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Message: [QUOTE="888Rep, post: 4686161, member: 122549"] [B]Welcome to 888poker’s Weekly Deal, with all the best news, results and insights from the past week.[/B] [COLOR=#000000]THIS WEEK: September 30, 2018[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]XL Eclipse Main Event Champ Roman “Romeopro33” Romanovskiy Wins the Whale[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]It’s been a good week for Ukraine’s Roman “Romeopro33” Romanovskiy. Last week, he took down the XL Eclipse Main Event for $187,500, and this Sunday he topped a 68-entry field (48 unique + 20 re-entries) to win the $1,050 buy-in, $50K GTD Whale.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Among those to compete for a piece of the $68,000 prize pool were Stephen “Kale333” Van Zadelhoff, Arseniy “josef_shvejk” Karmatskiy, and Simon “Isildur1337x” Mattsson, though none of them cashed.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Just the top six go paid including “trino11” (6th - $3,740), “MisterN411” (5th - $5,100), “StuntSoHard” (4th - $6,800), and “radasahk” (3rd - $10,200). After just over six hours, Romanovskiy defeated the UK’s “Dioszilla” in heads-up play to win $25,160.[/COLOR] [B]“Ronaldo4112” Comes Out on Top in Sunday Mega Deep[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $215 buy-in, $80K GTD Sunday Mega Deep saw 320 players rebuy 163 times to surpass the guarantee with a $96,600 prize pool. Among the top 40 finishers to win a piece of it were 888poker Ambassador Parker “888tonkaaaa” Talbot (28th - $647), Mike “Pipedream17” Dietrich (16th - $1,449), Vickers95” (10th - $1,932), and “NoMamesWeyyy” (4th - $7,728).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After Arseniy “josef_shvejk” Karmatskiy bowed out in third place for $10,626, the title came down to Finland’s “VALIUM4WIN” – a recent XL Eclipse champ ( he won Event #22: $50,000 Quarterback for $10,954) – and Malta’s “Ronaldo4112.” After more than 11 hours, the latter came out on top to win an $18,837 first-place prize.[/COLOR] [B]GREAT 8 Ends with Heads-Up Deal[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $88 buy-in, $15,000 GTD Sunday GREAT 8 easily surpassed its guarantee by attracting 180 players who rebought 62 times. That created a $19,360 prize pool paid out to the top 24 spots including “Nemekiss” (21st - $242), “YSoSerious7” (9th - $436), “ZDamian” (7th - $678), and “VnilaVader” (3rd - $2,323).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 7 hours and 21 minutes, a heads-up deal was struck between Ukraine’s “psyhoagromor” and Lithuania’s “Iamtrying” struck a heads-up deal in which the former took the title and $4,008 in prize money and the latter $3,204.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Back in April, “psyhoagromor” took down the XL Inferno Opening Event for $22,266.[/COLOR] [B]Lithuania’s “Iamtrying” Finds Redemption in Deepstack Monsoon[/B] [COLOR=#000000]While he officially finished second in the Sunday GREAT 8, Lithuania’s “Iamtrying” got a title in the $55 buy-in, $10K GTD Sunday Deepstack Monsoon, which drew 180 players who rebought 58 times. The 238-entry field generated an $11,900 prize pool paid out to the top 27 finishers including “carbondating” (26th - $119), “Vulpe3” (13th - $179), “ChipsFool” (8th - $357), and “ghandivan” (3rd - $1,398).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 8 hours and 35 minutes, “Iamtrying” defeated Russia’s “pokanuktus” in heads-up play to capture the $2,559 top prize.[/COLOR] [B]Lightning Strikes Sweden’s “Raegar97”[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $55 buy-in Lightning 6-Max drew 83 players who rebought 43 times, which meant the $5,000 GTD was surpassed as a $6,300 prize pool was on tap. The top dozen finishers got a piece of it including “IHaveAsthma” (9th - $236), “ZeroNineee” (5th - $441), and “Grozzorg” (3rd - $882).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 6 hours and 33 minutes in the tournament, Sweden’s “Raegar97” prevailed over Ukraine’s “Enthusiast99” in heads-up play to win a $1,717 top prize. The Ukrainian received $1,150 for his runner-up finish.[/COLOR] [B]What to watch out for:[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The 888poker LIVE London is heading to Aspers for a poker festival from November 22 through December 3. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The stop is comprised of 10 events culminating in a £1,100 buy-in, £400K GTD Main Event, which will offer five starting flights and run from Thursday, November 29 through Monday, December 3.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The winner of the Main Event will also claim an 888poker LIVE package for a future festival of his or her choice.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The festival is expected to attract players from across the world, including several making the trek from across the pond including 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Scott Blumstein, 2009 WSOP champ and four-time bracelet winner Joe Cada, 2018 WSOP Main Event runner-up Tony Miles and 3-time (!) winner of the $50K entry WSOP Poker Player’s Championship, a legend of the game – Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]For more info click here.[/COLOR] [URL="https://www.888poker.com/888live-events/London-Festival/"]https://www.888poker.com/888live-eve...ndon-Festival/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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