Welcome to 888poker’s Weekly Deal, with all the best news, results and insights from the past week.
THIS WEEK: February 24, 2019
“Turrrrible” Wins Sunday Mega Deep for Second in Less Than a Year
The $215 buy-in Sunday Mega Deep had 334 players rebuy 162 times in their quest to win a portion of the $100,000 prize pool. the top 45 got paid and they included “popsnpoker” (28th - $650), “mission30” (23rd - $750), “GramNaKartke” (15th - $1,250), “allesrigged” (8th - $2,400), Jan “Graftekkel” Arends (6th - $4,400), and “SkallePer58” (3rd - $11,000).
After 11 hours and 7 minutes, the UK’s “Turrrrible” defeated “IggyGak” in heads-up play to win the title and $19,350 first-place prize. It marked the second time “Turrrrible” has won the Sunday Mega Deep in less than a year, Back on July 22, he topped a 311-entry field to win it for $17,550.
XL Blizzard Champ “TooMuchRake” Claims RakeLESS Sunday Title
The $300 buy-in, $100K GTD RakeLESS Sunday attracted 331 players who rebought 95 times. That created a $127,800 prize pool that was paid out to the top 45 finishers including Roman “Romeopro33” Romanovskyi (24th - $958.50), “prebzzz” (13th - $1,597.50), “MFA1770” (6th - $5,623.20), and “SkallePer58” (4th - $10,543.50).
After “plomaha” bowed out in third place for $14,058, the title came down to XL Blizzard champ “TooMuchRake” and XL Eclipse champ “Farrugia_1.” After just over eight hours in the tournament, the former prevailed to capture a $24,729.30 first-place prize.
UK’s “FItip4ldI” Denies Sweden’s Niklas “tutten7” Astedt in the Whale
The $1,050 buy-in Whale surpassed its $50K GTD by drawing 47 players who rebought 20 times. Among those to compete for a piece of the $67,000 prize pool but come up short were Fabricio “DrMiKee” Gonzalez, “Madeon1994,” and 888poker Ambassador Dominik “888Dominik” Nitsche.
The top six got paid and they included “BeeTheBeagle” (6th - $3,685), “Hateeeeem” (5th - $5,025), “BriIliant” (4th - $6,700), and “matokr” (3rd - $10,050). After 5 hours and 46 minutes, the UK’s “FItip4ldI” defeated Sweden’s Niklas “tutten7” Astedt in heads-up play to win the title and $24,790 first-place prize.
Interestingly, “FItip4ldI” also won a seat into the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event on Sunday. You can read more about that below.
“R.Malafaia” Claims Monsoon Title for Brazil
The $55 buy-in, $10K GTD Monsoon had 215 players take the virtual felt and rebuy 48 times. That easily surpassed the guarantee by creating a $13,150 prize pool that was distributed amongst the top 27 players including “pokerdave128” (15th - $197.25), “nardonkiller” (7th - $526), and “Simpioni” (4th - $1,150.62), just to name a few.
After 6 hours and 53 minutes, it was Brazil’s “R.Malafaia” besting Germany’s “housekeeping” in heads-up play to win the title and $2,827.29 top prize.
XL Eclipse Winner Becomes Sunday Deepstack Monsoon Champion
The $55 buy-in Sunday Deepstack Monsoon saw 192 players rebuy 81 times to generate a $13,650 prize pool. The top 27 players got a piece of it including
In the end, the title came down to a trio of players from Malta. In the end, “KToFTW” and “GandaCu88” busted in third and second place for $1,603.87 and $2,115.75 respectively, while “okokok1893” finished on top to the tune of $2,934.79.
You might remember that back in September “okokok1893” topped a 531-entry field to win the XL Eclipse Event #5: $20,000 Twins Flush for $5,095.
On Their Way to Vegas!
Thomas “WushuTM” Muehloecker Wins a package Into the 2019 WSOP Main
Remember, every Sunday at 20:30 GMT now through June 888poker will host a $1,050 “WSOP 2019 Main Event Package Qualifier.”
Those who win their way into the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event will be awarded a prize package valued at $12,600. Those packages include six nights (July 4-10, 2019) at the luxurious Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas, a $10,000 WSOP Main Event buy-in, $1,000 for travel and expenses (paid directly to your 888poker account), and an invite to a welcome party at the Vdara Hotel.
This week’s qualifier had 51 entries and saw the top four finishers lock up a WSOP Package. They included this week’s Whale champion “FItip4ldI,” as well as “Kai012,” “JohnyK91,” and poker pro Thomas “WushuTM” Muehloecker.
What to Expect Coming Up from 888poker
888poker LIVE Heads to Bucharest for 2nd Stop of 2019!
The 888poker LIVE Bucharest Festival will take place at the Intercontinental Hotel in March 4-10.
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