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Message: [QUOTE="888Rep, post: 4292293, member: 122549"] [B]Welcome to 888poker’s Weekly Deal, with all the best news, results and insights from the past week.[/B] [COLOR=#000000]THIS WEEK: April 8, 2018[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]“Lucky_Frutti” Comes Close to Title Again But “Moliere123” Claims Great 8[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]This week’s $88 buy-in Sunday GREAT 8 attracted 253 players who rebought 101 times. Of those, the top 32 earned a piece of the $30,000 prize pool including “sajtgul” (18th - $300), “DrKoRn718” (12th - $600), Ryan “planty1994” Plant (5th - $1,650), and “midein” (3rd - $3,450).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 9 hours and 4 minutes, Sweden’s “Moliere123” defeated Russia’s “Lucky_Frutti” in heads-up play to take down the $6,075 top prize. It was the second time in a week that “Lucky_Frutti” came close to winning a title on 888poker. Last Sunday, he finished third in the $15,000 Monsoon for $2,178.[/COLOR] [B]“papafritas1” Claims Whale Title for Canada[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $1,050 buy-in Whale drew 64 players who rebought 29 times. Among those to vie for the $100K prize pool were Jans “Graftekkel” Arends, Parker “888tonkaaaa” Talbot, and Niklas “tutten7” Åstedt, though all failed to cash.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]In fact, only the final able of eight got paid including Roman “Romeopro33” Romanovsky (7th - $4,500), Kenny “SpaceyFCB” Haellert (6th - $5,500), and “lasochobi” (3rd - $15,000). After 8 hours and 14 minutes, Canada’s “papafritas1” beat Finland’s “wellyxx” to win $32,500.[/COLOR] [B]Wonderland Champ “sitiolibre29” Nabs Mega Deep Title[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $215 buy-in Sunday Mega Deep saw 300 players take to the virtual felt and rebuy 93 times. That meant a $100K prize pool was up for grabs and 40 players got a piece of it including Roman “Romeopro33” Romanovsky (27th - $670), “TrollKonst8” (19th - $1,000), Robin “Inho” Ylitalo (11th - $2,000), “Sh1p1it” (5th - $5,500), and “NVladislav78” (4th - $8,000).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After “IMiIIk” bowed out in third place for $11,000, Romania’s “LevelingMode” and Malta’s “sitiolibre29” battled it out in heads-up play. The latter wound up on top after 9 hours and 43 minutes in the tournament, which was good for a $19,500 payday.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Last December, “sitiolibre29” topped a field of 880 entries to win the $109 buy-in $100,000 Wonderland Main Event for $21,384. More recently, he took down the February 10th $20,000 Mega Deep for $3,580.[/COLOR] [B]XL Inferno Champ Wins Sunday Challenge[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $109 buy-in Sunday Challenge attracted 312 players who rebought 104 times. Among the top 40 finishers to win a piece of a $50K prize pool were 888poker Ambassador Parker “888tonkaaaa” Talbot (28th - $335), “Lucky_Frutti” (25th - $335), “CWallace1408” (9th - $1,000), “craigbor18” (4th - $4,000), and “cube.com11” (3rd - $4,000).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 8 hours and 46 minutes, Sweden’s “1LevelAbove” defeated Russia’s “M9yM9so” in heads-up play to capture a $9,750 top prize. Last May, “1LevelAbove” topped a field of 1,000 players to win the XL Inferno Event #182: $45,000 Sunday Breeze for $9,000.[/COLOR] [B]“ImFromGreece” Gets Long Awaited Win in Monsoon [/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $55 buy-in Sunday Monsoon surpassed its $15,000 GTD by attracting 253 players who rebought 85 times. That created a $16,900 prize pool paid out to the top 36 players including “villagelife” (22nd - $143.65), “Dallmad” (12th - $270.40), “flowroll” (8th - $422.50), “Hateeeeem” (5th - $980.20), and “bigbear1989” (3rd - $1,909.70).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 8 hours in the tournament, “ImFromGreece,” who hails from, you guessed it, Greece, beat Darragh “CrackFiend15” Curtin in heads-up play to win a $3,456.05 first-place prize. If you recall, back in September “ImFromGreece” finished runner-up in the XL Eclipse Event #116: $10,000 Monday Flush for $1,506.88. More recently, he placed third in the March 21 $5,000 Deepstack Catfish for $579.11.[/COLOR] [B]What to watch out for:[/B] [B]XLinferno[/B] [/QUOTE]

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