Welcome to 888poker’s Weekly Deal, with all the best news, results and insights from the past week.
THIS WEEK: November 25, 2018
“23NoraB” Wins Sunday Sale Mega Deep for $26,488
Instead of the normal $215 buy-in, this week’s Sunday Sale Mega Deep cost just $109 to enter but still boasted a $100K GTD. With 1,081 players rebuying 372 times, the guarantee was crushed as a $145,300 prize pool was created and paid out to the top 136 players. Among those to earn a piece of it were Charlie “chazcombes” Combes (66th - $378), “popsnpoker” (39th - $509), Guntis “luffEEE” Aleskins (19th - $770), “LarsTheGreat” (8th - $2,107), and “PAS2HOFF” (3rd - $14,530).
It took nearly 13 hours, but eventually Austria’s “23NoraB” defeated Lithuania’s “PiktasVilkas” in heads-up play to win $26,488.
Back in January, “23NoraB” won the XL Blizzard Event #9: $120,000 Mega Deep for $29,257.20 It was redemption for “23NoraB,” who back in May of 2017 finished runner-up out of 902 players in the XL Inferno Event #4: $150,000 Mega Deep for $23,452.
Argentina’s “lasochobi” Wins a Sale Whale
In the $50K GTD Sunday Sale Whale, which offered a discounted buy-in of $530, 98 players accounted for 32 rebuys to create a $65,000 prize pool paid out to the top 15 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Mike “Pipedream17” Dietrich (11th - $1,560), Andrey “ifearpanic” Pateychuk (6th - $3,412.50), “DeucesCrackd” (4th - $6,012.50), and “H8ersGnaH8” (3rd - $8,450).
After 5 hours and 44 minutes, Argentina’s “lasochobi” defeated Sweden’s “SalsaFiesta” in heads-up play to win a $16,250 top prize. The victory came on the heels of two October wins for “lasochobi,” who on Oct. 7 took down the Sunday Mega Deep for $19,500 and three days later won the $15,000 Mega Deep for $4,278
Greece’s “vagiazal” Wins Sunday Deepstack Monsoon Title
The $55 buy-in, $10K GTD Sunday Deepstack Monsoon drew 203 players who rebought 78 times. That crushed the guarantee but creating a $14,050 prize pool that was paid out to the top 27 players including Sam “sammygrinder” Grafton (26th - $140.50), “GramNaKartke” (14th - $210.75), “SchruteFarms” (6th - $702.50), and “themagicline” (4th - $1,229).
After Canada’s “Brianwager19” bowed out in third place for $1,651, the title came down to “StrangeRogue” and “vagiazal.” After just over 10 hours, the latter came out on top to capture a $3,021 first-place prize.
UK’s “MoOoN30” Wins Mini Turbo Mega Deep PKO
The $22 buy-in Mini Turbo Mega Deep had 436 players rebuy 75 times, which meant there was $5,110 in the regular prize pool and the same amount in the bounty pool. The final table had four players from the UK including “St3v3Ag0” (9th - $83.29 + $107.19 in bounties), “Anytwobully1” (6th - $178.85 + $55 in bounties), and “DrBones666” (4th - $383.25 + $184.52 in bounties).
After just 3 hours and 48 minutes, it was the UK’s “MoOoN30” who came out on top to win a $971.14 top prize and an $815.57 progressive KO bounty.
“DarGora” Wins Sunday Sale PKO for the Russian Contingent
The $55 buy-in, $25K GTD Sunday Sale PKO had 672 players rebuy 140 times to create a $40,600 prize pool, which was split in half between the regular and bounty prize pools. Among the 90 players to get paid were “Tommykorberg” (37th - $81/20 + $46.88 in bounties), “washedup26” (21st - $101.50 + $62.50 in bounties), “LendaFlavio” (10th - $286.23 + $421.48 in bounties), “pro_Kiev888” (4th - $1,522.50 + $178.13 in bounties), and “thalonewolf” (3rd - $2,030 + $409.36 in bounties).
After 7 hours and 46 minutes, Russia’s “DarGora” bested Lithuania’s “AdioZas” in heads-up play to win $3,806.25 and the $3,250.03 progressive bounty. Meanwhile, the Lithuanian had to settle for second place and $2,740.50 plus $1,511.47 in bounties.
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