Francisco "chiconogue" Nogueira Wins the 888poker XL Eclipse $500,000 Main Event

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Sep 23, 2019 4 min read Last updated Feb 17, 2020

After nearly fourteen hours of play, Brazil's Francisco "chiconogue" Nogueira won the XL Eclipse #32 - $500,000 Main Event at 888poker for $57,826. Third place finisher "si1entb0b" from Russia walked away with the biggest prize of $61,622 thanks to a four-way deal.

The event was a success with the guarantee reached thanks to the 1,647 entrants and 517 reentries generating a $508,540 prize pool. A total of 207 players cashed for at least a min cash of $559.

888poker XL Eclipse Final Table Payouts

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Moorman Leads the 888poker Ambassadors

A total of five 888poker Ambassadors entered the Main Event. Sofia "sofialovgren" Lovgren bowed out before the five-hour late registration period closed. Fellow Ambassadors Dominik "888Dominik" Nitsche, Ana "AnaMarquez" Marquez, and 2014 WSOP Main Event Champion Martin "MJacobson888" Jacobson were all ousted within the first blind level after late registration ended.

Meanwhile, 888poker Ambassador Chris "888Moorman" Moorman was in for the maximum of four bullets and needed 90th place or better to book a profit. He did precisely that; taking 90th place ($1,017) for a $17 profit after his king-queen couldn't get there against the ace-queen held by United Kingdom's "GusKi14."

888poker XL Eclipse Final Table Action

The final table began more than twelve and a half hours into the tournament after "Grafgreif" was eliminated in tenth place for $4,272. Russia's "si1entb0b" was in the lead to start the final table action.

Russia's "ShowMustGo0n" (ninth - $5,492) was eliminated soon after the last table began after their jack-nine couldn't get there against the ace-jack held by their countrymate "Lucky_Frutti."

Nogueira was able to then snag the chip lead after his aces held firm against the nines held by Germany's "midein." Not too much later, "midein" lost the rest of their chips to Nogueira to hit the rail in eighth place for $9,662 after their nine-seven suited was no match to ace-four suited.

"si1entb0b" was able to grab the chip lead back before Canada's "RedPantRed" eliminated Germany's "Matthew451" in seventh place for $14,493. "Matthew451" jammed the flop with a flush draw holding queen-three suited but didn't complete it against the kings held by their opponent.

Brazil's Felipe "mr.salgado" Salgado then hit the rail in sixth place for $19,325 after his king-five couldn't improve against the ace-six suited held by Germany's "amaze1."

"RedPantRed" (fifth - $24,156) lost a big flip with jacks to the ace-queen held by Russia's "Lucky_Frutti." Shortly after this hand, the remaining four players agreed to a deal with money left to play.

"Lucky_Frutti" was in second place when the deal was made, but they were the next to go in fourth place for $57,661. He or she called off a jam with top pair on the flop holding king-ten and didn't improve against Nogueira's pocket aces.

"si1entb0b" had the chip lead when the deal was made and was able to secure the most money in the tournament. However, they bowed out in third place for $61,622 when their ace-deuce suited didn't outshine Nogueira's big slick.

Nogueira entered heads-up play with a more than four-to-one chip lead against "amaze1." That chip lead was extended even further to an almost twelve-to-one lead when the final hand took place. "amaze1" (second - $49,751) called a jam for more than eight big blinds with eight-seven suited and wasn't able to get a double-up against their opponent's jack-nine suited.

On the final day of the XL Eclipse Series on 888poker, players could compete in two other tournaments. Let's take a look at the results of those events.

888poker XL Eclipse #33: $50,000 Mini Main Event

888poker XL Eclipse #33: $50,000 Mini Main Event Final Table Results

888poker XL Eclipse #34: $15,000 Micro Main Event

The smallest of the events to start on the last day of the 888poker XL Eclipse Series, had a buy-in of just $5.50. The $15,000 888poker guaranteed was easily surpassed as a massive turnout of 3,573 gathered to create a prize pool of $17,865.

"k29mario" from Belarus, who already finished third in the Mini Main Event, took down the event for $2,664 after defeating Brazil's "guga3355" in the deciding heads-up. The runner-up had to settle for $1,947.

888poker XL Eclipse #34: $15,000 Micro Main Event Final Table Results

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