6eJlbluZ wins 888 Mystery Bounty Main Event after heads-up comeback
The Ukrainian player won $6,125, but Romania's neverback collected the largest total payout after opening $7,271 in mystery bounty envelopes.
Key points
- 6eJlbluZ won the $109 event after entering the final table sixth in chips.
- The tournament drew 558 players and had a $55,800 prize pool.
- Fourth-place finisher neverback collected $9,137, including $7,271 in mystery bounties.
- Runner-up M.Flush.N received $4,438 after a heads-up contest lasting the best part of 90 minutes.
Ukraine's 6eJlbluZ won the $109 Mystery Bounty Main Event at 888, recovering from a chip deficit in heads-up play to claim $6,125 from the online poker tournament's $55,800 prize pool.
PokerNews reported that the champion entered the final table sixth in chips in a field of 558. The victory did not produce the event's largest payout: Romania's neverback earned $9,137 in fourth place, including $7,271 from mystery bounty envelopes.
Brazil's M.Flush.N finished second for $4,438. The runner-up began heads-up play with almost a two-to-one chip lead, but the balance shifted during a contest that lasted the best part of 90 minutes.
By the final hand, 6eJlbluZ held a four-to-one advantage. The Ukrainian player made a straight on the river with nine-six and put M.Flush.N all-in, drawing a call from the opponent, who held queen-nine.
Earlier at the final table, 6eJlbluZ eliminated Canada's Eman604 when pocket eights beat suited ace-deuce. The eventual champion also knocked out gwhyberd93 in sixth place, using pocket aces to make a better full house.
M.Flush.N had built a stack of almost 150 big blinds after eliminating YalcinTaskay in fifth place, then knocked out neverback in fourth. The Brazilian's king-five of hearts beat neverback's ace-queen after a king and a five appeared on the flop.
6eJlbluZ reached heads-up by eliminating Ireland's third-place finisher. The Ukrainian made a straight on the turn against pocket kings and improved to a flush on the river.
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