888poker’s popular Knockout (KO) Games Series returned on Sunday, November 6 and is slated to run for two weeks through November 22. There’s a twist this year with a special “Mystery Bounty Edition,” All tournaments feature a bounty component be they, Knockout (KO), or Progressive Knockouts (PKO).

All told, the 44-event series will offer more than $2 million in guaranteed prize pools across its affordable buy-ins. That includes the $250 buy-in, $500,000 GTD Multi-flight Main Event offering up a massive $50,000 top bounty!

Flights for that kick off on Wednesday, November 16 and run through Monday, November 21. Day 2 will take place on the same day at 20:00 GMT.

Catch all the tournament info here:

Another popular event sure to attract players is the $2,100 buy-in, $100K GTD Super High Roller on Sunday, November 20 at 19:00 GMT. So, be sure to mark your calendars!

The series got off to a strong start as all four events from the first two days surpassed their advertised guarantees. All told, 2,177 entrants competed in the first four tournaments, awarding $208,950 in prize money. Thus far, winners have hailed from Ukraine, Chile, and Latvia.

Here’s a look at the early winners from the first two days of the KO Games.

Ukraine Victorious in KO Games Opening Event MB

On Sunday, November 6, the $109 buy-in, $120K GTD KO Games Opening Event Mystery Bounty attracted 978 players who rebought 283 times. That snuck by the guarantee as a $126,100 prize pool was on tap, with the top bounty being $12,000!

That massive bounty wound up going to “fratla”, who failed to capture any prize money after busting in 238^th place. But they walked away with the most money in the tournament, thanks to nabbing the $12,000 bounty.

Check out some of the crazy action from the final table in the video below -

Among those to make the money by finishing in the top 180 places were the following players –

• 888poker Stream Team member Josh “Josh_Manley” Manley (124^th place for $138.81 + $1,256.82 in bounties)
• “MehmetAlkis” (67^th place for $171.86 + $1,313.64 in bounties)
• “gremistaAAKs” (31^st place for $218.13 + $1,727.28 in bounties)
• Ben “xLIVEPROx” Warrington (23^rd place for $310.67 + $170.44 in bounties)
• Final table bubble “Drakaries” (10^th place for $707.27 + $284.09 in bounties)

The final nine players then went on an overnight break before returning on Monday and playing down to a winner. At the time, Germany’s “ZockSteffen” held the chip lead with over 3.2 million, while Romania’s “Blackjk84” was hot on their heels with 2.986 million.

Two other players were across the two-million mark – Brazil’s “Arcuiro” (2,767,741) and the UK’s “Light_Yagami” (2,335,672). Four other players sat with over a million and on the low stack was Brazil’s “agvolpee” with 846,494.

“ZockSteffen” used their big stack to make it all the way to third place for $5,188.85 plus $464.10 in bounties. Ukraine’s “sezon1th” (one of those starting the final table in the middle of the pack) was left to do battle with “Arcuiro”.

The Ukrainian ultimately prevailed to claim a top prize of $9,657.21 plus $1,357.72 in bounties for a total payday of $11,014.93.

KO Games Opening Event Mystery Bounty Final Table Results

1^st – “sezon1th” (Ukraine) … $11,014.93

2^nd – “Arcuiro” (Brazil) … $8,101.32

3^rd – “ZockSteffen” (Germany) … $5,652.95

4^th – “Light_Yagami” (United Kingdom) … $6,554.87

5^th – “55luckbox777” (Mexico) … $3,820.19

6^th – “SYO.OO” (Ukraine) … $6,415.62

7^th – “Blackjk84” (Romania) … $1,863.89

8^th – “ValueBluff” (United Kingdom) … $1,954.14

9^th – “agvolpee” (Brazil) … $1,385.82

Third-Place Wins Most in High Roller Mystery Bounty

Also, on Sunday was the $525 buy-in, $50K GTD KO Games High Roller Mystery Bounty. That tournament saw 78 players rebuy 25 times, which meant the 103-entry field just snuck by the guarantee by creating a $51,500 prize pool.

The top bounty available was $5,000. There were also a pair of $2,500 bounties, a trio of $1,250 bounties, and 16 bounties ranging from $656.25-$750.

The top 15 players got a piece of the regular prize pool, including the following players –

• “Artur1965 (15^th place for $596.25)
• “nlfreddie” (11^th place for $622.75)
• “SpielerKind” (8^th place for $781.75)
• “raisebot” (7^th place for $993.75)

Amazingly, all the bounties were concentrated between the top five finishers. 888poker regular “kiskutya23” won the tournament for a $7,300.75 top prize plus $3,468.75 in bounties for a total payday of $10,769.50 But two other players banked more - thanks to collection the bigger bounties.

Runner-up “Le_Piaf” wound up with a $4,770 prize plus $7,406.25 in bounties for a total payout of $12,176.25 – the second most money

“zavor4ik” won the most by finishing in third place for $3,113.75 plus a staggering $10,812.50 in bounties for a total payday of $.

KO Games High Roller Mystery Bounty Final Table Results

1^st – “kiskutya23” (N/A) … $10,769.50

2^nd – “Le_Piaf” (Malta) … $12,176.25

3^rd – “zavor4ik” (Latvia) … $13,926.25

4^th – “Sprase1999” (United Kingdom) … $3,672

5^th – Ben “xLIVEPROx” Warrington (United Kingdom) … $3,575.75

6^th – “8_8__8” (N/A) … $1,272

7^th – “raisebot” (Netherlands) … $993.75

8^th – “SpielerKind” (Ukraine) … $781.75

9^th – “Neeno1990” (N/A) … $675.75

Knockout Games Series Live Streams

888poker will stream the final tables of the following tournaments on our 888pokerTV Twitch channel –

• Nov 14 – 20:00 GMT - $150,000 Mystery Bounty
• Nov 21 – 20:00 GMT - $100,000 Super High Roller PKO
• Nov 22 – 20::00 GMT - $500,000 KO Games MB Main Event

Make sure to tune in for massive giveaways on every stream!

You can also check out the 888pooker StreamTeam and ambassador Twitch channels throughout the series. They will be giving away freebies on top!

See the full line-up here: StreamTeam and Ambassador Twitch Streams.

What’s Coming Up?

With buy-ins ranging from as low as $5.50 all the way up to $2,100, there’s a KO Game for everyone this series.

Some events on the schedule sure to appeal to players include the following touneys –

• $1,050 buy-in, $40K GTD KO Games PKO 8-Max at 19:00 GMT on Saturday, November 12
• $525 buy-in, $50K GTD High Roller Mystery Bounty at 19:30 GMT on Monday, November 13
• $320 buy-in, $20K GTD Super KO 8-Max at 19:00 GMT on Tuesday, November 15
• $1,050 buy-in, $40K GTD KO Games PKO 6-Max at 19:00 GMT on Saturday, November 19

Click here for a look at the full KO Games schedule on 888poker!

KO Games Winners Thus Far…