"GoodStoryDMG" Takes Down The Festival Main Event at 888poker For $41K



The Festival Online concluded at 888poker on August 1, with the crowning of the $200,000 guaranteed Main Event champion. The $250 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament saw a total of 1,016 888poker players buy in over the course of several Day 1s, creating a $238,760 prize pool as a result. That huge pot meant 888poker paid out almost $1.2 million across The Festival, and the Main Event’s champion was the biggest winner of the series.

Only 149 of the 1,016 starters made it through to Day 2, and those returning players were whittled to the final eight. “GoodStoryDMG” of Belarus sat down at the final table as the chip leader before going all the way and becoming The Festival Online Main Event champion, an accolade that came with $41,305, the largest single haul of the entire series.

$200,000 The Festival Main Event Final Table Chip Counts

Rank Player Country Chips Big Blinds
1 GoodStoryDMG Belarus 3,131,478 63
2 Jerry “Perrymejsen” Odeen Sweden 2,594,176 52
3 Luiz1958 Brazil 1,211,765 24
4 Mukonga Lithuania 1,010,120 20
5 MyNumber7 Lithuania 748,302 15
6 LegitNit Canada 699,186 14
7 _UpToNoG00D_ Romania 595,404 12
8 AUTISPOSTI Malta 169,569 3

“AUTISPOSTI” only had three big blinds in their stack when the final table action commenced, so it was no surprise when the Malta-based grinder became the first casualty of the final day’s play. They made a move with ace-jack for their tiny stack but lost to the ten-nine of “GoodStoryDMG,” who hit a ten on the river from the big blind.

Lithuania’s “MyNumber7” was the next to fall, ironically, in seventh. “MyNumber7” lost all but a couple of big blinds with pocket nines against the aces of “LegitNit” and they busted as part of a double elimination a couple of hands later.

“MyNumber7” min-raised with king-queen of hearts, leaving 0.2 big blinds behind. “Mukogna” three-bet all-in for 16 big blinds from the small blind with king-jack, and “LegitNit” called the shove with ace-nine. “MyNumber7” put their remaining chips into the pot. An ace on the all-spade flop sent the two Lithuanians to the rail.

Each of the remaining five players was now guaranteed five-figure scores, and it was “_UpToNoG00d_” who collected $11,818 when a clash with “LegitNit” did not go to plan. “LegitNit” shoved from the small blind with king-queen, and “_UpToNoG00d_” called off their three big blinds with queen-jack from the big blind. A king on the turn left “_UpToNoG00d_” drawing dead, and the final table with only four players.

Jerry Odeen
Jerry Odeen

Those four became three with the untimely demise of Sweden’s Jerry “Perrymejsen” Odeen. “GoodStoryDMG” min-raised on the button with pocket eights, and Odeen defended their big blind with six-four of diamonds The three-jack-six flop saw Odeen initially check before check-raising all-in for 9.1 big blinds when “GoodStoryDMG” continued. “GoodStoryDMG” called, and their pocket eights remained best, sending the Swede to the rail with $16,068 reasons to be happy with their performance.

Heads-up was set almost immediately after that bust-out, when “LegitNit” got their chips in good with ace-queen of diamonds versus the dominated ace-eight of hearts in the hand of “Luiz1958” of Brazil. The Brazilian paired their eight on the flop, and it proved enough to reduce The Festival Online Main Event to only two potential champions.

It took only 35 minutes to reach the one-on-one battle but another hour for the winner to be decided. “GoodStoryDMG” held an 88 big blind to 57 big blind advantage over “Luiz1958” and they never relinquished that chip lead.

The final hand saw “Luiz1958” min-raised with king-ten, and “GoodStoryDMG” call with jack-eight suited. “GoodStoryDMG” checked on the jack-four-nine flop before check-raising a one-quarter pot continuation bet, which “Luiz1958” called. An eight on the turn improved “GoodStoryDMG” to two pair, and they bet half-pot, “Luiz1958” called. A king on the river was greeted with a bet from “GoodStoryDMG” that was enough to set their opponent all-in, and “Luiz1958” called off their last 12.6 big blinds having caught the king on the river. Game over for “Luiz1958” and game well and truly on for the champion, “GoodStoryDMG.”

$200,000 The Festival Main Event Final Table Results

Rank Player Country Prize
1 GoodStoryDMG Belarus $41,305
2 Luiz1958 Brazil $30,131
3 LegitNit Canada $22,013
4 Jerry “Perrymejsen” Odeen Sweden $16,068
5 _UpToNoG00d_ Romania $11,818
6 Mukonga Lithuania $8,762
7 MyNumber7 Lithuania $6,494
8 AUTISPOSTI Malta $4,846

The Festival Online Results

Ian Simpson
888poker’s Ian Simpson

We have to doff our cap to “algsxr,” who managed to take down three events during The Festival Online. The Canadian won a $109 PKO for $2,345, a $320 Mystery Bounty High Roller for $6,161, and a $320 High Roller for $5,967!

888poker ambassador Ian “Simpioni” Simpson also has a title under his belt; the popular streamer took down the $320 Super KO High Roller for $4,695.

Shout-out too to “vireiadulto7” who won the $525 Mystery Bounty High Roller for $13,750 and the $215 After Party Mini High Roller for $3,920 a day later!

Event Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool Champion Prize
#01 Mini High Roller Opening Event $215 66 $13,200 BeHappyyy $3,960
#02 Opening Event $109 876 $100,000 ZeiKo $14,860
#03 Mini Opening Event $22 842 $20,000 coldzebra $3,740
#04 PLO Opening Event $55 59 $4,000 BuddyLuv $1,480
#05 High Roller Opening Event $525 56 $28,000 altavistt $8,400
#06 PKO 6-Max Mini $22 459 $9,180 NoraB23 $1,702*
#07 PKO 7-Max High Roller $215 61 $12,200 nottodaybro $3,498*
#08 Mystery Bounty 6-Max $22 643 $12,860 Prof3sorul $2,233*
#09 PKO 6-Max $109 89 $8,900 idkhtp $2,625*
#10 Super KO Mini $33 235 $7,050 APJennings $848*
#11 Super KO High Roller $320 58 $17,400 Ian “Simpioni” Simpson $4,695*
#12 Mystery Bounty $22 645 $12,900 wca,pelo $1,977*
#13 Super KO $109 110 $11,000 JogoEletrone $1,898*
#14 PKO Mini 464 $9,280 01100 $1,710*  
#15 PKO $109 104 $10,400 algsxr $2,345*
#16 Mystery Bounty $22 608 $12,160 Pedrozadota $1,545*
#17 Mystery Bounty High Roller $320 78 $23,400 algsxr $6,161*
#18 Mystery Bounty $55 312 $15,600 777Arsen14 $1,872
#19 Mystery Bounty $22 545 $10,900 romodrago $1,465*
#20 PKO Turbo Deepstack $109 73 $7,300 leblond1996 $2,043*
#21 Mystery Bounty $22 637 $12,740 CORPINHO $2,575*
#22 Mystery Bounty $22 665 $13,300 BaXTeP.ua $1,833*
#23 PKO Mini $22 701 $14,020 ProudToBeNIT $2,533*
#24 Mini High Roller $25 57 $11,400 idkhtp $3,705
#25 Micro PLO $11 204 $3,000 pity_36_36 $636
#26 Mystery Bounty $22 1,107 $22,140 LegitNit $2,449*
#27 High Roller PKO $525 62 $31,000 wellyxx $9,935*
#28 Mystery Bounty $109 295 $29,500 TuturFR $4,245*
#29 Mini High Roller $215 56 $11,200 levieux65 $3,360
#30 Mystery Bounty $22 642 $12,840 Bracapomater $1,899*
#31 Mystery Bounty $160 1,088 $163,200 shashOs21 $32,066*
#32 High Roller $320 73 $21,900 algsxr $5,967
#33 Mystery Bounty $33 616 $12,320 jhonnesilva $1,687*
#34 PLO 6-Max $55 39 $2,000 salty14 $800
#35 Super KO Mini $22 377 $7,540 Pjanoosh $836*
#36 Texas Super KO $109 104 $10,400 Brunsonkid $1,874*
#37 Mystery Bounty $22 492 $10,000 SilviuWhyNot $2,218*
#38 PKO 6-Max Mini $22 426 $8,520 Insignus $1,842*
#39 PKO 6-Max High Roller $320 59 $17,700 $6,234*  
#40 Mystery Bounty 6-Max $22 641 $12,820 wp3k77 $1,711*
#41 PKO 6-Max $109 84 $8,400 Samir007 $2,275*
#42 Mystery Bounty $22 666 $13,320 ReginaCaze $1,730*
#43 Mystery Bounty $22 640 $12,800 bluedream2 $2,800*
#44 Mini High Roller $215 65 $13,000 raw_dawg $3,542
#45 Micro Mystery Bounty $5.50 $6,275 sda.eight $796*  
#46 Mystery Bounty Finale $109 327 $32,700 Rayred $6,891*
#47 Mini Mystery Bounty Finale $22 1,248 $24,960 mp5610 $3,123*
#48 Mystery Bounty High Roller Finale $525 75 $37,500 vireiadulto7 $13,750*
#49 After Party Mini High Roller $215 56 $11,200 vireiadulto7 $3,920
#50 Mystery Bounty $22 642 $12,840 Brooklynx99 $1,968*
#51 Main Event $250 1,016 $238,760 GoodStoryDMG $41,305
#52 Mystery Bounty $22 558 $11,160 roincen $1,314*

*includes bounty payments

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