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Message: [QUOTE="888Rep, post: 4472029, member: 122549"] [B]Welcome to 888poker’s Weekly Deal[/B][COLOR=#000000], with all the best news, results and insights from the past week.[/COLOR] [B]THIS WEEK: June 24, 2018 [/B] [B]“kiskutya23” Nabs Himself a Whale of a Score [/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $1,050 buy-in Whale easily passed its $50,000 GTD with 54 players taking the virtual felt and rebuying 19 times. Some of the players competing for the $73,000 prize pool were 888poker Ambassador Dominik “888Dominik” Nitsche, Niklas “tutten7” Åstedt and Fabricio “DrMiKee” Gonzalez. Unfortunately, they all missed out on a payday.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Just the top seven got paid including three Canadians in Mike “Pipedream17” Dietrich (6th - $4,015), “kashlegend” (5th - $5,475) and “FlatTopTony” (4th - $7,300).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After just 5 hours and 11 minutes, “kiskutya23” beat Germany’s “Sokra30” for the title and $25,550 top prize. It was another victory on “kiskutya23’s” poker resumé after having previously won the $10,000 Tornado and $2,000 Super Turbo Swordfish.[/COLOR] [B]Ole “olekonjole” Schemion Final Tables the Mega Deep [/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $215 buy-in Sunday Mega Deep dew 264 players who rebought 110 times, which meant a $75,000 prize pool was on tap. The top 40 finishers each got a piece of it including “Simpioni” (30th - $503), “Essser101” (17th - $750), “teamcpoker” (9th - $1,500), Ole “olekonjole” Schemion (5th - $4,125), “KURDEdersim” (4th - $6,000), and XL Inferno champ “1LevelAbove” (3rd - $8,250).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 10 hours and 9 minutes, the Netherlands’ “flamingrecca” defeated Brazil’s Pedro “pedrohennnn” Correa in heads-up play to win $14,625. In May of last year, “flamingrecca” nearly won a XL Inferno title when he placed fifth in Event #86: $88,000 Crazy Eights, good for $4,524.[/COLOR] [B]“CliKiNBuToNz” Wins GREAT 8 Title [/B] [COLOR=#000000]This week’s $88 buy-in, $15,000 GTD GREAT 8 tournament blew past its guarantee by drawing 174 players who rebought 66 times, which created a $19,200 prize pool. The top 24 players got a piece of it including Bryan “DePittsterje” Paris (22nd - $240), “summertime3” (11th - $432), “StrbxGrndr” (5th - $1,056), and “LovePorn69” (4th - $1,632).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After7 hours and 27 minutes, Canada’s “CliKiNBuToNz” bested Malta’s “Mr.Fonzi” in heads-up play to win $4,176. If you recall, way back in April 2015, “CliKiNBuToNz” took down the $100,000 Mega Deep for $34,608.[/COLOR] [B]Argentineans Battle for Sunday Challenge Title [/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $109 buy-in Sunday Challenge squeaked by its $35K GTD by attracting 255 players who rebought 98 times. That generated a $35,300 prize pool distributed to the top 32 spots including to “888topPair” (26th - $265), “pwnfeesh25” (18th - $353), last week’s Mega Deep champ “josetecrazy” (8th - $971), and “guydeet39” (4th - $3,000).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The elimination of Malta’s “HateH4teHate” in third place for $4,059 left two Argentineans battling for the title. After just over nine hours, “stockfish9” defeated “sh4p3less” to win $7,148. [/COLOR] [B]XL Inferno Champ “mne_d0edet1” Wins Monsoon [/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $55 buy-in $5,000 Deepstack Monsoon attracted 115 players who rebought 34 times. The 149-entry field generated a $7,450 prize pool that was paid out to the top 15 players. Among those to cash were three-time XL Eclipse champ “Kaktus26rus” (14th - $156), Bryan “DePittsterje” Paris (9th - $205), “Dam4666” (5th - $484) and “SidePot13k” (4th - $689).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After “stealwave888” exited in third place for $969, the title came down to Russia’s “mne_d0edet1” and the UK’s “Intothewest.” After just under eight hours, the Russian came out on top to win a $1,863 top prize. In May of last year, “mne_d0edet1” topped a field of 840 players to win the XL Inferno Event #47: $50,000 8-Max for $15,540.[/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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