888poker XL Inferno: Switzerland's "Justaduck" Wins the Tune Up

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May 14, 2018 4 min read Last updated Apr 08, 2019

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On the fourth day of the 888poker XL Inferno Series, five new tournaments were on the schedule. Most of the attention went out to the $150,000 Whale and the $150,000 Tune Up, where some big prizes were awaiting the players. Let's take a look who was crowned a winner in these events and the results of the other events that played out on Sunday.

XL Inferno #9 - $120,000 Mega Deep

XL Inferno #10 - $150,000 Tune Up

XL Inferno #11 - $50,000 Mini Tune Up

For the players who couldn't afford the bigger buy-in ($109), there was a Mini edition of the Tune Up on the schedule. This tournament had a buy-in of just $12, and there were 4,091 players competing for a prize pool of $50,000. The final table was top heavy with all nine finalists in this tournament securing themselves of $450 while the top prize was $7,450.

That prize went to Uruguay's "ramak10ss" after beating "geniuSSSSSS" from the Netherlands in the deciding heads-up. The Dutch runner-up received $5,450.

XL Inferno #12 - $150,000 Whale

At 20:00 GMT, the XL Inferno #12 - $150,000 Whale kicked off. After late registration closed, there were 186 registered players resulting in a total prize pool of $186,000 with a massive $42,780 reserved for the winner. More than nine hours were played before they crowned a champion.

Nine players made the final table, securing themselves of $4,650. "unbezieglar" (ninth, $4,650) "klbalex" (eighth, $5,580), 8myl8m8 (seventh, $7,440), "MortenVM_" (sixth, $9,300), "Ronaldo4112" (fifth, $11,160) were eliminated in quick succession. After that, "lasochobi" (fourth, $16,740) and "kiskutya23" (third, $22,599) missed out on the final heads-up.

Qatar's "Emveer" battled heads up against Canada's "PBD03" and in the end, the former took down the XL Inferno title after making a heads-up deal. The runner-up received $34,908 while the winner won $37,632 and was crowned the biggest winner of the series so far.

XL Inferno #13 - $25,000 Late Tune Up

The late edition of the Tune Up saw a field of 587 compete for a share of the $29,350 prize pool. "Jaxon234" from Germany took the top spot but the bigger prize went to runner-up "nU3DOC" from Russia after they made a deal heads-up. "Doked", who finished third in the Opening Event earlier this festival ad well, once again took home bronze.

XL Inferno Promotions

While your focus is likely to be on the various XL Inferno tournaments, you should not forget about the ongoing XL Inferno promotions that could yield some serious value.

Reach the final table in three or more events and 888poker will reward you with a $600 tournament ticket. Should you finish in the money in at least eight XL Inferno events, a $215 tournament ticket is added to your account.

The most lucrative promotion, however, rewards you for winning multiple events. Anyone who wins five XL Inferno tournaments will win a cool $1 million. The other prizes are shown below:

• Win two tournaments - receive $1,000
• Win three tournaments - receive $10,000
• Win four tournaments - receive $100,000
• Win five tournaments - receive $1,000,000

Everyone who triumphs in an XL Inferno event receives an entry to the XL Inferno Champion of Champions Event. This exclusive tournament pays all 34 entrants — a figure that could be less if someone wins more than one event — with the eventual winner walking away with a $12,600 WSOP Vegas Main Event package.

XL Inferno Event Schedule

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