Welcome to 888poker’s Weekly Deal, with all the best news, results and insights from the past week.
THIS WEEK: December 23, 2018
Lithuania’s “Sinatra48” Claims Sunday Mega Deep BONANZA Title
The $215 buy-in Sunday Mega Deep BONANZA featured a $125,000 prize pool after 338 players took to the virtual felt and rebought 162 times. Among the 48 players to get paid were Fabricio “DrMiKee” Gonzalez (30th - $850), 888poker Ambassador Martin “MJacobson888” Jacobson (12th - $2,187.50), “Nordynordbrg” (7th - $3,437.50), and Cristian “progree69” Sampaoli (3rd - $13,437.50).
It took nearly 12 hours but eventually Lithuania’s “Sinatra48” beat out “Magicooo22” to win the title and accompanying $24,062.50 first-place prize.
Canada’s “kingstars” Binks Mini Mega Deep BONANZA
The special $22 buy-in, $25K GTD Mini Mega Deep BONANZA drew 1,124 players who rebought 474 times. That created a $31,960 prize pool paid out to the top 144 players including “The0rigin” (38th - $102.27), “artemio14” (18th - $175.78), Bryan “DePittsterje” Paris (9th - $367.54), “Allver888” (5th - $1,598), and “wildrado” (3rd - $3,036.20).
After 8 hours and 38 minutes, Canada’s “kingstars” beat Belarus’ “dekvinKK” in heads-up play to win a $5,587.04 top prize.
Germany’s “tier999111” Wins Turbo Mega Deep in Just Over Three Hours
With 74 players who rebought 18 times, the $215 buy-in Turbo Mega Deep offered up a $20,000 prize pool ($10,800 into the regular prize pool, $9,200 into the bounty). Some players to earn bounties but fall short of making the money were Sam “sammygrinder” Grafton (25th - $100), Arseniy “josef_shvejk” Karamatski (20th - $225), and Kenny “SpaceyFCB” Hallaert (15th - $50).
Among those to cash were Mike “Pipedream17” Dietrich (9th for $297 + $50 in bounties), “Yattag0” (5th for $756 + $300 in bounties), and “RakDoll” (3rd for $1,512 + $375 in bounties). After just 3 hours and 10 minutes, Germany’s “tier999111” beat “Irreligious8” to win the title, a $2,943 prize, and a $33,7.50 progressive bounty.
“xcrash154” Claims Sunday Deepstack Monsoon Title
The $55 buy-in Sunday Deepstack Monsoon surpassed its $10,000 guarantee by drawing 169 runners who rebought 58 times. That saw an $11,350 prize pool up for grabs and the top 27 players got a piece of it including “Zarzoor912” (19th - $113.50), “PiktasVilkas” (10th - $198.62), Bryan “DePittsterje” Paris (5th - $681), and “leonidus1307” (4th - $993.12).
After “Corazzzon” bowed out in third place for $1,333.62, the title came down to “Flopchopper” and Mexico’s “xcrash154.” It was just under nine hours in the tournament before things ended with the latter on top for $2,440.29.
$10K GD Monsoon Ends in Head-Up Deal
The $55 buy-in, $10K GTD Monsoon saw 197 players rebuy 49 times to create a $12,300 prize pool that was paid out to the final 27 players including Ole “ole_schemion” Schemion (22nd - $123), “emerson1010” (15th - $184.50), “Placebo36” (7th - $492), and “premier6996” (3rd - $1,445.25).
After 5 hours and 54 minutes, the tournament came to an end with a heads-up deal between “Bofral” and “CunningGrccn.” The former finished second for $2,124.55 and the latter deemed the winner for $2,426.45.
You might recall that back at the end of September, “CunningGrccn” took down the $4,000 Thunder 6-Max for $1,500.
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