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Yesterday: May 20, 2018
The final day of the 2018 XL Inferno played out on Sunday with the final four tournaments from the 34-event schedule. That included the $1,050 buy-in, $1,000,000 GTD Main Event, which you’ll read more about below.
All that remains now is the XL Inferno Champion of Champions tournament, which will see the winners from each event return to battle it out for some big prizes. In fact, the top three finishers will each win a prize package to the 2018 World Series of Poker. The Champion of Champions event will take place at 14:00 this Wednesday, May 23. Click here for more details.
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UK’s “JohnFoot” Wins XL Inferno Main Event for $209,779!
The $1,050 buy-in Event #32: $1,000,000 Main Event cleared its seven-figure guarantee by attracting 855 players who rebought 304 times. Some of the players to compete but fall short of the money were Anton “anteen” Bertilsson, Sergio “zcedrick” Aido, and Mike “SirWatts” Watson, just to name a few.
Likewise, 888poker Ambassadors Sofia “sofialovgren” Lövgren, Chris “888Moorman” Moorman, and Parker “888tonkaaaa” Talbot all come up empty.
The $1,159,000 prize pool was distributed to the top 108 players including Roman “romeopro33” Romanovsky (34th - $4,868), Kenny “SpaceyFCB” Hallaert (22nd - $5,563), Preban “prebzzz” Stokkan (20th - $5,563), Adrian “ADRI_ATM” Mateos (18th - $7,881), and final table bubble boy “hummar” (10th - $12,517).
With six players left in the tournament, “JohnFoot” caught fire, first by eliminating “que_te_crio” and then winning a big pot off “m0zga4,” who four-bet shipped ace-king into aces. That pot gave “JohnFoot” half the chips in play, and it didn’t take long for him to make it down to the final two with a big lead.
The heads-up match went on for half an hour before “JohnFoot” used his four-six to crack the aces of “wellyxx” after the latter made a wheel and the former a six-high straight.
Two Malta Players Strike a Deal in the Mini Main Event
The $160 buy-in Event #33: $150,000 Mini Main Event crushed its guarantee by attracting 934 players who rebought 404 times. That created a $200,700 prize pool paid out to the top 117 finishers including 888poker Ambassador Chris “888Moorman” Moorman (103rd - $421), XL Series champ “Namlleh” (64th - $542), Nicolas “PKaiser” Fierro (24th - $923), “spyver” (14th - $1,706), Alexandru “alexos888” Baron (6th - $8,108), and “morewater” (3rd - $19,468).
After 9 hours and 46 minutes, the tournament came down to two players from Malta, who opted to strike a deal. “pAAdentr0” wound up with the title and $33,833, while “Openpunks” received $28,384 for second place.
“SergeyRusko” Back on Top After a Year Away from Winner’s Circle
The $30 buy-in Event #34: $50,000 Micro Main surpassed its guarantee by drawing 1,672 players who rebought 703 times. That created a $65,312 prize pool paid out to the top 207 players including “Pasha813” (128th - $98), “YettysWild” (55th - $157), “resilience32” (19th - $248), “JvdHelm” (7th - $1,861), and “rablou_mihai” (4th - $4,245).
After the UK’s “tupastacerdo” bowed out in third place for $6,009, the title came down to “SergeyRusko” and “Chipsssssss.” The former, a Russian player, wound up winning it for $11,032 after 10 hours and 40 minutes.
The last win for “SergeyRusko” came just over a year ago when he won the May 3, 2017 $10,000 Swordfish for $2,413. Five weeks before that, he also took down the $15,000 Monsoon for nearly $2,900.
Canada’s “Zebest7r” Wins XL Inferno Mega Deep
The $215 buy-in Event #31: $120,000 Mega Deep drew 507 players who rebought 237 times. That created a $148,800 prize pool paid out to the top 72 players including Jans “Graftekkel” Arends (43rd - $670), Roman “Romeopro33” Romanovsky (29th - $744), two-time XL Inferno champ “Sluuut123” (10th - $1,786), “backdown8” (5th - $8,035), and “shcirrr” (3rd - $15,178).
After just under 12 hours, Canada’s “Zebest7r” defeated the Netherlands’ “InJeBakkes” in heads-up play to win the $28,123 first-place prize. It was the first win on 888poker for “Zebest7r” since Christmas Day 2016, which is when he took down the $10,000 Sunday Lightning 6-Max for nearly $4,000.
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Big Fish Series Continues to Pay Out Big Prizes!
In other news, the Big Fish, which is comprised of six new daily tournaments, continues to impress with $100,000 in guarantees DAILY and buy-ins starting as low as $5.50.
Here’s a look at all those who won Big Fish titles on Sunday:
The $5.50 Big Fish drew 1,498 entries and saw Argentina’s “MrTJHB” walk away with a $1,310 first-place prize.
- In the first $33 Big Fish of the Day, the final two players of a 958-entry field struck a deal. Belarus’ “N_Dima” claimed the title and $4,766 in prize money while Croatia’s “koraykor88” finished second for $4,503.
- The $16.50 Big Fish saw 1,460 entrants take to the virtual felt. After nearly nine hours, Lithuania’s “TheMurrr” came out on top to win $3,780.
- In the other $5.50 Big Fish, Switzerland’s “Anne1998” topped a field of 2,847 entries to win $2,370.
- Romania’s “KeepTrying05” navigated a 1,113-enry field to win the second $33 Big Fish of the day, which was good for $6,044.
- Finally, the second $16.50 Big Fish ended when he final three players of a 747-entry field struck a deal. They included “AlexLCD” ($1,890), “MidiChlorien” ($1,599), and “wiandkn” ($1,335).
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