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Yesterday: April 14, 2019
On Sunday the 2019 XL Blizzard conclude its 34-event series with the last four tournaments on the schedule. The 11-day series proved to be a huge success catering to 38,515 entrants and awarding $1,903,474 in prize money.
Remember, all those who played in five XL Blizzard events received a qualifier ticket into a freeroll, which award a $12,600 package for the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and two $2,700 packages to the 2019 WSOP Event #64: $888 Crazy 8’s tournament.
The freeroll will be held next Sunday, April 21st at 19:30 GMT.
Here’s a look at all those who won XL Blizzard titles on Sunday:
Malta’s ".RUIT.HORA." Wins XL Blizzard Main Event for $91,847
The XL Blizzard Main Event featured a $500,000 guarantee. With 1,783 players ponying up the $250 buy-in, and 531 rebuys on top of it, a $543,790 prize pool was created.
That was paid out to the top 207 players including “GoFighTer” (49th - $1,413.85), “Farrugia_1” (34th - $1,794.50), Fabricio “DrMiKee” Gonzalez (29th - $1,794.50), “Graftekkel” (17th - $2,447.05), “*******hi18” (8th - $10,332.01), and “MisterN411” (3rd - $50,028.68).
The deciding hand was actually the second to last one. After more than 15.5 hours in the tournament, "DeuceofDuc0" raised the button to 3.6 million holding the nine-five of spades and Malta’s ".RUIT.HORA." called with the seven-four of diamonds. The latter flopped bottom pair of sevens and check-called a bet of 3.6 million.
He then check-called one of 12.1 million on the deuce of hearts turn before checking for the third time on the queen of clubs river. "DeuceofDuc0" moved all in on the bluff and ".RUIT.HORA." managed to find the call to double up. He finished off his opponent in the very next hand to win the title.
For more on the 2019 XL Blizzard Main Event, including hands leading up to a victor, check out the PokerNews Live Blog here.
https://www.pokernews.com/tours/888p...rd/main-event/
Brazil’s “Ney_Anderson” Wins Mini Main Event
The $33 buy-in Event #33: $50,000 Mini Main Event saw 1,847 players rebuy 624 times to crush the guarantee by generating a $74,130 prize pool. That was paid out to the top 252 players – after Canada’s “BTIPPPPP” bubbled in 253rd that is – including Ana “AnaMarquez” Marquez (88th - $141), “Daralon” (37th - $200.15), “AceBluff88” (25th - $274.28), “Vomani” (14th - $452.19), “GoinInDry” (8th - $1,401.05), and “stradale_430” (5th - $3,513.76), who got it in with ace-ten of spades only to run into the pocket tens of Germany’s “schgewara.”
After Cyprus’ “jiujiteiro” bowed out in third place for $6,367.76 – the result of his ace-seven failing to overcome the pocket sevens of Brazil’s “Ney_Anderson” – the final two opted to strike a deal. The German wound up as runner-up for $9,713.46 while the Brazilian took the title and $10,791.89 in prize money.
“Madeon1994” Claims Mega Deep Title for Sweden
The $215 buy-in Event #31: $100,000 Mega Deep cruis
ed by its guarantee by drawing 460 players who rebought 219 times. That created a $135,800 prize pool paid out to the top 63 players including “23NoraB” (35th - $746.90), “Namlleh” (21st - $814.80), 888poker ambassador Ana “AnaMarquez” Marquez (11th - $1,629.60), “tikkapekka” (7th - $4,413.50), and “IOwnU888” (3rd - $13,919.50).
The title came down to Sweden’s “Madeon1994” and Russia’s Arseniy “josef_shvejk” Karmatsky. After 11 hours and 16 minutes the Swede came out on top to win the title and $25,802 first-place prize.
You might remember that back in October “Madeon1994” won the $60,000 Whale for more than $20K, meaning he’s now won two of 888poker’s most prestigious titles in a six-month span.
“ExValue1” & Stephen “Sizzlinbetta” Reynolds Work Deal in Micro Main
The XL Blizzard closed out with an affordable $5.50 buy-in tournament – Event #34: $15,000 Micro Main Event – which attracted 2,509 players who rebought 1,019 times. The 3,528-entry field resulted in a $17,645 prize pool that was paid out among the top 425 players.
Some of those to make a deep run were “Durbs14” (43rd - $40.57), “lexadron” (31st - $47.62), “CDMMaresias” (21st - $54.68), “SavichKD” (12th - $107.60), “queempalas” (6th - $529.20), and “YGVUHB” (3rd - $1,393.56).
After 9 hours and 16 minutes in the tournament, the final two players opted to strike a deal that saw Mexico’s Stephen “Sizzlinbetta” Reynolds finish as runner-up for $2,092.05 and Ukraine’s “ExValue1” as the champ for $2,461.15 in prize money.
Former Champ Martin Jacobson is Heading Back to the WSOP Main Event
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 35 entries and awarded two more seats into the 2019 WSOP Main Event. They went to 2014 WSOP Main Event champ and 888poker Ambassador Martin “MJacobson888” Jacobson and “ROBBIEMAC01.”
Jacobson will be looking to replicate his success from 2014, which is when he topped a field of 6,683 players to win poker’s most prestigious event, a gold bracelet, and a smooth $10 million first-place prize.
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