The recent poker game 888poker XL Winter series got its winner, who takes down a $200,000 Mystery Bounty event. TheMoeQasem” of the United Arab Emirates. The previous week looked like there would be chances of overlay, but thankfully 1,380 entrants came about, resulting in a guaranteed prize pool of $207,000.
Among this prize pool, TheMoeQasem managed to get the biggest share of $20,585. Half of the jackpot prize ($207,000) was categorized into the main prize pool, and the remaining half was kept in a sealed envelope to award as mystery bounties.
The lucky players who played well and stood to Day 2 got a chance to uncover one of the envelopes containing the prize in case the player succeeded in eliminating their opponent from the field. Each mystery bounty was of a minimum of $200 and a jackpot worth $20,000 for the lucky winner. Let us look at the number of prizes won and the respective bounty value.
| Bounty value | No. of prizes |
| $20,000 | 1 |
| $6,000 | 2 |
| $2,000 | 6 |
| $600 | 20 |
| $200 | 45 |
| $216 | 162 |
According to the latest poker news, Feldegani.ps from Brazil received one of the biggest bounties, i.e., $6,000, and walked away with $6,432 after collecting $321 from the prize pool. Subsequently, Brazil’s perrivini also got $6,432 bounties, taking the 5th position. But, the big win $20,000 mystery bounty, was grabbed by 9salute46 from Ireland with a total prize of $20,553, only a few less than the champion.
The results for the 200,000 XL Winter series are as shown:
| Position | Player | Countries | Bounties | Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TheMoeQasem | UAE | $3,112 | $17,473 | $20,585 |
| 2 | Sonde | Belarus | $3,064 | $12,733 | $15,797 |
| 3 | Nathjb | United Kingdom | $2,128 | $9,341 | $11,469 |
| 4 | magoooo12 | Ireland | $1,248 | $6,869 | $8,117 |
| 5 | perrivini | Brazil | $6,432 | $5,082 | $11,514 |
| 6 | NgoloforGB | Malta | $416 | $3,766 | $4,182 |
| 7 | jsj588 | Ukraine | $1,064 | $2,803 | $3,867 |
| 8 | lelecones7 | Brazil | $1,048 | $2,086 | $3,134 |
| 9 | JonEBrad | United Kingdom | $1,712 | $1,583 | $3,295 |
