Saturday’s 888poker XL Blizzard action was centered around the Crazy 8 events with three events under that format. Two of the three events ended in a deal, but one Canadian player wanted no part of that on his way to an outright victory.

Event #6 – $30,000 Crazy 8 ($88 buy-in)

269 entries, $30,000 prize pool
Canadian ‘dujoe123‘ outlasted 268 other players to pick up $5,850 and the title. UK-based ‘Lunatikas7‘ finished second for $4,350 while Russian ‘sherblemon‘ wound up third for $3,300.

The tournament attracted just 269 entries, which created an $8,480 overlay.

Final Table Payouts

1. dujoe123 – $5,850
2. Lunatikas7 – $4,350
3. sherblemon – $3,300
4. vadovauju – $2,400
5. Underlay1 – $1,650
6. modmod87 – $1,200
7. okokok1893 – $900
8. Blizzard5150 – $750

Event #7 – $10,000 Mini Crazy 8 ($8.80 buy-in)

1,105 entries, $12,504 prize pool

The final two players in Event #7 came to terms on a deal almost as soon as ‘FadeJanices’ bowed out in third place. British grinder ‘flipsticks‘ earned $2,317.48 and the title while Romanian ‘LHadar‘ earned $1,585.49.

Final Table Payouts

1. flipsticks – $2,317.48*
2. LHadar – $1,585.49*
3. FedeJanices – $1,249.60
4. Whitehair1 – $937.20
5. eraldi1808 – $624.80
6. Arox86 – $418.51
7. Pyzdakas1 – $249.92
8. WinTheGame15 – $164.94

Event #8 – $10,000 Late Crazy 8 ($44 buy-in)

253 entries, $13,400 prize pool

The final XL Blizzard event of the day almost came down to a chop. Romanian ‘DiCarpi0‘ banked $2,5011.11 as the champ while Brazilian ‘tassio_ita‘ ended up with $2,289.39 as runner-up. New Zealander ‘RejamSam‘ settled for $1,531 and third place finish.

Final Table Payouts

1. DiCarpi0 – $2,501.11*
2. tassio_ita – $2,289.39*
3. RejamSam – $1,531
4. Kaktus26rus – $1,139
5. qaiserrr – $737
6. mr.wellz – $603
7. dErEk_eekk – $469
8. inalies – $368.50