• "ChipsFool" Wins Event #1: $100,000 Opening Event

After a great start on Thursday, with "ChipsFool" winning the Opening Event, the XL Eclipse continued on Friday. This time, there were two events on the schedule with a buy-in of $55. Let's see who were crowned winners and may take a shot at one million dollars (by winning four more).

XL Eclipse #4 - $20,000 Twins Royal

At 8 p.m. GMT, the XL Eclipse #4 - $20,000 Twins Royal started with each player receiving a starting stack of 15,000 chips. After the late registration closed, there were 401 players and 158 rebuys of $50 each. That made for a prize pool of $27,950, with a first-place prize of $5,364.

After several hours, the tournament reached the final table. "Aprudu" ended in 10th place for $363, just falling short of the final nine. Every finalist secured themselves of $464 - the amount "Nemesis_25" received for the ninth-place finish. "MasterMind__" and "mne_d0edet1" busted in eighth and seventh place, receiving $629 and $908 respectively.

"MaGnuS004" from Ukraine finished in sixth place for $1,188 and "resilience32" got $1,565 for his or hers fifth place. Russia's "SergeyRusko" received $2,236 after busting in fourth place and United Kingdom's "Trapstar777" ended up in third place for $2,935.

The final heads-up between Swedish player "Nidjos" and Canada's "alexos888" was won by the latter who secured $5,364. The runner-up had to settle for $3,983.

XL Eclipse #5 - $20,000 Twins Flush

At the same time as the XL Eclipse #4, the XL Eclipse #5 - $20,000 Twins Flush started. After the registration period was over, there were 381 players and 150 rebuys for a total of 531 entries. The total prize pool was $26,550 with a first prize of $5,095.

In this event, United Kingdom's "ego_death" and "okokok1893" from Malta battled for the XL title in the deciding heads-up. Latter mentioned won after a short battle and received the first prize of $5,095 while the runner-up had to settle for $3,783.

2018 XL Eclipse Schedule

Bonus Offerings

Players can participate in free qualifiers or earn XL Eclipse entries through a number of satellites, which start at just $0.01. Free Eclipse Main Event qualifiers are running daily at 9 p.m. GMT with the top three players winning $1,050 seats, while 30 $12 seats into the Eclipse Mini Tune Up are awarded in free qualifiers that begin at 5 p.m. GMT daily.

Not only that, but 888 is offering bonuses to players who can make their way to the winner’s circle on more than one occasion, and for those who can consistently run deep during the series. Bonuses for multiple wins are available as follows:

In addition, players who manage to reach three or more final tables will earn a $600 tournament ticket. For those who consistently make the money and cash in eight or more events, a $215 tournament ticket will be awaiting them.