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IT’S BACK! PokerNews Online Championships Returns to 888poker with Huge Schedule

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Off the back of the highly successful PokerNews Online Championships, two titans of poker, PokerNews and 888poker, have reunited once again to bring you another edition of the smash hit online poker series.

From November 17-26, the second-ever PokerNews Online Championship steals the spotlight on the platform, where more than $1 million will be shared among 888poker players.

The action-packed schedule includes over 40 events, headlined by the $300,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty Main Event. Buy-ins range from an affordable $5.50 to $525, and there’s something for everyone across the festivals.

PokerNews Online Championship Full Schedule

PokerNews Online Championship players will clash in an array of tournaments, including mystery bounties, PKOs, Deep Stacks, short-handed games, and some unique formats. Among the standout events are a Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) Mystery Bounty and a SNAP PKO. In this format, blind levels start at a fast turbo pace, then gradually slow down as the event reaches its critical stages—just when players typically want more time to strategize!

Date Day Time PokerNews Buy-in Guarantee
17.11.24 Sun 17:00 PokerNews #01 – Opening Event Mini (Mystery Bounty) $16.50 $20,000
17.11.24 Sun 18:00 PokerNews #02 – Opening Event mid (Mystery Bounty) $55 $35,000
17.11.24 Sun 19:00 PokerNews #03 – Opening Event (Mystery Bounty) $109 $120,000
17.11.24 Sun 19:30 PokerNews #04 – Opening Event High Roller $525 $30,000
18.11.24 Mon 17:00 PokerNews #05 – Daily Gems – PKO Mid $16.50 $10,000
18.11.24 Mon 17:30 PokerNews #06 – Daily Gems – PKO Mini $8.8 $5,000
18.11.24 Mon 18:30 PokerNews #07 – Daily Gems – Mystery Bounty Special $55 $20,000
18.11.24 Mon 19:00 PokerNews #08 – Daily Gems – PKO $109 $12,000
19.11.24 Tue 17:00 PokerNews #09 – Daily Gems – Super KO mini $16.50 $10,000
19.11.24 Tue 18:00 PokerNews #10 – Super KO High Roller $320 $15,000
19.11.24 Tue 19:00 PokerNews #11 – Daily Gems – Mystery Bounty Special $55 $15,000
19.11.24 Tue 19:00 PokerNews #12 – Daily Gems – Super KO $109 $10,000
20.11.24 Wed 17:00 PokerNews #13 – Daily Gems – MB Big or Small Mini $11 $10,000
20.11.24 Wed 18:00 PokerNews #14 – MB Big or Small Micro $5.50 $5,000
20.11.24 Wed 19:00 PokerNews #15 – Daily Gems – Mystery Bounty Special $55 $15,000
20.11.24 Wed 19:00 PokerNews #16 – Daily Gems – MB Big or Small $22 $10,000
21.11.24 Thu 18:00 PokerNews #17 – DeepStack High Roller $320 $15,000
21.11.24 Thu 19:00 PokerNews #18 – Daily Gems – DeepStack $55 $15,000
21.11.24 Thu 19:00 PokerNews #19 – Daily Gems – DeepStack High $109 $12,000
21.11.24 Thu 19:30 PokerNews #20 – SNAP PKO 6-Max Special $16.50 $2,000
22.11.24 Fri 17:30 PokerNews #21 – Daily Gems – Mystery Bounty Mini $8.80 $5,000
22.11.24 Fri 18:00 PokerNews #22 – Daily Gems – Mystery Bounty Mid $22 $10,000
22.11.24 Fri 19:00 PokerNews #23 – Daily Gems – Mystery Bounty $55 $15,000
22.11.24 Fri 19:30 PokerNews #24 – Daily Gems – Big Shot Special $109 $12,000
23.11.24 Sat 17:00 PokerNews #25 – Daily Gems – PKO 6-Max Mid $16.50 $10,000
23.11.24 Sat 18:00 PokerNews #26 – PLO Mystery Bounty Special $11 $2,000
23.11.24 Sat 19:00 PokerNews #27 – Daily Gems – PKO 6-Max $55 $15,000
23.11.24 Sat 19:30 PokerNews #28 – Daily Gems – PKO 6-Max High $109 $12,000
24.11.24 Sun 17:00 PokerNews #29 – Mystery Bounty mini $16.50 $20,000
24.11.24 Sun 18:00 PokerNews #30 – Mystery Bounty $55 $40,000
24.11.24 Sun 19:00 PokerNews #31 – THE PKO Rumble $109 $50,000
24.11.24 Sun 19:30 PokerNews #32 – Big Shot High Roller $525 $30,000
25.11.24 Mon 17:00 PokerNews #33 – Daily Gems – PKO mini $16.50 $10,000
25.11.24 Mon 18:00 PokerNews #34 – Daily Gems – PKO $33 $10,000
25.11.24 Mon 21:00 $50,000 PokerNews #35 – Mystery Bounty Mini Event (Day 2) $25 $50,000
25.11.24 Mon 21:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 2) $215 $300,000
26.11.24 Tue 17:00 PokerNews #37 – Daily Gems – Closing Event MB Mini $16.50 $12,000
26.11.24 Tue 19:00 PokerNews #38 – Daily Gems – Closing Event Mystery Bounty $55 $20,000
26.11.24 Tue 19:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Final Table)  

Main Event Schedule

While all 43 scheduled events have poker players buzzing with excitement, two PokerNews Online Championship tournaments stand out: the Main Events.

Each Main Event offers multiple Day 1 flights from November 10-25, leading up to Day 2. Both tournaments are set in a mystery bounty format. The Mystery Bounty Mini Main Event offers an accessible $25 buy-in while featuring a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool. Meanwhile, with a $215 buy-in or a spot through one of many satellite events, the Mystery Bounty Main Event boasts a substantial $300,000 guaranteed payout!

Date Day Time Event Buy-in
10.11.24 Sun 19:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
12.11.24 Tue 19:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
14.11.24 Thu 19:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
17.11.24 Sun 16:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
17.11.24 Sun 19:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
18.11.24 Mon 16:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
18.11.24 Mon 19:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
19.11.24 Tue 16:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
19.11.24 Tue 19:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
20.11.24 Wed 16:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
20.11.24 Wed 19:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
21.11.24 Thu 16:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
21.11.24 Thu 19:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
22.11.24 Fri 16:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
22.11.24 Fri 19:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
23.11.24 Satur 16:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
23.11.24 Satur 19:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
24.11.24 Sun 14:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
24.11.24 Sun 17:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
24.11.24 Sun 20:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
24.11.24 Sun 23:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
25.11.24 Mon 14:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
25.11.24 Mon 16:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
25.11.24 Mon 18:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 1) $215
25.11.24 Mon 21:00 $300,000 PokerNews #36 – Mystery Bounty Main Event (Day 2)  

Exclusive PokerNews 888poker Freeroll Passwords for November 2024

Belea Bags More Than $27K and Main Event Title

Razvan Belea
Razvan Belea

In the inaugural PokerNews Online Championship Mystery Bounty Main Event, EPT Main Event champion Razvan “RazvyB” Belea topped the 1,627 runner field to scoop a total of $27,654, with $25,626 of that coming from his first place finish.

It was another 888poker major title for the Romanian, who won the 2021 888poker LIVE Bucharest Main Event for €50,000.

However, Brazil’s “Dangerzinn” was the biggest monetary winner in the Main Event as he banked the $30,000 mystery bounty prize en route to his 16th-place finish—quite the return from a $215 investment. Another big story from the Main Event was written by bronze medalist “dainuciuks”. The Lithuanian-based player won their way into the tournament via a freeroll and was able to parlay that into a $16,980 payday.

The last edition of the Main Event came with a $300,000 guarantee, and was obliterated with the final prize pool reaching $325,400.

Place Player Country Prize (Including bounties)
1 Razvan “RazvyB” Belea Romania $27,654
2 “betsoares” Brazil $19,367
3 “dainuciuks” Lithuania $16,980
4 “bucurestean” Romania $26,105
5 “AKGambit” Germany $8,423
6 “scheeescheee” Mexico $19,500
7 “aziz.Mancha” Brazil $5,515
8 “EstorilBlue” Lithuania $3,809

Full PokerNews Online Championship Results

Expand the table below to discover which 888poker players excelled during the inaugural PokerNews Online Championship. The series paid out $1,190,234 across its events, a superb result for everyone involved.

Event Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool Champion Prize
#1 – Opening Event Mystery Bounty $11 1,733 $17,330 mAteus.dAne $1,931*
#2 – Opening Event Mystery Bounty $55 850 $42,500 brainiac1 $4,334*
#3 – Opening Event Mystery Bounty $109 1,118 $120,000 yriy3 $15,389*
#4 – Opening Event Mystery Bounty $22 795 $15,900 KovalevEvgen $1,827*
#5 – Opening Event High Roller $525 92 $46,000 dariotoma $11,334
#6 – PKO Mini $11 1,111 $11,110 GemeValter $1,884*
#7 – PKO Mid $33 497 $14,910 jetskii $2,232*
#8 – PKO $55 283 $14,150 Sosiska $2,372*
#9 – PKO $109 169 $16,900 michel.mica $3,526*
#10 – PKO 6-Max Mini $11 928 $10,000 Fishmir $1,323*
#11 – PKO 6-Max High Roller $320 58 $17,400 ingeruRO14 $5,690*
#12 – PKO 6-Max Mid $55 262 $13,100 888BIDO $3,068*
#13 – PKO 6-Max $109 135 $13,500 algsxr $3,231*
#14 – Deep Stack Mini $8.80 748 $5,984 smoky011$927  
#15 – Deep Stack Mid $33 428 $12,840 Motik_13 $2,348
#16 – Deep Stack $109 129 $12,900 MikeyW94 $2,999
#17 – Super KO Mini $11 1,147 $11,470 sumyfish $903*
#18 – Super KO High Roller $320 63 $18,900 pincha73 $3,846*
#19 – Super KO $109 186 $18,600 Nowitzki_41 $2,724*
#20 – SNAP PKO 6-Max $16.50 143 $2,145 shaormastyle $509*
#21 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max Mini $11 1,334 $13,340 Trabuca $1,529*
#22 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max Micro $5.50 1,052 $5,260 Bazinga888 $529*
#23 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max Mid $22 690 $13,800 paitaon $2,059*
#24 – Mystery Bounty 6-Max $109 192 $19,200 betsoares $3,658*
#25 – Cut to the Chase 11 168 $2,000 DOPABR $448
#26 – DeepStack PKO Mini $11 1,145 $11,450 Marcothx $1,614*
#27 – DeepStack PKO Mid $55 348 $17,400 r1zzy $3,196*
#28 – PLO Mystery Bounty $11 198 $2,000 Johnmylove $556*
#29 – DeepStack PKO $109 169 $16,900 lovelydonk $4,183*
#30 – Mystery Bounty Mini $11 1,886 $18,860 vadimkobets $1,747*
#31 – Mystery Bounty $55 824 $41,200 AAbestAAdo $4,800*
#32 – Mystery Bounty Mid $22 932 $18,640 Nazar4ik51 $1,867*
#33 – PKO Rumble $109 349 $34,900 cups951 $8,176*
#34 – PKO Rumble High Roller $525 67 $40,000 casual_win $10,268*
#35 – Big Shot Mini $16.50 648 $10,000 dd6111 $1,633
#36 – Big Shot Mid $55 247 $12,350 Competencia $2,503
#37 – Big Shot $109 179 $17,900 amormori $4,013
#38 – Mystery Bounty Mini Main Event $25 3,085 $70,955 bagedag $6,805
#39 – Mystery Bounty Main Event $215 1,627 $325,400 RazvyB $27,654
#40 – Closing Event PKO Mini $11 1,019 $10,190 Pirombas $1,174*
#41 – Closing Event PKO High Roller $320 74 $22,200 VL1fish3BV $6,908*
#42 – Closing Event PKO Mid $55 283 $14,150 Alysson1994 $3,341*
#43 – Closing Event PKO $109 165 $16,500 cups951 $3,512*

*includes bounty payments

Streaming, Giveaways & Live Reporting

Lukas Robinson
Lukas \”RobinPoker\” Robinson

Now is the time to follow PokerNews and 888poker across all available social media and Discord channels because we are planning to give away a proverbial boatload of PokerNews Online Championship tickets and goodies.

PokerNews ambassador Lukas “RobinPoker” Robinson, and the army of 888poker ambassadors, including Vivian Saliba, Alexandre Mantovani, Ian Simpson, Lucia Navvaro, Ricardo “Mat3usPT” Mateus, Josh “joshmanleypoker” Manley, Nick “eastyyy22” Eastwood, Andrei “AndreiCoz” Cosmin, Aaron “abarone68” Barone, and Leo “leojokura” Jokura will be out in force during the PokerNews Online Championship, playing events and letting you know how to get your hands on some free tickets.

Robinson will also be live streaming his time on the virtual felt at 888poker, and it will pay to tune in as even more tickets will be dished throughout his broadcasts. Stay tuned to his Twitch channel to keep up with everything related to RobinPoker.

Along with being able to follow the Main Event action on Robinson’s social media platforms, the PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all the additional action from Day 2 and 3 of the Main Event, with the final table also taking centre stage on the 888pokerTV.

See Your Name on PokerNews’ Pages

PokerNews is recapping the action every day throughout the PokerNews Online Championship, so you will find your 888poker alias displayed on our famous pages if you navigate your way to a final table or emerge victorious in any of the 43 numbered online poker events! Now is your time to shine!

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Editor & Live Reporter

Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game.

Calum has written for various poker outlets but found his home at PokerNews, where he has contributed to various articles and live updates, providing insights and reporting on major poker events, including the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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