888poker XL Blizzard: "Aco_Zeko" Wins the $30,000 DeepStack

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Feb 15, 2020 4 min read

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 #26 - $30,000 DeepStack as the highlight of the day. Let's take a look at the results.

888poker XL Blizzard #26 - $30,000 DeepStack

The XL Blizzard #26 - $30,000 DeepStack kicked off at 20:00 GMT. After late registration closed, there were 639 registered players. That resulted in a prize pool of $31,950 with $6,071 reserved for the winner. More than nine hours were played before a champion was crowned.

Nine players made the final table, securing themselves of $530. "Fedorable" (ninth, $530), "Barzy514" (eighth, $719), "Ilikepugs" (seventh, $1,038), "BigDaddy2002" (sixth, $1,358), "D3n1sk4PP" (fifth, $1,757) were eliminated in quick succession. After that, "devildog1980" (fourth, $2,492) and "TooMuchRake" (third, $3,275) missed out on the final heads-up.

Croatia's "Aco_Zeko" battled against "BhadizUlue" and the two made a deal. In the end, the Croatian won against his or her opponent to be crowned the winner. The winner received the first prize of $5,950, while the runner-up had to settle for $4,594.

888poker XLBlizzard #26 - $30,000 DeepStack Final Table Results

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888poker XL Blizzard #27 - $20,000 Mini DeepStack

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, 1,215 players did just that and 384 rebuys were made for a total of 1,599 entries.

That created a total prize pool of $23,985, getting divided over the last 153 players.

The most money was up for grabs on the final table, where every finalist got at least $264. All the attention went to the first prize of $4,141, which went to Canadian winner "sickthsense". The Canadian player defeated Slovakian "Iluzija" in the deciding heads up and saw the runner up settling for second place ($2,998).

888poker XLBlizzard #27 - $20,000 Mini DeepStack Final Table Results

888poker XL Blizzard #28 - $15,000 Late DeepStack

"1llb3b4ck" from Malta won the XL Blizzard #28 - $15,000 Late DeepStack, a tournament with a buy-in of $33. He defeated a field of 599 players, beating "Spursblood" in the final heads-up. The Ukrainian player took home the first-place prize of $3,415 and the runner-up had to settle for $2,516.

888poker XLBlizzard #28 - $15,000 Late DeepStack Final Table Results

Qualify to the XL Blizzard for Free

If you want to join in on the action but don't want to pay full price, rest assured that 888poker is running tons of qualifiers where you can play in XL Blizzard events for pennies on the dollar. In addition, 888poker is hosting two daily freerolls where you can get into two of the biggest XL Blizzard events absolutely for free.

The XL Blizzard Main Event - Qualifier takes place every day between now and Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. where the top 15 players will win a free seat valued at $250 to the XL Blizzard Main Event.

In order to play in the freerolls, you need to have an 888poker account and have made at least one real money deposit.

If you don't already have an account, we have great news for you as not only can you play in these freerolls but also get a welcome package that is hard to beat.

Simply download 888poker through PokerNews and you will instantly get an $88 bonus (£20 in the UK). This bonus doesn't require a deposit, but you will need to deposit in order to play the freerolls.

This is where we have some better news as your first deposit will be generously matched in the form of a bonus up to $888! This is more than double what most players get by downloading directly from 888poker's website.

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