888pokerās Knockout Games Series returns this week with a million-dollar guarantee across 31 events, each of which has a knockout structure of one type or another.
- Standard KO bounty tournaments award fixed amount prizes for each player you eliminate
- Progressive KO tourneys award partial bounties for eliminations, with your own bounty increasing each time you knock out an opponent
- Mystery Bounty tournaments award prizes which are randomly drawn from a pool of fixed amounts
The series proper runs from October 20-29, though starting flights for both the $215 Main Event and the $25 Mini Main Event began yesterday. Combined Day 2s for these tournaments will run on October 28, with the Main Event final table streamed on 888pokerās Twitch channel on October 29.
Buy-ins from $5.50, guarantees up to $300K
Each of the 31 events on the schedule features a guaranteed prize pool, and with buy-ins ranging from $5.50 to $320 there should be attractive options for a wide range of players.
Both the Main Event and Mini Main Event will take the form of mystery bounty tournaments, with the former offering a top bounty prize of $30K and a guaranteed prize pool of $300K. The Mini Main Event will have a $100K guarantee.
Highlights at the lower end of the buy-in scale include:
- Event #1: $16.50 Mystery Bounty with $20K GTD, October 20
- Event #11: $11 Mystery Bounty with $10K GTD, October 23
- Event #12: $5.50 Mystery Bounty with $5K GTD, October 23
- Event #17: $8.80 Mystery Bounty Mini with $5K GTD, October 25
- Event #20: $11 PLO Mystery Bounty with $2K GTD, October 26
Other events which have caught our eye include:
- Event #4: $215 Opening Event Mystery Bounty with $150K GTD, October 20
- Event #9: $320 Super KO High Roller with $15K GTD, October 22
- Event #24: $55 Mystery Bounty with $40K GTD, October 27
- Event #25: $109 PKO Rumble with $100K GTD, October 27
- Event #31: $55 Mystery Bounty with $20K GTD, October 29
Get more details, including the full tournament schedule, at 888poker.
