$162 Mystery Bounty
Day 3 Completed
2023 888poker KO Games
$162 Mystery Bounty
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Players Info - Day 3
2023 888poker KO Games
Buy-in
$162
Prize Pool
$200,000
Entries
1,328
Entries
8
Players Left
1
After a brief final table of eight that lasted just over an hour, Denmark's "thechronic99" was the last player standing in Event #19: $162 Mystery Bounty at the 888 Poker KO Games, defeating "ingeruRO14" in heads-up play to secure the victory and a total payday of $20,091.
Coming into the third and final day, Canadian "UGOTPOONCHED" led the field but ultimately fell in fourth place, whereas "thechronic99" started third in chips and managed to navigate their way to the top. "Zindane", flying the flag for Cyprus, finished on the podium in third place, good for $8,886, including bounties, while the aforementioned "ingeruRO14" of Romania took second and $13,262.
Event #19: $162 Mystery Bounty Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (Including bounties) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "thechronic99" | Denmark | $20,091 | |
| 2 | "ingeruRO14" | Romania | $13,262 | |
| 3 | "Zindane" | Cyprus | $8,886 | |
| 4 | "UGOTPOONCHED" | Canada | $7,575 | |
| 5 | "latvianhero1" | Latvia | $5,136 | |
| 6 | "guitiradent1" | Brazil | $5,025 | |
| 7 | "Inspiro" | United Kingdom | $8,999 | |
| 8 | "Suic1deKin9" | Costa Rica | $2,979 |
Mystery Bounty Element
Half of the $200,000 prize pool generated by the 1,328 entries was devoted to mystery bounties, with that element of the tournament coming into play on Day 2. The top $20,000 bounty, which exceeded the regular prize pool first-place payout, ended up in the hands of "zxcdsaqwe" early in the day to dampen some of the excitement. Nevertheless, there was still big money up for grabs in bounties, as demonstrated by seventh place finisher "Inspiro", who collected the majority of their total $8,999 payout in bounties.
Money Bubble
Not long after some of the biggest bounties were taken off the board, the money bubble was burst by the unfortunate "YguTj" as they were essentially blinded out in 145th place to secure the remaining players $250. Play then continued at a rapid pace until just eight players remained.
Final Table Action
"Suic1deKin9" had the shortest stack coming into the final table so it was no surprise that they were the first to go in a wild three-way all in encounter. Next out was "Inspiro" after "UGOTPOONCHED" rivered a king to bring the tournament down to six players.
Not long after, "guitiradent1" was felted by a flopped cooler before "latvianhero1" followed them out the door in 5th place after "Zindane" flopped a set against them.
Start of the day chip leader "UGOTPOONCHED" had by this point become the short stack, with their tournament ultimately coming to an end in 4th place. A dominated ace was all that was needed to condemn "Zindane" to a 3rd place finish to set up a heads-up match between "ingeruRO14" and "thechronic99", the latter of whom entered that stage of the tournament with a significant chip advantage.
Only a few hands later, all the chips got in the middle, with "ingeruRO14" needing to pair up their king-jack to survive. Unable to do so, "thechronic99" was the last player left standing to take down Event #19: $162 Mystery Bounty and leave "ingeruRO14" with a $13,262 consolation prize.
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Level 43: 90,000/180,000
"thechronic99" opened to 576,000 on the button and then called with the covering stack after "ingeruRO14" moved all in for their last 3,598,706.
"ingeruRO14": K♦J♦
"thechronic99": A♣6♠
"ingeruRO14" was marginally behind but was left drawing thin after the flop came Q♠A♦9♠. The 8♥ turn meant "thechronic99" would only need to fade a ten heading to the river to secure the win and was able to do just that after the 5♠ completed the board to condemn "ingeruRO14" to a runner-up finish.
Stay tuned for a full tournament recap to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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15,936,000
4,467,206
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4,467,206 |
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Busted |
Level 42: 80,000/160,000
"Zindane" moved all in for 2,269,950 from under the gun and was called by "thechronic99" on the button.
"Zindane": A♣10♣
"thechronic99": A♦J♠
"Zindane" was dominated and would need significant help to survive. None came on the Q♥7♥2♥5♦A♠ runout to bring their tournament to an end in 3rd place and set the stage for a heads-up showdown between "thechronic99" and "ingeruRO14".
A few hands earlier, start of day chipleader "UGOTPOONCHED" was sent out in 4th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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11,468,794
6,102,872
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6,102,872 |
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4,467,206
1,274,927
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1,274,927 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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5,854,743
-367,500
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-367,500 |
|
|
5,365,922
1,782,607
|
1,782,607 |
|
|
3,192,279
-604,681
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-604,681 |
|
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1,400,556
-899,944
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-899,944 |
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Level 40: 60,000/120,000
"latvianhero1" moved all in for 1,294,993 from under the gun and was called by "Zindane" in the small blind.
"latvianhero1": 8♠8♣
"Zindane": 7♥7♣
"latvianhero1" was in excellent position to get a full double but was dealt a big blow by the 6♠3♠7♠ flop. The Q♦ turn and Q♣ river kept the set of sevens ahead to complete the bad beat for "latvianhero1" and send them packing in 5th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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6,222,243
3,602,243
|
3,602,243 |
|
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Busted |
Level 40: 60,000/120,000
"ingeruRO14" opened to 252,000 on the button and was called by "guitiradent1" in the big blind.
"guitiradent1" check-jammed on the 9♦5♣10♥ flop and "ingeruRO14" called with the covering stack.
"guitiradent1": Q♠10♦
"ingeruRO14": K♣10♠
"ingeruRO14" was ahead and remained so on the 2♦ turn and A♠ river to eliminated "guitiradent1" in 6th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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3,796,960
1,927,160
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1,927,160 |
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Busted |
Level 40: 60,000/120,000
"Inspiro" moved all in for 799,791 from early position and was looked up by "UGOTPOONCHED" in middle position.
"Inspiro": Ax4x
"UGOTPOONCHED": KxJx
"Inspiro" was ahead and remained so on a clean flop and turn. The Kx river, however, paired up "UGOTPOONCHED" to send "Inspiro" to the rail in 7th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,300,500
-434,163
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-434,163 |
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Busted | |
Level 38: 40,000/80,000
"Zindane" opened to 180,005 from under the gun and received calls from "Inspiro" in middle position as well as "Suic1deKin9" in the cutoff. "latvianhero1" then three-bet to 400,000 on the button, leaving themself just 25,161 behind. "thechronic99" cold four-bet jammed for 2,279,329 out of the small blind, forcing folds from "Zindane" and "Inspiro". "Suic1deKin9" called off for their remaining 2,114,288, as did "latvianhero1" to setup a three-way all in.
"latvianhero1": A♣Q♥
"Suic1deKin9": J♥J♦
"thechronic99": K♦K♠
"thechronic99" had the covering stack and was in good position to score the double knockout. That all changed on the 9♣J♣10♣ flop, which gave "Suic1deKin9" top set while improving "latvianhero1" to an open ended straight draw to go along with the nut flush draw. The A♠ turn changed little but the Q♣ river handed "latvianhero1" the main pot with the flush while giving "thechronic99" the sidepot with broadway to send "Suic1deKin9" out in 8th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,583,315
1,183,966
|
1,183,966 |
|
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1,794,993
-108,384
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-108,384 |
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Busted |