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Message: [QUOTE="888Rep, post: 4771757, 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] [B]THIS WEEK: November 11, 2018[/B] [B]Another Runner-Up Finish for Sam “sammygrinder” Grafton[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $1,050 buy-in , $50K GTD Whale saw 43 players rebuy 17 times to create a $60,000 prize pool. Among those to compete for a part of it but fail to cash were 888poker Ambassador Chris “888Moorman” Moorman, Simon “Isildur1337x” Mattsson, and bubble boy Niklas “tutten7” Åstedt.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The top six players got paid including “floatmasta” (6th - $3,300), “ribamech15” (5th - $4,500), “Madeon1994” (4th - $6,000), and “wellyxx” (3rd - $9,000). After 5 hours and 39 minutes, a deal was struck between the final two with the UK’s Sam “sammygrinder” Grafton finishing in second place for $17,774 and Sweden’s “Svengate” taking the title and $19,426 in prize money.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]It marked Grafton’s second runner-up finish in an 888poker major in two weeks. Back on October 28, he took second in the Sunday Mega Deep for $14,877.[/COLOR] [B]Alex “Dynoalot” Difelice Prevails in Sunday Mega Deep for $20K[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $215 buy-in Sunday Mega Deep saw 352 players rebuy 166 times to create a $103,600 prize pool. That was paid to the top 48 players including “PulledPorker” (28th - $704), Bryan “DePittsterje” Paris (19th - $1,005), “AnaMarquez” (12th - $1,813), Niklas “tutten7” Åstedt (8th - $2,331), Anton “anteen” Bertilsson (5th - $5,439), Alexandru “alexos888” Baron (4th - $8,029), and “KelevraJesus” (3rd - $11,137).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 10 hours and 40 minutes, Canada’s Alex “Dynoalot” Difelice prevailed over Sweden’s “Moliere123” to claim the title and accompanying $19,943 first-place prize. The win comes a little over a month after Difelice made a deep run in the Sept. 30th Sunday Mega Deep, ultimately finishing 17th for $966. He also won the Mega Deep back on July 15 for $11,223.[/COLOR] [B]“wh4tishat3” Wins Monsoon for Second Time in 2018[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $55 buy-in, $10K GTD Monsoon attracted 194 players to the virtual felt. They accounted for 57 rebuys to generate a $12,550 prize pool that was paid out to the top 27 spots including to “geringonsa” (19th - $125.50), “NakedNaked” (15th - $188),”nlfreddie” (7th - $502), Bryan “DePittsterje” Paris (4th -$1,098), and “TheMulletman” (3rd - $1,475).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After just over seven hours of play, Malta’s “wh4tishat3” defeated Romania’s Bogdan “Ph4N888” Nicolae in heads-up play to win $2,698. It was the second time this year “wh4tishat3” won the Monsoon, having done so back on April 26 for $2,666.[/COLOR] [B]Germany’s “tier999111” Closes Out the Sunday Deepstack Monsoon[/B] [COLOR=#000000]Meanwhile, the $55 buy-in Sunday Deepstack Monsoon drew 182 players who rebought 59 times, which surpassed the $10K GTD by generating a $12,050 prize pool. The top 27 finishers got a piece of it including “GramNaKartke” (20th - $120.50), Sam “sammygrinder” Grafton (13th - $180.75), “BlackBrahman” (9th - $241), “popsnpoker” (6th - $602.50), and “SmithStudent” (3rd - $1,416).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After nearly 10 hours of play, Germany’s “tier999111” bested Romania’s “GherilaZ” heads up to win the $2,591 top prize. You might recall that back on October 21, “tier999111” finished second in the $55 Sunday DeepStack Monsoon.[/COLOR] [B]“Malygos1987” Captures Himself a Sunday Starfish[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $22 buy-in Sunday Deepstack Starfish surpassed its $5,000 GTD by drawing 268 players who rebought 70 times, That meant a $6,760 prize pool was on tap and distributed amongst the top 36 players including “jasperman1” (30th - $51), “yucedal1” (12th - $108), “Vital_ya” (7th - $237), “IllmaticX” (5th - $392), and “GrbmBDPzzY” (4th - $575).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After “Jonny_Rubble” bowed out in third place for $764, the title came down to Brazil’s “Biagily” and the UK’s “Malygos1987.” After 8 hours and 40 minutes, the latter came out on top to win $1,382. It was a bit of redemption for “Malygos1987,” who back in May 2017 finished runner-up in the XL Inferno Event #5: $15,000 Breeze for $3,517.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Thanks!![/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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