Welcome to 888poker’s Weekly Deal, with all the best news, results and insights from the past week.
THIS WEEK: January 27, 2019
“Utd879908” Claims Sunday Mega Deep Title for Nearly $20K
This week’s $215 buy-in, $100K GTD Sunday Mega Deep attracted 355 players who rebought 158 times, which created a $102,600 prize pool. The top 45 players got a piece of it including “23NoraB” (28th - $666.90), “Juliangard” (15th - $1,282.50), “Fruity26” (9th - $1,795.50), and “Mr.Fonzi” (4th - $8,464.50).
After “888topPair” bowed out in third place for $11,286 – he’d also finish third in the Whale, which you’ll read about below – the title came down to Brazil’s “Yattag0” and the UK’s “Utd879908.” It took 11 hours and 32 minutes for things to come to a head, but eventually the latter came out on top to win the $19,853.10 top prize.
“alwayswin111” Slays the Whale
The$1,050 buy-in Whale had 34 players rebuy 14 times. Some of the big names to compete for the $50,000 prize pool – but fail to get a piece of it – were 888poker Ambassador Martin “MJacobson888” Jacobson, Niklas “tutten7” Åstedt, and “Mark_landers,” just to name a few.
Only the top five players got paid including “HateH4teHate” (5th - $4,000), Anton “anteen” Bertilsson (4th - $5,000), and “888topPair” (3rd - $7,500). After 5 hours and 33 minutes in the tournament, “alwayswin111” defeated Brazil’s “BeeTheBeagle” in heads-up play to win the title and $20,000 first-place prize.
“EZ.PZ” Makes the Sunday Challenge Look Easy Peasy
The $109 buy-in, $20K GTD Sunday Challenge surpassed its guarantee by drawing 192 players who rebought 53 times. That meant a $24,500 prize pool would be paid out to the top 27 players including “Lucky_Frutti” (18th - $306.25), Bryan “DePittsterje” Paris (10th - $428.75), “Namlleh” (6th - $1,225), and “YSoSerious7” (3rd - $2,878.75).
After 7 hours and 42 minutes, the UK’s “EZ.PZ” claimed the title for $5,267.50 while Belarus’ “kozirok_bel” took second for $3,797.50.
Germany’s “JaNeiZZzKl4r” Weathers the Monsoon
The $55 buy-in Monsoon surpassed its $10K GTD by drawing 226 players who rebought 53 times, which created a $13,950 prize pool. Among the top 36 players to cash were “Hala1988” (25th - $118.57), “dayofwin” (13th - $188.32), “TomBrady17” (4th - $1,185.75), and “n0sferatv” (3rd - $1,576.35).
After nearly seven hours, it was Germany’s “JaNeiZZzKl4r” defeating Russia’s “4_seasons” in heads-up play to win $2,852.88. It came a little over a month that “JaNeiZZzKl4r “outlasted a field of 82 players to win the $12,000 Mega Deep event for $3,300.
Brazil’s “brunobezerr4” Takes Down Sunday Deepstack Starfish
The $22 buy-in, $5,000 GTD Sunday Deepstack Starfish crushed its guarantee by attracting 300 players to the virtual felt and seeing them rebuy 80 times. That created a $7,600 prize pool that was paid out to the top 45 players including “Renato2322” (32nd - $49.40), “keyhell” (21st - $57), “Artistelis” (9th - $133), “ozzie22” (4th - $627), and “LuckJesus” (3rd - $836).
After two minutes shy of nine hours in the tournament, it was Brazil’s “brunobezerr4” besting Canada’s “lunchbox1980” in heads-up play to win the title and accompanying $1,470.60 first-place prize.
On Their Way to Vegas!
Remember, every Sunday at 20:30 GMT now through June 888poker will host a $1,050 “WSOP 2019 Main Event Package Qualifier.”
Those who win their way into the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event will be awarded a prize package valued at $12,600. Those packages include six nights (July 4-10, 2019) at the luxurious Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas, a $10,000 WSOP Main Event buy-in, $1,000 for travel and expenses (paid directly to your 888poker account), and an invite to a welcome party at the Vdara Hotel.
This week’s qualifier had 29 players rebuy four times, which meant two packages were awarded and the third-place finisher, who in this case was Sweden’s “AMORFAT,” won $7,800 in cash. The two players winning their way into the 2019 WSOP Main were Greece’s “valuetown11” and Romania’s “CoCoMic.”
What to Expect Coming Up from 888poker
Next Sunday, February 3, we will host a one-day “RakeLESS Sunday” promotion, with seven tournaments free of rake! Buy-ins range from $7 up to $300.
Check the rakeLESS tab in the poker lobby for the schedule.
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