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Message: [QUOTE="888Rep, post: 4939165, 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: January 27, 2019[/B] [B]“Utd879908” Claims Sunday Mega Deep Title for Nearly $20K[/B] [COLOR=#000000]This week’s $215 buy-in, $100K GTD Sunday Mega Deep attracted 355 players who rebought 158 times, which created a $102,600 prize pool. The top 45 players got a piece of it including “23NoraB” (28th - $666.90), “Juliangard” (15th - $1,282.50), “Fruity26” (9th - $1,795.50), and “Mr.Fonzi” (4th - $8,464.50).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After “888topPair” bowed out in third place for $11,286 – he’d also finish third in the Whale, which you’ll read about below – the title came down to Brazil’s “Yattag0” and the UK’s “Utd879908.” It took 11 hours and 32 minutes for things to come to a head, but eventually the latter came out on top to win the $19,853.10 top prize.[/COLOR] [B]“alwayswin111” Slays the Whale[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The$1,050 buy-in Whale had 34 players rebuy 14 times. Some of the big names to compete for the $50,000 prize pool – but fail to get a piece of it – were 888poker Ambassador Martin “MJacobson888” Jacobson, Niklas “tutten7” Åstedt, and “Mark_landers,” just to name a few.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Only the top five players got paid including “HateH4teHate” (5th - $4,000), Anton “anteen” Bertilsson (4th - $5,000), and “888topPair” (3rd - $7,500). After 5 hours and 33 minutes in the tournament, “alwayswin111” defeated Brazil’s “BeeTheBeagle” in heads-up play to win the title and $20,000 first-place prize.[/COLOR] [B]“EZ.PZ” Makes the Sunday Challenge Look Easy Peasy[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $109 buy-in, $20K GTD Sunday Challenge surpassed its guarantee by drawing 192 players who rebought 53 times. That meant a $24,500 prize pool would be paid out to the top 27 players including “Lucky_Frutti” (18th - $306.25), Bryan “DePittsterje” Paris (10th - $428.75), “Namlleh” (6th - $1,225), and “YSoSerious7” (3rd - $2,878.75).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 7 hours and 42 minutes, the UK’s “EZ.PZ” claimed the title for $5,267.50 while Belarus’ “kozirok_bel” took second for $3,797.50.[/COLOR] [B]Germany’s “JaNeiZZzKl4r” Weathers the Monsoon[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $55 buy-in Monsoon surpassed its $10K GTD by drawing 226 players who rebought 53 times, which created a $13,950 prize pool. Among the top 36 players to cash were “Hala1988” (25th - $118.57), “dayofwin” (13th - $188.32), “TomBrady17” (4th - $1,185.75), and “n0sferatv” (3rd - $1,576.35).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After nearly seven hours, it was Germany’s “JaNeiZZzKl4r” defeating Russia’s “4_seasons” in heads-up play to win $2,852.88. It came a little over a month that “JaNeiZZzKl4r “outlasted a field of 82 players to win the $12,000 Mega Deep event for $3,300.[/COLOR] [B]Brazil’s “brunobezerr4” Takes Down Sunday Deepstack Starfish[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $22 buy-in, $5,000 GTD Sunday Deepstack Starfish crushed its guarantee by attracting 300 players to the virtual felt and seeing them rebuy 80 times. That created a $7,600 prize pool that was paid out to the top 45 players including “Renato2322” (32nd - $49.40), “keyhell” (21st - $57), “Artistelis” (9th - $133), “ozzie22” (4th - $627), and “LuckJesus” (3rd - $836).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After two minutes shy of nine hours in the tournament, it was Brazil’s “brunobezerr4” besting Canada’s “lunchbox1980” in heads-up play to win the title and accompanying $1,470.60 first-place prize.[/COLOR] [B]On Their Way to Vegas![/B] [COLOR=#000000]Remember, every Sunday at 20:30 GMT now through June 888poker will host a $1,050 “WSOP 2019 Main Event Package Qualifier.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Those who win their way into the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event will be awarded a prize package valued at $12,600. Those packages include six nights (July 4-10, 2019) at the luxurious Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas, a $10,000 WSOP Main Event buy-in, $1,000 for travel and expenses (paid directly to your 888poker account), and an invite to a welcome party at the Vdara Hotel.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]This week’s qualifier had 29 players rebuy four times, which meant two packages were awarded and the third-place finisher, who in this case was Sweden’s “AMORFAT,” won $7,800 in cash. [/COLOR][B]The two players winning their way into the 2019 WSOP Main were Greece’s “valuetown11” and Romania’s “CoCoMic.”[/B] [B]What to Expect Coming Up from 888poker[/B] [COLOR=#000000]Next Sunday, February 3, we will host a one-day “RakeLESS Sunday” promotion, with seven tournaments free of rake! Buy-ins range from $7 up to $300. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Check the rakeLESS tab in the poker lobby for the schedule.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Thanks!![/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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