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Message: [QUOTE="888Rep, post: 4612701, member: 122549"] [B]Welcome to 888poker’s Weekly Deal[/B][COLOR=#000000], with all the best news, results and insights from the past week.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]THIS WEEK: August 26, 2018[/COLOR] [B]Arseniy “josef_shvejk” Karmatskiy Nearly Defends Whale Title[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $1,050 buy-in, $50K GTD Whale attracted 40 players who rebought 17 times. That generated a $57,000 prize pool paid out to the top five. Among those to compete but fall short where Parker “888tonkaaaa” Talbot, Dominik “888Dominik” Nitsche, and Roman “Romeopro33” Romanovskiy, just to name a few.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Among those to cash were “Charlymogo” (5h - $4,560), Johannes “TrollKonst8” Korsar (4th - $5,700), and Arseniy “josef_shvejk” Karmatskiy (3rd - $8,550), who you might recall last week won the Whale for $26K.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After just over six hours in the tournament, the UK’s “SpitOnGraves” and Russia’s “blowjob1987” struck a deal that saw the latter get $17,374.50 and the former $20,815.50 and the title.[/COLOR] [B]Sweden’s “Namlleh” Wins Sunday Mega Deep[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $215 buy-in Sunday Mega Deep drew 273 players who rebought 114 times, which resulted in a $77,400 prize pool. Among the 40 players to earn a piece of it were Dominik “888Dominik” Nitsche (33rd - $449), Parker “888tonkaaaa” Talbot (27th - $519), Roman “Romeopro33” Romanovskiy (17th - $774), “YSoSerious7” (6th - $3,096), and “seijistar1” (3rd - $8,514).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 10 hours and 5 minutes, Sweden’s “Namlleh” beat Russia’s “msksevart” to win the title for $15,093. It was “Namlleh’s” first win since the April 15th $50,000 Sunday Challenge, which he won for $9,625. Prior to that, he had a pair of wins in the $10,000 Tornado and $6,000 Late Night Crocodile in October of last year.[/COLOR] [B]“rickybarbosa” Takes Down Sunday GREAT 8[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $88 buy-in Sunday GREAT 8 easily surpassed its $15,000 GTD by drawing 195 players who rebought 73 times. That created a $21,440 prize pool paid out to the top 32 players including “dankreas” (28th - $161), “Openpunks” (14th - $322), “Dablinov” (9th - $429), “YSoSerous7” (4th - $1,822), and Zack “DuduPa1986” Korik (3rd - $2,466).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 7 hours and 46 minutes, “rickybarbosa” defeated “sweet_dr34ms” in heads-up play to win $4,342.[/COLOR] [B]“simoneblondi” Victorious in Sunday Challenge[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $109 buy-in Sunday Challenge attracted 230 players to the virtual felt and they rebought 81 times to create a $31,100 prize pool. The top 36 got paid including Bryan “DePittsterje” Paris (25th - $264), Arseniy “josef_shvejk” Karmatskiy (18th - $342), “888GABHO” (7th - $1,088), and “TheM3anGr33n” (4th - $2,643).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After “summuNNN” bowed out in third place for $3,514, the final two players struck a heads-up deal in which “yugsy11” finished second for $5,150 and “simoneblondi” first for $5,875. You might remember that in September of last year, “simoneblondi” topped a field of 102 players to win the XL Eclipse Event #179: $15,000 Tornado for $3,750.[/COLOR] [B]“DoIT7777” Weathers Monsoon to Win $2,784[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $55 buy-in Sunday Monsoon had a $10,000 guarantee, which it blew past by drawing 194 players who rebought 65 times. That meant a $12,950 prize pool was distributed to the top 27 players including “PBD03” (21st - $129.50), “elenabb12” (12th - $227), “psyhoagromor” (7th - $518), and “TonyKeogh” (4th - $1,133).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After “StrbxGrndr” bowed out in third place for $1,522, the title came down to “Dablinov” and “DoIT7777.” After just shy of seven hours in the tournament, the latter prevailed to capture the $2,784 top prize.[/COLOR] [B]What to watch out for:[/B] [COLOR=#000000]Right now, players have the opportunity to become millionaires simply by playing BLAST Sit & Go’s, which are turbo Texas hold’em sit and goes played four-handed.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]For a limited time only, those who play a $1 BLAST event will have a chance at $1,000,000, while those who participate in the $5 BLAST could win $2,000,000.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]“Not many people get a chance to win that kind of money in poker, much less for $1 or $5,” said 888poker Ambassador Chris Moorman, who plans to BLAST away for the very first time during the promotion. “This is a fun, low cost opportunity to try your luck that anyone can enjoy regardless of skill level.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Click her for more information.[/COLOR] [URL="https://www.888poker.com/magazine/888news/blast-your-way-2000000-888poker-blast-sngs"]https://www.888poker.com/magazine/88...ker-blast-sngs[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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