The KO Games on 888poker got under on Sunday and has crowned its first batch of winners. The series is dominated by Mystery Bounty events, which have made an absolute splash on the platform.
Take a look to see who has pulled the big mystery bounty prizes along with some selected event winners.
“sezon1th” Binks Opening KO Games Mystery Bounty
The first event of the KO Games was the $109 Mystery Bounty which attracted 1,261 entries. Those players generated a $126,100 prize pool, with the top 180 players securing the $132 min-cash. The biggest mystery bounty up for grabs was worth $12,000 and the lucky player to receive that was “fratla”.
“Drakaries” bowed out in tenth place which then set up the livestreamed final table.
“agvolpee” was the first final table casualty after they moved all in for 8 big blinds with king-jack. Mexico’s “55luckbox777” woke up with pocket tens and jammed their bigger stack to isolate the all-in player. The runout was seven-high and 55luckbox777’s pair remained the best hand.
“ValueBluff” was the next player depart after ripping in their 25 big blind stack with a pair of nines following an open from “ZockSteffen”. “Arcuiro” reshoved from the small blind with pocket kings and “ZackSteffen” got out of the way. No nine appeared on the virtual felt and the tournament was reduced to its final seven players.
Arcurio then downed “Blackjk84” after both players were all-in preflop. Arcurio rivered top pair to win the hand after his opponent made a pair of sevens on the flop. “SYO.00” then committed his short stack with queen-four but ran into the pocket nines of sezon1th and was unable to improve as the board ran out.
Arcurio then made it hat-trick of knockouts after leaving 55luckbox777 on fumes with pocket aces. He then finished off his opponent after his king-queen got their against ace-nine. Coincidentally, all the mystery bounties so far had been all for minimum $57.
ZockSteffen brought the final table to three-handed play after his ace-king remained ahead of the ace-seven held by “Light_Yagami”. Shortly after ZockSteffen shipped in his stack with queen-ten but fell to sezon1th’s ace-queen.
sezon1th had the slight chip lead heading into heads-up play, with Arcuiro looking to end a run of second-place finishes. The Brazilian player had finished second in three of his last four final table appearances as pointed out by commentator David Tuchman.
The final two players would battle for around an hour, with the chip lead changing back on forth, but on the final hand of the night, sezon1th walked away as the champion as their ace-queen paired up on the flop to move ahead of Arcuiro’s pocket threes and held out to secure the tournament win.
$109 Opening Event Mystery Bounty – $120K GTD Final Table Results
| Place | Player | country | Prize | Bounty | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sezon1th | Ukraine | $9,657 | $1,358 | $11,015 |
| 2 | Arcuiro | Brazil | $7,059 | $1,042 | $8,101 |
| 3 | ZockSteffen | Germany | $5,189 | $464 | $5,653 |
| 4 | Light_Yagami | United Kingdom | $3,814 | $2,741 | $6,555 |
| 5 | 55luckbox777 | Mexico | $2,822 | $998 | $3,820 |
| 6 | SYO.00 | Ukraine | $2,102 | $4,314 | $6,416 |
| 7 | Blackjk84 | Romania | $1,580 | $284 | $1,864 |
| 8 | ValueBluff | United Kingdom | $1,196 | $758 | $1,954 |
| 9 | agvolpee | Brazil | $912 | $474 | $1,386 |
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“kiskutya23” Picks Up High Roller Mystery Bounty Victory
The winner’s spoils of the $525 High Roller Mystery Bounty went to “kiskutya23” after they topped the 103-entry field. The victor took home a total payday of $10,770 after claiming the $7,301 up top and further $3,469 in bounties.
Despite winning the tournament, two players cashed for more in the event. Runner-up “Le_Piaf” had final score of $12,176 thanks to a $4,770 second-place payout with the remainder coming from bounties.
“zavor4ik” was the biggest winner despite finishing in third place. The Austrian’s podium finish netted him $3,114. They also pulled the $5,000 top bounty prize to propel the overall takings to $13,927.
The High Roller Mystery Bounty narrowly eclipsed its $50,000 guarantee, with the final tally being confirmed at $51,500 when late registration closed.
$525 High Roller Mystery Bounty – $50K GTD Final Table Results
| Place | Player | country | Prize | Bounty | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kiskutya23 | N/A | $7,301 | $3,469 | $10,770 |
| 2 | Le_Piaf | Malta | $4,770 | $7,406 | $12,176 |
| 3 | zavor4ik | Austria | $3,114 | $10,813 | $13,927 |
| 4 | Sprase1999 | United Kingdom | $2,266 | $1,406 | $3,672 |
| 5 | xLIVEPROx | United Kingdom | $1,670 | $1,906 | $3,576 |
| 6 | 8_8__8 | N/A | $1,272 | $0 | $1,272 |
| 7 | raisebot | Luxembourg | $994 | $0 | $994 |
| 8 | SpielerKind | Ukraine | $782 | $0 | $782 |
| 9 | Neeno1990 | N/A | $676 | $0 | $676 |
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Coombe Triumphs in $109 PKO
The final tournament with a five-figure guarantee of the night was the $109 PKO, which promised to pay out no less than $20,000. A further 258 entries were recorded in the event, bringing the prize pool to $25,800.
The top 36 players made the money and locked up at least $123 plus any bounty scores.
Went the dust settled, Dominic “billy_slater” Coombe was winner and pocketed $4,694 for his efforts.
$109 PKO – $20K GTD Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominic “billy_slater” Coombe | Chile | $2,357 | $2,337 | $4,694 |
| 2 | ppvqwn | Brazil | $2,356 | $1,412 | $3,768 |
| 3 | Piranha1 | Brazil | $1,442 | $578 | $2,020 |
| 4 | StfnJvtc | Montenegro | $1,045 | $845 | $1,890 |
| 5 | vaka123 | Ukraine | $755 | $38 | $793 |
| 6 | KeepItSecret | Montenegro | $551 | $411 | $962 |
| 7 | LeoJoseCarne | Brazil | $401 | $559 | $960 |
| 8 | Tighterinho | Austria | $297 | $403 | $700 |
| 9 | tenh0sorte | Mexico | $218 | $447 | $665 |
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