The penultimate day of 888poker’s XL Eclipse championship online poker series took place on Saturday as players registered for a trio of 6-Max tournaments in a final bid to capture an XL title before the $500,000 GTD Main Event on Sunday.

Players seemed happy to stay in on a Saturday night as all three tournaments exceeded their promised guarantees. Rather than play for the promised $65,000 in guarantees, the players pushed the total prize pools on the evening over $87,000.

XL Eclipse #29 – $30,000 6-Max
Buy-in: $109
Entries: 296
Prize pool: $43,200

It took just under eight-and-a-half hours for Brazil’s Charles ‘CharlesUlman’ Ulman to best the field of 296 runners in the $30,000 6-Max en route to a victory that allowed him to walk away with the day’s top prize of $9.504.00 and his first XL Eclipse title. The high four-figure score, which is a career top-ten cash for the Brazilian, puts the #810-ranked player in the world over $890,000 in lifetime scores.

Malta’s ‘stroposoz’ finished as the runner-up, taking home $6,631.20 for his $109 buy-in and Sweden’s ‘Mr_coyote’ made yet another XL Eclipse final table, earning $3,456.00 for third place.

Event # 29 Final Table

1. CharlesUlman – $9,504.00
2. stroposoz – $6,631.20
3. Mr_Coyote – $4,968.00
4. YSoSerious7 – $3,456.00
5. JoaquinRuiz – $2,592.00
6. BreakFISHt – $1,728.00

XL Eclipse #30 – $20,000 Mini 6-Max
Buy-in: $16.50
Entries: 1,180
Prize pool: $23,895

Once again the Mini version of the spotlight tournament broke the 1,000 runner mark as 1,180 players hung out on a Saturday night in hopes of turning their $16.50 buy-in into a four-figure score worth celebrating.

Romania’s ‘robertpirvu’ took home the top prize of the Mini hauling in $3,909.92 and the XL Eclipse title for his first-place finish. Hailing from Greece, ‘DoctorPoker4’ wrapped up the tournament as the runner-up, earning $2,986.87 for his efforts.

Brazil’s ‘NaoInTendo’ took home the bronze, adding $2,270.02 to his already accumulated $120,000 in lifetime online scores. He’s currently the #506-ranked player in all of Brazil and with his second career XL cash, it’s likely he will see a bump in his ranking.

Event # 30 Final Table

1. robertpirvu – $3,909.92
2. DoctorPoker4 – $2,986.87
3. NaoInTendo – $2,270.02
4. ItaDapeeza – $1,553.17
5. bornsinner01 – $1,075.27
6. SexMeLater – $716.85

XL Eclipse #31 – $15,000 Late 6-Max
Buy-in: $55
Entries: 299
Prize pool: $20,650

The $15,000 Late 6-Max saw 299 players generate a guarantee-beating $20,650 prize pool, ensuring that five of the six members of the final table would earning more than $1,000 for their $55 buy-in.

It took just six hours and thirty-eight minutes for Slovakia’s ‘gdesupare’ to lock up the victory and add $4,543.08 to his bankroll for the first-place finish.

Kazakhstani grinder ‘Cstl01’ made a final table appearance and finished in second place for $3,169.77. ‘mashomis’ added to the myriad of Canadians that have performed well during the series as he took home the bronze for $2,374.75

Event # 31 Final Table

1. gdesupare – $4,543.08
2. Cstl01 – $3,169.77
3. mashomis – $2,374.75
4. g3r4rrr – $1,652.00
5. bah23 – $1,239.00
6. yrkkk – $826.00