888poker 2017 Super XL Series Day 2: Renato "curioso24" Lezama Makes Two Final Tables
The first weekend of the 888poker 2017 Super XL Series is coming up, preceded by a quiet second day of the series on Friday. There were only two tournaments on the schedule. Who started his weekend with a nice payday on 888poker? Let's have look!
Event #4 $20,000 Super XL - Twins Royal
Buy-in | Date | Players | Prizepool |
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$50+5 | Jan. 20 | 764 | $38,200 |
The first tournament of the second day was the $20,000 Super XL - Twins Royal, which had a buy-in of $50+5. In total 764 players registered for event number four of the 888poker 2017 Super XL Series to create a total prize pool of $38,200.
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | AMG_people | $7,009.70 |
2 | PuntSonPunt | $5,004.20 |
3 | YourNotSure | $3,781.80 |
4 | tonbezerra | $2,845.90 |
5 | spaarky777 | $1,986,40 |
6 | drkorn718 | $1,604.60 |
7 | frisni | $1,222.40 |
8 | Renato "curioso24" Lezama | $840,40 |
9 | Whispering_w | $496,60 |
None of the 888poker Ambassadors played in this tournament, all probably taking a day off before a huge weekend on 888poker. Gary "grunner777" Runner almost made it to the final table of this event, but he finished in 10th position to become the final table bubble for $420.20.
Renato "curioso24" Lezama managed to make the final table, but he busted right after "Whispering_w" finished in ninth place. Lezama finished in eight place and got $840.40 for his result. After those bustouts, the tournament lost "frisni" (seventh - $1,222.40), "drkorn718" (sixth - $1,604.60), "spaarky777" (fifth - $1,986,40) and "tonbezerra" (fourth - $2,845.90) to reach the final three.
"YourNotSure" missed out on the deciding heads-up to finish in third for $3,781.80. The battle for victory was won by "AMG_people" to secure himself $7,009.70 while runner-up "PuntSonPunt" got $5,004.20 for his or her efforts.
Event #5: $20,000 Super XL - Twins Flush
Buy-in | Date | Players | Prizepool |
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$50+5 | Jan. 20 | 694 | $34,700 |
The second and last tournament on Day 2 of the 888poker 2017 Super XL Series was the $20,000 Super XL - Twins Flush. Six-hundred-and-ninety-four players registered for this tournament to create a prize pool of $34,700, almost double the guarantee of $20,000.
Place | Player | Prize |
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1 | P0vorachivay | $6,506.25 |
2 | tttexa | $4,684.50 |
3 | R0bis5s | $3,470 |
4 | Renato "curioso24" Lezama | $2,602.50 |
5 | youremagical | $1,821.75 |
6 | lukaslagey | $1,474.75 |
7 | Yurec1707 | $1,127.75 |
8 | Achileys34 | $780.75 |
9 | bjovui96 | $489.27 |
888poker had a special promotion on Day 2 of the series with extra prizes for players who could cash, make the final table or win both tournaments. If a player could manage to win both they would win themselves $100,000! This almost impossible achievement wasn't managed by one player, but there was a story on Day 2.
After having finished in eight place in Event #4, Renato "curioso24" Lezama got himself a seat on the final table of Event #5 as well. He got a $2,100 seat for the High Roller-event and a $1,050 Main Event-ticket for that feat! After making his second final table of the day he got to take fourth place in this tournament for $2,602.50.
Following him to the rail was Latvian player "R0bis5s" who finished third for $3,470. The heads-up between "P0vorachivay" and "tttexa" was won by the Russian and for that he got $6,506.26 in prize money. tttxea from Ukraine couldn't complain because he got $4,684.50 for his second-place finish.
Leaderboard
After the second day, the leaderboard is as follows with Event #4 winner, AMG_people, currently leading the way. Renato "curioso24" Lezama is now in sixth place after reaching those two final tables:
Place | Player | Country | Points |
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1 | AMG_people | Ukraine | 352.16 |
2 | Mindcrushers | Canada | 351.15 |
3 | trojanmouse | Czech Republic | 329.29 |
4 | Ozzy_M | Poland | 268.73 |
5 | Jobsster | Germany | 268.69 |
6 | Curioso24 | Peru | 247.61 |
7 | P0vorachivay | Russian Federation | 235.31 |
8 | clmbndream | Colombia | 230.52 |
9 | PuntSonPunt | Czech Republic | 223.35 |
10 | VitorBrasil | Brazil | 202.56 |
Upcoming Tournaments
Date | Time (GMT) | Event | Buy-in |
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Jan. 21 | 16:00 | Event #6 $40,000 Super XL - Octopus | $215 |
17:40 | Event #7 $20,000 Super XL - Saturday R&A | $55 | |
19:00 | Event #8 $80,000 Super XL - Crazy 8 | $88 | |
19:00 | Event #9 $15,000 Super XL - Mini Crazy 8 | $8.80 | |
19:35 | Event #10 $25,000 Super XL - Saturday Challenge | $55 | |
21:00 | Event #11 $15,000 Super XL - Turbo Crazy 8 | $55 | |
Jan. 22 | 15:45 | Event #12 $35,000 Super XL - Sunday Breeze | $55 |
17:30 | Event #13 $150,000 Super XL - Mega Deep | $215 | |
18:00 | Event #14 $250,000 Super XL - Tune Up | $160 | |
18:00 | Event #15 $50,000 Super XL - Mini Tune Up | $12 | |
18:30 | Event #16 $35,000 Super XL - Sunday Monsoon | $55 | |
19:00 | Event #17 $200,000 Super XL - Whale | $600 | |
19:35 | Event #18 $100,000 Super XL - Sunday Challenge | $90 | |
20:30 | Event #19 $50,000 Super XL - Turbo Mega Deep | $215 | |
19:35 | Mega Satellite to Main Event - 15 seats GTD | $160 | |
21:00 | Event #20 $30,000 Super XL - Turbo Tune Up | $55 | |
22:00 | Event #21 $10,000 Super XL - Super Turbo Tune Up | $75 | |
Jan. 23 | 19:00 | Event #22 $15,000 Super XL - Omaha Event | $109 |
19:00 | Event #23 $5,000 Super XL - Mini Omaha Event | $12 | |
19:35 | Event #24 $10,000 Super XL - Monday Royal | $22 | |
19:35 | Event #25 $10,000 Super XL - Monday Flush | $22 | |
20:00 | Event #26 $15,000 Super XL - Snap Event | $55 | |
20:00 | Event #27 $5,000 Super XL - Mini Snap Event | $5 |