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Message: [QUOTE="888Rep, post: 4346071, 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 29, 2018[/COLOR] [B]“bigblindbets” Goes From Winning Baby Whale to the Big Whale[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $1,050 Whale drew 65 players who rebought 26 times. Among those to compete for a piece of the $100K prize pool were Anton “anteen” Bertilsson, Niklas “tutten7” Åstedt, and “Sjapster,” though all fell short of making the money.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The final table of nine got paid including “boss7210” (9th - $3,500), “wellyxx” (6th - $5,500), and “CalmRevolver” (3rd - $15,000). After 7 hours and 47 minutes, it was the UK’s “bigblindbets” defeating Ukraine’s Roman “Romeopro33” Romanovsky in heads-up play to capture a $30,000 first-place prize.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]It was the second Whale win for “bigblindbets,” who last April defeated a 310-entry field to win the $100,000 Baby Whale for $19,350.[/COLOR] [B]UK’s “summuNNN” Takes Down the Sunday GREAT 8[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $88 buy-in Sunday GREAT 8 – an eight-handed tournament that starts players with 8,888 in chips – attracted 270 players who rebought 116 times. That surpassed the $30K GTD by creating a $30,880 prize pool that was paid out to the top 40 spots including “Pipedream17” (26th - $206.89), “Streusalz” (16th - $463.20), Jans “Graftekkel” Arends (10th - $617.60), “Fukuruku” (5th - $1,698.40), and “dmnln” (3rd - $3,396.80).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 8 hours and 51 minutes, the UK’s “summuNNN” beat fellow countryman “BadModafoka1” in heads-up play to win $6,021.68.[/COLOR] [B]“summuNNN” Nearly Goes Back-to-Back But “tieer999111” Stops Him in Monsoon [/B] [COLOR=#000000]The UK’s “summuNNN” nearly captured a second title on Sunday in the $55 buy-in Monsoon, which crushed its $10K GTD by attracting 220 players who rebought 64 times. That created a $14,200 prize pool paid out to the top 36 finishers including “Fukuruku” (35th - $106.50), “YounPope” (22nd - $120.70), “Fleea_man11” (12th - $227.20), “proJJkeke” (6th - $639), and “Ladzsos” (3d - $1,207).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]In the end, “summuNNN” was denied by Germany’s “tier999111,” who won the tournament for $2,903.90 after 7 hours and 20 minutes.[/COLOR] [B]“checcmate” Wins the Mega Deep[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $215 buy-in Mega Deep saw 337 players rebuy 89 times in their quest to compete for a $100K prize pool. The top 48 got paid and included “neverfoldQ5” (36th - $570), “PridvorD” (19th - $970), Jans “Graftekkel” Arends (9th - $1,750), “Canette_15” (5th - $5,250), and “TrollKonst8” (4th - $7,750).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After Canada’s “mndlssbrnt” exited in third place for $10,750, the title came down to “genbab10” and “checcmate.” After 10 hours and 33 minutes, the latter prevailed to win $19,250.[/COLOR] [B]Thursday Cube Runner-Up “tupastacerdo” is Up for the Sunday Challenge[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $109 buy-in Sunday Challenge saw 345 players take to the virtual felt and rebuy 125 times. A $50K prize pool was offered up to the top 48 players and among those to earn a piece of it were “Namlleh” (43rd - $240), “Pepepepepe.” (30th - $340), Roman “Romeopro33” Romanovsky (20th - $485), and “summuNNN” (5th - $2,625), who was at his third final table of the day![/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 9 hours and 15 minutes, “tupastacerdo” defeated “Jesusisback” to win the title and $9,625 top prize. Back on April 5, “tupastacerdo” finished [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]runner-up in the $10,000 Thursday Cube for $2,100.[/COLOR] [B]What to watch out for: XLinferno[/B] [/QUOTE]

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