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Message: [QUOTE="888Rep, post: 4114445, member: 122549"] [COLOR=#212121][COLOR=black][FONT=Calibri]Hello Everyone,[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Calibri][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#212121][B]Day 8 of the 888poker XL Blizzard[/B] saw “[I]bujalabujala[/I]” win Lithuania’s first XL Blizzard title, Super XL champ “[I]petrofv5501[/I]” take down Event #24: $20,000 Late Quarterback.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#212121]Plus, Kuwait’s “[I]sayqmyqname[/I]” finish as the [B]Quarterback champ[/B].[/COLOR] [COLOR=#212121] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#212121][B][I]Read about it and more in 888poker’s recap for the 8th day of the XL Blizzard (attached)[/I][/B][I].[/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#212121][I][COLOR=#222222]We’ll be bringing you daily updates of the XL Blizzard, so be sure to check back every day.[/COLOR][/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#212121] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#212121][FONT=Calibri][B][I][COLOR=#222222]Here’s What is Coming Up on Friday [/COLOR][/I][/B]Are you ready to get knocked out? If so, Friday’s XL Blizzard schedule is for you. At 19:00, both the $150 buy-in Event #25: $25,000 Knockout and $35 buy-in Mini Knockout will get underway. Two hours later at 21:00, the $75 buy-in Event #27: $10,000 Late Knockout will begin.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#212121][FONT=Calibri] [COLOR=#000000]Hello Everyone,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Day 8 of the 888poker XL Blizzard saw “bujalabujala” win Lithuania’s first XL Blizzard title, Super XL champ “petrofv5501” take down Event #24: $20,000 Late Quarterback.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Plus, Kuwait’s “sayqmyqname” finish as the Quarterback champ.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Read about it and more in 888poker’s recap for the 8th day of the XL Blizzard (attached).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]We’ll be bringing you daily updates of the XL Blizzard, so be sure to check back every day.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Here’s What is Coming Up on Friday[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Are you ready to get knocked out? If so, Friday’s XL Blizzard schedule is for you. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]At 19:00, both the $150 buy-in Event #25: $25,000 Knockout and $35 buy-in Mini Knockout will get underway.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Two hours later at 21:00, the $75 buy-in Event #27: $10,000 Late Knockout will begin.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Day 8 of the 888poker XL Blizzard saw “bujalabujala” win Lithuania’s first XL Blizzard title,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Super XL champ “petrofv5501” take down Event #24: $20,000 Late Quarterback, and Kuwait’s[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]“sayqmyqname” finish as the Quarterback champ. Those stories and more in our latest XL[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Blizzard recap.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]XL Blizzard Day 8: Kuwait’s “sayqmyqname” Quarterback Champ, “bujalabujala” Scores for[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Lithuania, and Super XL Champ “petrofv5501” Books Another Win[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Day 7 of XL Blizzard, an 11-day series that runs through January 28, offered up a trio of events.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]That means 21 events from the 34-tournament schedule are now in the books.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The XL Blizzard, which will award more than $2.8 million, still has several exciting events on[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]the schedule including Friday’s $150 buy-in Event #25: $25,000 Knockout, $160 buy-in Event[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]#28: $50,000 6-Max, and the $1,050 buy-in, $1,000,000 GTD Main Event on Jan. 28.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]We’re also offering new promotions such as awarding big cash prizes to anyone who wins[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]multiple events ($1,000,000 if you can win five of them), a “Bubble of Bubbles” tournament[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000](gain entry if/when you bubble a tournament), and the return of the Champion of Champions[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]event.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The Champion of Champions returns for the XL Blizzard series and one lucky 888poker player[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]will win a $12,000 WSOP Vegas package. Each time you play in an XL Blizzard event, you earn[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]leaderboard points. The top 50 players on the leaderboard receive a ticket to the Champion of[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Champions tournament to be held at 18:00 GMT on January 30.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Also, here’s a quick breakdown on what’s happened in the XL Blizzard thus far:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Day 1 – The Netherlands’ Jans “Graftekkel” Arends won the Opening Event for more than[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]$17K. “bygavuga” and “scellone94” capture titles.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Day 2 – “Jamasutra” and “Pasha813” notch “Twin Wins” in Events #4 & #5 Respectively.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Day 3 – Norway’s “Rekrutt1” won Event #6: Crazy 8 for more than $10K; former XL Eclipse[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]winners “NeveGiveUp” and “msksevart” both claimed XL Blizzard titles.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Day 4 – In Event #9: $120,000 Mega Deep, “23NoraB” found redemption from his second-place[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]XL Inferno Mega Deep finish. Meanwhile, three 888poker Ambassadors made deep runs in the[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Whale and Niklas “tutten7” Åstedt came up short of winning a XL Blizzard not once but twice.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Day 5 – “DeltaSpider” becomes fourth Russian to win XL Blizzard title, “yarik1903” nabs[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Ukraine’s second.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Day 6 – “Tonkaaaa” final tables $250K High Roller but “SteveyBG” claims title; big day for[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]“OINKOinkOink”.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Day 7 – “CR1TCHZ” captured Austria’s second title of the series. Malta’s “PazzoRJ” and the[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]UK’s “JohnJones34” both won titles.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Get all the details on the XL Blizzard here.[/COLOR] [URL="https://www.888poker.com/magazine/888news/888poker-XL-Blizzard/"]https://www.888poker.com/magazine/88...r-XL-Blizzard/[/URL] [COLOR=#000000]“sayqmyqname” Puts Kuwait on the Board[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Th $215 buy-in Event #22: $80,000 Quarterback allowed players to rebuy a quarter of their stack[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]– hence the “quarter” back – for only $50 in the instance that they lost all their chips within the[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]late registration period. The tournament attracted 343 players who rebought 318 times, which[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]created an $84,500 prize pool.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The top 45 players got paid, which left 46th[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]-place finisher “jucalangner” leaving empty-handed,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]albeit with a consolation prize of entry into the “Bubble of Bubbles” tournament. Some[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]recognizable names to cash were “Kannwas” (32nd for $549.25), “KURDEdersim” (22nd for[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]$633.75), 888poker Ambassador Chris “888Moorman” Moorman (15th for $1,056.25), Adrian[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]“ADRI_ATM” Mateos (10th for $1,267.50), and XL Inferno champ “OPH1UCHUS” (3rd for[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]$9,295).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 8 hours and 19 minutes, Brazil’s “andrebos” busted to Kuwait’s “sayqmyqname.” The[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]former earned $12,252.50 for finishing in second place, and the former captured a $16,350.75[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]first-place prize.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The last documented win for “sayqmyqname” on 888poker came in March of last year when he[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]took down the $3,000 Early Turbo Swordfish for $802.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]“bujalabujala” Wins Lithuania’s First XL Blizzard Title[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]In the $44 buy-in Event #23: $20,000 Mini Quarterback, 680 players rebought 426 times to[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]create a $31,460 prize pool. That was reserved for the top 90 players, meaning 91st[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]-place finisher[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]“n0sferatv” had to settle for a seat into the “Bubble of Bubbles” tournament.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Among those to make a little cash were “FuzzyDonk” (64th for $94.38), Fabrizio “DrMiKee”[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Gonzalez (51st for $110.11), “JustFoldEm.” (24th for $157.30), “Benettinho” (12th for $346.06),[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]and “Kevinmac1” (6th for $1,337.05).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After Malta’s “U.E.N.O.” fell in fifth place for $1,651.65, the final four players worked a deal[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]before battling it out for the title. In a twist of fate, neither of the two big stacks won it. Instead, it[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]was “bujalabujala” who emerged victorious to win $3,495.64 and Lithuania’s first XL Blizzard[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]title of the series.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]A Super XL Champs Adds XL Blizzard Title to Résumé[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The last tournament of the day, the $109 buy-in Event #24: $20,000 Late Quarterback, drew 223[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]runners who rebought 141 times. That created a $25,825 prize pool reserved for the top 36[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]players. As the 37th[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]-place finisher, John “Dealm8ker69” Cook locked up a seat in the “Bubble of[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Bubbles” tournament.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Meanwhile, Super XL Series VII Main Event runner-up “carmen.1957” (30th for $193.68),[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]“Ao1ing” (27th for $219.51), “LeshiyAS” (15th for $348.63), Alexandru “alexos888” Baron (9th[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]for $490.67), and Fabrizio “DrMiKee” Gonzalez (3rd for $2,918.22).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 6 hours and 18 minutes, Russia’s “petrofv5501” bested Switzerland’s “77DASH” in headsup[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]play to win $5,281.21. It marked the fifth XL Blizzard title won by a Russian player.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Back in January 2017, “petrofv5501” won Event #32: $50,000 Super XL 8-Max for $11,641.36[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Here’s What is Coming Up on Friday[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Are you ready to get knocked out? If so, Friday’s XL Blizzard schedule is for you. At 19:00,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]both the $150 buy-in Event #25: $25,000 Knockout and $35 buy-in Mini Knockout will get[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]underway.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Two hours later at 21:00, the $75 buy-in Event #27: $10,000 Late Knockout will begin.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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