888poker 2017 Super XL Series Day 6: Jonathan 'chut_up' Van Fleet Wins High Roller for $87,290

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Jan 25, 2017 5 min read Last updated May 13, 2018

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On the sixth day of the 888poker 2017 Super XL Series, the fans of high roller tournaments were in for a treat; the $2,100 High Roller was on schedule for Tuesday. Besides the high roller, there were also three other events played out, so there was a lot of money at stake. Do you want to know who won the most money? Let's have a look at the results of Day 6.

Event #28 $350,000 Super XL - High Roller

After more than 10 hours of play, Jonathan "chut_up" Van Fleet won the $2,100 Event #28: $350,000 Super XL - High Roller for $87,290. The event attracted 203 players for a total prize pool of $406,000.

Some of the best online poker tournament players in the poker world registered to the event. Well-known pros like Ole "olekonjole" Schemion, Nicolas "PKaiser" Fierro and Christopher "NigDawg" Brammer had a go at the most expensive tournament of the Super XL Series, however, was unable to make a deep run.

The eventual final table was also by no means lacking household names. The No. 1 ranked online tournament player in the world, Niklas "tutten7" Astedt, was long in contention for the title, but would eventually succumb to an eighth-place finish outlasting only Britain's "LAP1215" (ninth - $8,120) on the final table.

Costa Rican player "JAB888" was next to bust in seventh place for $16,240 before former EPT winner Frederik "Poelsetyv" Jensen followed suit in sixth place good for $20,300.

Shortly after Marton "WorldIsOurs" Czuczor (fifth - $24,360) fell to the ace-jack of Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez before Romanian "glezna23" was sent to the rail in a coin flip against Van Fleet.

Even though Gonzalez knocked out Bernardo "bsdias" Dias in third place for $47,705, Van Fleet still held the chip lead as the players started heads-up play. In the very first hand, Gonzalez managed to level the playing field by doubling up with ace-seven against the pair of threes of Van Fleet, but Van Fleet took back the lead immediately and never looked back.

In the final hand, the king-seven of Van Fleet held up against the queen-jack of his opponent, and king high was enough to secure the victory and the $87,290 on top, while Gonzalez walked away with the runner-up prize of $62,930.

Event #29 $100,000 Super XL - Mini High Roller

For the players who couldn't afford to play the $2,100 High Roller, there was a Mini High Roller with a buy-in of $215. In total, 639 players registered for this tournament to create a $127,800 prize pool with a first-place prize of $20,323.90. After the elimination of Canada's "kamexxx" in third place for $12,907.80, the last two players competed for victory.

Before starting with their heads-up battle, United Kingdom's "carpediem14" and Sweden's "StorValle" agreed to a deal. While "carpediem14" secured most of the money in the deal, he wasn't able to secure the victory. He received $21,326.12 while "StorValle" was awarded $20,323.90 after defeating his opponent.

Event #30 $40,000 Super XL - Tuesday Challenge

A total of 713 players ponied up the $109 buy-in to play in Event #30 $40,000 Super XL - Tuesday Challenge to almost double the guaranteed prize pool of $40,000. In total, there was $71,300 to share between the final 90 players of this tournament. The lion's share of this prize pool, $13,368.75, went to Thailand's "not_the_same." He finished on top after almost 13 hours of play, defeating Russia's "AfraidBubble" in the deciding heads-up battle.

Event #31 $50,000 Super XL - Turbo High Roller

The final event to kick off on the sixth day of the 888poker 2017 Super XL Series was the $50,000 Super XL - Turbo High Roller. A total of 371 players bought in for the $160 entry fee to create a $55,650 prize pool.

After "IT0mmyGUNI" busted on the bubble for the final table, the tournament reached the final nine. From there, "Sinatra48" lost in ninth place for $923.79, while "Hitchsslap" went out in eight for $1,604.25. Bryan "DePittsterje" Paris (seventh - $1,808.62), "Ph4N888" (sixth - $2,365.12) and "ScratchyR" (fifth - $3,116.40) were also sent to the rail before the tournament reached the final stage.

United Kingdom's "preyondaline" finished in fourth place for $4,452, before "overthetop43" busted in third place to collect $5,843.25. With stacks short during heads-up play, the final two players, "sally_os" (first - $9,831.05) and "obvo4sal" (second - $8,778.37) agreed to a heads-up deal.

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