Jans 'Graftekkel' Arends Denied Second Title

On the eighth day of the XL Blizzard Series on 888poker, players enjoyed a nice day of poker. In total, three tournaments started with the XL Blizzard #22 - $80,000 Quarterback as the highlight of the day. The $55 buy-in Mini edition and a $215 buy-in Late edition started as well. Let's take a look at the results.

XL Blizzard #22 - $80,000 Quarterback

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$215	Jan. 25	661	$84,500

At 20:00 GMT, the $80,000 Quarterback started with players receiving a starting stack of 10,000 for a $215 buy-in. In case of busting while (late) registration was still open, players could rebuy for just $50. After late registration, there were 343 players and 318 rebuys for a total prize pool of $84,500. For the winner, $16,351 was reserved, while every finalist got at least $1,479.

Would Jans have won his second event of the series, he would have banked an extra $1,000

Jans 'Graftekkel' Arends, who won the Opening Event, was chasing his second title of this series. The Dutchman couldn't close this one after finishing in sixth place for $3,718. Would Jans have won his second event of the series, he would have banked an extra $1,000 in 888's $1 Million Winners Promotion.

In the end, it was "sayqmyqname" who took down this event for $16,351 after defeating Brazil's "andrebos" in the final battle. "OPH1UCHUS" finished in third place, just short from a five-figure score earning $9,295.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	sayqmyqname	United Arab Emirates	$16,351
2	andrebos	Brazil	$12,253
3	OPH1UCHUS	United Kingdom	$9,295
4	POTITOOOOOOOO	Malta	$6,971
5	eijseijs	Sweden	$4,817
6	Jans 'Graftekkel' Arends	Netherlands	$3,718
7	T.R.Albrecht	Germany	$2,873
8	jxw331	United Kingdom	$2,028
9	Ineedmassari	Brazil	$1,479

XL Blizzard #23 - $20,000 Mini Quarterback

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$44	Jan. 25	1,106	$31,460

Just like the previous days, there was a Mini edition of the 'Main' tournament on the schedule. This event, the XL Blizzard #23 - $20,000 Mini Quarterback, had a buy-in of $44 and players could rebuy for just $10 if they busted before registration closed. In total, there were 1,106 entries creating a prize pool of $31,460. There was a top prize of $5,899 but in the end, nobody won that amount.

With four players remaining, the players made a deal where Dutchman "Mastelzmind" took the most money ($4,517). he or she wouldn't get the XL Blizzard title, though, losing in the heads-up to "bujalabujala" from Lithuania.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	bujalabujala	Lithuania	$3,496
2	Mastelzmind	Netherlands	$4,517
3	eatyastack	Latvia	$3,460
4	LeonBY	Belarus	$4,178
5	U.E.N.O.	Malta	$1,652
6	Kevinmac1	United Kingdom	$1,337
7	1OMGsolucky1	Sweden	$1,022
8	Ilikepugs	Sweden	$708
9	TheDEBTonatR	Canada	$444

XL Blizzard #24 - $20,000 Late Quarterback

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$109	Jan. 25	364	$25,825

Another winner was crowned in the XL Blizzard #24 - $20,000 Late Quarterback, where 364 players competed to create a prize pool of $25,825.

After just six hours and eighteen minutes, it was Russia's "petrofv5501" who took the title and the first prize of $5,281. The Russian defeated Switzerland's "77DASH" in the deciding heads-up, after tournament regular Fabricio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez finished in third place.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	petrofv5501	Russia	$5,281
2	77DASH	Switzerland	$3,874
3	Fabricio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez	Uruguay	$2,918
4	Krazzyaces77	Canada	$2,195
5	NoMamesWey23	Mexico	$1,498
6	yarik1903	Ukraine	$1,162
7	Papasmerf88	United Kingdom	$904
8	Kzzon	Sweden	$646
9	alexos888	Canada	$491

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