888poker Festival Highlights
Alien_Army Wins Almost $300,000
The inaugural 888poker XL Inferno Main Event, back in 2017, saw some impressive prizes awarded, including a pair of $200,000+ prizes in the $1,050 buy-in Main Event.
A field of 1,755 players competed for the title of champion, which eventually fell at the feet of Austria’s "Alien_Army" who walked away with $291,007. The Austrian defeated "stevachenko7" of the Czech Republic, who netted $226,717.
Two other finalists walked away with six figure prizes. Third-place finisher "sngguru" collected $166,549 while "sweet_dr34ms" helped themselves to a $119,340 prize.
| Position | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|
| 1 | Alien_Army | Austria | $291,007.27 |
| 2 | stevachenko7 | Czech Republic | $226,717.73 |
| 3 | sngguru | Slovakia | $166,549.50 |
| 4 | sweet_dr34ms | Russia | $119,340 |
| 5 | PacoMonon | United Kingdom | $86,872.50 |
| 6 | Fukuruku | Ukraine | $69,322.50 |
| 7 | Ibeturaise2x | Lithuania | $51,772.50 |
| 8 | p000cket000 | Canada | $34,222.50 |
| 9 | beebsterizer | Canada | $18,954 |
There were similar prizes awarded in the 2018 XL Inferno Main Event with "JohnFoot" of the United Kingdom finding themselves $209,779 richer after outlasting a field of 1,159 to become the tournament’s champion.
JohnFoot defeated "wellyxx" of Finland heads-up; the Finn won a $150,670 consolation prize. Third place finisher "Lamcumir" of Latvia turned his $1,050 into $113,003, while the rest of the final table won between $14,835 and $84,607.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|
| 1 | JohnFoot | United Kingdom | $209,779 |
| 2 | wellyxx | Finland | $150,670 |
| 3 | Kamcumir | Latvia | $113,003 |
| 4 | Ingenious89 | Finland | $84,607 |
| 5 | m0zga4 | Russia | $59,689 |
| 6 | que_te_crio | United Kingdom | $48,099 |
| 7 | mr.salgado | Brazil | $36,509 |
| 8 | ekziter1 | Belarus | $25,614 |
| 9 | Kharmuta | Romania | $14,835 |
Other big winners during 888poker festivals include "ribaech15" who triumphed in the $500,000 guaranteed XL Blizzard Main Event for $84,450, and 888poker ambassador Dominik Nitsche who won the $1 million guaranteed 888Millions SuperStorm Main Event for $121,146, both in 2020.
More recently, in August 2021, "kuzya174" took down the ChampionChip Main Event for a cool $60,000.
