The $109 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed 888poker Mystery Bounty Main Event attracted 922 entries on Day 1, and wrapped with “eko4gg” claiming the title for $10,044 after defeating Dara “Doked” O’Kearney heads-up. A rare seven-handed final table formed after a double knockout on the bubble, while “Antrage” snagged the $10,000 jackpot bounty before busting.
Seven-Handed Final Table Set After Double Elimination
Day 1 typically trims the field to eight, but this edition ended with seven when “Antrage” and “monteiro23” busted in the same hand on the final-table bubble. Despite missing the official final table, “Antrage” softened the blow by hitting the $10,000 jackpot mystery bounty.
Stacks were deep across the board thanks to that double elimination. Sweden’s “manio57” returned shortest with 24 big blinds, while Ukraine’s “eko4gg” led the way on 69 big blinds. The average stack sat just under 39.5 big blinds.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “eko4gg” | Ukraine | $1,160 | 3,467,299 | 69 |
| 2 | “Slikkelade” | Denmark | $452 | 2,863,211 | 57 |
| 3 | “Mentalented” | $968 | 1,838,340 | 37 | |
| 4 | “Doked” | Ireland | $812 | 1,542,982 | 31 |
| 5 | “ovisirb” | Romania | $688 | 1,504,202 | 30 |
| 6 | “VnilaVader” | Sweden | $156 | 1,422,018 | 28 |
| 7 | “manio57” | Sweden | $0 | 1,191,948 | 24 |
Fast-Paced Final Leads to Heads-Up
The final table lasted less than an hour. Swedish legend “VnilaVader” exited first after Dara “Doked” O’Kearney value-bet top pair on a draw-heavy river; second pair could not find a fold.
The pace quickened:
- O’Kearney called “manio57″‘s 15 big blind shove with pocket jacks and held against sevens.
- Moments later, O’Kearney three-bet jammed king-queen over a button open from “Mentalented”; called by pocket jacks, O’Kearney spiked to score the knockout and reduce the field to four.
- Denmark’s “Slikkelade” shoved ace-four of diamonds but fell to “eko4gg”‘s queen-jack of spades when a queen hit the flop.
- Three-handed play ended when a short-stacked “ovisirb” moved in for eight big blinds with ace-six of diamonds and lost to the lowly seven-three of “eko4gg” after the board three-flushed.
“eko4gg” Closes It Out Versus O’Kearney
Heads-up began with “eko4gg” holding 94.7 big blinds to O’Kearney’s 78.1. First blood went to “eko4gg”, and momentum continued after the first scheduled break.
The final hand saw “eko4gg” min-raise with ten-nine of diamonds and call O’Kearney’s three-bet to eight big blinds with ace-king. On a queen-king-jack flop with two diamonds, “eko4gg” had a made straight plus an open-ended straight flush draw. O’Kearney led and was called. A non-diamond four fell on the turn, and O’Kearney shoved for 18 big blinds into a 26 big blind pot. “eko4gg” snap-called and rivered the diamond flush to seal the victory.
Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “eko4gg” | Ukraine | $1,904 | $8,140 | $10,044 |
| 2 | “Doked” | Ireland | $1,204 | $6,050 | $7,254 |
| 3 | “ovisirb” | Romania | $688 | $4,375 | $5,063 |
| 4 | “Slikkelade” | Denmark | $452 | $2,975 | $3,427 |
| 5 | “Mentalented” | $968 | $1,975 | $2,943 | |
| 6 | “manio57” | Sweden | $0 | $1,435 | $1,435 |
| 7 | “VnilaVader” | Sweden | $156 | $1,000 | $1,156 |
| 8 | “monteiro23” | Brazil | $3,552 | $750 | $4,302 |
Next Shot at the $100K
The next running is on September 14. Satellites are live in the 888poker lobby, offering cut-price entry into the weekly flagship.
