888poker XL Blizzard: Canadian "dujoe123" Wins $30,000 Crazy8

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888poker XL Blizzard: Canadian "dujoe123" Wins $30,000 Crazy8

On the third day of the 888poker XL Blizzard Series, three new tournaments were scheduled. Most of the attention went out to the $30,000 Crazy 8, where there was a pretty big overlay with 269 entries. Let's take a look at this tournament and the results of the other events that played out on Saturday.


888poker XL Blizzard #6 - $30,000 Crazy 8

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$88April 06269$30,000

The XL Blizzard #6 - $30,000 Crazy 8 kicked off at 20:00 GMT. After late registration closed, there were 269 registered players. That resulted in a pretty big overlay with a prize pool of $30,000 with $5,850 reserved for the winner. More than seven hours were played before a champion was crowned.

Eight players made the final table, securing themselves of $750. "Blizzard5150" (eighth, $750), "okokok1983" (seventh, $900), "modmod87" (sixth, $1,200), "Underlay1" (fifth, $1,650) were eliminated in quick succession. After that, "vadovauju" (fourth, $2,400) and "sherblemon" (third, $3,300) missed out on the final heads-up.

Canada's "dujoe123" battled against "Lunatikas7" and in the end, the aforementioned won against his or her opponent to be crowned the winner. The winner received the first prize of $5,850, while the runner-up had to settle for $4,350.

888poker XL Blizzard #6 - $30,000 Crazy 8 Final Table Results

PositionPlayerCountryPrize
1dujoe123Canada$5,850
2Lunatikas7United Kingdom$4,350
3sherblemonRussia$3,300
4vadovaujuLithuania$2,400
5Underlay1United Kingdom$1,650
6modmod87Canada$1,200
7okokok1983Malta$900
8Blizzard5150Sweden$750

888poker XL Blizzard #7 - $10,000 Mini Crazy 8

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$8.80April 061,105$12,504

There was also a Mini Edition of the Crazy 8 on the schedule for the players who couldn't afford the biggest buy-in ($88) of the day. To compete in this tournament, players had to pay the buy-in of $8.80 and there were 1,105 players competing for a prize pool of $12,504. Every finalist in this tournament would secure him- or herself of $165 but all eyes were on the top prize of $2,317.

That top prize went to United Kingdom' "flipsticks" after beating "LHadar" from Romania heads-up. The Romanian runner-up received $1,585.

888poker XL Blizzard #7 - $10,000 Mini Crazy 8 Final Table Results

PositionPlayerCountryPrize
1flipsticksUnited Kingdom$2,317
2LHadarRomania$1,585
3FedeJanicesArgentina$1,250
4Whitehair1Canada$937
5eraldi1808Morocco$625
6Arox86Romania$419
7Pyzdakas1Lithuania$250
8WinTheGame15Germany$165

888poker XL Blizzard #8 - $10,000 Late Crazy 8

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$44April 06253$13,400

The last winner of the day was crowned in the XL Blizzard #8 - $10,000 Late Crazy 8. This event was played by 253 players to create a prize pool of $13,400, easily reaching the guaranteed prize pool. Regular "Kaktus26rus" made another final table appearance but the journey ended in fourth place for $937.

"DiCarpi0" from Romania won the event for $2,317 after defeating the Brazilian player "tassio-ita" in the final heads-up.

888poker XL Blizzard #8 - $10,000 Late Crazy 8 Final Table Results

PositionPlayerCountryPrize
1DiCarpi0Romania$2,317
2tassio-itaBrazil$1,585
3RejamSamNew Zealand$1,250
4Kaktus26rusRussia$937
5qaiserrrSaudi Arabe$625
6mr.wellzUnited Kingdom$419
7dErEk-eekkRomania$250
8inaliesGermany$165

Amazing Promotions Including WSOP Packages

888poker is making it easy for players to join in on the action in the XL Blizzard by not only making the buy-ins affordable but also hosting tons of satellites where you can get in cheaply.

Some of the satellites even allow you to get into events for free. If you already have an account at 888poker and have made a deposit, you should have already received two free tickets for daily freeroll satellites to the Mini Opening Event and the Main Event. You can earn more tickets to these freerolls by completing simple missions.

If you don't have an account yet, you can also grab three free tickets simply by signing up to 888poker through PokerNews and making your first deposit of at least $10 using the "BLIZZARD10" bonus code.

In addition, 888poker is inviting players that participate in at least five XL Blizzard Events into a freeroll that awards a $12,600 WSOP Main Event package to the winner and three $2,700 Crazy 8’s packages to those who finish second through fourth.


888poker XL Blizzard Schedule

DateTime (GMT)EventBuy-in
Sun., April 75:30 p.m.XL Blizzard #9 - $120,000 Mega Deep$215
 6:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #10 - $100,000 Tune Up$160
 6:01 p.m.XL Blizzard #11 - $50,000 Mini Tune Up$16.50
 7:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #12 - $10,000 Micro Tune Up$5.50
 9:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #13 - $20,000 Late Tune Up$55
Mon., April 86:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #14 - $30,000 R&A Event$55
 6:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #15 - $10,000 Mini R&A$5
Tues., April 96:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #16 - $100,000 High Roller$320
 6:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #17 - $30,000 Mini High Roller$55
 8:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #18 - $20,000 Late High Roller$109
Wed., April 106:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #19 - $50,000 PKO$109
 6:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #20 - $20,000 Mini PKO$16.50
 8:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #21 - $10,000 Late PKO$33
Thurs., April 116:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #22 - $75,000 PKO 8-Max$215
 6:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #23 - $20,000 Mini PKO 8-Max$22
 8:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #24 - $20,000 Late PKO 8-Max$55
Fri., April 126:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #25 - $30,000 DeepStack$55
 6:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #26 - $20,000 Mini DeepStack$16.50
 8:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #27 - $10,000 Late DeepStack$33
Sat., April 136:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #28 - $30,000 6-Max$109
 6:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #29 - $20,000 Mini 6-Max$16.50
 8:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #30 - $15,000 Late 6-Max$55
Sun., April 145:30 p.m.XL Blizzard #31 - $120,000 Mega Deep$215
 6:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #32 - $500,000 Main Event$320
 7:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #33 - $50,000 Mini Main$33
 7:30 p.m.XL Blizzard #34 - $15,000 Micro Main$5.50

PokerNews.com covers the 888poker XL Blizzard throughout the series. Check the PokerNews Live Reporting section for all 888poker XL Blizzard live updates.

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