On Saturday, there were another 13 events on the schedule of the 888poker XL Eclipse Series. The highlight of the day was the 86th event of the series, the $88,000 Crazy 8. Let's see who took down this beautiful event and which players were crowned as winners in other events on Day 7.
XL Eclipse #80 - $50,000 Octopus
One of the biggest winners on Day 7 of the XL Eclipse Series came from the XL Eclipse #80 - $50,000 Octopus. In this event, 888poker Ambassador Chris "Moorman888" Moorman made the final table and ended in third place for $9,039. After that, "FlatTopTony" lost the deciding heads-up against "1LevelAbove".
The winner received $15,917 while the runner-up got a prize of $12,183.
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize pool
$215
September 16
229
$78,600
Place
Player
County
Prize
1
1LevelAbove
Sweden
$15,917
2
FlatTopTony
Canada
$12,183
3
Chris "Moorman888" Moorman
United Kingdom
$9,039
4
weltmashchine
Germany
$6,681
5
folderknecht
Germany
$4,323
6
olekonjole
Germany
$3,537
7
ckb4714
United Kingdom
$2,751
8
pullztrigger
Belarus
$2,162
XL Eclipse #86 - $88,000 Crazy 8
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize pool
$88
September 16
610
$88,000
At 8 p.m. GMT, 610 players registered for the XL Eclipse #86 - $88,000 Crazy 8. In total, 415 players used their option to rebuy to create a total prize pool of $88,000. For the winner, there was a prize waiting of $16,456!
Every finalist was guaranteed $1,346 and the tournament reached that stage after "Dmilito22" busted in ninth place for $1,100. On the final table, "lasochobi" and "3xcitedd" left in quick succession finishing in eighth ($1,346) and seventh ($1,936) place. After that, "AriAbba" from Argentina finished in sixth place for $3,080, while "don.ronald" ended up in fifth place for $4,400.
"fineblind" from United Kingdom then busted in fourth place ($6,600) and Russia's "_Bad_Beat_" also missed out on the heads-up when he went out in third place for $8,888. The final two players were guaranteed a five-figure score, guaranteeing themselves $12,100. This was the prize for runner-up "OverTheTop43" who couldn't defeat Switzerland's "_Lord_Xenu" who was crowned as a winner and received the first prize of $16,456.
Place
Player
County
Prize
1
_Lord_Xenu
Switzerland
$16,456
2
OverTheTop43
Germany
$12,100
3
_Bad_Beat_
Russia
$8,888
4
fineblend
United Kingdom
$6,600
5
don.ronald
Malta
$4,400
6
AriAbba
Argentina
$3,080
7
3xcitedd
Canada
$1,936
8
lasochobi
Argentina
$1,346
XL Eclipse #87 - $20,000 Mini Crazy 8
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize pool
$8.80
September 16
1,666
$21,608
The Mini edition of the Crazy 8, with a buy-in of $8.80, attracted 1,666 players and a total prize pool of $21,608. The lion's share of this money went to Brazil's "caci53", he received a prize of $3,781.
Place
Player
County
Prize
1
caci53
Brazil
$3,781
2
Speil13
Russia
$2,701
3
si1entb0b
Russia
$2,092
4
lyntoot
Latvia
$1,513
5
bycon
Belarus
$1,080
6
SanyaKalach
Russia
$648
7
Metallist9W
Ukraine
$432
8
FISH_MONGER1
United Kingdom
$216
XL Eclipse #88 - $25,000 Saturday Challenge
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize pool
$55
September 16
436
$30,350
Place
Player
County
Prize
1
Habilidade0
Brazil
$5,767
2
POCKERKING87
Malta
$4,249
3
2Sm00th
United Kingdom
$3,111
4
Raise1In.
Lithuania
$2,367
5
Agsur_Seni
Malta
$1,669
6
Cavalito_
Brazil
$1,290
7
HellChicKKen
Belarus
$986
8
Chiphazard11
Ireland
$683
9
Magnf1cious
Lithuania
$504
XL Eclipse #89 - $15,000 Tornado
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize pool
$109
September 16
114
$16,100
In the $15,000 Tornado, 114 players competed for a total prize pool of $16,100. Argentina's "progree69" secured himself of the victory and the first prize of $4,025. "chazbombes" ended up in second place and received $2,737.