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01-27-2018 14:07 UTC+2

"LucySagara70" Wins The $25,000 Knockout

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On the ninth day of the XL Blizzard Series on 888poker, players could compete in three new tournaments with the XL Blizzard #25 - $25,000 Knockout as the highlight of the day. The $35 buy-in Mini edition and a $75 buy-in Late edition started as well. Let's take a look at the results.

XL Blizzard #25 - $25,000 Knockout

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$150	Jan. 26	245	$35,045

At 20:00 GMT, the XL Blizzard #25 - $25,000 Knockout kicked off. After late registration closed, there were 245 registered players resulting in a total prize pool of $35,045 with $5,113 reserved for the winner. More than nine hours were played before they crowned a champion.

Dutchman "LucySagara70" battled heads up against United Kingdom's "Patsharpe"

Nine players made the final table, securing themselves of $475. "Marklewis18" (ninth, $475) "spasticmonk" (eighth, $625), Fabricio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez (seventh, $875), "kakospaixths" (sixth, $1,125), "toolaterun" (fifth, $1,450) were eliminated in quick succession. After that, "HotSauce86" (fourth, $2,125) and "Perrymejsen" (third, $2,825) missed out on the final heads-up.

Dutchman "LucySagara70" battled heads up against United Kingdom's "Patsharpe" and in the end, the former took down the XL Blizzard title. The runner-up received $3,750 and an extra $349 in KO's while the winner won $5,113 and an extra KO worth $410.

Place	Player	Country	Prize	KO	Total Prize
1	LucySagara70	Netherlands	$5,113	$410	$5,523
2	Patsharpe	United Kingdom	$3,750	$349	$4,099
3	Perrymejsen	Sweden	$2,825	$369	$3,194
4	HotSauce86	Romania	$2,125	$369	$2,494
5	toolaterun	Netherlands	$1,450	$185	$1,635
6	kakospaixths	Greece	$1,125	$246	$1,371
7	Fabricio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez	Uruguay	$875	$492	$1,367
8	spasticmonk	Canada	$625	$164	$789
9	Marklewis18	United Kingdom	$475	$123	$598

XL Blizzard #26 - $10,000 Mini Knockout

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$35	Jan. 26	731	$23,758

For the players who didn't have the bankroll to play the $150 event, or wanted to multi table, there was also a Mini edition with a buy-in of just $35. In total, 1,731 players competed in this event which made for a $23,758 prize pool with the first prize just over $3,353.

The final two players made a deal.

In this event, Brazil's "BernardoBG" came one shy of making the money but that got the Brazilian a ticket for the Bubble of Bubbles tournament.

In the end, "IbetUfold_x" (fourth, $1,361) and "StollenAA" (third, $1,809) were eliminated from the final table. The final two players made a deal, where Czech Republic's "grigorq77" got $2,890 and Brazil's "SeuZezinho23" locked up $2,858.

After the deal, "grigorq77" won the tournament and got an extra $98 for knocking out other players and the final bounty.

Place	Player	Country	Prize	KO	Total Prize
1	grigorq77	Czech Republic	$2,890	$98	$2,988
2	SeuZezinho23	Brazil	$2,858	$105	$2,963
3	StollenAA	Germany	$1,809	$90	$1,899
4	IbetUfold_x	Germany	$1,361	$60	$1,421
5	SupertrampBR	Brazil	$950	$38	$988
6	vampa500	Belarus	$768	$30	$798
7	RAGS2RICHES	Canada	$585	$38	$623
8	Vomani	Russia	$402	$23	$425
9	JohnJones34	United Kingdom	$238	$38	$276

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Today's 888poker XL Blizzard Schedule

Date	Time (GMT)	Tournament	Buy-in
Sat 27 Jan	20:00	XL Blizzard #28 - $50,000 6-Max	$160
	20:00	XL Blizzard #29 - $15,000 6-Max	$30
	22:00	XL Blizzard #30 - $10,000 6-Max	$55

01-28-2018 16:04 UTC+2

Get Ready for the $1,000,000 GTD Main Event!

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The Main Event with a massive guarantee of $1,000,000 starts tonight, at 8 p.m. GMT. Buying in will cost you $1,050, but there are still plenty of opportunities to get in cheaper. The $200,000 guaranteed Mini Main starts at 8 o'clock as well and will cost you $160 to enter. The $30 Micro Main starts two hours later and has a guarantee of $50,000.

You can follow the Main Event live on PokerNews.com with live updates and can read all about it in tomorrow's recap. But first, let's take a look at the results of Saturday's events.

XL Blizzard #28 - $50,000 6-Max

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$160	Jan. 27	449	$67,350

At 8 p.m. GMT, the XL Blizzard #28 - $50,000 6-Max started with each player receiving a 10,000 starting stack. After the late registration closed, there were 449 players. That made for a prize pool of $67,350, with a first-place prize of $14,817.

After several hours, the tournament reached the final table. "SEWart777" and "ZDamian" busted in sixth and fifth place, receiving $2,694 and $4,041 respectively.

"DarkShrine" from Ukraine finished in fourth place for $5,388 and "mixer_jr" got $7,745.

The final heads-up between New Zealand's "CrackFiend15" and Sweden's "Kzzon" was won by the latter who secured $14,817. The runner-up had to settle for a respectable $10,338.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Kzzon	Sweden	$14,817
2	CrackFiend15	New Zealand	$10,338
3	mixer_jr	Canada	$7,745
4	DarkShrine	Ukraine	$5,388
5	ZDamian	Czech Republic	$4,041
6	SEWart777	Russia	$2,694

XL Blizzard #29 - $15,000 Mini 6-Max

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$30	Jan. 27	970	$26,675

For the players who couldn't afford the bigger buy-in ($160), there was a Mini edition of the 6-Max on the schedule. This tournament had a buy-in of just $30, and there were 970 players competing for a prize pool of $26,675.

The final table was top heavy with all six finalists in this tournament securing themselves of $830 while the top prize was $5,068.

That prize went to Sweden's "manne8080" after beating "JacktheCpt" from Romania in the deciding heads-up. The Romanian runner-up received $3,735.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	manne8080	Sweden	$5,068
2	JacktheCpt	Romania	$3,735
3	RakDoll	Belarus	$2,734
4	IMurtazin	Russia	$1,867
5	KellerA	Germany	$1,334
6	tonikyalta	Ukraine	$830

XL Blizzard #30 - $10,000 Late 6-Max

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$55	Jan. 27	340	$17,000

A late winner was crowned in the XL Blizzard #30 - $10,000 Late 6-Max. This event attracted 340 players to create a prize pool of $17,000. This time it wasn't a Swede snagging the top prize as it was Lithuania's "yrkkk" who won the event for $3,910 after defeating runner-up "DonMaxiQQ" who finished in second place for $2,720.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	yrkkk	Lithuania	$3,910
2	DonMaxiQQ	Germany	$2,720
3	Moldvarpa	Iceland	$2,040
4	KellerA	Germany	$1,360
5	Laly139	Argentina	$1,020
6	toastmanQ	Netherlands	$697

Today's 888poker XL Blizzard Schedule

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Date	Time (GMT)	Tournament	Buy-in
Sun 28 Jan	18:30	XL Blizzard #31 - $150,000 Mega Deep	$215
	20:00	XL Blizzard #32 - $1,000,000 Main Event	$1,050
	20:00	XL Blizzard #33 - $200,000 Mini Main	$160
	22:00	XL Blizzard #34 - $50,000 Micro Main	$30

01-29-2018 12:38 UTC+2

"Pepepepepe." Wins the Main Event For $183,867!

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XL Blizzard #32 - $1,000,000 Main Event

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$1,050	Jan. 28	1,002	$1,002,000

At 7 p.m. GMT, the Main Event of the 2018 888poker XL Blizzard started. The massive $1,050 buy-in event had late registration open for five extra hours. At the end of registration, there were 730 players and 272 rebuys to create a total prize pool of $1,002,000, hitting the guarantee. For the winner, it would be a massive payday of $183,867!

888poker Ambassador Parker "888tonkaaaa" Talbot busted two spots away from the money

Familiar faces like Jon "chut_up" Van Fleet, Ben "jenbizzIe" Jones, Fabricio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez, Steven "Kale333" van Zadelhoff, Jans "Graftekkel" Arends, Sofia "sofialovgren" Lovgren and Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov busted pretty quickly; all went out well before the money.

Dominik "888Dominik" Nitsche, Anton "anteen" Bertilsson, Adrian "ADRI_ATM" Mateos, Ole "olekonjole" Schemion, Niklas "tutten7"Astedt, and 888poker Ambassadors Chris "888Moorman" Moorman and Martin "MJacobson888" Jacobson also played but didn't manage to reach the stage of the tournament where money was rewarded.

888poker Ambassador Parker "888tonkaaaa" Talbot busted two spots away from the money after losing with ace-jack against pocket eights. The bubble burst when "chazcombes" lost all his or her chips and ended in 100th place.

After reaching the money, familiar faces like Nicolas "PKaiser" Fierro, Simon "Isildur1337x" Mattsson and Anton "B.Mitchell" Wigg busted.

The final table was reached after "joelwilford" finished in 11th place and was followed by "GritinhO_Dzi" in 10th place.

On the final table, it took a while before "TAPIS_TAPIR" was the first casualty finishing in ninth place for $13,026. With eight players remaining, a brutal beat ended the tournament of "proplatish." "proplatish"'s stack ended up in the middle with kings against the jack-eight of "Vienas2", who was putting pressure on the Russian with two very short players on the table. The flop gave "Vienas2"
a gutshot but it was the running eight-jack on the turn and river that ended things for "proplatish" in eighth place for $22,044.

"Vienas2" was lucky again a few hands later, eliminating "Spowi07" in seventh place when cracking pocket jacks with jack-six. "eight0808", who was the short stack for a while, couldn't make a comeback and finished in sixth place for $42,084.

In the final hand, ace-king won the crucial coin flip against pocket fours.

Not much later, in a blind versus blind battle, "Kamphu94" ended up all in with ace-eight against the ace-queen of "Vienas2". The latter mentioned saw the best hand win, eliminating the German in fifth place for $52,104.

Flopping top pair against the chip leader was looking promising for "dr.hAni," but after they got their chips in the middle, the German was drawing dead soon enough. "Pepepepepe." turned a set of eights and eliminated his or her opponent in fourth place for $74,649.

Just a few hands after the eliminating of the German player, "wellyxx" ended in third place for $99,198.

After fifteen minutes of heads-up play, Argentina's "Pepepepepe." was able to finish the job. In the final hand, ace-king won the crucial coin flip against pocket fours. "Vienas2" ended in second place for $131,262 while Argentina's "Pepepepepe." won the first-place prize of $183,867 and the XL Blizzard Main Event title!

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Pepepepepe.	Argentina	$183,867
2	Vienas2	Lithuania	$131,262
3	wellyxx	Finland	$99,198
4	dr.hAni	Germany	$74,649
5	Kamphu94	Germany	$52,104
6	eight0808	Latvia	$42,084
7	Spowi07	Austria	$32,064
8	proplatish	Russia	$22,044
9	TAPIS_TAPIR	Netherlands	$13,026

XL Blizzard #31 - $150,000 Mega Deep

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$215	Jan. 28	1,011	$202,200

The $150,000 Mega Deep attracted a field of just over a thousand players, all ponying up the $215 buy in. That made for a prize pool of just over $200,000 with $37,811 reserved for the winner.

"TooMuckRake" was the one to walk away with that amount after beating "Binkasaurus" heads up. Besides three players from the United Kingdom, all players at the final table of eight came from different countries, making it an international final table.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	TooMuckRake	Czech Republic	$37,811
2	Binkasaurus	United Kingdom	$27,297
3	Eat1ngAndWIN	United Kingdom	$20,220
4	Jagar_888	Switzerland	$15,165
5	_zufurduo_	Argentina	$10,110
6	PBD03	Canada	$7,077
7	Sr.Penes	United Kingdom	$4,550
8	4TheGlory8	Canada	$3,053

XL Blizzard #34 - $50,000 Micro Main Event

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$30	Jan. 28	2,632	$72,380

The Micro Main Event had a buy-in of just $30 and a massive 2,632 players entered. That made for a combined prize pool of $72,380 with just over $11,000 set apart for the winner.

"jobrazeau" from Canada walked away with that prize, getting his or her buy-in back times 381. "dnvz23" from Germany had to settle for $8,584, still a hefty prize for such a small buy-in tournament.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	jobrazeau	Canada	$11,436
2	dnvz23	Germany	$8,584
3	grdpoker1	Brazil	$6,217
4	Nordnynordbrg	Canada	$4,669
5	PoulPanasony	Denmark	$3,431
6	JuveFan21	China	$2,736
7	Emveer	Malta	$2,041
8	weneedit	Mexico	$1,368
9	tyalot30	Greece	$847

The 888poker XL Blizzard is now in the books. In May, 888poker is back with the XL Inferno while the XL Eclipse is scheduled for September. Expect live reporting of the biggest events and recaps of all the events, right here on PokerNews.com.

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