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In 2017, a crack poker unit is sent to Las Vegas by an online poker site for plays they did commit.
These men and women promptly defy the odds to the make the final table. This is “The 8-Team”.

Big changes are in store for the 2017 World Series of Poker, which will once again be sponsored by 888poker.
Yesterday, WSOP officials revealed both a new television deal and the retirement of the Main Event November Nine, instead opting to play it out in July.
Following in their footsteps of big announcements, we’re happy to reveal “The 8-Team”.

We’ve managed to build five amazing teams, each from a different country and featuring a team captain, wing man, and a qualifier.
The teams – which are comprised of the UK, Germany, Canada, Brazil and Sweden – will all participate in the 2017 WSOP Main Event.
The qualifier that does the best (determined by who reaches the highest spot in the tournament out of the 5 tram qualifiers) will win a 2018 WSOP ME Package.

For more information click here.
https://www.888poker.com/magazine/888news/the-8-team-to-represent-at-2018-wsop/

https://www.888poker.com/magazine/888news/xl-inferno-day-10-recap/

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The twelfth day of the $7,500,000 XL Inferno Championships saw another 14 events come to a close.
Among the notable winners were well-known poker pros Thomas “WushuTM” Muhlocker and Steven “Kale333” van Zadelhoff.

Day #13, Knock-Out!
Friday will see 11 more events take place with buy-ins ranging from $30 up to $160.
The daily Lightning 6-Max, Breeze, Deep-stack Swordfish, and Crocodile are all on the schedule, as are two Knock-Out Events.

For full coverage from Day#12 click here.
https://www.888poker.com/magazine/888news/xl-inferno-day-12-recap/

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From May 28 through June 1, ARIA will once again play host to Poker Central’s 3rd Annual Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB), a tournament that earlier this year won “Event of the Year” at the American Poker Awards.

For the second year in a row, 888poker will not only serve as an official sponsor of the tournament, but we will see one of our own, 888poker Ambassador Dominik Nitsche, test his skills against some of the best poker players in the world.

Kara Scott, Nitsche’s fellow 888poker Ambassador and hostess of the SHRB, recently spoke to Nitsche about this year’s event.

“I’m very excited to play; it’s a lot of fun,” Nitsche told Scott. “Basically, it’s just a home game of all our friends.
Everyone knows each other. The atmosphere is probably going to be quite relaxed at first, but I can imagine it getting quite tense at the end simply because it’s a $300,000 buy-in, and that’s a lot of money.”

Click here for the interviews recap + full video.
https://www.888poker.com/magazine/ambassadors/team888s-dominik-talks-about-2017-shrb/

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Day 13 of the $7,500,000 XL Inferno Championships was comprised of 11 events, and saw Argentina’s “Dmilito22” capture his second title in two days. In addition, “PuntSonPunt” topped a tough final table to take down the Crocodile.

Day#14 – Six Max Featured on Penultimate Day

The penultimate day of the XL Inferno will see 13 events ranging in buy-ins from $30 up to $215. That includes the $215 buy-in Event #170 $40,000 Octopus, $160 buy-in Event #172 $20,000 Crocodile, and $55 buy-in Event #178 $30,000 Saturday Challenge.

For full coverage from Day#13 click here
https://www.888poker.com/magazine/888news/xl-infeno-day-13-recap/

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Day 14 of the $7,500,000 XL Inferno Championships was comprised of 13 events, sand saw Twitch superstar and 888poker Ambassador Parker “888tonkaaaa” Talbot finish third in the Breeze. In addition, Romania’s “PokerMogo” captured his second title of the series.

Day#15 – What’s in Store for the Final Day?

Sundays are always big for online poker players, but this Sunday is event bigger with the conclusion of the XL Inferno Championships. There are 17 events on tap with buy-ins ranging from $22 up to $1,050.

Of course, the highlight is the $1,050 buy-in Event #189 $1,500,000 Main Event at 18:00. At the same time, the $160 buy-in Event #190 $250,000 Mini Min Event will kick off. Two hours later the $109 buy-in Event #196 $30,000 Turbo Main gets underway, and an hour after that the final tournament of the XL Inferno – the $75 buy-in Event #197 $15,000 Super Turbo Main Event – will give players their last opportunity to capture a title.

For full coverage from Day#14 click here

https://www.888poker.com/magazine/888news/xl-infeno-day-14-recap/

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The final day of the $7,500,000 XL Inferno Championships was a record-breaking one as the $1,050 Main Event achieved the largest prize pool in 888poker history!
The XL Inferno Main Event provided a staggering $1,755,000 prize-pool!

It was a fitting way to end our most profitable, longest series to date, one that encompassed 197 events over two weeks.

Among the XL Inferno’s other achievements was last Tuesday’s highest buy-in tournament ever held on 888Poker with the $5,200 buy-in High Roller, which generated an $810,000 Prize pool and helped donating $50,000 to charity through ‘REG’.

For full coverage from Day#15 click here.
https://www.888poker.com/magazine/888news/xl-inferno-day-15-recap/

Argentina’s Cristian “progree69” Sampaoli topped a field of 110 entries to win the 2017 XL Inferno Champion of Champions for a seat into the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event.
“zinkAA” and Anton “anteen” Bertilsson both won WSOP packages.
Find out all the details in our Champion of Champions recap.

Cristian “progree69” Sampaoli Wins XL Inferno Champion of Champions
By: Chad Holloway

On Wednesday, the XL Inferno Championships, which was comprised of 197 events over 14 days, came to an end with the prestigious “Champion of Champions.”
The tournament was restricted to those who won titles during the series, and 110 of them ended up participating.

Those who finished 6th through 40th received a $55 888poker ticket, and some of the players who banked a ticket were Robin “Inho” Ylitalo (40th), “PulledPorker” (32nd), “Xandee1991” (25th), “Mindcruhers” (16th), and “PuntSonPunt” (6th).

Meanwhile, Brazilians “F1oba” and “jxangai” each received a $600 ticket for finishing in fifth and fourth place respectively.
That ensured the final three were headed to the 2017 World Series of Poker, but the only question was what events would they be playing.

For Sweden’s Anton “anteen” Bertilsson who won Event #36 $50,000 High Roller for $116,974, the answer was Event #60 $888 Crazy Eights as was awarded a side event package after finishing in third place.
Likewise, runner-up “zinkAA,” who hails from Ukraine and won Event #91 $30,000 Sunday Lightning, received a buy-in to the same tournament but also a $1,050 Main Event qualifier seat.

As for the Champion of Champions, after six hours and 21 minutes, the title went to Argentina’s Cristian “progree69” Sampaoli, who you might recall topped a field of 543 players to win the XL Inferno Event #178 $30.000 Saturday Challenge for $5,720.

Sampaoli actually got off to a quick start in the XL Inferno when he placed 24th for $538.50 in the first event.
He went on to notch seven total cashes including sixth in Event #46 $20,000 Monsoon for $1,638 and fourth in Event #57 $20,000 Crocodile for $3,687.75.
Four days later, he actually final tabled the Crocodile again, finishing eighth for $895.50.

In the live realm, the Argentinean has just four cashes totaling $15,235.
The first two came in his home country back in 2014 and 2015, with the better of the two being $8,493 for placing 11th in the 2015 Circuito Argentino de Poker Grand Final Main Event in Rosario.
In 2016, he attended the WSOP International Circuit in Punta del Este, Uruguay and cashed twice including a runner-up finish in Event #2 $400 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo for $3,450.

Not only did Sampaoli earn the bragging rights that come with being deemed the 888poker XL Inferno Champion of Champions, he was awarded a seat into the 2017 WSOP Main Event, which could potentially lead to millions of dollars.
Final Table Results
1 Cristian “progree69” Sampaoli (Argentina) WSOP ME Package
2 “zinkAA” (Ukraine) Crazy 8 Package & $1,050 ME Qualifier ticket
3 Anton “anteen” Bertilsson (Sweden) Crazy 8 WSOP Side Event Package
4 “jxangai” (Brazil) $600 ticket
5 Fábio “F1oba” Maritan (Brazil) $600 ticket
6 “PuntSonPunt” (N/A) $55 ticket
7 “mikazika986” (Moldova) $55 ticket
8 “pvss10” (Brazil) $55 ticket
9 “1LevelAbove” (Sweden) $55 ticket

The XL Inferno finished strong when the Main Event surpassed its advertised $1.5 million guarantee by creating a $1.755 million prize pool, the largest prize pool ever on 888poker.
All told, 121,000 players participated in 197 events spread over two weeks.
During that time, we put up $7.5 million in guarantees, but thanks to such a strong turnout, $11,207,274.44 in prize pools were actually up for grabs during the series.

For those looking ahead to 888poker’s next big poker series, mark your calendar for September, which is when the sky will be the limit with the XL Eclipse Championship. Then, in January 2018, there will be no time to chill as we’ll be hosting our XL Blizzard Championship.

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Once again, we at 888poker are changing the game!

Last year, we introduced BLAST events, which are super-turbo Texas hold’em sit and goes played four-handed.
Traditionally our BLAST events have lasted 5 minutes, but now we’re introducing Fast BLAST tournaments where the timer runs out after just 2 minutes!

This means you could play approximately 15 (!) games in the same amount of time it’d take you to do the dishes.
It’s the perfect option for those players who feel the need for speed!

Check out what you can do in 2 min or even less + additional information here.
https://www.888poker.com/magazine/888news/888poker-fast-blast/

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For the third year in a row, we are returning as an official sponsor of the World Series of Poker.
As the only site offering WSOP satellites to players around the world, we decided to help out and review for you all the ways in which you can win your way to Las Vegas via 888poker.

For more information click here.
https://www.888poker.com/magazine/888news/how-to-win-your-way-to-las-vegas/

888poker takes the World Series of Poker circuit to Argentina for
the first time ever
888poker is heading to the spectacular Casino Iguazú, located by the world famous
Iguazú Falls. The unique Series will be held from August 2
nd – 8
th with 888poker as
official WSOPC sponsors for the second consecutive year. This comes as part of
888poker’s ongoing partnership with the WSOP brand, following three years as exclusive
sponsors of the WSOP Las Vegas.
This is the first time that the WSOP Circuit has been held in Argentina. Further
tournaments around South America are due to be announced in the coming weeks.
Players will have the opportunity to play for huge prizes and take home one of six
coveted WSOPC Champion rings.
The event will include a number of Tournaments including the Crazy Eights Side Event
and the prestigious Main Event.
“888poker is delighted to have renewed our WSOPC sponsorship for the second year
running, as part of our ongoing mission to expand 888poker’s presence in the SouthAmerican
market,” said Senior Vice President & Head of B2C at 888 Holdings, Itai
Pazner.
“This renewed partnership is testament to our increasingly dominant position in the
industry and our commitment to making live poker accessible and affordable to as many
players possible, the world over. We are very excited and proud to be bringing the most
popular poker series in the world to the renowned Casino Iguazú, one of the most
acclaimed casinos in South America.
This is an amazing opportunity to be part of the world’s biggest and most prestigious live
tournament, from as little as 1¢. I wish all our players the best of luck!”
“The first ever WSOP circuit in Argentina is the latest development for the Series.” WSOP
Executive Director, Ty Stewart commented; “The WSOP Circuit continues to expand
throughout the world and we are thrilled to reach South America with this exciting event in Argentina. We are optimistic the event will be well supported and we can continue to host
bigger and better events each year”.
Ferando Bianchi, the Marketing Director at Casino Iguazu added; “Iguazu Casino provides a
spectacular location for the first ever WSOP Circuit Event in Argentina. Located just minutes
away from the Iguazu falls, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the famous casino will
be organizing the event along with 888poker.
With a tropical environment where visitors are welcomed with warm temperatures
throughout the year, Casino Iguazu has been one of the most well-known entertainment
centers in South America for more than twenty years. Widely acknowledged as one of the
leaders of amusement and sophistication at an international level, the luxury facilities are
already in motion to welcome players who will battle for this chapter of the most important
Poker Series of the planet”.

Welcome to 888poker’s Weekly Deal, with all the best news, results and insights from the past week.

THIS WEEK: June 11th 2017

888poker ambassador Sofia “sofialovgren” Lovgren was just shy of capturing our special edition of The Whale, taking 2nd place at 888poker’s biggest Sunday tournament. This amazing accomplishment granted Sofia with close to $27,000!
WP Sofia!
Ukraine’s “Sambist1990” was one of 888poker’s biggest winners, winning this week’s Mega-Deep for a staggering $20,000, an incredible return on a $215 investment.
530 players signed up for the $100,000 GTD. tournament, each paying $215 for the chance of winning BIG in 888poker’s Mega-deep.

Within the top 20, we saw familiar faces such as German’s “bossamitsch1” and Canada’s “PulledPorker”, but it was players from the Ukraine and UK who finished up top.
Our top 2 bagged together close to $35,000!

The special edition of the Whale (with a $1,050 entry and new structure) provided some intense action with 121 players participating in the high-stakes tourney.

We saw our 888poker ambassador Sofia Lovgren managing to get a strong opening to her upcoming Vegas run, finishing 2nd and cashing out with almost $27,000.
It was Swiss player “fishermen90” who finished as this week’s top dog after taking home a whopping $38,640!
Sunday Crocodile

Sweden came out on top, once again!
After repetitive strong finishes by Swede players in 888poker’s Crocodile, we saw “KURDEdersim” continue this blue and yellow heater finishing up top.

It was just one month ago when we saw him making the top 3 at the same tourney, WP!
Sunday Lightning 6-Max

174 players, who made 91 rebuys, entered the rapid 6-max tournament.
At 6th place we saw Russia’s online poker pro “MAMOHT_T”.

When the dust settled, it was Croatia’s “Karabaja7” who managed to stand strong and capture 1st place alongside a worthy $6,360.
Sunday Challenge 1R

After close to 11 hours of play we saw “Benettinho” manage to overcome this Sunday’s Challenge.
He went up against 544 players, who made a total of 755 entries (each worth $90) to take home 1st place and $12,000!
Turbo & Mini Mega Deep

In one of 888poker’s closing tourneys for Sunday, The Turbo Mega-deep,
we saw Austria’s “Oduvanchik15” taking the fast-paced poker tourney for a solid $9,589!

The Mini Mega-Deep ended the Sunday strong for our Brazilians with four (!) Brazilian players making it to our top 10!

At the end we saw 2 of those Brazilians- “raphaelvgc” and “vonBaranow” make it to the top 2 and closing on a deal to split the wealth, each cashing in for over $5,500!

The duo managed to sweep this amazing amount for a mere $22 investment.
What to watch out for this week:
This past week alone we granted 300 players 2,000 Golden Tokens EACH in our BIG Golden Pyramid promotion!

You can expect much more action in the coming week.
Click here to read more.
https://www.888poker.com/poker-promotions/golden-pyramid/promo/

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Tournaments starting with a $25,000 buy-in are increasing in popularity - and with them a new hierarchy of stars, the likes of which we haven't seen since the heady days of televised high stakes cash games.

Lee Davy and 888poker collected data from a decade of high-rollers, running from January 2017 to December 2016.

There have been 238 tournaments globally with buy-ins of $25,000 or higher between the data points described, averaging 24 events per year.
But the increase in events has risen dramatically in the past two years, with an average of 62 events per year, an 88% increase since Jan 2007.

For the full article click here.
https://www.888poker.com/magazine/poker-world/high-rollers-a-decade-of-poker-at-the-highest-stakes/

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On Friday night, the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada was rocking as 888poker Ambassador Chris Moorman, the most decorated tournament player in online poker history, won his first WSOP Gold Bracelet.

The win brought Moorman’s lifetime live earnings up to more than $5.1 million, although that doesn’t take into account over $14M he’s won playing online.

After years of success at the WSOP, all of us here at 888poker were thrilled to see Chris grasp that coveted Gold Bracelet at last.
Well done sir!

For more information click here.
https://www.888poker.com/magazine/888news/chris-moorman-wins-first-world-series-of-poker-gold-bracelet/

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The 888poker-sponsored 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is nearing the halfway point, and it won’t be long until the $10,000 buy-in Main Event is upon us.
We previously announced our “The 8-Team” promotion, which will see five different teams compete in the WSOP Main Event.

Each team, which is comprised of a captain, wingman, and a qualifier, represents a different country -- UK, Germany, Canada, Brazil and Sweden.
Whichever qualifier who performs the best, meaning whoever goes deepest in the tournament, will not only win a $12,500-prize package into the 2018 WSOP ME, but also the pride that comes with representing their country on a world-wide stage.

Captains and wingmen, who will serve as advisors for the qualifiers, have been revealed, and you can read more about them here.
The online qualifiers for each team will be determined by June 27th.
https://www.888poker.com/magazine/888news/888poker-the-8team-competition/

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Online Poker Giant introduces Shot Clock to 888Live Festivals
888poker has announced that it will implement a Shot Clock during its 888Live Festivals, starting with its upcoming 888Live London Festival at Aspers Casino, running October 4th -16th.
The online poker room is extremely excited to launch the game changing feature, which is due to be included in future 888Live events.

The introduction of the Shot Clock is in line with 888poker’s new strategy and tagline to ‘take back the game’ for its players, as it prevents the ‘buzzkill’ of slow waiting times and encourages a more fast paced and exciting game environment.
To start with, the Shot Clock will be implemented in two events during the London Festival – the Main Event and the High Roller Event.

SVP Head of B2C at 888Holdings, Itai Pazner, spoke enthusiastically about the bold new feature:
“We believe that implementing Shot Clocks in our 888Live Festivals, is one more step towards us improving our games through cutting waiting times and creating a more even-handed poker experience.”

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For poker players around the world, there’s no higher honor than winning the World Series of Poker Main Event.
As the official sponsor of the 2017 WSOP, we thought it'd be worthwhile to take a look at stories from past winners and ask– where are they now?

Check out some of the WSOP greats since 1970 here.
https://www.888poker.com/magazine/live-events/where-are-the-former-main-event-champs/

PLUS, 888poker is giving its players the chance to go to the WSOP Main Event for just $2 in 6 minutes!
The Promotion will end this upcoming Sunday, June 25th ,at 14:00pm GMT.

Welcome to 888poker’s Weekly Deal, with all the best news, results and insights from the past week.

THIS WEEK: June 25th 2017

Russia’s “EvnomiYa” wins over $35,000 at 888poker’s The Whale.

Parker “888tonkaaaa” Talbot makes a top 3 appearance at the Sunday Challenge.

Ukraine’s “YsoSerious7” and Argentina’s “Dejavu.turn” were 2 of of 888poker’s biggest winners, chopping this week’s Mega-Deep for $17,884 & $15,115,
an incredible return for both on a $215 investment.
The Whale & Mega-Deep

441 players signed up for the $100,000 GTD. Mega-deep tournament, each paying $215 for the chance of winning BIG.

Within the top 20, we saw familiar faces such as Brazil’s “keybr” and Argentina’s “sonmonedass” not managing to make it to the top 8 and leaving the spot for “YsoSerious7” and “Dejavu.turn” to claim the massive 1st and 2nd place prizes.

The special edition of the Whale continues to be extremely successful at providing us with unbelievable action, with 107 players participating and rebuying 34 times, in 888poker’s high-stakes Sunday tourney.

We saw 4 (!) Swedes making it to the top 11 but it was Russia’s “EvnomiYa” who managed to prevail claiming 1st place for a staggering $35,250!
Sunday Crocodile

The mini High-stakes tourney provided great action poker. It took “Satchless” 8 hours and 45 minutes to beat 196 players to claim 1st place and an incredible $6,450.

“Satchless” managed to overcome UK’s “HinduKrush”, one of the most interesting players at 888poker with 2 previous wins in the same tournament, this time settling in for 5th place.
Sunday Breeze

446 players opened their Sunday with a Breeze, joining the $55 dollar entry tourney.
3 tough German players made it to the final table, but only 1 of them managed to take the 1st place prize.

It was “Kalle1968” who managed to secure 1st place and a breezy Sunday!
Sunday Challenge 1R

After close to 11 hours of play we saw “iBustYa888” manage to overcome this Sunday’s Challenge.
He went up against 470 players, who made a total of 656 entries (each worth $90) to take home 1st place and $12,000!

Our very own 888poker ambassador Parker “888tonkaaaa” Tallbot made a very impressive run, finishing at a very respectable 3rd place. WP Tonka!!
Turbo & Mini Mega Deep

In one of 888poker’s closing tourneys for Sunday, The Turbo Mega-deep,
we saw Denmark’s “Burgerfrans” taking the fast-paced poker tourney for a solid $8,600!

The Mini Mega-Deep saw a familiar face in 9th place, as Ukraine’s “YSoSerious7” unbelievably made it to both the Mega-Deep and the Mini Mega-Deep final tables.

At the end we saw “GDigital14” and “tim” make it to the top 2 and closing on a deal to split the wealth, each cashing in for over $5,000!

The duo managed to sweep this amazing amount for a mere $22 buy-in.
What to watch out for:

Stay tuned for 888poker’s ChampionChips, our official new Micro Series where you could play to win a share of $150,000 and a place in our ChampionChips Winner’s Gallery!
Look out for our Free ChampionChips Qualifier Tourneys,
running between 15/7/2017 - 22/7/2017 at 12:05, 18:05 and 12:05 GMT.

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