First Weekend Highlights
The series kicked off with a bang, and the first weekend did not disappoint with over $6 million in guarantees. Let’s look at some of the incredible results from the standout tournaments.
Bounty Hunters Daily Main [6-Max]: The biggest event from Monday was a $54 buy-in event that offered a $250,000 guarantee. Starting at 16:30 UTC, it took just over 9 hours for the 5,594 players, who created a prize pool of $277,909.92, to play down to a winner. In the end, it was ‘en_h@ns_ce’ claiming the victory, and $9,389.84, after a 3-way chop with ‘manavis13’, who earned $9,073.28, and ‘Kaisersoyze’ who earned $8,365.50. The three of them also collected $9,953.61, $2,956.31, and $566.81 in bounty rewards, respectively.
GGMasters Bounty Special Edition: This regular GGMasters Sunday tournament was adapted and added to the Bounty Hunters Series and given a $350,000 guarantee to go with the $320 buy-in. At the end of late registration, a total of 1,205 players had joined, looking for their bounties and victory, of course. It took ‘Busta Neps’ 9 hours and 38 minutes to claim the victory and top prize of $20,214.76 to go along with $23,308.14 in bounty rewards. Second place went to ‘Schachtabdec’ who earned $20,179.38 plus $8,481.49 in bounties, while ‘Rid bad beat’ finished third for $15,006.17 plus $888.28 in bounties.
Sunday Showdown [Mystery Bounty]: One of the more exciting tournaments from Sunday was the $108 buy-in Mystery Bounty with a $600,000 guarantee. A total of 6,110 players signed up for this incredible event, creating a total prize pool of $607,089.60. After 8.75 hours of play, the tournament finally ended with ‘Vitalii Buts’ taking the top spot for $31,044 while managing to collect an additional $1,111 in bounties. The runner-up prize of $23,276.29 was earned by ‘xFranq’, who also earned $271 in bounty rewards. The third place finisher, ‘Polar3Por1O’, collected $446 in bounties to go along $17,454.75. The happiest player at the end of the event was ‘Juninn’, who collected $509.53 for finishing 50th to go along with the $60,234 in bounties.
Bounty Hunters Sunday Main Event: In one of the most anticipated tournaments of the weekend, the $54 Bounty Hunters Sunday Main Event, offered a guarantee of $750,000, which was well exceeded when 16,355 joined the fray. At the end of the over 10 hour event, it was ‘P Lavecchia’ earning the biggest share of the $812,516.40 prize pool. After defeating ‘SweetCarolina’ in heads-up play, ‘P Lavecchia’ earned $29,092.78 for the victory and $18,244.03 for bounty rewards. ‘SweetCarolina’ earned a total of $36,250.12 for the second place finish and ‘JayLoco3’ took third for 25,502.05; both amounts include the players earned bounties.
Bounty Hunters HR Main Event: Offering a $1 Million guarantee, the biggest tournament to start the Bounty Hunters Series was the Bounty Hunters HR Main Event. A total of 2,095 unique players put up the $525 to enter the event, creating a prize pool of $1,047,500, which took a shade of 11 hours to finally compete. When the last bounty was collected, it was ‘ZecaGeleilate’ standing atop the field, earning $52,749.80 for the victory and an additional $32,512.27 in bounties. The runner-up was ‘regdebaraio’ who went home with $70,696.74, including bounty rewards, while ‘C Jeppsson’ claimed the last spot on the podium, earning $63,342.05, including the bounties.
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Just the Beginning
The first weekend of the Bounty Hunters Series has set the stage for what promises to be an unforgettable series. With over $7,500,000 won from just the first two days of events, players can look forward to even more action and larger prizes in the coming weeks. Each day brings new opportunities to earn bounties and climb the leaderboard, making every knockout count.
Upcoming Events
The excitement continues with a packed schedule of events. Key tournaments to watch for include:
$54 Bounty Hunters Daily Main [Deepstack]:
$250,000 Guaranteed – Tuesday, July 9th – 16:30 UTC
$150 Wednesday Wonderbox [Mystery Bounty]:
$400,000 Guaranteed – Wednesday, July 10th – 18:00 UTC
$525 Bounty Hunters HR [Classic]:
$300,000 Guaranteed – Thursday, July 11 – 16:30 UTC
$1,050 Thursday Throwdown HR:
$300,000 Guaranteed – Thursday, July 11 – 18:00 UTC
Whether you’re looking to score big in a high-stakes event or just enjoy the thrill of knocking out opponents, the Bounty Hunters Series has something for you. Make sure to check the GGPoker client for the full schedule and details on all upcoming tournaments.
Gear up for an unforgettable poker adventure at the 2024 GGPoker Bounty Hunters Series and earn your share of the $50,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. See you at the tables!
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