Originally Posted by 888Rep
Welcome to 888poker’s Weekly Deal, with all the best news, results and insights from the past week.
THIS WEEK: August 13, 2017
Parker “888tonkaaaa” Talbot Final Tables the Lightning
This week’s edition of the $109 buy-in, $20,000 GTD Sunday Lightning attracted 170 players who generated 98 rebuys. That created a $26,800 prize pool distributed to the top 24 players including “floptheguts” (18th for $335), “MPeneda” (15th for $335), and “TooMuchRake” (10th for $469).
A familiar face at the final table was 888poker Ambassador Parker “888tonkaaaa” Talbot, who finished in eighth place for $804. After Niklas “tutten7” Astedt busted in third for $3,350, the UK’s “summuNNN” and Ukraine’s “Fukuruku” squared off in heads-up play. After 9 hours and 20 minutes, the latter emerged victorious to win $6,432 while the former had to settle for a $4,455 consolation prize.
It marked the second big win of the year for “Fukuruku,” who back in May took down the XL Inferno Event #155 Tornado for $4,287 after a heads-up deal.
“polarizedOMG” Wins Sunday’s Biggest Buy-In on 888Poker
Sunday’s biggest buy-in event on 888poker, the $320 buy-in, $100,000 Baby Whale, surpassed its guarantee by attracted 253 players who accounted for 127 rebuys. That created a $114,000 prize pool, which was paid out to the top 36 spots.
Some players to earn a little cash were 888poker Ambassador Dominik “888Dominik” Nitsche (35th for $855), “Imyurfriend” (14th for $1,539), Troy “S.Janowski” Quenneville (11th for $1,824), Nicolas “PKaiser” Fierro (6th for $5,130), and “McNugget123” (3rd for $12,882).
In the end, which came after 9 hours and 42 minutes of play, Germany’s “polarizedOMG” bested Canada’s “SHIPITBITCH” to win the $23,313 top prize. That was quite a bit more than the $243 he got for his last online win, which came back on June 27 when he took down the $500 GTD Omaha 6-Max.
“Odyseus58” Takes Down the Mega Deep
The popular $215 buy-in Mega Deep offered its 492 participants a $100,000 prize pool, which was reserved for the top 64 players. Among those to cash were “vonBaranow” (34th for $530), 888poker Ambassador Dominik “888Dominik” Nitsche (21st for $870), “89Diamonds” (6th for $3,500), Cristian “progree69” Sampaoli (4th for $7,500), and “APJennings” (3rd for $10,260).
After 11 hours and 47 minutes, Ukraine’s “Palyaaa” fell to Germany’s “Odyseus58,” who walked away with $19,000 for his performance. It was the German’s second win in just over a month. On July 9, “Odyseus58” beat out a field of 99 players to win the $3,000 Twister for $1,237.
Winning is a Breeze for “E_Dub”
The $55 buy-in, $20,000 Sunday Breeze drew 466 players, and that created a prize pool of $23,300. Among the 63 players to earn a piece of it were “Coinseeker12” (30th for $128.15), “str8nuttin” (14th for $233), “HammertimeAA” (8th for $524.25), “Patsharpe” (4th for $1,817.40), and “Eichholzdonk” (3rd for $2,388.25).
After 8 hours and 26 minutes, the UK’s “E_Dub” prevailed over Russia’s “goba87” to claim the title and $4,427 first-place prize. The win came just over a week after “E_Dub” finished runner-up in the August 4 edition of the $8,000 Swordfish for $1,228. Back in June, he notched two wins in the same day after he took down the $5,000 Deep-stack Monsoon and $10,000 Deep-stack Swordfish for $1,475 and $1,935 respectively.
“germaxii” Captures Second Turbo Mega Deep Title in Two Months
The $215 buy-in, $40,000 GTD Turbo Mega Deep saw 157 players take to the virtual felt and generate 62 rebuys. That created a $43,800 prize pool that was spread among the top 24 finishers including “Moliere123” (20th for $547.50), Super XL Series V champ “jnevanli” (16th for $766.50), “InJeBakkes” (10th for $985.50), Thiago “Nicoferrow” Crema (5th for $2,409), and “mr_runnerup” (3rd for $5,256).
After just 4 hours and 45 minutes, Argentina’s “germaxii” defeated the UK’s “Juanfran1973” in heads-up play to win $9,526.50. If you recall, “germaxii” topped a field of 232 players on May 21 to win the XL Inferno Event #194: $50,000 Turbo Mega Deep. That means he now has two Turbo Mega Deep titles in less than three months.
What to watch out for:
We’re guaranteeing $8,000,000 (!) in prizes for the upcoming XL Eclipse online tournament series, which will kick off in September. That’s $500,000 more in GTD prize money than was offered in the spring’s XL Inferno.
The full XL Eclipse schedule will be released shortly, but we can tell you that there will be a $300,000 Opening Event, $50,000 Mini Opening Event, and a $1,500,000 Main Event!
In the meantime, we’re running a special promotion for 1st depositors only, where you can grab three tickets to the daily XL Eclipse qualifiers.
Simply deposit $10 or more using the promotional code “ECLIPSE10” and three tickets are all yours!