"RKOoutofNWHR" Wins The $200,000 Tune Up After Heads-Up Deal
After almost 13 hours of play, XL Blizzard #10 - $200,000 Tune Up, finally crowned a winner. It was "RKOoutofNWHR" from Germany who claimed the first place prize of $35,591 after defeating fellow countryman "Stiffler29" in heads-up play.
The event had 1,027 players register with 352 rebuys for a total of 1,379 total entries. They created a prize pool of $206,850 with 135 places getting paid. It was "Fackedelic" from Austria that finished on the bubble and was unable to break into the money.
After more than 10 hours of play, the tournament dwindled down to nine players which made up the official final table. In one of the first hands, "gtavares" finished in 9th place ($2,482). After that, it took a while before "Gusalagupagu" lost his stack with pocket kings against chip leader "RKOoutofNWHR" to end in eighth place. "BtM4Ever" (seventh, $6,206) and "Avskedad" (sixth, $8,274) followed in quick succession to get down to five players.
With five players left, "VisionLikeN." was all in for his last fifteen big blinds with two red nines. Behind him, "RKOoutofNWHR" found pocket queens and made the easy call. The queens were still good after five cards, which meant that "VisionLikeN." finished in fifth place for $8,274. Niklas "tutten7" Astedt and "Allindgaard" were the shortest stacks with four players left. They got their money in with king-queen against nines and the Swede turned a queen to bust the Danish player in fourth place for $14,893.
Niklas "tutten7" Astedt then lost a few pots in a row and was down to fifteen big blinds. He went all in from the small blind with 
and received a call from "RKOoutofNWHR" in the big blind with 
. The board came 
and Astedt finished in third place for $19,858.
The two German players made a deal before the heads-up started. After both agreeing to the numbers, they decided to flip for the XL title and $4,000 extra. After several flips, it was "RKOoutofNWHR" who won the XL Blizzard title and the first prize of $35,591. The German defeated fellow countryman "Stiffler29", who took a prize of $28,181 after a heads-up deal.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RKOoutofNWHR | Germany | $35,591 |
| 2 | Stiffler29 | Germany | $28,181 |
| 3 | Niklas "tutten7" Astedt | Sweden | $19,858 |
| 4 | Allindgaard | Denmark | $14,893 |
| 5 | VisionLikeN. | Germany | $10,343 |
| 6 | Avskedad | Sweden | $8,274 |
| 7 | BtM4Ever | Argentina | $6,206 |
| 8 | Gusalagupagu | Romania | $3,137 |
| 9 | gtavares10 | Brazil | $2,482 |