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Message: [QUOTE="888Rep, post: 4429501, 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: June 3, 2018[/COLOR] [B]XL Blizzard Champ “LucySagara70” Captures GREAT 8 Title[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $88 buy-in Sunday GREAT 8 saw 213 players rebuy 86 times, which meant a $25,000 prize pool was up for grabs. Among the top 32 finishers to earn a piece of it were Bryan “DePittsterje” Paris (20th - $250), “YSoSerious7” (14th - $375), “sammygrinder” (8th - $687), and “Kroat.” (4th - $2,125).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After Romania’s “MrDrogo” exited in third place for $2,875, the title came down to Greece’s “xanthifan” and the Netherlands’ “LucySagara70.” The Dutchie prevailed after 8 hours and 18 minutes, which was good for $5,062.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Back in January, “LucySagara70” bested a field of 245 runners to win the XL Blizzard Event #25: $25,000 Knockout for $5,523.[/COLOR] [B]“Hurrrrican3” Comes Up One Spot Shy in Mega Deep [/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $215 buy-in Mega Deep attracted 304 players who rebought 141 times. A $100K prize pool was paid out to the top 40 spots including to “Fukuruku” (26th - $670), “Kroat.” (14th - $1,500), Fabricio “DrMiKee” Gonzalez (9th - $2,000), and “_zufurduo_” (3rd - $11,000).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 10 hours and 37 minutes, “Hurrrrican3” and Germany’s “amaze1” struck a deal in with the former took $16,566 and the former $17,434 and the title.[/COLOR] [B]Whale Title Comes Down to a Pair of Canadians [/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $1,050 buy-in Whale saw 68 players take to the virtual felt and rebuy 24 times. The $100K prize pool was reserved for the final table, meaning a slew of players missed out including “Kroat.”, Jans “Graftekkel” Arends, and Niklas “tutten7” Åstedt, just to name a few.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Among those to earn a payday were two-time XL Inferno winners and Champion of Champions “Sluuut123” (8th - $4,000), “Madeon1994” (5th - $7,500), and “tinchoarce” (3rd - $15,000). The title came down to a pair of Canadians in “p000cket000” and 2017 XL Inferno champ “T54_IS_A_***.” After 7 hours and 34 minutes, the former came out on top to win a $30,000 top prize while the latter received $20,000 for finishing as runner-up.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]It was the first win on 888poker for “p000cket000” since February 20 when he won the $20,000 Mega Deep for $5,517.[/COLOR] [B]“Silenzi0” Compliments Mega Deep Title with Sunday Challenge Win [/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $109 buy-in Sunday Challenge drew 302 players who rebought 118 times. Among the top 40 players to win a piece of the $50,000 prize pool were “Life0nMars” (28th - $335), “Dablinov” (12th - $1,000), Jans “Graftekkel” Arends (9th - $1,000), “_Bad_Beat” (5th - $2,750), and “botteonpoker” (3rd - $5,500).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After just over nine hours, Malta’s “Silenzi0” defeated 2017 XL Eclipse champ “Magicooo22” to win $9,750. It was the first win for “Silenzi0” since February 22 when he took down the $20,000 Mega Deep for $5,418.[/COLOR] [B]“luciemae” Claims Monsoon Title for the UK[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $55 buy-in Monsoon blew by its advertised $10,000 guarantee by attracting 175 players who rebought 54 times. That generated an $11,450 prize pool paid out to the top 27 players including “Dablinov” (25th - $114), “V.BlomFan60” (16th - $143), “TheMulletman” (6th - $572), “ChipsFool” (5th - $687), and “Nebespank” (3rd - $1,345).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 7 hours and 49 minutes, the UK’s “luciemae” defeated Canada’s “JSET72” in heads-up play to win a $2,462 first-place prize.[/COLOR] [B]What to watch out for:[/B] [COLOR=#000000]We’ve listened to you, the players, and are proud to offer more tournaments with lower buy-ins and bigger guarantees.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]As a result, we recently introduced our new daily six-tournament series called Big Fish.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]With $100,000 in guarantees DAILY and buy-ins starting as low as $5.50, this poker tournament series should appeal to all levels of poker players.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Click here for more information.[/COLOR] [URL="https://www.888poker.com/magazine/888news/100k-gtd-daily-big-fish-series-888poker"]https://www.888poker.com/magazine/88...eries-888poker[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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