Discover Who Won the Whale and Baby Whale in October and November at 888poker
Sundays are supersized at the world's second largest real-money online poker network 888poker due to many events featuring larger guarantees and other special tournaments added to the schedule. On alternating Sundays, the Whale with a $600 buy-in and the Baby Whale with a $320 buy-in are among the two biggest tournaments, especially in terms of buy-in.
The Whale took place three times in October and another two times in November. The five big winners were Steven "poker_mom74" Chew (Oct. 2 - $30,157), "dulek_jason" (Oct. 16 - $32,814), "PreyOnDaLine" (Oct. 30 - $31,774), "Kannwas" (Nov. 13 - $28,077) and "svenskeren14" (Nov. 27 - $31,543).
Meanwhile, the Baby Whale took place twice in October and twice again in November. The four big winners were "Mikel_Hansen" (Oct. 9 - $21,991), "MainHiAK" (Oct. 23 - $21,013), "ZDamian" (Nov. 6 - $20,840) and Alex "komarolo222" Komaromi (Nov. 20 - $19,350).
Check out all the players who scored big by appearing on the final table of the Whale and the Baby Whale in October and November:
The $80,000 WHALE
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$565+35
Oct. 2
261
$147,465
Place
Player
Prize
1
Steven "poker_mom74" Chew
$30,156.59
2
diosmono69
$22,119.75
3
WILLY_RUGS
$16,663.54
4
evianwater1
$12,534.52
5
Dominik "888Dominik" Nitsche
$8,552.97
6
MOI_est_JEAN
$6,635.92
7
Marton "WorldIsOurs" Czuczor
$5,161.27
8
floatmasta
$3,686.62
9
KimberSlice
$2,801.83
The $100,000 Baby Whale
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$300+20
Oct. 9
382
$114,600
Place
Player
Prize
1
Mikel_Hansen
$21,991.74
2
Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin
$16,330.50
3
RomaTilt
$12,033.00
4
OMGsete
$9,168.00
5
Sanjay2777
$6,417.60
6
amaze1
$4,870.50
7
Ivan "ivanascasubi" Vilchez
$3,724.50
8
YesLimit
$2,578.50
9
INEEDPANTS
$1,902.36
The $120,000 WHALE
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$565+35
Oct. 16
284
$160,460
Place
Player
Prize
1
dulek_jason
$32,814.07
2
Avskedad
$24,069.00
3
Bryan "DePittsterje" Paris
$18,131.98
4
definedonk
$13,639.10
5
_whitebear_
$9,306.68
6
KimberSlice
$7,220.70
7
Sam "FlatTopTony" Greenwood
$5,616.10
8
iCrushU556
$4,011.50
9
PokerMogo
$3,048.74
The $100,000 Baby Whale
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$300+20
Oct. 23
365
$109,500
Place
Player
Prize
1
MainHiAK
$21,013.05
2
Namlleh
$15,603.75
3
Niklas "tutten7" Åstedt
$11,497.50
4
biturcio1023
$8,760.00
5
Gleb "psyhoagromor" Kovtunov
$6,132.00
6
poBHblu
$4,653.75
7
Alessandro "WadoIchimonj" Sarro
$3,558.75
8
carmen.1957
$2,463.75
9
Thomas "WushuTM" Muhlocker
$1,817.70
The $120,000 WHALE
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$565+35
Oct. 30
275
$155,375
Place
Player
Prize
1
PreyOnDaLine
$31,774.18
2
joker2006
$23,306.25
3
StuntSoHard
$17,557.37
4
dingdingdong
$13,206.87
5
DEOSONER
$9,011.75
6
Johannes "TrollKonst8" Korsar
$6,991.87
7
Andreas "r4ndomr4gs" Berggren
$5,438.12
8
BabyJeff007
$3,884.37
9
m0ntecarlo13
$2,952.12
The $100,000 Baby Whale
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$300+20
Nov. 6
362
$108,600
Place
Player
Prize
1
ZDamian
$20,840.34
2
kingstarAK
$15,475.50
3
Patrick "prepprep" Serda
$11,403.00
4
_whitebear_
$8,688.00
5
IEATFISHIES
$6,081.60
6
Johannes "TrollKonst8" Korsar
$4,615.50
7
jcubillos11
$3,529.50
8
Oleg "Fukuruku" Vasilchenko
$2,443.50
9
rufstation
$1,802.76
The $120,000 WHALE
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$565+35
Nov. 13
243
$137,295
Place
Player
Prize
1
Kannwas
$28,076.82
2
Thomas "WushuTM" Muhlocker
$20,594.25
3
SkallePer58
$15,514.33
4
IEATFISHIES
$11,670.07
5
MOI_est_JEAN
$7,963.11
6
Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert
$6,178.27
7
SiRobertson
$4,805.32
8
themos_17
$3,432.37
9
pokernerd1
$2,608.60
The $100,000 Baby Whale
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$300+20
Nov. 20
311
$100,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Alex "komarolo222" Komaromi
$19,350.00
2
Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert
$14,500.00
3
cosmokramr26
$11,000.00
4
popsnpoker
$8,250.00
5
imagine_son
$5,700.00
6
sally_os
$4,400.00
7
Lucky.Winner
$3,400.00
8
scellone94
$2,400.00
9
dubick
$1,750.00
The $120,000 WHALE
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$565+35
Nov. 27
273
$154,245
Place
Player
Prize
1
svenskeren14
$31,543.10
2
Jon "chut_up" Van Fleet
$23,136.75
3
Ivan "ivanascasubi" Vilchez
$17,429.68
4
David "Satchless" Mowery
$13,110.82
5
iCrushU556
$8,946.21
6
carpediem14
$6,941.02
7
tomaxnxamot
$5,398.57
8
myhometown
$3,856.12
9
SalsaFiesta
$2,930.65
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Check out the big winners in the Whale and Baby Whale in October and November at 888poker.