2018 888poker XL Blizzard

XL Blizzard Recaps
Day: 1

"Rekrutt1" Wins The $50,000 Crazy 8

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On the third day of the 888poker XL Blizzard Series, three new tournaments started. Most of the attention went out to the $50,000 Crazy 8, where the only five-figure prize of the day was won by Norwegian player "Rekrutt1". Let's take a look at this tournament and the results of the other events that played out on Saturday.


XL Blizzard #6 - $50,000 Crazy 8

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$88Jan. 20668$53,440

At 20:00 GMT, the XL Blizzard #6 - $50,000 Crazy 8 kicked off. After late registration closed, there were 465 registered players. With a total of 203 rebuys, that made for a total of 668 entries, resulting in a a total prize pool of $53,440 with $10,154 reserved for the winner. More than eight hours were played before they crowned a champion.

Eight players made the final table, securing themselves of $1,069. "ricochi_91" (eighth, $1,069), "DR_Puyol" (seventh, $1,336), "PoulPanasony" (sixth, $1,870), "PBD03" (fifth, $2,672) were eliminated in quick succession. After that, "CARRAMROD" (fourth, $4,008) and "DoobieFish" (third, $5,483) missed out on the final heads-up.

Russia's "Ksuna" battled against Norway's "Rekrutt1" and in the end, the latter mentioned defeated his opponent to be crowned as the winner. The Norwegian received the first prize of $10,154, while the runner-up had to settle for $7,482.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Rekrutt1Norway$10,154
2KsunaRussia$7,482
3DoobieFishUnited Kingdom$5,483
4CARRAMRODColombia$4,008
5PBD03Canada$2,672
6PoulPanasonyDenmark$1,870
7DR_PuyolSwitzerland$1,336
8ricochi_91Peru$1,069

XL Blizzard #7 - $15,000 Mini Crazy 8

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$8.80Jan. 202,545$20,360

For the players who couldn't afford the biggest buy-in ($88) of the day, there was a Mini edition of the Crazy 8 on the schedule. This tournament had a buy-in of $8.80 and there were 2,545 players competing for a prize pool of $20,360. Every finalist in this tournament would secure him- or herself of $204 but all eyes were on the top prize of $3,563.

That top prize went to Finland's "NeveGiveUp" after beating "bunder17" from Germany in heads-up. The German runner-up received $2,545.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1NeveGiveUpFinland$3,563
2bunder17Germany$2,545
3anper888Peru$1,971
4A25091973Russia$1,425
5BEPH9IKRussia$1,018
6Nieapamieta1Czech Republic$611
7h_k_phooeyUnited Kingdom$407
8Darlene2013Canada$204

XL Blizzard #8 - $15,000 Late Crazy 8

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$44Jan. 20445$17,800

Another winner was crowned in the XL Blizzard #8 - $15,000 Late Crazy 8. This event was played by 445 players to create a prize pool of $17,800. In the end, it was Russia's "msksevart " who won the event for $3,025 after making a heads-up deal with runner-up "Javierv10" who finished in second place for $3,027.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1msksevartRussia$3,025
2Javierv10Colombia$3,027
3KelevraJesusMalta$1,958
4xane7aMalta$1,424
5Am44ndaSweden$979
6luckypanch75Ukraine$712
7DefiMensuelSweden$534
8yrkkkLithuania$445

Today's 888poker XL Blizzard Schedule

DateTime (GMT)TournamentBuy-in
Sun 21 Jan17:30XL Blizzard #9 - $120,000 Mega Deep$215
 18:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #10 - $200,000 Tune Up$160
 6:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #11: $40,000 Mini Tune Up$12
 19:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #12 - $200,000 Whale$1,050
 9:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #13 - $20,000 Late Tune Up$55