Welcome to 888poker’s Weekly Deal, with all the best news, results and insights from the past week.
THIS WEEK: January 20, 2019
Pair of Swede Strike Deal in Sunday Mega Deep
This week’s $215 buy-in Sunday Mega Deep drew 349 players to 888poker. With 130 rebuys, a $100K prize pool was on tap and dispersed to the top 45 players including “chazcombes” (23rd - $750), Niklas “tutten7” Åstedt (14th - $1,250), Stephen “Kale333” Van Zadelhoff (11th - $1,500), Roman “Romeopro33” Romanovskyi (6th - $4,400), and “GoinInDry” (3rd - $11,000).
After 11 hours and 34 minutes, a pair of Swedes stuck a deal that saw “Texxxas_” walk away with the title and $17,592.86 in prize money while “robblish1” finished second for $16,257.14.
XL Inferno High Roller Champ Victorious in Late Mega Deep
The $215 buy-in Late Mega Deep attracted 85 players who rebought 25 times, which meant the $20K GTD was surpassed. The $23,100 total prize pool saw $12,100 go into the regular prize pool and $11,000 into the bounty prize pool.
Only the top 12 got a piece of the former pool including “CarlWinslow” (12th for $302.50), “Aletotti” (7th for $514.25 + $237.50 in bounties), “larochekk” (4th for $1,149.50 + $562.50 in bounties), “n0sferatv” (3rd for $1,694 + $931.25 in bounties), and “donvito1960” (2nd for $2,238.50 + $425).
After 5 hours and 31 minutes in the tournament, “MisterN411” came out on top to win the $3,327.50 top prize plus the $3,481.25 progressive KO bounty. You might recall that back in May, “MisterN411” won the XL Inferno High Roller for $90,063.
“cottroni14” Defeats “CheckRaise55” to Win Sunday Challenge
The $109 buy-in, $20K GTD Sunday Challenge saw 197 players take to the virtual felt and rebuy 68 times, which resulted in a $26,500 prize pool up for grabs. Among the top 27 players to get a piece of it were “guydeet39” (24th - $265), “Simpioni” (13th - $397.50), “888topPair” (7th - $1,060), and “LucySagara70” (3rd - $3,113.75).
After just over eight hours in the tournament, “cottroni14” defeated “CheckRaise55” in heads-up play to win $5,697.50.
Ukraine’s “kazan4ik” Weathers Sunday Deepstack Monsoon to Win $3,118
The $55 buy-in Sunday Deepstack Monsoon featured a $10K GTD, which it easily passed by drawing 220 players who rebought 85 time. Among the top 36 to get paid were “Daralon” (20th - $129.62), “SweeetLifer” (13th - $205.87), “GunsandGret” (6th - $686.25), and “bernardino23” (4th - $1,296.25).
After Argentina’s “GabiLoValvo” bowed out in third place for $1,723.25, the title came down to Germany’s “IloveJBieber” and Ukraine’s “kazan4ik.” After 10 hours and 19 minutes, the Ukrainian came out on top to win the $3,118.73 top prize. The win came just a little over a month after “kazan4k” topped an 893-entry field to win the $20,000 Mini Mega Deep for $4,518.
“gixeru” Claims Monsoon Title for Romania
The $55 buy-in Monsoon crushed its $10,000 GTD by attracting 225 players who rebought 60 times, which created a $14,250 prize pool. The top 36 players got paid including “ZDamian” (21st - $121.12), “ole_schemion” (13th - $192.37), Mike “Pipedream17” Dietrich (6th - $641.25), and “HyperX.” (3rd - $1,610.25).
After 7 hours and 7 minutes in the tournament, Romania’s “gixeru” bested the UK’s “Geebotics” in heads-up play to win the title and accompanying $2,914.23 first-place prize.
What to Expect Coming Up from 888poker
We had an absolute blast at our last 888poker LIVE Festival in November 2018 at Aspers Casino in London.
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Now we’re back at Aspers for the 888poker LIVE Kickoff – our very first live event of the 2019 season!
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