'When the envelope of the mystery bounty started to slide, I saw a couple of zeros on the right already, so I quickly called my 'one time,' and bang, $30,000, hahaha!' $35,000 Worth of Mystery Bounty Payments We kept an eye on each other's tables from then on! Thanks to 'Profanic' for reminding me to register haha cheers!'ĭay 2 went very well for Pal, especially when he hit the jackpot after eliminating an opponent, and a mystery bounty worth a whopping $30,000 appeared on his screen. Then a friend reminded me that there were still four flights left, and he managed to get a nice Day 2 bag, so I fired another Day 1 flight, and thankfully managed bag for Day 2 on the same day. 'It was funny because I played an early Day 1 flight and didn't bag. Pal played in the Main Event, but failed to progress to Day 2, which is when the mystery bounties came into play. One such mystery bounty tournament was the $300,000 guaranteed Main Event of the inaugural Mystery Bounty Festival. These days, Pal is found frequenting a wide range of tournaments, with an average buy-in of $100.

It has been quite the poker journey for Pal, who started his online poker career grinding $0.55 and $0.82 buy-in tournaments from a $100-$200 bankroll. 'I used to watch the WSOP Main Event on ESPN, then Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker.' From a $100 Bankroll to a $100 Average Buy-in 'I found out about poker maybe 15 years ago,' explained Pal. Like many poker players, Pal discovered poker on television and immediately caught the bug.

Carlos Pal: winner of a $30,000 mystery bountyĬarlos Pal is a software developer residing in Costa Rica, who plays poker part-time.

The massive mystery bounty winner treated himself to pizza and got straight back on the multi-table tournament grind after padding his bankroll with one of the largest mystery bounty payments 888poker has awarded. However, it was the 14th place finisher that reeled in the overall prize, one worth $35,228 thanks, in part, to capturing a $30,000 mystery bounty before they busted. $35,000 Worth of Mystery Bounty PaymentsĮarlier this month, 'pinvoypuzec' triumphed in the $300,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty Festival Main Event at 888poker and took home $25,262 for their efforts.From a $100 Bankroll to a $100 Average Buy-in.

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