888poker XL Blizzard: "concepteco" Wins $30,000 DeepStacks After 5-Way Deal

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888poker XL Blizzard: "concepteco" Wins $30,000 DeepStacks After 5-Way Deal

On the ninth day of the XL Blizzard Series on 888poker, players enjoyed an action-packed schedule.

In total, three tournaments started with the XL Blizzard #25 - $30,000 DeepStack as the highlight of the day. Let's take a look at the results.


888poker XL Blizzard #25 - $30,000 DeepStack

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$55April 12461$30,900

After over nine hours of play, the XL Blizzard #25 - $30,000 DeepStack crowned a winner. "concepteco" from Romania claimed the first-place prize of $4,361 after defeating "simoneblondi " in heads-up play. Before that all went down, the final five players made a deal.

The event had 461 players register with 157 rebuys for a total of 618 entries. They created a prize pool of $30,900 with 63 places getting paid. "ladyCharm77" from Russia finished on the bubble and was the last player unable to break into the money.

After several hours of play, the tournament dwindled down to nine players who made for the official final table. In quick succession, the tournament lost "Crazyboollet" (ninth, $513), "josetecrazy" (eight, $695) and "tinchoarce" (seventh, $1,004).

With six players left, the tension rose. The Russian finalist "Maedhros11" couldn't stand the heat and finished in sixth place for $1,313.

A deal was agreed upon and Maedhros11's countryman "Roma3Pari" exited not long after, settling for fifth place and a prize of $2,669. The last player from the United Kingdom, "1PPeneus1" finished in fourth place for $3,127.

The remaining three players were all guaranteed at least $3,142, and that prize went to Russia's "Oddy772" for his or her third-place finish. In the end, Romania's "concepteco " got the victory and the first prize of $4,361. Runner-up "simoneblondi" just missed the title and had to settle for second place ($4,176).

888poker XL Blizzard #25 - $30,000 DeepStack Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1conceptecoRomania$4,361*
2simoneblondiDenmark$4,176*
3Oddy772Russia$3,142*
41PPeneus1United Kingdom$3,127*
5Roma3PariRussia$2,669*
6Maedhros11Russia$1,313
7tinchoarceArgentina$1,004
8josetecrazyUnited Kingdom$695
9CrazyboolletRussia$513

* Part of a 5-way deal


888poker XL Blizzard #26 - $20,000 Mini DeepStack

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$16.50April 121,281$25,575

As is the case every day during 888poker's XL Blizzard Series, there was also a Mini edition of the DeepStack on the schedule. To compete in this tournament, players had to pay $16.50. In total, 1,281 players did just that and 424 rebuys were made for a total of 1,705 entries.

That created a total prize pool of $25,575, getting divided over the last 162 players.

The most money was up for grabs on the final table, where every finalist got at least $275. All the attention went to the first prize of $4,348, which went to Romania's winner "cretzzuu93". The Romanian player defeated Russian "Limonad19" in the deciding heads up and saw the runner up settling for second place ($3,197).

888poker XL Blizzard #26 - $20,000 Mini DeepStack Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1cretzzuu93Romania$4,348
2Limonad19Russia$3,197
3LittleFlyingBrazil$2,427
4GodtheGr8Canada$1,739
5trh16United Kingdom$1,266
6Alrighty2222 $1,010
7GvazimodRussia$754
8nikedexterRomania$499
9216ben216Belarus$276

888poker XL Blizzard #27 - $10,000 Late DeepStack

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$33April 12421$15,930

888poker XL Blizzard #27 - $10,000 Late DeepStack Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
11loveriversGermany$2,842
2vips25Slovakia$2,485
3tgrigolettiBrazil$1,673
4MttRavenDenmark$1,274
5ErikOttoLSweden$892
6WAY2EZ.United Kingdom$677
7shag72United Kingdom$518
8MotherpuckerNew Zealand$358
9ole_schemionMalta$264

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.

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
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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