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The 888poker Mystery Bounty Festival kicked off over the weekend, and every 888poker dreamed of getting the series off to a flying start. United Kingdom-based “LODDENThinks” did precisely that, taking down the $120,000 Mystery Bounty Opening event for $9,620, boosting their bankroll, and giving their confidence a shot in the arm.

On Day 1, the 1,171-strong crowd was whittled to the final table of eight. Among the casualties were “thegreatdonk” and “Steed4321,” who crashed out in 123rd and 46th place, respectively, but not before pulling a mystery bunty worth $3,600!

“FatValueBet” of Lithuania was the biggest winner in the $109 buy-in tournament, despite falling in 71st place. The Lithuanian opened a mystery bounty envelope containing $12,000, resulting in them scooping $12,235 in total, over $2,600 more than the eventual champion.

$120,000 MB Festival #3 – Mystery Bounty Opening Final Table Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	LODDENThinks	United Kingdom	3,522,678	71
2	AnAnnush	Belarus	3,316,940	66
3	Doomed	Germany	3,105,497	62
4	Blahaj	Romania	2,607,141	52
5	DarinaU	Kazahkstan	2,376,466	48
6	Fox__MEF	Brazil	1,089,095	22
7	back2play	United Kingdom	805,449	16
8	Iroquois	Montenegro	741,734	15

“LODDENThinks” sat down at the final table with the chip lead in tow, but their lead was not the largest. The leader had a stack worth 71 big blinds, but second-placed “AnAnnush” had 66 big blinds, with third-placed “Doomed of Germany having 62 big blinds in their arsenal.

Montenegro’s “Iroquois” was the shortest stack when the final table action commenced, and they were the first casualty of Day 2. “Iroquois” couldn’t get away from pocket jacks on a queen-high board showing three clubs and lost to the ace-seven of clubs in the hand of “LODDENThinks.”

Seventh place went to “Blahaj” as the final table reached the half-hour stage. With blinds of 40,000/80,000/10,000a, “Doomed” min-raised from early position, “Blahaj” three-bet to 440,000 from the next seat along, “AnAnnush” flat called from the big blind, and “Doomed” got out of the way. The flop fell queen-high, and “AnAnnush” check-called a 320,000 bet, leading to a deuce on the turn. Both players checked, and an offsuit ten completed the board. “AnAnnush” checked again on the river before quickly calling the 1,396,504 shove from “Blahaj,” which was less than a pot-sized bet. “Blahaj” showed king-queen for top pair, but “AnAnnush” held ace-queen for the same top pair but a better kicker.

Less than five minutes later, another player bowed out. “LODDENThink” min-raised from under the gun with pocket aces, “back2play” three-bet to 480,000 from the big blind with pocket eights, and “LODDENThinks” made it 800,000. “back2play” jammed for 1,919,094 and was snap-called. No help arrived for “back2play” and their tournament ended.

That elimination benefited “Fox__MEF” the most because the Brazilian was nursing a sub-10 big blind stack at the time. “Fox__MEF” crashed out in fifth after shoving for 730,792 at the 80,000 big blind level with ace-jack only for “DarinaU” to wake up with ace-queen having won the previous pot with the same hand. The end result was the same again; “DarinaU” collected another scalp with ace-queen.

The final four became three when “DarinaU” crashed out at the hands of “Doomed.” “DarinaU” open-shoved for a shade over ten big blinds from under the gun with pocket sixes, “Doomed” called with the superior pocket sevens in the small blind, which held to reduce the player count.

The $120,000 Mystery Bounty Opening event progressed to the heads-up stage when “AnAnnush” fell in third in a cruel hand. “AnAnnush” limped on the button with pocket kings, “Doomed” raised to 960,000 in the small blind with pocket nines, and “LODDENThinks” ducked out of the way. “Doomed” continued for 960,000 on the seven-high flop, and “AnAnnush” called. The turn put a second seven on the board, and “Doomed” shoved, covering the 2,377,353 stack of “AnAnnush.” “AnAnnush” called and was one card away from becoming the chip leader, but a nine on the river claimed their tournament life and sent them to the showers.

“Doomed” held a near three-to-one chip advantage over “LODDENThinks” at the start of heads-up play, but “LODDENThinks” refused to give up without a fight. After clawing their way back level and then forging a lead for themselves, the following hand came up for “LODDENThinks.”

“LODDENThinks” looked down at ace-king and immediately min-raised to 400,000. “Doomed” responded by three-betting to 1,500,000 with ace-jack. “LODDENThinks” shoved, and “Doomed” called off the 6,171,446 chips they had behind. A king on the flop left “Doomed” drawing extremely thin, and they never got there. “Doomed” busted in second place, a finish good for $8,083, while “LODDENThinks” captured the title and $9,620 in prize money.

$120,000 MB Festival #3 – Mystery Bounty Opening Final Table Results

Rank	Player	Country	Bounties	Prize	Total Prize
1	LODDENThinks	United Kingdom	$854	$8,766	$9,620
2	Doomed	Germany	$1,675	$6,408	$8,083
3	AnAnnush	Belarus	$916	$4,710	$5,626
4	DarinaU	Kazahktsan	$1,154	$3,462	$4,616
5	Fox__MEF	Brazil	$537	$2,562	$3,099
6	back2play	United Kingdom	$2,433	$1,908	$4,341
7	Blahaj	Romania	$396	$1,434	$1,830
8	Iroquois	Montenegro	$1,614	$1,086	$2,700

888poker Mystery Bounty Festival Results So Far

Five Mystery Bounty Festival events have crowned their champions so far with many more yet to come. “LODDENThinks” is the biggest winner so far, as you would expect after triumphing in the $120,000 guaranteed Opening event, but there will be plenty more opportunities for that to change before the end of the series.

Event	Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool	Champion	Prize
#1 – Mystery Bounty Opening Mini	$11	1,948	$19,480	blackday1997	$1,822
#2 – Mystery Bounty Opening Mid	$55	859	$42,950	Alysson1994	$4,693
#3 – Mystery Bounty Opening	$109	1,171	$120,000	LODDENThinks	$9,620
#4 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max Mini	$11	1,241	$12,140	SaintGoal	$1,416
#5 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max	$55	337	$16,850	swig207	$2,965

Remaining 888poker Mystery Bounty Festival Schedule (Numbered Events)

Check out the remaining schedule of the $1 million guaranteed Mystery Bounty Festival at 888poker, which includes the multi-day $300,000 guaranteed Main Event.

Date	Time (GMT)	Event	Buy-in	Guarantee
Tue 19 Mar	4:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
	5:00 p.m.	#6 – Mystery Bounty Mid	$16.50	$10,000
	6:00 p.m.	#7 – Mystery Bounty Mini	$8.80	$5,000
	6:30 p.m.	#8 – Mystery Bounty	$55	$15,000
	7:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
Wed 20 Mar	4:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
	5:00 p.m.	#9 – Mystery Bounty Mini	$11	$10,000
	7:00 p.m.	#10 – Mystery Bounty	$33	$12,000
	7:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
Thu 21 Mar	4:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
	6:30 p.m.	#11 – Mystery Bounty Turbo Deep	$55	$12,000
	7:00 p.m.	#12 – Mystery Bounty Turbo Deep Micro	$5.50	$5,000
	7:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
Fri 22 Mar	4:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
	5:00 p.m.	#13 – Mystery Bounty Mini	$11	$10,000
	7:00 p.m.	#14 – Mystery Bounty	$109	$12,000
	7:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
	10:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
Sat 23 Mar	4:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
	5:30 p.m.	#15 – PLO Mystery Bounty	$11	$2,000
	6:30 p.m.	#16 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max	$55	$12,000
	7:00 p.m.	#17 – Mystery Bounty 6-max Mini	$22	$10,000
	7:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
Sun 24 Mar	1:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
	4:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
	5:00 p.m.	#18 – Mystery Mini	$11	$12,000
	6:00 p.m.	#19 – Mystery Bounty	$55	$40,000
	7:00 p.m.	#20 – Mystery Bounty Hgh	$109	$30,000
	7:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
	10:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
Mon 25 Mar	12:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
	2:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
	4:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
	5:00 p.m.	#21 Mystery Bounty Big or Small Mini	$11	$10,000
	6:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1	$215	$300,000
	7:00 p.m.	#22 – Mystery Bounty Big or Small	$22	$10,000
	9:00 p.m.	#23 – Mystery Bounty Mini Event Day 2		$50,000
	9:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 2		$300,000
Tue 26 Mar	5:00 p.m.	#25 – Mystery Bounty Closing Event Mini	$11	$10,000
	6:30 p.m.	#26 – Mystery Bounty Closing Event	$55	$15,000
	7:00 p.m.	#24 – Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table		$300,000

*flights for the #23 – Mystery Bounty Mini Event start March 17 and run each day

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