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Message: [QUOTE="888Rep, post: 5091861, member: 122549"] [B]Welcome to 888poker’s XL Blizzard Daily Recap[/B] [COLOR=#000000]Yesterday: April 6, 2019[/COLOR] [B]Day 3 of the 2019 XL Blizzard[/B] [COLOR=#000000]Saturday was a big day for the 888poker XL Blizzard, which was the third day of the 11-day series. That meant eight events from the 34-event schedule are in the books. With more than $1.7 million in guaranteed prize pools, the XL Blizzard will keep the snowball rolling until its conclusion next weekend.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Remember, all you have to do is play in five XL Blizzard events and you’ll receive a qualifier ticket into a freeroll at the end of the series. That freeroll will not only award a $12,600 package for the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, but also three – that’s right THREE – $2,700 packages to the 2019 WSOP Event #64: $888 Crazy 8’s tournament.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Speaking of Crazy 8 action, that’s what Saturday was all about![/COLOR] [B] Canada’s “dujoe123” Wins Crazy 8 for $5,850[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $88 buy-in Event #6: $20,000 Crazy 8 attracted 269 players who rebought 96 times. That meant a $30,000 prize pool was up for grabs and distributed among the top 40 players including “KToFTW” (25th - $201), “CoinShipper” (18th - $300), “INEEDLOVEE” (11th - $600), “Underlay1” (5th - $1,650), and “sherblemon” (3rd - $3,300).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The title came down to the UK’s “Lunatikas7” and Canada’s “dujoe123.” After 7 hours and 26 minutes, the latter came out on top to win a $5,850 first-place prize.[/COLOR] [B] The Mini Crazy 8 Ends in Heads-Up Deal[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The Event #7: $8.80 Mini Crazy 8 had a $10,000 guarantee which it surpassed by attracting 1,105 players who rebought 457 times. That created a $12,504 prize pool paid out to the top 144 spots. Among those to make a deep run were “Fulldonk1” (35th - $42.48), “be2become” (21st - $62.48), “PHX1001” (10th - $112.46), “Pyzdakas1” (7th - $249.92), and “Whitehair1” (4th - $937.20).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After Argentina’s “FedeJanices” (3rd - $1,249.60) bowed out in third place for $1,249.60, the final two players struck a deal that saw Romania’s “LHadar” finish as runner-up for $1,585.49 while the UK’s “flipsticks” took the title and $2,317.48 in prize money.[/COLOR] [B]“DiCarpi0” Wins the Late Crazy 8[/B] [COLOR=#000000]The $44 buy-in Event #8: Late Crazy 8 had 253 players rebuy 82 times to surpass the $10K GTD by creating a $13,400 prize pool. That was paid out to the top 32 players including “mika_essien” (27th - $100.50), “Melapika” (19th - $134), “FerDJin” (13th - $201), “inalies” (8th - $368.50), “RejamSam” (3rd - $1,541).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]After 7 hours and 16 minutes Romania’s “DiCarpi0” and Brazil’s “tassio_ita” struck a deal in which the former won the title and $2,501.11 in prize money while the latter got second for $2,289.39.[/COLOR] [B]Here’s What is Coming Up on Sunday[/B] [COLOR=#000000]Sundays are the busiest day for online poker grinders, and this weekend is no exception as five XL Blizzard events will take place beginning with the $215 buy-in Event #9: $100,000 Mega Deep at 17:30 GMT.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]At 18:00 GMT, both the $160 buy-in Event #10: $100,000 Tune Up and $16.50 buy-in Event #11: $50,000 Mini Tune Up will get underway, and an hour later at 19:00 GMT the $5.50 buy-in Event #12: $10,000 Micro Tune Up will kick off.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Sunday’s final event will be the $55 buy-in Event #13: $20,000 Late Tune Up at 21:00 GMT.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]We’ll be brining you daily recaps throughout the entirety of the XL Blizzard, so be sure to check back again tomorrow![/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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