Brazilians Dominate Midway Through 888poker Mystery Bounty Festival!

The 888poker Mystery Bounty Festival has hit its halfway point, having kicked off on February 19 and will run through March 7. Thus far, 19,288 entrants have competed and $670,800 in prize money awarded through the first 18 events.

• Brazilian players have dominated the festival thus far having captured six titles.
• Players from Montenegro, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom have claimed two each.
• There have also been winners from Canada, Romania, Denmark, and Sweden.

With buy-ins ranging from micros to high rollers, there’s something for players of all levels and bankrolls!

The series will culminate with a $160 buy-in, $300K GTD Main Event with multiple starting flights (Day 1 flights start on March 1 and run until March 6).

Day 2 will take place on March 6 and play down to a final table, which will be live streamed on March 7 on our Twitch 888pokerTV channel.

Anywayz Spins Up to Win $150K Mystery Bounty 8-Max

From February 23-27, there were multiple Day 1s held for the $109 buy-in Event #18: $150,000 GTD Mystery Bounty 8-Max. The event wound up attracting 1,558 runners who rebought 262 times.

The 1,820-entry field surpassed the guarantee by creating a $182,000 prize pool with the top bounty being $15,000. That went to Ukraine’s “AntonTsi”, who also finished in 38^th place for only $321 plus other bounties for a total payday of $16,848.32.

Among those to cash the tournament were the following players –

• “Getoverhere” (33^rd place for $353.10 plus $4,718.75 in bounties)
• “andrey59” (27^th place for $417.30 plus $587.51 in bounties)
• “GiordanoKK” (21^st place for $502.90 plus $818.75 in bounties)
• “Thorslund94” (19^th place for $502.90 plus $1,937.50 in bounties)
• “drinho87” (12^th place for $1,144.90 plus $1,828.12 in bounties)
• “Imiotto88” (9^th place for $1,476.60 plus $668.74 in bounties)

When the final table went of eight on an overnight break, Armenia’s “PacanyYaSvoi” had 5,829,959 in chips, more than double his next-closest competition in Ukraine’s “ucanudo” (2,360,281).

The other six players were all bunched close together with low seven-figure stacks –

• “Man_in_Black” (1,838,572)
• “ska_Ska_SKA” (1,822,768)
• “Anywayz” (1,791,433)
• “bomraPAZ” (1,628,059)
• “raw_dawg” (1,613,780)
• “enrico_bm” (1,315,148)

 “PacanyYaSvoi” managed to use their big stack to make it all the way to heads-up play. But they wound up falling in second place to “Anywayz”, who had started the final table in the middle of the pack but had a nice spin up. “

Anywayz” claimed the $15,632.70 top prize, and along with $1,215.62 in bounties, they walked away with $16,848.32 in prize money.

Mystery Bounty Festival Event #18 Final Table Results

1^st – “Anywayz” (N/A) … $15,632.70 + $1,215.62 in bounties = $16,848.32

2^nd – “PacanyYaSvoi” (Armenia) … $11,427.60 + $1,215.62 in bounties = $12,643.22

3^rd – “ucanudo” (Ukraine) … $8,399.50 + $4,106.26 in bounties = $12,505.76 in bounties

4^th – “bomraPAZ” (Brazil) … $6,173.90 + $1,256.25 in bounties = $7,430.15

5^th – “raw_dawg” (N/A) … $4,568.90 + $2,606.25 in bounties = $7,175.15

6^th – “Man_in_Black” (Thailand) … $3,402.60 + $218.75 in bounties = $3,621.35

7^th – “ska_Ska_SKA” (Germany) … $2,557.30 + $109.38 in bounties = $2,666.68

8^th – “enrico_bm” (Brazil) … $1,936.70 + $709.38 in bounties = $2,646.08

9^th – “lmiotto88” (Brazil) … $1,476.60 + $688.74 in bounties = $2,145.34

888poker Regular IlovePickles Victorious in Event #5

On Monday, February 20, the $109 buy-in Event #5: $15,000 Mystery Bounty 8-Max surpassed its guarantee by attracting 137 players who rebought 39 times. That created a $17,600 prize pool split between the regular and bounty pools.

888poker StreamTeam member Josh “Josh_Manley” Manley made the final table but wound up falling in eighth place for $277.75 plus $262.50 in bounties.

After exactly seven hours of play, Romania’s “IlovePickles”, a regular on 888poker, defeated Canada’s “ehbarone68” in heads-up play.Theyo win the title for $2,196.75 plus $136.95 in bounties for a total payout of $2,333.70.

Mystery Bounty Festival Event #5 Final Table Results

1^st – “IlovePickles” (Romania) … $2,196.75 + $136.95 in bounties = $2,333.70

2^nd – “ehbarone68” (Canada) … $1,565.50 + $586.95 in bounties = $2,152.45

3^rd – “Vaelluskala” (Finland) … $1,212 + $1,537.50 in bounties = $2,749.50

4^th – “jonaa1994” (Argentina) … $858.50 + $570.65 in bounties = $1,429.15

5^th – “UndeadCretin” (United Kingdom) … $555.50 + $541.30 in bounties = $1,096.80

6^th – “HeitorSilva” (Brazil) … $454.50 + $1,853.81 in bounties = $2,308.31

7^th – “quvai” (Germany) … $353.50 + $136.96 in bounties = $490.46

8^th – Josh “Josh_Manley” Manley (United Kingdom) … $277.75 + $262.50 in bounties = $540.25

9^th – “BordoAzul” (Argentina) … $227.25 + $841.30 in bounties = $1,068.55

In other Monday action, the $11 buy-in Event #4: $15,000 Mystery Bounty 8-Max saw Canada’s “samdion1996” top a 1,488-entry field (980 unique plus 508 rebuys) emerge victorious for a $1,559.40 payday.

vsmithc413 and Blades6895 Win Big on Saturday

On Saturday, February 25, the $55 buy-in Event #12: $20,000 Mystery Bounty attracted 366 players who rebought 103 times. The 469-entry field surpassed the guarantee as a $23,450 prize pool was split between the regular and bounty pools.

Among those to cash were the following players –

• “dogidog888” (28^th place for $72.63 + $330.56 in bounties)
• “BeHappyyy” (23^rd place for $73.97 + $130.56 in bounties)
• “mlo.netto” (18^th place for $94.15 + $191.66 in bounties)
• “JPiernik” (13^th place for $119.70 + $222.24 in bounties)

The top bounty prize of $2,000 went to the United Kingdom’s “Blades689”, who also finished the tournament in second place for $1,783.47. Along with some other bounties, they walked away with $4,436.25 in prize money, more than anyone else in the tournament!

As for the victor, that title went to Brazil’s “vsmithc413”, who claimed a $2,460.16 top prize plus $313.90 in bounties for a total payday of $2,774.06.

Mystery Bounty Festival Event #12 Final Table Results

1^st – “vsmithc413” (Brazil) … $2,460.16 + $313.90 in bounties = $2,774.06

2^nd – “Blades6895” (United Kingdom) … $1,783.47 + $2,652.78 in bounties = $4,436.25

3^rd – “kojgysto888” (Denmark) … $1,292.54 + $0 in bounties = $1,292.54

4^th – “Sickslick” (Germany) … $944.19 + $613.88 in bounties = $1,558.07

5^th – “Smile60” (Canada) … $695.36 + $361.12 in bounties = $1,056.48

6^th – “Stubitzkyn” (Romania) … $511.10 + $161.11 in bounties = $672.21

7^th – “Kangux” (Sweden) … $377.94 + $544.43 in bounties = $922.37

8^th – “ProPriced” (United Kingdom) … $281.10 + $1,661.12 in bounties = $1,942.22

9^th – “Evillaugh” (United Kingdom) … $209.82 + $400 in bounties = $609.82

fanatmalini Lays Claim to Montenegro’s 2^nd Series Title

Also, on Monday, February 27 was the $109 buy-in Event #17: $15,000 Mystery Bounty 6-Max, which surpassed its guarantee. A total of 141 players rebought 38 times to create a $17,900 prize pool.

The top bounty of $1,500 went to Germany’s “Darkwing19”, who finished in 10^th place for $223.60 plus collected $1,625 in other bounties for a total payday of $1,848.60.

After 7 hours and 24 minutes, it was Montenegro’s “fanatmalini” defeating 888poker regular “Clay_Born” in heads-up play to win the tournament for $2,704.

They also had $1,308.33 in bounties so ultimately walked away with a tournament-high $4,012.33.

Mystery Bounty Festival Event #17 Final Table Results

1^st – “fanatmalini” (Montenegro) … $2,704 + $1,308.33 in bounties = $4,012.33

2^nd – “Clay_Born” (Sweden) … $1,820 + $125.01 in bounties = $1,945.01

3^rd – “bistdudeppat” (N/A) … $1,352 + $83.34 in bounties = $1,435.34

4^th – “Flsahback” (Denmark) … $884 + $125 in bounties = $1,009

5^th – “bouillax” (Malta) … $676 + $791.67 in bounties = $1,467.67

6^th – “algsxr” (Canada) … $468 + $124.99 in bounties = $592.99

What’s Coming Up?

The $11 buy-in Event #21: $15,000 Mystery Bounty 11 8-Max will take place at 17:00 GMT on Wednesday, March 1, while the $109 buy-in Event #22: $15,000 Mystery Bounty 109 8-Max will follow at 19:30 GMT.

At 18:30 GMT on Thursday, March 2, the $55 buy-in Event #23: $20,000 Mystery Bounty 55 will play out followed by the $5.50 buy-in Event #24: $6,000 Mystery Bounty 5.5 just 30 minutes later.

On Saturday, March 4, players can look forward to the $55 buy-in Event #25: $20,000 Mystery Bounty 55 8-Max at 18:30 GMT, while at 17:00 GMT on Sunday, March 5 is the $11 buy-in Event #26: $20,000 Mystery Bounty 11 6-Max.

Click here for a full look at the Mystery Bounty Festival schedule.

888poker Mystery Bounty Festival Winners Thus Far

Here are the series winner so far:

How to Get Your Mystery Bounty Festival Tickets

You’ll be able to buy in directly to all the events along with satellites to many of the more significant tourneys. Satellites at $16.50 a pop will be available for the Main Event.

Here are three other ways to get your ticket for as little as one cent!

1. Play daily freerolls for a chance to play the Mystery Bounty Main Event.
2. Qualify via satellites to the Main Event for as little as $0.01.
3. Win a Main Event ticket in a Gift Drop.

We will stream the following tournament on out 888pokerTV Twitch channel where you can also win free tickets, including coveted Main Event tickets.

• 7 Mar - MB Festival Main Event Final Table - $300,000 GTD

In addition, the StreamTeam, along with our ambassadors, will play and stream various events during the series. Make sure to follow their changes for ticket giveaways to Mystery Bounty Festival tournaments.

For full terms and conditions for this promotion, click here.