XL Eclipse Day 7: Ukraine's "tapatashi" Wins $50,000 8-Max

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Sep 20, 2018 3 min read

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On the sixth day of the 888poker XL Eclipse Series, three new tournaments were on the schedule. Most money was up for grabs in the $50,000 8-Max, where the winner could take home over $9,000 in prize money.

XL Eclipse #19 - $50,000 8-Max

At 8 p.m. GMT, the XL Eclipse #19 - $50,000 8-Max started with each player receiving a massive 15,000 starting stack. After the late registration closed, there were 516 players. That made for a prize pool of $51,600, with a first-place prize of $9,933.

The XL Eclipse #19 - $50,000 8-Max started with a massive 15,000 starting stack

After several hours, the tournament reached the final table. "uR4iseM3Up" and "andrey59" busted in eighth and seventh place, receiving $1,161 and $1,419 respectively.

"cuadrado12" from Sweden finished in sixth place for $1,935 and "chainsawfish" got $2,709 for his or her fifth place. Malta's Steven "Kale333" van Zadelhoff received $3,999 after busting in fourth place and Russian "nyagaaan" ended up in third place for $6,706.

The final heads-up between "BL1NDRAZOR" and "tapatashi" wasn't played before making a deal. The runner-up, "BL1NDRAZOR", had to settle for $7,796 while the Ukrainian winner received $8,331.

XL Eclipse #20 - $15,000 Mini 8-Max

For the players who couldn't afford the bigger buy-in ($109), there was a Mini edition of the Mini 8-Max on the schedule. This tournament had a buy-in of just $12, and there were 1,479 players competing for a prize pool of $16,121. The final table was top heavy with all eight finalists in this tournament securing themselves of $245 while the top prize was $2,972.

The Brazilian players dominated this event, with the top five players all coming from Brazil. In the end, "dAAnilo_69" won the event after defeating fellow countryman "DaDinheiroEA" in the deciding heads-up. The winner received $2,972 while the second place finisher got $2,096 for his deep run.

XL Eclipse #21 - $15,000 Late 8-Max

A late winner was crowned in the XL Exclipse #21 - $15,000 Late 8-Max. This event attracted 556 players to create a prize pool of $16,680. In the end, it was Mexico's "HolyMoly15" who won the event for $3,169 after defeating runner-up "ShrekRaiseAI" who finished in second place for $2,335.

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 888poker 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:

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