888poker XL Blizzard: "CabecaTilt" Wins $100,000 Tune Up

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Feb 10, 2020 5 min read

On the fourth day of the 888poker XL Blizzard Series, four new tournaments were on the schedule. Most of the attention was on the $100,000 Tune Up, where some great prizes were paid out to the players. Let's take a look at who was crowned the winner in this event and the results of the other events that played out on Sunday.

888poker XL Blizzard #10 - $100,000 Tune Up

Event #10 of the XL Blizzard series had a 1,176-entry field and it was completed after more than ten hours of play. Brazil's CabecaTilt was the player who emerged victorious in the end, after a three-way deal and earned $19,092.

This is the biggest cash of CabecaTilt's career on 888poker, and his first five-digit score on the site. The Brazilian player managed to stay in the middle of the pack during the final table and found a nice run near the end to win the event.

When play was left three-handed, they decided along with kukadjampa and cosmiNik split the prize pool according to their chips, with CabecaTilt winning the biggest part of the remaining money.

Final Table Results

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Final Table Action

The first elimination of the final table was deeman1823, who called with a pair of fives after MurningB4n shoved with nine-ten on a nine-seven-three flop, and he didn't manage to find any help on the turn or the river.

Eight-handed play lasted more than an hour with the players being mostly cautious and trying to ladder up. After a couple of double-ups, it was bsdias who busted after a three-way all-in, where he was holding eights against CabecaTilt's aces and cosmiNik's nines. CabecaTilt put his name in the list as a serious contender after tripling up in this hand, while cosmiNik was the one who actually busted bsdias, winning a smaller side pot.

After this hand, the eliminations came in a rapid fashion with carmen.1957, proker29, and yaewn losing their stacks in a ten-minute period.

MurningB4n was the leader at the beginning of the final table, and for large parts of it, but eventually was the player who was eliminated in fourth place, bringing the action to three-handed play. In his last hand, he open-shoved with a pair of sixes to get called by kukadjamba's pair of jacks, which held on the board to send MurningB4n to the rail.

The three-handed play started with a deal after the three remaining players decided to split the pot, and CabecaTile was the eventual winner of the event.

888poker XL Blizzard #11 - $50,000 Mini Tune Up

For the players who couldn't afford the bigger buy-in ($160), there was a Mini edition of the Tune Up on the schedule. This tournament had a buy-in of just $16.50, and there were 4,318 players competing for a prize pool of $64,7700. The final table saw all nine finalists in this tournament securing themselves of $583 while the top prize was $9,651.

The final two players of this event made a deal and it was "flexPI" who won the title and a prize of $8,840. "bober1804" from Mexico finished in second place for $7,873.

888poker XL Blizzard #11 - $50,000 Mini Tune Up Final Table Results

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888poker XL Blizzard #12 - $10,000 Micro Tune Up

Also, for those who thought $16.50 for the Mini Tune Up was a little too much, 888 had the Micro Tune Up in store, asking just $5.50 to enter. A massive turnout of 3,081 players resulted in a sizable prize pool worth $15,405. The win would go to Ukraine as "MerzavecKV" won the heads up battle after beating "gizmemimonaa" in the final heads up. The Ukrainian received $2,044 while the runner-up settled for $1,948.

888poker XL Blizzard #12 - $10,000 Micro Tune Up Final Table Results

888poker XL Blizzard #13 - $20,000 Late Tune Up

The late edition of the Tune Up saw a field of 579 compete for a share of the $28,950 prize pool. "ISmellToast" from Canada took the top spot and won the biggest prize of $5,501. Runner-up "Yakawin123" from Malta had to settle for second place and a prize of $4,053.

888poker XL Blizzard #13 - $20,000 Late Tune Up 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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