Welcome to 888poker’s Weekly Deal, with all the best news, results and insights from the past week.
THIS WEEK: August 27, 2017
“Nemekiss” Defeats Michael “AcesJoker88” Acevedo to Win Mega Deep
This week’s $215 buy-in, $80,000 Mega Deep drew 399 players. Among the top 56 to cash were “Pelfort” (51st - $320), “Huwwiel” (28th - $536), “larsHendrik” (14th - $1,032), “HappySh00ter” (8th - $1,600), “CptJack222” (5th - $4,000), and “Nalleh” (3rd - $8,400).
After 11 hours and 24 minutes, Mexico’s “Nemekiss” finished as the last player standing to take home $11,200, while Michael “AcesJoker88” Acevedo finished as runner-up and was awarded an $11,200 consolation prize.
The last documented win for “Nemekiss” came on May 31 of last year when took down the $3,000 SHOT for $1,927.
UK’s “Roulette69” Conquers Sunday Challenge
The $109 buy-in, $50,000 Sunday Challenge drew 433 players who accounted for 148 rebuys, which created a $58,100 prize pool. That was dispersed to the top 56 players including “lapechuga4” (25th - $389.27), Guntis “luffEEE” Aleskins (13th - $749.49), Jonathan “chut_up” Van Fleet (6th - $2,033.50), “JungleJedi” (4th - $4,357.50), and “OPH1UCHUS” (3rd - $6,100.50).
After 7 hours and 38 minutes, the UK’s “Roulette69” defeated fellow countryman “icallyamet” in heads-up play to win $11,039. Two weeks ago, “Roulette69” finished 7th in the Baby Whale for $3,990. Amazingly, he was back at that same final table this week, which you can read about below.
“MOI_est_JEAN” Compliments February Whale Win with Lightning Title
The $109 buy-in, $20,000 GTD Sunday Lightning attracted 131 players who generated 60 rebuys. That created a $19,100 prize pool distributed to the top 18 players including Johannes “TrollKonst8” Korsar (16th - $248.30), “Zoronoa93” (8th - $620.75), “placebo36251” (4th - $1,623.50), and “BLaaZeKush” (3rd - $2,483).
After 9 hours and 10 minutes, the UK’s “MOI_est_JEAN” bested Malta’s “scellone94” to claim the title and $4,966 top prize. Back in February, “MOI_est_JEAN” outlasted 246 players to win the $120,000 Whale for $28,423.
Familiar Faces at Baby Whale Final Table; Niklas “tutten7” Astedt Comes Out on Top
There were two familiar faces at the final table of this week’s $320 buy-in, $80,000 Baby Whale, which drew 204 players who accounted for 91 rebuys and created an $88,500 prize pool. Sunday Challenge champ “Roulette69” and Lightning winner “MOI_est_JEAN” finished in eighth and seventh place respectively.
After 8 hours and 41 minutes, it was Sweden’s Niklas “tutten7” Astedt who came out on top after defeating Germany’s “durrrrchfall” to win $19,027.50. The win comes a little more than three weeks after he won the $12,000 Crocodile for $4,162.
In the live realm, Astedt has $940,195 in tournament earnings including $380,245 for finishing fourth in the EPT12 Barcelona High Roller.
Sweden’s “OvePipcorn” Wins the Sunday Breeze
The $55 buy-in, $15,000 Sunday Breeze drew 349 players, and that created a prize pool of $17,450. Among the 45 players to earn a piece of it were “t8ofdiamonds” (39th - $104.70), last week’s winner “Ezreaal” (26th - $130.87), “mr.salgado”(15th - $218.12), “Mibo1984” (6th - $767.80), and “Plotsch2” (4th - $1,439.62).
After “Dablinov” fell in third place for $1,919.50, “flowroll” and “OvePipcorn” squared off for the title. The latter ended up claiming the title for Sweden, which came with a $3,376 prize. It marked the fourth four-figure cash for “OvePipcorn” since July, with two of those being runner-up finishes in the $6,000 Sunday Early Monsoon and $5,000 Thunder 6-Max.
What to watch out for:
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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 $1,500,000 Main Event
In the meantime, we’re running a special promotion where you can grab three free tickets to the daily XL Eclipse qualifiers. Simply deposit $10 or more using the promotional code “ECLIPSE10” and three free tickets are all yours.