Welcome to the $160 XL Eclipse Opening Event taking place online at 888poker at 7 p.m. GMT. Players begin Event #7: $160 XL Eclipse Opening Event with 15,000 chips and blinds will increase every 20 minutes. Players will be able to rebuy for 15,000 additional chips for $160 during the 240-minute late registration period provided that they lose all their chips.
PokerNews will provide you with live updates throughout the event so you can keep track of who's winning and who's losing if you're not able to follow along with the action in the 888poker client. We'll bring you all the big hands, all the bad beats and all the drama of this phenomenal event!
Parker "888tonkaaaa" Talbot ended up all in with against and couldn't win the hand after his opponent flopped an eight. Talbot was left drawing dead and was eliminated from the tournament.
Chris "888Moorman" Moorman was all in with against the ace-king of "MRJEANZZZ". After "MRJEANZZZ" flopped a king and a flush draw, his hand stayed in front and Moorman hit the rail.
Britain's "HinduKrush" was all in with against the of chip leader "ImTriggered". He didn't get any help from the board and left the tournament in seventh place for $9,832.50.
After more than thirteen hours of play, Event #7 - $160 XL Eclipse Opening Event finally crowned a winner. It was "ImTriggered" from Costa Rica who claimed the victory and the first prize of $58,270.50 after beating "Tsipras" in the deciding heads-up.
The event, with a buy-in of $160, saw 1,700 players register and those players made 600 rebuys to get a total amount of 2,300 players. They created a total prize pool of $345,000 with 207 places paid. It took a while to get to the money but in the end, it was "707089" from Lithuania who was the last player finishing empty-handed.
After making the money it took a long time before the tournament was down to the last nine. After eleven hours the remaining nine players made the final table and went on to play for a $58,270.50 first prize. Ukraine's "Ignatiik" left the final table pretty quick after losing a big hand with ace-queen against ace-jack. A few hands later he busted in ninth place for $3,726.
"GetLuckyAK" from Canada wasn't so lucky on this final table and in his last hand, he lost all of his chips with pocket eights against pocket nines. The Canadian finished in eighth place for $6,555. After that, British players "HindaKrush" and "Binkasaurus" got busted in quick succession, finishing in seventh and sixth place.
It took a while for the next bust out, but then it went quick. In just a few minutes, "LucySagara70" (fifth, $16,387.50), "I_R_BABOON" (fourth, $22,425) and "89Diamonds" (third, $31,740) were sent to the rail by chip leader "ImTriggered". Later mentioned started the deciding heads-up with a big chip lead against "Tsipras".
Finland's "Tsipras" fought hard to come back in this battle but in the end, it was Costa Rica's "ImTriggered" who took the first prize of $58,270.50.