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The first $109 Sunday Million of the Mystery Bounty Series came to an end on Monday, June 24 after two days of play.

Slovenia’s “dejan1911” topped the 9,207-entry field to win $59,322 plus a very healthy $11,306 in mystery bounty prizes.

However, it was Poland’s “Amateur_Pl” who was the most fortunate on Monday. The $100,000 mystery bounty prize was still in play as players returned for Day 2 and ended up in Amateur_Pl’s hands. They finished the event in 31st place but banked $101,296 in mystery bounties plus $784 from the main prize pool.

Don’t miss this Sunday’s Mystery Bounty Series Main Event — another special edition Sunday Million!

EVENT WINNERS (SO FAR)

Event: 01 – $11 NLHE Deep Stacks
Entries: 7,122
Prize pool: $69,796
Winner: “Stallion3972” (UK) – $3,711 + $276 in bounties

Event: 02 – $55 NLHE
Entries: 2,784
Prize pool: $139,200
Winner: “Andypsx” (Andorra) – $8,643 + $1,268

Event: 02 – $55 NLHE
Entries: 2,784
Prize pool: $139,200
Winner: “Andypsx” (Andorra) – $8,643 + $1,268

Event: 03 – $215 NLHE Sunday Stackosaurus
Entries: 612
Prize pool: $122,400
Winner: Andreas “mrAndreeew” Berggren (Sweden) – $9,209 + $3,403

Event: 04 – $5.50 NLHE Fabulous Forty
Entries: 8,683
Prize pool: $42,547
Winner: “titan2706” (Brazil) – $2,861 + $976

Event: 05 – $109 NLHE Sunday Million
Entries: 9,207
Prize pool: $1,000,000
Winner: “dejan1911” (Slovenia) – $59,322 + $11,306

Event: 06 – $22 PLO 6-Max
Entries: 1,193
Prize pool: $23,860
Winner: “Nadhob” (Ukraine) – $1,886 + $737

Event: 07 – $11 NLHE Sunday Storm
Entries: 14,586
Prize pool: $142,943
Winner: “Igdnikinho” (Brazil) – $7,249 + $279

Event: 08 – $22 NLHE Final Table Bounties
Entries: 3,561
Prize pool: $71,220
Winner: “ProveYoSkill” (Ukraine) – $6,550 + $16,321

Event: 09 – $5.50 NLHE 7-Max Turbo
Entries: 5,766
Prize pool: $28,253
Winner: “joey90111” (Ireland) – $2,012 + $107

Event: 10 – $55 NLHE 7-Max Turbo
Entries: 2,264
Prize pool: $113,200
Winner: “Reimon100” (Brazil) – $7,176 + $2,175

Event: 11 – $5.50 NLHE Hyper Goose Hunt
Entries: 3,382
Prize pool: $17,079
Winner: “ANCTIL111” (Canada) – $1,685 + $15

Event: 12 – $11 NLHE Ten Percenter
Entries: 6,741
Prize pool: $66,062
Winner: “nicodlo” (Argentina) – $4,017 + $141

Event: 13 – $55 NLHE 7-Max
Entries: 2,528
Prize pool: $126,400
Winner: “THE_K_T_T” (UK) – $6,061 + $1,005

Event: 13 – $55 NLHE 7-Max
Entries: 2,528
Prize pool: $126,400
Winner: “THE_K_T_T” (UK) – $6,061 + $1,005

Event: 14 – $22 8 Game 6-Max
Entries: 579
Prize pool: $11,580
Winner: “monisla” (Ukraine) – $1,019 + $279

Event: 15 – $22 NLHE 6-Max Total Mystery
Entries: 2,889
Prize pool: $57,780
Winner: “onraz” (Belgium) – $364

Event: 16 – $5.50 NLHE Turbo Goose Hunt
Entries: 4,459
Prize pool: $21,849
Winner: “IExample” (Belarus) – $2,124 + $24

Event: 17 – $11 NLHE Mostly Mystery
Entries: 5,983
Prize pool: $58,633
Winner: “vevaren” (Sweden) – $2,142 + $434

Event: 18 – $55 NLHE
Entries: 1,884
Prize pool: $94,200
Winner: “ImlykwagwanG” (UK) – $6,037 + $2,909

Event: 19 – $22 NL 5-Card Draw
Entries: 263
Prize pool: $5,260
Winner: “Leon_Javur” (Estonia) – $431 + $320

Event: 20 – $22 NLHE Ten Percenter
Entries: 2,661
Prize pool: $53,220
Winner: “Varle84” (Ukraine) – $3,323 + $190

Event: 21 – $5.50 NLHE 6-Max Turbo
Entries: 4,878
Prize pool: $23,902
Winner: “Richardjbf11” (Chile) – $1,707 + $88

BIGGEST BOUNTY WINNERS (SO FAR)

Event #1 – “pcs1980” – $3,490 (finished 15th)

Event #2 – “qwertybochan” – $6,960 (finished 15th)

Event #3 – “spitz1997” – $9,180 (finished 2nd)

Event #4 – “SergusAA” – $1,589 (finished 9th)

Event #5 – “Amateur_Pl” – $100,000 (finished 31st)

Event #6 – “The Domotron” – $1,193 (finished 12th)

Event #7 – “mikk30” – $10,000 (finished 433rd)

Event #8 – “ProveYoSkill” – $7,122 (finished 1st)

Event #9 – “YeLLoWHeSus” – $1,413 (finished 56th)

Event #10 – “Raiseberg20” – $5,660 (finished 75th)

Event #11 – “denwer1994” – $2,706 (finished 209th)

Event #12 – “fmartins123” – $3,303 (finished 190th)

Event #13 – “SolidYerna” – $6,320 (finished 58th)

Event #14 – “Riso14” – $868.50 (finished 12th)

Event #15 – “josephmcleary” – $5,778 (finished 56th)

Event #16 – “julico14” – $3,121 (finished 9th)

Event #17 – “MrDim13” – $4,104 (finished 84th)

Event #18 – “FreeStyle1983” – $4,710 (finished 85th)

Event #19 – “king153246” – $394.50 (finished 4th)

Event #20 – RyderfRock – $2,661 (finished 163rd)

Event #21 – “maraki54” – $1,195 (finished 45th)

ABOUT THE MYSTERY BOUNTY SERIES

As progressive knockout events became more popular, they were added to the daily schedule.

When players asked for affordable regional events PokerStars brought back some of its most beloved tours.

Now it’s Mystery Bounty tournaments that the entire poker world is buzzing about. And what our players want, our players get.

Introducing the first Mystery Bounty Series on PokerStars. An entire online festival dedicated to Mystery Bounty events.

The series runs from June 23 to July 1 and has $4 million guaranteed in prizes across 50 events, with buy-ins ranging from $5.50 up to $530.

This series is for everyone, in terms of bankrolls, but also in skill sets. A variety of poker variants feature on the schedule. Including PLO, 8 game, no limit 2-7 single draw, no limit 5-card draw, no limit omaha 8, PLO8, PL badugi. And of course no limit hold’em.

KEY MYSTERY BOUNTY SERIES INFO:

Dates: June 23 – July 1
Guaranteed: $4 million
Buy-in range: $5.50 – $530
No. of events: 50

Key events:

• $109 Sunday Million Special Mystery Bounty Edition on June 23
• $109 Mystery Bounty Series Main Event with $1M guaranteed on June 30

Power Path: There will be a Silver ticket bundle available for players to choose!

MYSTERY BOUNTY SERIES SCHEDULE

HOW DOES A MYSTERY BOUNTY TOURNAMENT WORK?

PokerStars Mystery Bounty is a type of poker tournament where players have a chance to win Mystery Bounties as part of the prize pool.

Mystery Bounty tournaments have an initial stage and a final stage:

• Initial stage – players cannot win Mystery Bounties during this stage.
• Final stage – players will win a Mystery Bounty for every player they knock out during this stage, which will usually start when the money bubble bursts. More details about when this stage will start can be seen in the tournament lobby.

A part of the tournament buy-in for Mystery Bounty events is added to the regular prize pool. Another portion contributes to the Mystery Bounty prize pool. See the tournament lobby for more information.

There can be up to nine different tiers of Mystery Bounties. The highest tier offering the top prize, and lower tiers offering lower-value prizes.

If you knock a player out during the final stage of the tournament, you will receive one of the remaining Mystery Bounties.

Players can win multiple Mystery Bounties – one each time they eliminate a player during the final stage.

Players can win multiple Mystery Bounties with one hand if they knock out more than one opponent. They will win a Mystery Bounty for each player they eliminate during the hand.

If a player is knocked out in a chop hand, all the winning players will split the Mystery Bounty equally.

Players can monitor which Mystery Bounty prizes are still available in the ‘Tournament Info’ widget.

MYSTERY BOUNTY SERIES STRATEGY

HOW TO ADJUST FOR MYSTERY BOUNTY TOURNAMENTS: DARA O’KEARNEY’S VIEW

Players at EPT Prague got to sample a “Mystery Bounty” tournament for the very first time. It’s a new format in which knocking someone out earns you the chance to pick a random bounty and a potentially huge bonus payday.

Irish poker pro – and expert in satellite and bounty tournament play – Dara O’Kearney watched it play out. Here he offers his view on how strategy should change in this format.

MYSTERY BOUNTY ADVICE FROM EPT PRAGUE’S ENVELOPE CRUSHER ELIAS GUTIERREZ 

Elias “SinKarma” Gutierrez was king of the bounties at EPT Prague in 2023, winning €200,000 in mystery prizes alone. Here, he shares his advice for the online versions you’ll play during Mystery Bounty Series.

MORE ABOUT MYSTERY BOUNTY EVENTS:

MYSTERY BOUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP: WHEN SHOULD YOU PULL YOUR BOUNTIES?

When playing a live Mystery Bounty tournament, players have the choice of when they go up to the box to pull their envelopes. But when’s the best time to go up and pull your bounties? Is there a GTO strategy at all? What factors at your table do you need to consider? And what impact can the big bounties have on the players psychologically?

To find out, we asked the pros. Find out what Spraggy, Lex Veldhuis, Christoph Vogelsang, Dan Smith, Nick Walsh, and Wistern had to say in this article.

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