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Message: [QUOTE="888Rep, post: 5005615, 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: February 24, 2019[/B] [B]“Turrrrible” Wins Sunday Mega Deep for Second in Less Than a Year[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $215 buy-in Sunday Mega Deep had 334 players rebuy 162 times in their quest to win a portion of the $100,000 prize pool. the top 45 got paid and they included “popsnpoker” (28th - $650), “mission30” (23rd - $750), “GramNaKartke” (15th - $1,250), “allesrigged” (8th - $2,400), Jan “Graftekkel” Arends (6th - $4,400), and “SkallePer58” (3rd - $11,000).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 11 hours and 7 minutes, the UK’s “Turrrrible” defeated “IggyGak” in heads-up play to win the title and $19,350 first-place prize. It marked the second time “Turrrrible” has won the Sunday Mega Deep in less than a year, Back on July 22, he topped a 311-entry field to win it for $17,550.[/COLOR] [B]XL Blizzard Champ “TooMuchRake” Claims RakeLESS Sunday Title[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $300 buy-in, $100K GTD RakeLESS Sunday attracted 331 players who rebought 95 times. That created a $127,800 prize pool that was paid out to the top 45 finishers including Roman “Romeopro33” Romanovskyi (24th - $958.50), “prebzzz” (13th - $1,597.50), “MFA1770” (6th - $5,623.20), and “SkallePer58” (4th - $10,543.50).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After “plomaha” bowed out in third place for $14,058, the title came down to XL Blizzard champ “TooMuchRake” and XL Eclipse champ “Farrugia_1.” After just over eight hours in the tournament, the former prevailed to capture a $24,729.30 first-place prize.[/COLOR] [B]UK’s “FItip4ldI” Denies Sweden’s Niklas “tutten7” Astedt in the Whale[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $1,050 buy-in Whale surpassed its $50K GTD by drawing 47 players who rebought 20 times. Among those to compete for a piece of the $67,000 prize pool but come up short were Fabricio “DrMiKee” Gonzalez, “Madeon1994,” and 888poker Ambassador Dominik “888Dominik” Nitsche.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The top six got paid and they included “BeeTheBeagle” (6th - $3,685), “Hateeeeem” (5th - $5,025), “BriIliant” (4th - $6,700), and “matokr” (3rd - $10,050). After 5 hours and 46 minutes, the UK’s “FItip4ldI” defeated Sweden’s Niklas “tutten7” Astedt in heads-up play to win the title and $24,790 first-place prize.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Interestingly, “FItip4ldI” also won a seat into the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event on Sunday. You can read more about that below.[/COLOR] [B]“R.Malafaia” Claims Monsoon Title for Brazil[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $55 buy-in, $10K GTD Monsoon had 215 players take the virtual felt and rebuy 48 times. That easily surpassed the guarantee by creating a $13,150 prize pool that was distributed amongst the top 27 players including “pokerdave128” (15th - $197.25), “nardonkiller” (7th - $526), and “Simpioni” (4th - $1,150.62), just to name a few.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 6 hours and 53 minutes, it was Brazil’s “R.Malafaia” besting Germany’s “housekeeping” in heads-up play to win the title and $2,827.29 top prize.[/COLOR] [B]XL Eclipse Winner Becomes Sunday Deepstack Monsoon Champion[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $55 buy-in Sunday Deepstack Monsoon saw 192 players rebuy 81 times to generate a $13,650 prize pool. The top 27 players got a piece of it including[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]In the end, the title came down to a trio of players from Malta. In the end, “KToFTW” and “GandaCu88” busted in third and second place for $1,603.87 and $2,115.75 respectively, while “okokok1893” finished on top to the tune of $2,934.79.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]You might remember that back in September “okokok1893” topped a 531-entry field to win the XL Eclipse Event #5: $20,000 Twins Flush for $5,095.[/COLOR] [B]On Their Way to Vegas![/B] [B]Thomas “WushuTM” Muehloecker Wins a package Into the 2019 WSOP Main[/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 51 entries and saw the top four finishers lock up a WSOP Package. They included this week’s Whale champion “FItip4ldI,” as well as “Kai012,” “JohnyK91,” and poker pro Thomas “WushuTM” Muehloecker.[/COLOR] [B]What to Expect Coming Up from 888poker[/B] [COLOR=#000000]888poker LIVE Heads to Bucharest for 2nd Stop of 2019![/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The 888poker LIVE Bucharest Festival will take place at the Intercontinental Hotel in March 4-10.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]For full schedule and information click here[/COLOR] [URL="http://magazine.888poker.com/magazine/888news/888poker-live-heads-bucharest-2nd-stop-2019"]http://magazine.888poker.com/magazin...-2nd-stop-2019[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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