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Message: [QUOTE="888Rep, post: 4101353, member: 122549"] [COLOR=#000000]Synopsis: The first day of the 888poker XL Blizzard kicked off in a big way when the[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Netherlands’ Jan “Graftekkel” Arends took down the Opening Event for more than $17K. By[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]doing so, he became the first player ever to win both XL Eclipse and Blizzard titles. Meanwhile,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]both “bygavuga” and “scellone94” also found success on Thursday. Find out all the details in our[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]daily 888poker XL Blizzard recap.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]XL Blizzard Day 1: Jan “Graftekkel” Arends Wins Opening Event, “bygavuga” &[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]“scellone94” Claim Titles[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The 11-day XL Blizzard, which will run through January 28, kicked off with the first trio of[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]tournaments on the 34-event schedule. All told, the first day of the popular series catered to[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]3,902 entries and awarded $150,906 in prize money. By the end, more than $2.8 million will be[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]won.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]We’ll be bringing you daily updates of the XL Blizzard, so be sure to check back every day. For[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]now, you can read about the first three events below.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The XL Blizzard, which offers events as low as $5 and as high as $2,100, on 888poker is just[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]getting started. There are several exciting events on this year’s schedule including $50,000 Crazy[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]8; $2,100 buy-in, $250,000 GTD High Roller; and $1,050 buy-in, $1,000,000 GTD Main Event[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]on Jan. 28. We’re also offering new promotions such as awarding big cash prizes to anyone who[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]wins multiple events ($1,000,000 if you can win five of them), a “Bubble of Bubbles”[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]tournament (gain entry if/when you bubble a tournament), and the return of the Champion of[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Champions 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 and everyone in that special event wins a prize.[/COLOR] [URL="https://www.888poker.com/magazine/888news/888poker-XL-Blizzard/"]https://www.888poker.com/magazine/88...r-XL-Blizzard/[/URL] [COLOR=#000000]XL Eclipse Champ Jan “Graftekkel” Arends Wins Opening Event[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The $109 buy-in XL Blizzard Event #1: $80,000 Opening Event needed 800 entries to hit the[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]guarantee, and it was hit with ease as 667 players rebought 279 times to create a $94,600 prize[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]pool. That was distributed to the top 90 players, and the man finishing in 91st place was[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Argentina’s “BtM4Ever,” who left emptyhanded, but became the first player to lock up a seat in[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]the “Bubble of Bubbles” tournament.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Among those to cash the tournament were 888poker Ambassador Chris “888Moorman”[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Moorman (62nd for $302.72), “Cashdurrr” (36th for $425.70), “jareth3542” (21st for $473), and[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]“Wall2Wall3b” (10th for $1,040.60).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After nearly 10 hours of play, the final table was set, and it was a truly international affair. In[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Level 29 (22,500/45,000/5,625), Russia’s “M9yM9so” got his stack all in preflop with the A♥7♦[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]and failed to hold against the Q♠8♥ of the Netherlands’ Jan “Graftekkel” Arends after a[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]4♣6♥8♦8♠10♥ run out. “M9yM9so” earned $4,020.50 for finishing in sixth place.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]With three players left, Canada’s “BTIPPPPP” got his last 13 big blinds all in preflop holding the[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]K♣K♠ and was primed to double through Arends. Unfortunately for him, the board ran out[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]J♠8♣3♦A♦9♣ and Arends rivered a straight to send the Canadian home in third place for $9,460.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]In the final hand of the tournament, Ireland’s “123magmag123” got his chips in on a 10♣9♠J♠9♣[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]board holding the K♥9♦ for trips, which was behind the 8♦7♠ straight of Arends. The A♣ river[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]was a blank and “123magmag123” had to settle for runner-up and a $12,771 consolation prize.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Last March, Arends topped a field of 702 entries to win the $80,000 Sunday Challenge for[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]$15,991. Six Months later, he bested a 302-entry field to win the XL Eclipse Event #100:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]$250,000 Whale for $64,930.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]With a win in the opening event, Arends becomes the first player to win both XL Eclipse and Blizzard titles.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Event #2 Mini Opening Event Ends in Three-Way Russian Deal[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Over in the $12 buy-in XL Blizzard Event #2: $15,000 Mini Opening Event, 1,508 players[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]rebought 832 times to create a $25,506 prize pool. Among the 207 players to get a piece of it[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]were “888Ferraro” (138th for $35.70), “AdamWinwood” (72nd for $56.11), “KKicker10” (26th for[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]$96.92), and “sifakwai” (10th for $214.25).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]As for the bubble boy, that was Ukraine’s “_FALCON_”, who became the second player to be[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]awarded a seat into the “Bubble of Bubbles” tournament.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]When action was down to the final three players, who all happened to be Russians, they struck a[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]deal before playing it out. “APCEBAT,” who actually got the second most money with[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]$3,364.42, ended up busting in third place, and then “bygavuga” defeated “VyachesLove” in[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]heads-up play. They earned $3,393.54 and $2,963.48 respectively[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]“scellone94” Scores a XL Blizzard Title for Malta[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The last XL Blizzard tournament of the day was the $55 buy-in XL Blizzard Event #3: $20,000[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Late Opening Event, which drew 441 players who rebought 175 times. That created a $30,800[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]prize pool that was paid out to the top 63 players.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Someone who just missed out on it by finishing in 64th place was Brazil’s “R.nahtanoJ,” who[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]became the last player of the day to punch their ticket to the “Bubble of Bubbles” tournament.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Among those to cash were “t8ofdiamonds” (51st for $144.76), “EyeofSkadi” (25th for $184.80),[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]2016 Super XL Main Event runner-up “carmen.1957” (14th for $308), and “n0sferatv” (11th for[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]$369.60).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 7 hours and 35 minutes, the title went to Malta’s “scellone94,” who defeated Germany’s[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]“Charlymogo” in heads-up play to win $5,852. A former Lightning 6-Max champ, “scellone94”[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]finished runner-up in the January 3 $20,000 Mega Deep New Year’s Special for $5,385.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]What’s Coming Up on Friday?[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Two more events will take place on Friday, January 19, both at 19:00. The first is the $55 buy-in[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]XL Blizzard Event #4: $20,000 Twins Royal and the other the $55 buy-in XL Blizzard Event #5:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]$20,000 Twins Flush. We’ll bring you a recap of the action once they wrap up.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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