The 2026 PokerNews Online Championship Mystery Main Event had recorded 466 entries and 54 Day 2 qualifiers as its final opening flights approached. The online poker tournament carries a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool and concludes on October 27.
The account milikie11 led the surviving field with 202,465 chips, making it the only stack above 200,000 at the reporting cutoff. Peter Traply held 159,477 chips, while 888 ambassador Aaron Barone had 153,678 after previously winning the opening event of the series, according to PokerNews.
Seven starting flights remained for the $250 buy-in main event, with qualified players scheduled to return on October 26. The mystery-bounty format includes a top bounty advertised at $25,000.
A separate $25 Mystery Mini Main had reached 665 entries and sent 80 players forward. Its $50,000 guarantee would require 2,222 entries, so the remaining flights will determine whether registration reaches that threshold. All field sizes and chip counts are interim tournament figures and may change before the registration periods close.
