets! An ace on the flop left the all-in player drawing thin; they were drawing dead on the turn.
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Flopzilla_XD Finds Aces Again!
Sixth place went to Sweden's "Babyjanne." The blinds had increased to 25,000/50,000/6,250a when "BadBeatMaker" min-raised from early position. "Flopzilla_XD" three-bet to 250,000 from the next seat along, only for "Babyjanne" to four-bet all-in for 1,255,984 from the button. "BadBeatMaker" quickly folded, but "Flopzilla_XD" snap-called, as would you if you had a pair of aces on the hole. Those aces were up against ace-king of diamonds, which flopped a king but found no more help on the turn or river.
"Bibs1888" was the next casualty, busting in fifth place. "zMukeha" min-raised to 120,000 from under the gun, "Bibs1888" re-raised all-in for 596,354 from the next seat along, and the initial raiser clicked the call button. It was king-nine of diamonds for "zMukeha" against the ace-queen of hearts. Those diamonds proved essential because three more appeared on the community cards, improving "zMukeha" to a flush, and leaving "Bibs1888" void of chips.
"BadBeatMaker" was the chip leader at the start of four-handed play, yet was the next player heading out of the door. They lost half of their stack to "23x59" in, ironically for their user name, a bad beat! A raising war broke out on the seven-six-eight flop with two diamonds that resulted in "23x59" being all-in for more than 2 million chips. "23x59" held eight-seven for two pair, but "BadBeatMaker" held ten-nine for the nut straight. However, running diamonds improved "23x59" to an unlikely flush, relieving the chip leader of half their chips.
It was all over for "BadBeatMaker" a couple of hands later. "23x59" min-raised to 120,000, "BadBeatMaker" three-bet to 480,000 from the small blind was met with a 5,430,672 four-bet from the initial raiser. "BadBeatMaker" called off the 2,065,747 chips they had behind with ace-queen, only to discover "23x59" was holding the dominating ace-king! The king-kicker of "23x59" played, and the final table was down to only three players.
Aces Yet Again for Flopzilla_XD!
"Flopzilla_XD" soared into the lead with a stack of almost 10 million when their aces held against the jacks of "23x59," again flopping a set. Despite dropping to third in chips, "23x59" was not the next player to fall.
That dubious honor fell at the door of "zMukeha" who first lost a flop against "23x59" and then handed over the rest of their stack to the same player. "23x59" min-raised to 140,000 on the button with ace-five of spades, "zMukeha" three-bet to 518,000 with pocket nines, only for "23x59" to jam for 3,863,701. "zMukega" called off the 1,960,892 chips they had behind and saw those chips slide to their opponent courtesy of an ace on the river.
"Flopzilla_XD" held a 9,536,107 to 6,438,893 chip lead over "23x59" and the ball was in their court. They extended their lead to the point they had a 13-to-1 lead at the start of the final hand. The chips went into the middle on an all-diamond king-ten-six flop, "Flopzilla_XD" holding ace-queen with the ace of diamonds, and "23x59" holding queen-five with the queen of diamonds. A jack of diamonds on the river improved both players to a flush but busted "23x59" in second place.
$100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flopzilla_XD | New Zealand | $2,810 | $8,254 | $11,065 |
| 2 | 23x59 | Cyprus | $1,768 | $6,034 | $7,803 |
| 3 | zMukeha | Ukraine | $941 | $4,435 | $5,376 |
| 4 | BadBeatMaker | Brazil | $1,670 | $3,260 | $4,930 |
| 5 | Bibs1888 | United Kingdom | $601 | $2,412 | $3,014 |
| 6 | Babyjanne | Sweden | $567 | $1,796 | $2,363 |
| 7 | blachu3232 | Argentina | $498 | $1,350 | $1,848 |
| 8 | Meverik1988 | Belarus | $270 | $1,022 | $1,293 |
The next $109 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty event shuffles up and deals at 7:00 p.m. BST on May 5. Although "Flopzilla_XD" has not yet bought in, one imagines they will do. If their current run of form is anything to go by, the New Zealander could be a good bet to reach the final table yet again!
