“Billy_Slater” Spoils an Epic Comeback Story in the 888poker $100K Mystery Bounty Event

The most recent instalment of the $100,000 Thriller Bounty Primary Occasion at 888poker noticed a 1,035-strong crowd make sure the assure was surpassed. When the mud had settled on one more thrilling last desk, it was Chile’s “Billy_Slater” who had all 15,525,000 chips in entrance of them. Their reward? $13,449 when bounty funds are included.

Day 1 noticed the four-figure crowd whittled to a extra manageable eight-handed last desk. All the largest bounties had already been claimed, together with the $10,000 jackpot bounty that Argentina’s “BillAckman” collected earlier than busting in twenty seventh place.

The ultimate desk was set when Romania’s “hsasa1984” crashed out in ninth place. “Billy_Slater” was the chip chief with 135 massive blinds, whereas the UK’s “Rackoff” introduced up the rear with an 11 massive blind stack. Bang in the midst of these two extremes was the 888poker ambassador Aaron “abarone68” Barone, who began the ultimate desk fourth in chips with an arsenal of 49 massive blinds.

$100,000 Thriller Bounty Primary Occasion Closing Desk Chip Counts

There was an odd dynamic on the last desk as a result of each “gaboor” and “TheHueyLewis” had been struggling connection issues and had been sat out. They every had giant stacks, so that they weren’t going to be blinded out any time quickly, however their absence actually altered how the motion progressed.

The primary elimination was confirmed ten minutes into the motion. “Rackoff” jammed for 7.3 massive blinds from center place with ace-ten of diamonds, just for Barone to get up with pocket queens within the massive blind. Barone known as, flopped a set, turned a ship, and despatched “Rackoff” to the rail.

Barone was the subsequent to bust regardless of successful that pot. He was left with slightly over 10 massive blinds after backing into journey sevens when “olegaberdeen” had flopped a straight with ten-nine of hearts. Quickly after, Barone raised with pocket queens, leaving a solitary massive blind behind. “olegaberdeen” known as with jack-six of hearts, and the motion folded to “forzaital14” within the small blind. They raised all-in for 15.6 massive blinds with pocket kings, and each Barone and “olegaberdeen” known as. An ace-high board left the pocket kings as the very best hand, and Barone bowed out.

Sixth place went to “olegaberdeen” regardless of them being second in chips at first of six-handed play. They had been enjoying a really loose-aggressive technique that in the end led to their downfall. After splashing round in a number of pots, “olegaberdeen” was left with fewer than seven massive blinds. That shot stack went into the center with pocket sixes, which misplaced to the ace-seven of diamonds within the hand of “forzaital14” courtesy of an ace on the flop and a seven on the flip.

Bear in mind the unusual dynamic we talked about earlier? Its results had been amplified when play was five-handed, as two gamers remained disconnected. Regardless of that, these gamers who had been sat out managed to ladder to 3rd place and a runner-up end!

First, “forzaital14” crashed by the wayside after an all-timed transfer on their half. “Con88” raised with pocket queens earlier than rapidly calling the 24 massive blind shove from “forzaital14,” which they made with solely king-nine. The queens held, and the ultimate desk was right down to solely 4 gamers.

“gaboor” lastly managed to connect with the desk, though they solely had seven massive blinds to play with, 70 lower than what they sat down with. “gaboor” managed to triple as much as give themselves some respiratory room, then “TheHueyLewis” additionally reconnected, albeit with 16 massive blinds at their disposal.

Each of the short-stacked gamers laddered a payout place when “Con88” was eradicated. “Con88” min-raised on the button with queen-jack, and “gaboor” flat-called within the small blind with pocket aces. The flop fell four-ten-queen, “gaboor” checked, “Con88” led for round one-third pot, and “gaboor” check-raised. “Con88” then jammed all-in for 22 massive blinds and was snapped off. No assist arrived on the flip or river, and “gaboor” was immediately sat with a 55 massive blind stack regardless of being sat out for greater than an hour.

The $100,000 Thriller Bounty Primary Occasion progressed to the heads-up stage when “TheHueyLewis” got here unstuck in merciless circumstances. “TheHueyLewis” limped from the small blind with queen-nine of hearts, and “Billy_slater” checked their choice with the lowly eight-three. “Billy_Slater known as a wager on the deuce-nine-four flop, resulting in a 5 on the flip. “TheHueyLewis” fired once more on the flip, just for “Billy_Slater” to tear it in. “TheHueyLewis” known as off the 11.2 massive blinds that they had behind and busted when a six on the river accomplished their opponent’s straight.

“Billy_Slater” took a 74.6 massive blind to 54.8 massive blind lead over “gaboor” into the heads-up stage, and it took the very best a part of one other hour for a champion to be topped. The ultimate hand noticed “Billy_Slater” min-raise with pocket tens earlier than calling the 22.4 massive blind shove from “gaboor,” made with pocket threes. There was no two-outer for the at-risk participant, and “Billy_Slater” acquired their palms on the victory and the $13,449 that got here with it.

$100,000 Thriller Bounty Primary Occasion Closing Desk Outcomes

The following $100,000 Thriller Bounty Primary Occasion runs at 888poker from 6:00 p.m. GMT on February 8. It prices $109 to enter, though satellites from $0.10 can be found within the 888poker foyer proper now.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker trade since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he grew to become the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from dwell reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his position of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.