XL Eclipse Day 7: Ukraine's "tapatashi" Wins $50,000 8-Max

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Sep 20, 2018 3 min read

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On the sixth day of the 888poker XL Eclipse Series, three new tournaments were on the schedule. Most money was up for grabs in the $50,000 8-Max, where the winner could take home over $9,000 in prize money.

XL Eclipse #19 - $50,000 8-Max

At 8 p.m. GMT, the XL Eclipse #19 - $50,000 8-Max started with each player receiving a massive 15,000 starting stack. After the late registration closed, there were 516 players. That made for a prize pool of $51,600, with a first-place prize of $9,933.

The XL Eclipse #19 - $50,000 8-Max started with a massive 15,000 starting stack

After several hours, the tournament reached the final table. "uR4iseM3Up" and "andrey59" busted in eighth and seventh place, receiving $1,161 and $1,419 respectively.

"cuadrado12" from Sweden finished in sixth place for $1,935 and "chainsawfish" got $2,709 for his or her fifth place. Malta's Steven "Kale333" van Zadelhoff received $3,999 after busting in fourth place and Russian "nyagaaan" ended up in third place for $6,706.

The final heads-up between "BL1NDRAZOR" and "tapatashi" wasn't played before making a deal. The runner-up, "BL1NDRAZOR", had to settle for $7,796 while the Ukrainian winner received $8,331.

XL Eclipse #20 - $15,000 Mini 8-Max

For the players who couldn't afford the bigger buy-in ($109), there was a Mini edition of the Mini 8-Max on the schedule. This tournament had a buy-in of just $12, and there were 1,479 players competing for a prize pool of $16,121. The final table was top heavy with all eight finalists in this tournament securing themselves of $245 while the top prize was $2,972.

The Brazilian players dominated this event, with the top five players all coming from Brazil. In the end, "dAAnilo_69" won the event after defeating fellow countryman "DaDinheiroEA" in the deciding heads-up. The winner received $2,972 while the second place finisher got $2,096 for his deep run.

XL Eclipse #21 - $15,000 Late 8-Max

A late winner was crowned in the XL Exclipse #21 - $15,000 Late 8-Max. This event attracted 556 players to create a prize pool of $16,680. In the end, it was Mexico's "HolyMoly15" who won the event for $3,169 after defeating runner-up "ShrekRaiseAI" who finished in second place for $2,335.

2018 XL Eclipse Schedule

Bonus Offerings

Players can participate in free qualifiers or earn XL Eclipse entries through a number of satellites, which start at just $0.01. Free Eclipse Main Event qualifiers are running daily at 9 p.m. GMT with the top three players winning $1,050 seats, while 30 $12 seats into the Eclipse Mini Tune Up are awarded in free qualifiers that begin at 5 p.m. GMT daily.

Not only that, but 888poker is offering bonuses to players who can make their way to the winner��s circle on more than one occasion, and for those who can consistently run deep during the series. Bonuses for multiple wins are available as follows:

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