Event 147-KO: $25 GGMasters Sunday Bounty Special Edition: This $25 microFestival preliminary event was one of the most populated single-day tournaments of the microFestival. With a guarantee of $150,000, it attracted a massive field of 8,589 players, creating a prize pool of $197,547. The final table was a thrilling display of skill and strategy. ‘Sandrey million’ emerged victorious, claiming the top prize of $7,769.59 plus $3,275.33 in bounties after a 4-way chop with ‘FateOrWood’ who earned $7,644.63 plus $1,894 in bounties, ‘Rock-Star’ who earned $6,650.12 plus $863.04 in bounties, and ‘F1shandchips’ who received $7,432.56 plus $1,440.91 in bounties.

Event 139-KO: $10.80 Saturday Secret KO [Mystery Bounty]: This $10.80 KO Classic also exceeded expectations, offering a $125,000 guarantee and drawing 16,469 participants to create a prize pool of $163,701.86. A 3-way chop between ‘AmazingGuyWTF’, who won the event, ‘gestaodebranca’ and ‘P Panjarak’ secured the podium players $5,959.85, $5,650.19, and $6,289.01, respectively. They also earned $206.90, $12,606.60, and $366.60 in bounties. ‘gestaodebranca’, in addition to finishing 2nd place, was also the lucky poker player who scored the biggest bounty of the tournament. 

Event 149-KO: $15 Bounty Hunters Sunday Grand Slam: The last of the big KO tournaments in the microFestival that we will look at offered a $125,000 guarantee. The tournament attracted a field of 11,855 players and surpassed the guarantee by $38,599 to reach a total prize pool of $163,599. ‘Charles Waffles’ took down the tournament, earning $6,106.32 for their efforts plus $2,407.19 in bounties. ‘Sergey Buzunov’ finished in second place for $6,100.06 plus $1,129.43 in bounties, and ‘raphacaix’ rounded out the top three, pocketing $4,390.52 for the finish and an extra $939.41 for bounties.

Event 147-NLH: $25 GGMasters Sunday Special Edition: The $100,000 guaranteed $25 GGMasters Sunday Special saw 5,063 players competing for a share of the $116,49 prize pool. At the end of the 10.5 hour tournament, ‘Sgeeeee’ emerged victorious, earning $12,506.06. ‘S Efimov’ finished second, taking home $9,374.84, while ‘Iamshow12’ secured third place, earning $7,030. 

Event 149-NLH: $15 Sunday Hundred Grand: Offering a $100,000 guarantee, this $15 buy-in tournament was another standout event, drawing 7,318 participants and creating a prize pool of $100,988.40. ‘fedazete’ claimed the top prize of $11,091.30 after 10.25 hours of play. ‘Gulchinskki’ finished second, earning $8,313.87, while ‘Maniac’ took third place worth $6,234.52. 

Event 145-NLH: $10.80 Sunday MicroMarathon: The $10.80 slow blinds tournament offered a $25,000 guarantee. When late registration was completed, a total of 2,834 players had joined and generated a prize pool of $28,169.96. It was nearly 10 hours later when ‘DonTrustMe78’ knocked out the last opponent,’ emerging as the winner, taking home $3,320.28. ‘Lafsantos’ finished second for $2,487.98, and ‘TamalVerde99’ secured third place worth $1,865.72

Event 139-PLO: $10.80 Omaholic Secret KO [Mystery Bounty]: The first of the big Omaha tournaments – big as in larger guarantee, not Big Omaha – was event 139. This tournament offered a $25,000 guarantee, big enough to have 2,691 entrants join and create a prize pool of $26,748.54. It took less than 7.5 hours for the last hand to play out as ‘Regina_vv’ defeated ‘black_erdna’ to claim the victory. ‘Regina_vv’ earned $1,627.45 for the victory and an additional $137.60 in bounties, while ‘black_erdna’ earned $1,175.49 for second and $1,400.20 in bounties. As pleased as these two players were, it was 29th place finisher, ‘YouCanStiLLFoLD’ that won the most, finding the $2,500 Mystery Bounty and earning a total of $2,587.17. 

Event 149-PLO: $15 Sunday Omaholic Bounty Main Event: This $15 buy-in Omaha Bounty tournament had 1,528 players fight their way for the lion’s share of the $21,086.40 prize pool. Taking just seconds over 7.5 hours to complete, it was ‘Samur 05’ standing atop the pile of poker players, earning $1,915.87, including bounties, for the win. ‘5Bet4Rollz’ finished in second place, earning $998.83, while ‘Lagertha-‘ took third for $1,366.68. 

Main Event PLO: micro Omaholic Bounty MILLION$: The biggest of the Omaha tournaments through the series was the Bounty Million$ Main Event. Day 1’s ran through most of the microFestival series, allowing 23,250 players the opportunity to enter the $5.40 buy-in event and fight for the biggest share of the $100,000 guarantee. From the Day 1’s, just 1,711 survived to the final day, which took under 6 hours to fully play out, with everyone receiving a share of the $119,272.50 prize pool. At the end of the tournament, it was ‘Formiguinho’ who claimed first place, earning $3,758.24 plus $3,942.78 in bounties. ‘tomsur’ finished second for $5,326.17 including bounties, and ‘terima_kasih’ secured third place, taking home a total of $2,782.87. 

The Main Event: Mystery Bounty Main Event: The headline event from the series was the $1,000,000 guaranteed NLH Mystery Bounty. Similar to the micro Omaholic Bounty MILLION$, this event had been running Day 1’s since near the start of the series. Once the final Day 1 ran, a total of 143,211 players had put up the $10.80 entry fee to try and win. Of the starters, just 11,166 were still in the hunt when day 2 started, and the $1,475,073.30 prize pool would be awarded. The final day of the tournament took nearly 9.75 hours to complete and ended with a 2-way chop between ‘sTrAinHunTer’, who earned $42,304.05 for finishing in first plus $345 in bounties, and ‘Bandolero397’, who earned $35,186.97 plus $162 in bounties. While the top 2 players certainly deserve applause for their results, the big winner of this tournament was ‘aaronyu555’ who, despite earning just $63.70 for finishing 1,873rd, did win the biggest mystery bounty available, $100.000 for a total of $100,063.70.