888 Ambassador Aaron Barone Makes the Final Table of the PNOC Main Event

The PokerNews Online Championship Mystery Main Event has reached its final table. Among the final eight players is 888 ambassador Aaron "abarone68" Barone. Barone has won a PNOC title before and has made several deep runs in the tournament. He is now seven eliminations away from the first-place prize of $21,098.

The tournament drew 1,091 entries, and the total prize pool reached $254,203. Only 141 players made it through to the second day, and eight of them reached the final table. The final table will resume on October 27 at 19:00 GMT and will be played until a champion is determined.

The big bounty prizes have already been paid out. The largest bounty, worth $25,000, went to "d5t6y7", who was eliminated in 12th place. Including other bounties and the prizes from a deep run, this player won a total of $35,020.

Barone sits down at the final table with 1,460,290 chips. That is 37 big blinds, and he will act fourth when play resumes. He is only 18 big blinds behind the leader, "LookAround". Another Canadian is also at the table: "for_science", who is in second place.

The final table can be followed live on the 888 Twitch channel. A hole card broadcast will be published with a one-hour delay, starting at 20:00 GMT.

Separately, the $25 buy-in Mystery Mini Main tournament had a guaranteed prize pool of $50,000. It was won by "Uivelo88" from Finland, who received $4,812. Danish player "Seberbad" took second for $3,396. Three other 888 ambassadors also played in that event, but Barone was eliminated in 21st place and won $334.