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Message: [QUOTE="888Rep, post: 4546011, 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: July 29, 2018[/COLOR] [B]Parker “888tonkaaaa” Talbot Final Tables Sunday Mega Deep[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $125 buy-in, $100K GTD Sunday Mega Deep crept past its guarantee by drawing 328 players who rebought 175 times. That generated a $100,600 prize pool paid out to the top 48 players including “Garlic888” (44th - $483), “1LevelAbove” (32nd - $684), “GramNaKartke” (17th - $976), Bryan “DePittsterje” Paris (10th - $1,761)), and 888poker Ambassador Parker “888tonkaaaa” Talbot (7th - $2,767).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After “ezmoniesss” took his leave in third place for $10,814, a back-and-forth heads-up match ensured. After a minute shy of 12 hours in the tournament, Germany’s “HomoDeus” defeated Ukraine’s “chssk” to win a $19,365 top prize.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]It marked the second time “HomoDeus” has won a Mega Deep title this year. Back on January 26, he bested a field of 147 runners to win the $109 buy-in $20,000 Mega Deep for $5,117.[/COLOR] [B]“ZeroNineee” Takes Down the Whale[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $1,050 buy-in, $70K GTD Whale saw 58 players rebuy 24 times to create n $82,000 prize pool. Among those to compete in the tournament but fall short of the money were Stephen “Kale333” Van Zadelhoff, Jans “Graftekkel” Arends, and Kenny “SpaceyFCB” Hallaert.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The top eight spots got paid including Mega Deep runner-up “chssk” (8th - $3,280), Ole “olekonjole” Schemion (7th - $3,690), “AriGold17” (5th - $6,150), “Hanzokid” (4th - $8,200), and “wellyxx” (3rd - $12,300). At that point, which was just over six hours in the tournament, a heads-up deal was struck that saw Sweden’s “cuadrado12” finish second for $20,446 and “ZeroNineee” take the title and $23,424.[/COLOR] [B]“Irreligious8” Comes Out on Top in Sunday GREAT 8[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $88 Sunday GREAT 8 blew by its $20K GTD by drawing 218 players who rebought 95 times. The $25,040 prize pool was paid out to the top 32 players including Bryan “DPitsterje” Paris (31st - $188), “ZeroNineee” (25th - $188), “firgli” (12th - $501), “fishandchips1” (7th - $876), and “khunbaa” (3rd - $2,880).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 7 hours and 38 minutes, it was “Irreligious8” who bested Germany’s “TonyCipolla9” in heads-up play to win $5,071. It was the first win for “Irreligious8” since January 28, which is when he won the $5,000 Swordfish for $1,186.[/COLOR] [B]Canada’s “summertime3” Wins Sunday Challenge[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $109 buy-in Sunday Challenge saw 266 players take to the virtual felt and rebuy 100 times. The $40,000 prize pool was paid out to the top 40 players including “alexos888” (35th - $232), “BehindSpace” (21st - $400), “Koolmania” (10th - $800), “DuduPa1986” (5th - $2,200), and “TripleAceIRL” (3rd - $4,400).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 8 hours and 51 minutes, Canada’s “summertime3” defeated Finland’s “shamaani112” in heads-up play to win $7,800.[/COLOR] [B]Sunday Deepstack Monsoon Ends in Heads-Up Chop[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $55 buy-in Sunday Deepstack Monsoon easily surpassed its $10,000 GTD by attracting 204 players who rebought 93 times. The 297-entry field generated a $14,850 prize pool that was paid out to the top 27 spots including “alexos888” (24th - $149), “janion8888” (16th - $186), “neverfoldQ5” (7th - $594), and “Smithstudent” (4th - $1,299).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After “leonidus1307” bowed out in third place for $1,745, the title came down to “GramNaKartke” and “Agustin12389.” After 9 hours and 12 minutes, the two agreed to a chop that saw the latter lock up $2,705 and the former take $2,790 and the title.[/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]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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