The PokerNews Online Championship Mystery Main Event has narrowed to eight players after attracting 1,091 entries. The field generated $254,203, moving the tournament beyond its advertised guarantee, according to the latest PokerNews tournament report.
Aaron Barone will return with the fourth-largest stack. His 1,460,290 chips represent 37 big blinds, while leader LookAround holds 2,214,940. For_science starts second with 2,063,154, leaving the top four separated by less than one million chips.
Play is due to restart at 19:00 GMT on October 27 and continue until a champion is decided. The regular winner's share is listed at $21,098 before bounty payments, while the event's $25,000 jackpot mystery bounty had already been claimed by the player d5t6y7 before the final table.
Barone's place in the last eight marks a significant climb from the previous day's position. An earlier tournament preview had shown him outside the top ten before Day 2. The new chip counts are a later tournament update rather than a final result, so every stack and payout remains subject to the concluding session.
