888poker Mystery Bounty Main Event: Full Winners List for August 2026

Last Updated on August 20, 2026 by Bala Kumar

If you follow 888poker even casually, you’ll know its $80,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event has become one of the most consistently entertaining tournaments in online poker, not because of the guarantee size, which is modest compared to WCOOP or GGPoker’s WSOP Online series, but because the mystery bounty structure keeps producing genuinely wild storylines almost every single week.

August 2026 has been a particularly good month for it. Three editions have run so far, and between them we’ve had a runner-up out-earning the champion, a chip leader who pulled over $10,000 in bounties before the final table even started, and one of the more dramatic heads-up comebacks the format has produced all year. Here’s the complete, up-to-date rundown of every $80K Mystery Bounty winner this month, with the real numbers behind each result.

What Is the 888poker $80K Mystery Bounty?

Quick refresher for anyone new to the format: it’s a $109 buy-in weekly tournament with an $80,000 guaranteed prize pool, run on a Sunday-into-Monday schedule on 888poker. Like any mystery bounty event, a portion of the prize pool is set aside as bounties hidden in “envelopes” — you don’t know how much a bounty is worth until you knock the player out and open it. Some are worth next to nothing. Others, like the recurring $8,000 jackpot bounty, can single-handedly make someone’s month.

That structure is exactly why the results below look so different from a standard freezeout. In a normal tournament, prize money is strictly tied to finishing position. In a mystery bounty, it’s entirely possible — and it’s happened twice already this month — for a player to bust in second place and still walk away with more total money than the champion, purely because of what was sitting in their bounty envelopes.

August 2026 Winners List

Date	Champion	Country	Entrants	Prize	Bounties Won	Total Payout
Aug 3–4	CKrilP0	Austria	752	$6,536	$4,594	$11,130
Aug 10–11	mr.diego97	Germany	779	$6,512	$1,330	$7,842
Aug 17–18	Fedevalle	Argentina	772	$6,512	$591	$7,103

Table current as of August 20, 2026. This tournament runs weekly, so a new champion will be added by August 24–25 — check back or see the note at the end of this article for how to find the latest result.

Three weeks in, the sample is already telling a pretty clear story: this tournament is consistently overlaying its $80,000 guarantee (all three weeks drew fields large enough to push the prize pool past guarantee), and it’s consistently producing five-figure scores for anyone who can make a deep run and pick up a couple of meaningful bounties along the way.

Week-by-Week Breakdown

Week 1: Austria’s “CKrilP0” (August 3–4)

This was, by some distance, the most lucrative week of the month so far. A field of 752 entrants pushed the tournament well past its guarantee, and the bounty structure paid out so generously that both the champion and the runner-up walked away with five-figure prizes — a genuine rarity even by mystery bounty standards.

“Antontog” from Ukraine took the chip lead into the nine-handed final table after pulling more than $10,000 in bounties from their envelopes, including the marquee $8,000 jackpot bounty. Despite entering heads-up with a commanding 69.3 to 43.5 big blind advantage, “Antontog” was eventually eliminated in second place — but their bounty haul meant a $15,362 total payout, actually higher than “CKrilP0’s” winning $11,130. Austria’s “CKrilP0” had to fight back from fourth in chips at the final table to complete the win.

Week 2: Germany’s “mr.diego97” (August 10–11)

A slightly larger field of 779 entrants made this the best-attended Mystery Bounty of the month. “mr.diego97” advanced to the final table fourth in chips with 34 big blinds, won a couple of significant early pots, and — notably — never dropped out of the top two in chips for the rest of the final table. That’s an unusually steady run for a format built around variance-heavy bounty pots.

The final hand was a stone-cold bluff gone wrong: runner-up “KARNA1983” over-shoved 12.3 big blinds into an 8.7 big blind pot with nothing, and “mr.diego97” made the hero call to end it. Total prize for the win: $7,842, on a $109 buy-in — a better than 70-to-1 return.

Week 3: Argentina’s “Fedevalle” (August 17–18)

The most dramatic result of the month. “Fedevalle” reached heads-up against Sweden’s “Magnolia176” holding just 21.5 big blinds — against a stack of 123.2 big blinds, a 6-to-1 chip deficit that would make most players start planning their next tournament. Instead, “Fedevalle” doubled with aces, flopped a flush to seize the lead outright, and closed it out when a flopped jack held up against a king-seven shove. The 772-entrant field produced another guarantee overlay, and “Fedevalle” turned their $109 buy-in into $7,103.

What This Month’s Results Tell Us

A few practical patterns worth knowing if you’re thinking about jumping into this tournament yourself:

• Overlays have been the norm, not the exception. All three August editions have drawn fields comfortably above what’s needed to clear the $80,000 guarantee, which means the site is effectively subsidizing the prize pool for players week after week — good value if you’re deciding where to spend a Sunday.
• Bounty variance can outweigh finishing position. Twice this month, a player has walked away with more money for finishing second than the eventual champion earned for winning outright. If you’re chasing bounties specifically, playing aggressively for knockouts once you’re deep can be just as valuable as playing for the win itself.
• Comebacks are common, not rare, in this format. Two of the three finals this month featured genuine double-or-nothing swings in the closing stages — “Antontog’s” near-miss in Week 1 and “Fedevalle’s” 6-to-1 recovery in Week 3. Big stacks going into heads-up should not assume the title is secured.
• Satellites remain cheap. Entry into the $80K Mystery Bounty is available via satellites starting as low as $0.10, making it one of the more accessible weekly guarantees in online poker relative to its payout ceiling.

How the 888poker Mystery Bounty Compares

	888poker $80K Mystery Bounty	PokerStars WCOOP Mystery Bounty events	GGPoker Bounty Hunters
Buy-in	$109	Varies by tier (22–530+)	Varies by stake
Frequency	Weekly	Once per series (Sept only)	Regular rotation
Guarantee	$80,000	60K–500K depending on tier	Varies
Typical field	750–780 entrants	Varies widely by tier	High volume, Asia-heavy
Standout feature	Recurring $8,000 jackpot bounty	Tied to a major annual series	High-frequency, casual-friendly cadence

The 888poker version’s biggest edge is consistency — it’s not a once-a-year series highlight, it’s a dependable weekly fixture, which makes it easier to build a long-term read on the field and the structure compared to a seasonal special.

Upcoming 888poker $80K Mystery Bounty Schedule

Since this tournament runs on a fixed weekly cadence — kicking off Sunday and playing down to a winner on Monday — it’s easy to plan around even before 888poker confirms each individual week. Based on that established pattern, here’s what the rest of the schedule looks like heading into September:

Edition	Projected Dates	Buy-In	Guarantee	Status
Week 4	Aug 24–25, 2026	$109	$80,000	Upcoming
Week 5	Aug 31–Sep 1, 2026	$109	$80,000	Upcoming
Week 6	Sep 7–8, 2026	$109	$80,000	Upcoming (overlaps WCOOP Week 1)
Week 7	Sep 14–15, 2026	$109	$80,000	Upcoming
Week 8	Sep 21–22, 2026	$109	$80,000	Upcoming
Week 9	Sep 28–29, 2026	$109	$80,000	Upcoming (overlaps WCOOP Main Event week)

Important note on these dates: these are projected based on the tournament’s consistent weekly pattern over the past month, not officially confirmed dates from 888poker. Guarantees, buy-ins, and start times have stayed consistent week to week so far in 2026, but 888poker does occasionally run special editions — larger guarantees, RAKELESS variants, or KO Games crossovers — so it’s worth cross-checking the live tournament lobby before building a satellite plan around any specific week. Satellites for the upcoming edition typically open in the 888poker lobby a few days ahead of the Sunday start, starting from $0.10.

Worth flagging for anyone planning ahead: Weeks 6 and 9 land during PokerStars’ WCOOP series (September 6–30), which means grinders juggling multiple sites will have a busier-than-usual September if they’re trying to fit both circuits into the same weekend.

Final Thoughts

Three winners, three different countries, three different routes to the title — and every single one of them turned a $109 buy-in into a four- or five-figure score. That’s the appeal of the 888poker Mystery Bounty in a sentence: modest buy-in, real variance, and a genuine shot at a life-changing week if the bounty envelopes fall your way.

This article will be updated as new winners are confirmed each week. As of publication (August 20, 2026), the most recent champion is Argentina’s “Fedevalle” from the August 17–18 edition. Always check the live 888poker lobby for the current week’s satellite schedule and guarantee, since promotional terms and guarantees can shift week to week.

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