888poker XL Inferno Series Day 8: Romania's 'PokerMogo' Wins Event 97

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May 15, 2017 6 min read Last updated May 13, 2018

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On the eighth day of the XL Inferno Series on 888poker, players enjoyed a huge day of poker.

In total, 16 tournaments started with the XL Inferno #97 - $200,000 Tune Up as one of the highlights. There was also the $600 buy-in $200,000 Whale edition where the winner won more than $50,000. Let's have a look at the results.

XL Inferno #97 - $200,000 Tune Up

After over 13 hours of play, Event #97 - $160 XL Inferno Tune Up, finally crowned a winner. "PokerMogo" from Romania claimed the first-place prize of $44,996 after defeating "renatonomura" in heads-up play.

The event had 1,171 players register with 567 rebuys for a total of 1738 total entries. They created a prize pool of $260,700 with 153 places getting paid. "CzarBushov" from Canada finished on the bubble and was unable to break into the money.

After nearly 10 hours of play, the tournament dwindled down to nine players who made up the official final table. PokerMogo went on an early heater as he scored the first three knockout on the final table. He eliminated "PacoMonon" in ninth place ($2,867), "veeea" in eighth place ($5,083), and "Kelvin_kerbe" in seventh place ($7,690), two of which he held aces on the elimination hand.

"SoulRead88uk" ($10,297) and "Pelfort" ($12,904) would grind short stacks for a while but would eventually fall to "surprisefirm" in back-to-back hands for sixth place and fifth place, respectively.

"IWant2Gamble" was left on the short stack but stayed aggressive by pushing all in and stealing the blinds. However, he was finally caught when he pushed with ace-five. PokerMogo woke up with ace-king. The board ran out dry and IWant2Gamble was eliminated in fourth place ($18,144).

The remaining three players were all extremely deep and would play three-handed for over an hour. Finally, surprisefirm was all in but with the best hand. Unfortunately, renatonomura would hit an eight on the flop and held on to secure his place in the final two, sending surprisefirm to the rail in third place ($24,766).

The two players went into heads-up play fairly even in chips but "renatonomura" would take a three-to-one chip lead over PokerMogo early on. Shortly after, PokerMogo reversed his fortune and took back the chip lead and continued to build on it. Finally all the chips got in the middle with PokerMogo holding A?J? against renatonomura's K?Q?. The board ran out J?5?4?10?J?.

renatonomura would finish in second place ($32,587) and PokerMogo took down the title.

XL Inferno #91 - $30,000 Sunday Lightning

Long before PokerMogo won his event, 888poker crowned the first winner of the day in the XL Inferno #91 - $30,000 Sunday Lightning. In this tournament, 386 players competed for a total prize pool of $58,200. Ukraine's "zinkAA" took the most money after winning it for the first prize of $11,640.

XL Inferno #92 - $45,000 Sunday Breeze

A regular tournament on all days of the XL Inferno Series is the $45,000 Sunday Breeze. This time, 1,124 players registered for the event and created a total prize pool of $56,200. The first prize of $9,823 went to Czech Republic's "cmonsayboy" after defeating "Jefffryyy" in the final heads-up.

XL Inferno #93 - $30,000 Sunday Deepstack Swordfish

XL Inferno #94 - $150,000 Mega Deep

One of the biggest tournaments of this day was the XL Inferno #94 - $150,000 Mega Deep. There were 967 players paid their buy-in of $215 to create a total prize pool of $193,400. The tournament started 6:30 p.m., and after more than 14 (!) hours, a winner was crowned.

The first prize of $34,812 went to Brazilian "TheSecretVMS" who defeated "CrystalMad" in the deciding heads-up. The runner-up from the United Kingdom received a prize of $25,142 for second place.

XL Inferno #95 - $40,000 Mini Mega Deep

XL Inferno #96 - $20,000 Sunday Swordfish

XL Inferno #98 - $25,000 Mini Tune Up

In the XL Inferno #98 - $25,000 Mini Tune Up, 2,183 players competed for the first prize of $5,548. Canada's "AronZspot" took it after more than 10 hours of players. Russia's "alkapone30" finished in second place for $4,165.

XL Inferno #99 - $45,000 Sunday Monsoon

Switzerland's "otchootcho8" was one of the winners on Day 8 of the XL Inferno Series. He conquered a field of 995 players in the XL Inferno #99 - $45,000 Sunday Monsoon. He received the first prize of $8,955, while runner-up "MatheusCG" got $6,467.

XL Inferno #100 - $200,000 Whale

The most expensive tournament on Day 8 was the XL Inferno #100 - $200,000 Whale. Players had to pay $600 to compete in this tournament and 328 did that. There were also 138 rebuys to get a total prize pool of $263,290.

Every finalist was guaranteed at least $4,607 and this prize went to "Perrymejsen" who busted in ninth place. After that, "PureNutella" (eight, $6,318), "IggyGak" (seventh, $8,951) and "sk2ll_m0dR" (sixth, $11,584) followed in quick succession.

Germany's "ShipCompany" then busted in fifth place for $15,007, "joga_pra_cor" finished in fourth for $21,721 and "Imyurfriend" missed the heads-up when he finished in third place for $28,961.

The final heads-up between "Kannwas" and "B4NKR0LL3R" ended after nine hours and 36 minutes of play; Morocco's "B4NKR0LL3R" won the event for $50,946. Germany's runner-up received $38,177 for second place.

XL Inferno #101 - $100,000 Sunday Challenge

Lithuania's "N0tori0us_B" won a big prize. He snagged the title and first prize of $16,326 in the XL Inferno #101 - $100,000 Sunday Challenge after a three-way deal.

XL Inferno #102 - $30,000 Sunday Tornado

XL Inferno #103 - $50,000 Turbo Mega Deep

XL Inferno #104 - $20,000 Mini Turbo Mega Deep

Brazilian player "niltmz" won the XL Inferno #104 - $20,000 Mini Turbo Mega Deep and secured $4,262 after defeating "5veBetFold" in the final heads-up.

XL Inferno #105 - $30,000 Turbo Tune Up

"engineone" from Germany won the XL Inferno #105 - $30,000 Turbo Tune Up, a tournament with a buy-in of $55. He defeated a field of 456 players after beating "blackwawks" in the final heads-up and took the first prize of $5,700.

XL Inferno #106 - $10,000 Super Turbo Tune Up

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