Aleksey Savenkov Claims Victory in the $1,100 Luxon Pay Mystery Bounty
The final day of the $1,100 Luxon Pay Mystery Bounty, running at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Casino in Northern Cyprus as part of the 2024 Mediterranean Poker Party, has now concluded. It took more than 18 hours of grinding on Day 2 for Aleksey Savenkov to emerge as the winner, taking home the grand prize of $85,000 plus bounties.
A total of 1,207 entries were made to the event throughout five flights, to create a prize pool of $1,207,000, surpassing the $1,000,0000 guarantee. 181 players returned for the final day of action, and the bustouts came fast and furious, losing losing almost half of the field by the third level of the day.
$1,100 Luxon Pay Mystery Bounty Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksey Savenkov | Russian Federation | $85,000 |
| 2 | Kirill Burtin | Russian Federation | $57,800 |
| 3 | Konstantin Generalov | Russian Federation | $41,200 |
| 4 | Vadzim Godzdanker | Belarus | $28,400 |
| 5 | Tamazi Skhirtladze | Georgia | $21,200 |
| 6 | Ebrahim Ehghaghi | Iran | $17,100 |
| 7 | Damir Gabdullin | Russian Federation | $14,300 |
| 8 | David Boyaciyan | Netherlands | $11,300 |
Final Table Action
Savenkov dominated the entire final table, single handedly eliminating six of the final nine. Maxim Brovko was first to bust after the final table commenced when he jammed jack-ten suited but couldn��t defeat the ace-queen of Tamazi Skhirtladze despite flopping a straight a flush draw.
Although Aleksandr Kirichenko was unable to make it to the final table, he managed to pull the largest bounty worth $70,000 early in the day.
Mystery Bounty Prizes
| Bounty Prize | Count | Total Value |
|---|---|---|
| $70,000 | 1 | $70,000 |
| $40,000 | 2 | $80,000 |
| $25,000 | 3 | $75,000 |
| $15,000 | 4 | $60,000 |
| $10,000 | 6 | $60,000 |
| $5,000 | 7 | $35,000 |
| $3,000 | 12 | $36,000 |
| $2,000 | 20 | $40,000 |
| $1,500 | 43 | $64,500 |
| $1,000 | 83 | $83,000 |
Action continued to be rapid, with only about 20 minutes passing before David Boyaciyan felt the wrath of Savenkov as well, finisihing in 8th place as he couldn��t win the race with ace-king against pocket sixes.
With seven left, action came to a halt, with nobody exiting the tournament for a little over two hours. Eventually, another victim of Savenkov fell as Damir Gabdullin who had just doubled up, immediately got his stack in the middle with pocket jacks, but ran into pocket queens.
It was deja vu as Ebrahim Ehghaghi had gotten his stack in the middle before the flop with pocket jacks once again, against Savenkov. This time he was up against five-three suited, and despite make a set of jacks, he still was forced to leave the tournament as Savenkov made a flush.
Falling next in fifth-place was Tamazi Skhirtladze who had gotten all of the chips in the middle before the flop with ace-jack, but ultimately couldn't hold against the ace-nine of Vadzim Godzdanker.
It didn't take long from here as Godzdanker fell short-stacked, and got the last few chips in with nine-seven, and couldn't defeat the ace-three of Savenkov.
Konstantin Generalov had quite the short-stack battle, doubling up several times but ultimately couldn't survive to the finish as his final blow came when he jammed king-eight suited on the button, and was called by Savenkov with ace-six in the blinds.
With Generalov eliminated, the heads-up battle began, with many back-and-forth pots, but the ultimate downswing for Kirill Burtin came after becoming short-stacked after running a bluff, and getting caught by Savenkov's trip eights.
Burtin continued to battle, until all of the chips went in the middle before the flop, and he was ahead with ace-high. However, Savenkov smashed the flop, with his king-queen suited, flopping a full house.
This concludes the $1,100 Luxon Pay Mystery Bounty coverage, stay tuned to PokerNews for more Merit Poker Action.