Welcome to 888poker’s Weekly Deal, with all the best news, results and insights from the past week.
THIS WEEK: July 2, 2017
Mega Dozen 4th year Anniversary
Yesterday, we ran a special version of our most popular low buy-in Sunday tournament – “The Mega Dozen Celebration” – to mark the Mega Dozen’s four-year anniversary.
The $12 buy-in tournament usually features a $25,000 guarantee, but we doubled it for the special edition.
That was smashed when 6,263 entrants (2,651 rebuys) took to the felt and created a nearly $100,000 prize pool! After 11 hours and 11 minutes, Romania’s “BehindSpace” finished as the last player standing to capture a $11,853 first-place prize.
If you recall, back in May, “BehindSpace” finished third out of 873 players in the XL Inferno #35 $20,000 Monsoon for $4,234.
“DuduPa1986” Wins Mini Mega Deep
Meanwhile, the $22 buy-in $30,000 Mini Mega Deep attracted 1,262 runners (564 rebuys) and saw Canada’s “DuduPa1986” receive a nice return on investment by winning a $6,208 prize.
Back in May, “DuduPa1986” finished runner-up in the XL Inferno #89 $15,000 Tornado for $3,694, which was actually more than the $3,559 winner “Toilet_Po8L” received thanks to a heads-up deal.
“DuduPa1986” also finished eighth in the $320 buy-in $80,000 Baby Whale for $2,637.
Japanese Pro Akira “Clutch_Hero” Ohyama Claims 2 Titles
The $109 buy-in $20,000 Sunday Lightning 6-Max drew 167 players and surpassed the guarantee by creating a $24,600 prize pool. It took Japan’s Akira “Clutch_Hero” Ohyama eight hours and 19 minutes to claim the title and $5,904 first-place prize.
Amazingly, he’d go on to notch an even bigger score when he topped a field of 203 players to win the $320 buy-in $80,000 Baby Whale for $18,898.50!
Back in 2015, Ohyama has a big year. First, he was name an 888poker Ambassador in May, and then six months later hit $2 million in career online MTT winnings.
When it comes to Japanese online poker players, they don’t get much better than Ohyama.
Emil “Ejsenhoven1” Ohlsson Wins Sunday Breeze
The latest $55 buy-in $20,000 Sunday Breeze attracted 493 players and created a $24,650 prize pool.
That was distributed to the top 63 players including “tcavallin” (27th for $147), who was chosen as the qualifier to join Parker “tonkaaaap” Talbot and Griffin Benger on Team Canada in our “The 8-Team” promotion at the 2017 World Series of Poker.
Emil “Ejsenhoven1” Ohlsson defeated “Sarkus89” in heads-up play to take down the$4,683 top prize.
Ohlsson’s last win on 888poker came back on October 27 when he won the $55 buy-in $12,000 Monsoon for $2,941.
The “icebearrr” Roars at Mega-Deep
Argentina’s “FacundoG19” claimed a “Fish ‘N’ Chips Series” title on Sunday when he came out on top of a 1,006-player field to win the $30 buy-in $25,000 Sunday Deep-stack Swordfish for $4,979.
“FacundoG19” Claims Title for Argentina
Argentina’s “FacundoG19” claimed a “Fish ‘N’ Chips Series” title on Sunday when he came out on top of a 1,006-player field to win the $30 buy-in $25,000 Sunday
Deep-stack Swordfish for $4,979.
What to watch out for:
The “Champion-Chips” micro series, which will feature buy-ins ranging from $1-$50, is right around the corner!
For the second year in a row, 18 events from July 23-30 will offer $150,000 in guaranteed prizes.
For eight days leading up to “Champion-Chips,” from July 15-22 to be exact, we will be running qualifiers at 12:05, 18:05 and 23:35 GMT every day.
Each qualifier awards 50 seats to its corresponding “Champion-Chips” Series Tournament.