2017 888poker Super XL Series

On the third day of the 888poker 2017 Super XL Series, the players couldn't be more excited! There was a total of six new events on the schedule with tournaments for all kinds of players. Do you want to know who celebrated his weekend with a big result? Check out the results for Day 3 of the tournament series.

Event #6 $40,000 Super XL - Octopus

The third day of the series started off with one of the bigger events so far; the $40,000 Super XL - Octopus. A total of 313 players registered for this $215-event and they created a total prize pool of $99,200.

On the final table of this tournament, all players were guaranteed at least $2,480 but they were playing for the first prize of $19,344. After losing "ZDamian" (8th - $2,480), "A.Merone" (7th - $2,976), "summuNNN" (6th - $3,968) and "deepincidurr" (5th - $5,456), the tournament was down to the final four players.

"BringItOn313" would miss the final three and he got $7,936 for his fourth place. After that "easylimp888" finished in third for $10,912 and the final two players played for the XL Series title and the first prize. "johko92" from Finland couldn't finish the job as he lost against "PuntSonPunt" from the Czech Republic, who won this big event for $19,344!

Event #7 $20,000 Super XL - Saturday R&A

The next tournament on the schedule was the $20,000 Super XL - Saturday R&A where 421 players competed for the first prize of $9,038.49. Each player who made the final table received at least $781.86, but they all wanted to win the title and that first place prize.

In the end, it was "Erik_Ajax" from the Netherlands who finished the job after beating Brazilian player "yhsimplicio". The runner-up received $6,711.45 for this result, while the Dutchman got the first prize of $9,038.49.

Event #8 $80,000 Super XL - Crazy 8

888poker wouldn't be 888poker if there wasn't a Crazy 8 event scheduled. 855 players paid $88 to play in this tournament, creating a prize pool of $108,160. That prize pool made for a first place prize of $20,009.60! Every finalist would receive at least $1,644.03 for making the final table.

After losing "FU_I_M_ICM" in ninth place, the tournament reached the final table. First to go was "a36yka" from Belarus, but he wouldn't end the night on a downer as he would go on to win Event #11 not much later. "CoCoMic" (7th - $2,433.60) and "ibustya888" (6th - $3,785.60) followed the Event #11 winner to the rail.

From there on the Brazilian player "GoLearnKid" finished in fifth place for $5,408, while "8varethika" from Greece received $8,112 for getting fourth place. The final three players got a five-figure score, but that was it for Ukrainian player "normannolly" who finished third for $10,816.

The deciding heads-up between "selouan1991" and "DrMikee" was a battle between Brazil and Uruguay. The latter mentioned was the luckiest, or strongest, player of the tournament because he would take it all after beating his Brazilian opponent. "DrMikee" received a total prize money of $20,009.60 while "selouan1991" got $14,417.72 for finishing in second place.

Event #9 $15,000 Super XL - Mini Crazy 8

For the players who couldn't afford the big buy-in Crazy 8 tournament, a smaller edition started with a buy-in of $8.80. A massive 2,228 players competed for the prize pool of $29,096.

After more than eleven hours it was Brazilian player "fjreis" who took the victory and first prize of $3,666.67. Heads-up he made a deal with his German opponent, "tm2161", who received $3,655.21 for his second place.

Event #10 $25,000 Super XL - Saturday Challenge

At 20:35 GMT, 850 players started the tenth event of the series; the $25,000 Super XL - Saturday Challenge. They all paid their buy-in of $55 to create a prize pool of $42,500, making for a first place prize of $7,692.50.

On the final table, it was "Tacuara87" from the Czech Republic who was the best player and he made it to the final heads-up against "not_the_same". Nobody could stop "Tacuara87" on his way to victory and he defeated his opponent to secure himself from victory and the earlier mentioned first place prize of $7,692.50.

Event #11 $15,000 Super XL - Turbo Crazy 8

Last but not least there was a Turbo edition of the Crazy 8 tournament. 352 total players paid $55 to create a total prize pool of $25,050, which made a $4,822.12 first prize for the winner of the event.

As mentioned earlier, it was Event 8 finalist "a36yka" from Belarus that took down the lot. He defeated "Wikedd" from Finland to get himself a Super XL title and a nice payday.

On the first day of the Super XL Series Chris "888Moorman" Moorman reached the final table of Event #01. Yesterday shared his thoughts about making the final table. “I felt surprisingly good considering I haven't played that much online poker lately. This was my first real session back at the tables and to make a final table is a great start. The players were making a lot of moves against me and I was fortunate enough to have good hands in those situations.”

“With the tournament being a reentry one I felt like the average player was more willing to gamble so it was important to adjust to that,” explained Chris when referring to his strategy for the tournament. As to his thoughts of the final table and the winner “Mindcrushers”: “He also started the final table short stacked but were fortunate enough to pick up queens in back-to-back hands, get action and hold to take the chip lead. It just shows how quick your stack and fortunes can change in poker tournaments and to always stay patient and positive.”

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The first weekend of the 888poker 2017 Super XL Series is coming up, preceded by a quiet second day of the series on Friday. There were only two tournaments on the schedule. Who started his weekend with a nice payday on 888poker? Let's have look!

Event #4 $20,000 Super XL - Twins Royal

The first tournament of the second day was the $20,000 Super XL - Twins Royal, which had a buy-in of $50+5. In total 764 players registered for event number four of the 888poker 2017 Super XL Series to create a total prize pool of $38,200.

None of the 888poker Ambassadors played in this tournament, all probably taking a day off before a huge weekend on 888poker. Gary "grunner777" Runner almost made it to the final table of this event, but he finished in tenth position to become the final table bubble for $420.20.

Renato "curioso24" Lezama managed to make the final table, but he busted right after "Whispering_w" finished in ninth place. Lezama finished in eight place and got $840.40 for his result. After those bust-outs, the tournament lost "frisni" (7th - $1,222.40), "drkorn718" (6th - $1,604.60), "spaarky777" (5th - $1,986,40) and "tonbezerra" (4th - $2,845.90) to reach the final three.

"YourNotSure" missed out on the deciding heads-up to finish in third for $3,781.80. The battle for victory was won by "AMG_people" to secure himself of $7,009.70 while runner-up "PuntSonPunt" got $5,004.20 for his or her efforts.

Event #5: $20,000 Super XL - Twins Flush

The second and last tournament on Day 2 of the 888poker 2017 Super XL Series was the $20,000 Super XL - Twins Flush. 694 players register for this tournament to create a prize pool of $34,700, almost double the guarantee of $20,000.

888poker had a special promotion on Day 2 of the series with extra prizes for players who could cash, make the final table or win both tournaments. If a player could manage to win both they would win themselves $100,000! This almost impossible achievement wasn't managed by one player, but there was a story on Day 2.

After having finished in eight place in Event #4, Renato "curioso24" Lezama got himself a seat on the final table of Event #5 as well. He got a $2,100 seat for the High Roller-event and a $1,050 Main Event-ticket for that feat! After making his second final table of the day he got to take fourth place in this tournament for $2,602.50.

Following him to the rail was Latvian player "R0bis5s" who finished third for $3,470. The heads-up between "P0vorachivay" and "tttexa" was won by the Russian and for that he got $6,506.26 in prize money. "tttxea" from Ukraine couldn't complain because he got $4,684.50 for his second place.

It must have been a good feeling for tournament players when they woke up on Thursday. It was time for the start of the latest edition of the 2017 Super XL Series on the second largest online poker room 888poker. On the first day of the series, three tournaments started resulting in three winners from three different countries. Let's see the results!

$109 Event #1: $80,000 Super XL - Opening Event

After over 10 hours of play, Canada's Mindcrushers won the $109 Event #1: $80,000 Super XL - Opening Event For $28,224. The opening event attracted 1,033 players and 535 rebuys to generate a $156,800 prize pool, or almost double the $80,000 guarantee.

Among those in the field were several 888poker Ambassadors including Brazil's Nico "nicoferrow" Villa-Lobos, Germany's Natalie "888NatalieH" Hof and United Kingdom's Chris "888Moorman" Moorman.

While Villa-Lobos (245th) and Hof (157th) were both eliminated before the money, Moorman managed a deep run all the way to the final table where he exited the tournament in ninth place to collect $1,882 after his ace-jack proved to be no match for the pocket queens held by MindCrushers.

After Moorman was eliminated, Brazil's liincownz (eighth - $3,136), TheMulletman (seventh - $4,704) and Poland's silskyer (sixth - $6,272) were all eliminated in quick succession.

Luis "pegAAmigo" Dono was then eliminated by clmbndream in fifth place for $7,840 when his ace-nine was unable to catch up to his opponent's ace-jack. About half an hour later, Mexico's LrdofDonkTwn was eliminated in fourth place for $11,289.60 when his ace-five was crushed by Mindcrushers' ace-jack.

Without too much delay, play was heads-up after trojanmouse got it all in with ace-nine and was subsequently eliminated in third place for $15,053 against clmbndream who held ace-king.

Mindcrushers entered heads-up play with an almost five-to-one chip advantage. However, climbndream battled back to eventually take a four to one chip advantage himself. Mindcrushers was able to retake the lead, this time for good when heor she hit a straight after going all in with queen-jack against his opponent's ace-five. Mindcrushers eliminated climbndreams in second place for $20,117 after his queen-ten was able to edge out his opponent's ace-jack.

$12 Event #2: $15,000 Super XL - Mini Opening Event

For the players who couldn't afford the bigger opening event ($109) there was a smaller tournament starting just a minute later. The buy-in for this event was just $12 and a total of 2,099 players registered to create a prize pool of $36,133.50. The winner awaited a price of $5,709.09 while 252 players would cash at least $32,52 for making the money.

This time the only 888poker Ambassador playing the tournament was Natalie "888natalieH" Hof. She busted in 1,343th place, far from reaching the money. Hours after Hof busted, the final table with nine players cashing a minimum price of $422.76 was reached..

This was the most "certhh" could get, because he finished in ninth. He was followed to the rail by "MikiDave" (8th - $682.92), "nueces.es" (7th - $1,018.96) and "buxi1234" (6th - $1,365.84). After that, Slovenian player "Roda_PFC23" left in fifth place for $1,712.72 while "Jupp.shippts" from Austria took fourth for $2,330.61.

In the end "WestHamUn" would miss the deciding heads-up, as he lost all his chips in third place. He got $3,103.86 for his deep run, while "smaryk" and "jobsster" played the final heads-up to become a 888poker Super XL-winner. German player "jobsster" defeated his Latvian opponent to secure himself the victory and first price ($5,709.09).

$55 Event #3: $20,000 Super XL - Turbo Opening Event

For the fans of quick paced action there was also a Turbo Opening Event with a buy-in of $55. A total of 685 players registered to create a total prize pool of $47,800.

Again only one 888poker Ambassador played in this tournament and it was the finalist of the opening event: Chris "888Moorman" Moorman. This time he didn't come near the money, the Brit finished in 201th place for a total of zero dollars.

Another finalist of the opening event did reach his second final table of the day. "trojanmouse", who already finished third in the first event of the day, made it to the final nine and ended his second deep run in fifth for a total of $2,509.50. Before that the tournament had already said goodbye to "Crymearive", "therudimeer", "Rodisking" and "backdown8" who all made a nice profit.

After the elimination of "trojanmouse", "inexperiente" left in fourth for $3,585. Frederico "VitorBrasil" Conca Silva went down in third for $4,780 and Egor "Omfg72oAgain" Boriskin was left to play the deciding heads-up against "Ozzy_M". The latter defeated his Russian opponent to secure himself of victory, a price of $8,962.50 and the honors of being an 888poker Super XL Series-winner!

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