888poker XL Blizzard: "tikkapekka" Wins the $30,000 8-Max

February 09, 2020

On the third day of the 888poker XL Blizzard Series, three new tournaments were scheduled. Most of the attention went out to the $30,000 8-Max, where there were 380 players competing for the first prize of $7,410. Let's take a look at this tournament and the results of the other events that played out on Saturday.

888poker XL Blizzard #7 - $30,000 8-Max

At 1920:00 GMT, the XL Blizzard #7 - $30,000 8-Max kicked off. After late registration closed, there were 283 registered players. With a total of 97 rebuys, that made for a total of 380 entries, resulting in a total prize pool of $38,000 with $7,410 reserved for the winner. More than eight hours were played before they crowned a champion.

Eight players made the final table, securing themselves of $950. "GrindYourMum" (eighth, $950), "HATE007" (seventh, $1,140), "Bazzurk888" (sixth, $1,520), "_Antikk_" (fifth, $2,090) were eliminated in quick succession. After that, "kinsQ" (fourth, $3,040) and "Yakawin123" (third, $4,180) missed out on the final heads-up.

Swedish "Werniiie" battled against Finland's "tikkapekka" and in the end, the latter mentioned defeated his opponent to be crowned as the winner. The Finnish player received the first prize of $7,410, while the runner-up had to settle for $5,510.

888poker XL Blizzard #7 - $30,000 8-Max Final Table Results

888poker XL Blizzard #8 - $10,000 Mini 8-Max

For the players who couldn't afford the biggest buy-in ($109) of the day, there was a Mini edition of the 8-Max on the schedule. This tournament had a buy-in of $8.80 and there were 1,759 players competing for a prize pool of $14,072. Every finalist in this tournament would secure him- or herself of $141 but all eyes were on the top prize of $2,532.

That top prize went to nobody as there was a four-way deal. The winner, United Kingdom's "dumitrana1", received $2,187 after beating "bunder17" from Sweden in heads-up. The Swedish runner-up received $1,714.

888poker XL Blizzard #8 - $10,000 Mini 8-Max Final Table Results

888poker XL Blizzard #9 - $15,000 Late 8-Max

Another winner was crowned in the XL Blizzard #9 - $15,000 Late 8-Max. This event was played by 336 players to create a prize pool of $18,300. In the end, it was United Kingdom's "fannymobile" who won the event for $3,569 after making a heads-up deal with runner-up "Slapnutz123" who finished in second place for $2,654.

888poker XL Blizzard #9 - $15,000 Late 8-Max Final Table Results

Qualify to the XL Blizzard for Free

If you want to join in on the action but don't want to pay full price, rest assured that 888poker is running tons of qualifiers where you can play in XL Blizzard events for pennies on the dollar. In addition, 888poker is hosting two daily freerolls where you can get into two of the biggest XL Blizzard events absolutely for free.

The XL Blizzard Main Event - Qualifier takes place every day between now and Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. where the top 15 players will win a free seat valued at $250 to the XL Blizzard Main Event.

In order to play in the freerolls, you need to have an 888poker account and have made at least one real money deposit.

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This is where we have some better news as your first deposit will be generously matched in the form of a bonus up to $888! This is more than double what most players get by downloading directly from 888poker's website.

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