The Mystery Weekend Wraps with Brazilians Taking the Lion’s Share!

This past weekend was “The Mystery Weekend” on 888poker where our players got to participate in a pair of special main events, alongside a few bounty side events. That included a $22 buy-in, $50K GTD Mystery Bounty and a $60 buy-in, $100K GTD Mystery Bounty.

We kicked off Day 1 flights for both tournaments on April 26. On Monday, May 1 the surviving players from those flights returned for Day 2 action.

They played down to the final table on nine before taking an overnight hiatus, returning on Tuesday, May 2 to battle to a winner on 888pokerTV live-stream on Twitch.

Brazil’s keybr Victorious in $100K Main Event MB Weekend

The $60 buy-in, $100K Main Event MB Weekend attracted 2,036 players who rebought 382 times. So, the top 240 finishers each got a piece of the regular prize pool.

There was also a top bounty of $10,000, which wound up going to the UK’s “Mouse32”. They also finished in 13^th place for $647.32. So, along with some small bounties walked away with $10,994.78 in prize money.

Among those to make deep runs but fall short of the final table were the following players –

• “Thaddeus29” (36^th place for $248.97 + $1,700 in bounties)
• “JordanPiva” (31^st place for $248.97 + $1,247.45 in bounties)
• “Ungulaitis” (24^th place for $348.55 + $3,245.80 in bounties)
• “Kostya_jock” (19^th place for $348.55 + $596.63)
• Final table bubble “ThaiMagick” (10^th place for $846.49 + $842.39 in bounties)

When the tournament went on its overnight break, Kazakhstan’s “Agdchan” led with 4,465,423 in chips while Ukraine’s “KDS.em” wasn’t far behind with 4,171,498.

Germany’s “LuckmanDie” sat with 3,991,547, but then there was a steep drop to the next four players –

1. Brazil’s “keybr” (2,869,396)
2. Romania’s “AlinnC” (2,648,324)
3. Estonia’s “S3ndL0cation” (2,565,669)
4. Sweden’s “Juliangard” (2,139,053)

Romania’s “Dimitri1111” sat on the short stack with 1,329,090

“Agdchan” managed to use their big stack to make it down to the final three, but they bowed out in third place for $6,149.55 plus $593.27 in bounties.

In the end, it was Brazil’s “keybr” defeating Sweden’s “Juliangard” in heads-up play to win the tournament for $11,462.03 plus $1,040.74 in bounties for a tournament-high score of $12,502.77.

Brazilians Battle in $50K GTD Mini Main Event

In the $22 buy-in, $50K GTD Mini Main Event MB Weekend, 2,831 players rebought 541 times to create a 3,372-entry field. That surpassed the guarantee by offering up a $67,440 prize pool, including a top bounty of $5,000.

The bounty wound up going to Montenegro’s “ChuckkNorris”, who also finished in 83^rd place for $80.63. Along with some small bounties they walked away with $5,153.84 in prize money, which was second-most in the tournament.

Among those to make relatively deep runs were the following –

• “maxwrf” (54^th place for $97.61 + $518.31 in bounties)
• “EduardUsou” (36^th place for $114.58 + $259.84 in bounties)
• “Brunsonskid” (32^nd place for $114.58 + $328.15 in bounties)
• “larsu89” (20^th place for $157.02 + $1,554.92 in bounties)
• “UECplayer” (5^th place for $1,561.79 + $364.77 in bounties)
• “jpcervecero” (3^rd place for $2,907.14 + $54.92 in bounties)

In the end, the title came down to a pair of Brazilian players. After 6 hours and 42 minutes of play on Day 2, it was “marcelowo14” defeating fellow countryman “DuXOBaLa” in heads-up play.

They won the tournament for $5,535.70 plus $774.58 in bounties for a total payday of $6,310.28.