What’s sealed in the golden envelope? The players in 888poker.ca’s $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event hope it’s a big cash prize.
Every player will have an envelope floating above their avatars. Knock out an opponent, and their envelope becomes yours. Enclosed within them are prizes from $500, up to one lucky player who will earn $10,000 for pulling the coveted envelope.
There are currently 65 players remaining out of a total of 309 entries when the final stage of the $250 Mystery Bounty Main Event begins on Monday at 7:30 p.m. ET. “Thaker1976” is the chip leader with 165,915. “Liquornutz,” champion of the 888poker.ca XL Autumn Series Main Event in October, is in fourth place with 107,898.
Current Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
1 | Thaker1976 | 165,915 | 83 |
2 | Philivey085 | 133,374 | 67 |
3 | PesevereDrin | 126,352 | 63 |
4 | Liquornutz | 107,898 | 54 |
5 | pagn0005 | 99,025 | 50 |
6 | 1vyshhh1 | 92,543 | 46 |
7 | Jacmat0596 | 88,580 | 44 |
8 | AubreyGraham | 76,369 | 38 |
9 | RealTieDomi | 73,720 | 37 |
10 | WarmPoutine | 73,559 | 37 |
Play resumes on Level 13 with blinds of 1,000-2,000 and a 250 ante. Levels are 15 minutes long, with a break at 55 minutes past every hour.
Opening flights are running up to 5 p.m. on Monday, so the field will grow before play resumes. The surviving players will all be chasing the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool, with half going into the mystery bounties.
PokerNews will be providing live updates as players not only try to make it to the final table but hope they are the lucky one who reveals the $10,000 envelope.