888poker XL Eclipse Day 7: Chris Moorman Finishes Third in $50K Octopus

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Sep 17, 2017 3 min read Last updated May 13, 2018

• Day 1: 'ImTriggered' Wins $300,000 Opening Event
• Day 2: 'Tonkaaaa' Denied Second Title in Two Days
• Day 3: Roman Romanovskyi Wins $500K High Roller
• Day 4: 'RendOss' Wins the $50,000 8-Max
• Day 5: 'Inho' Wins $100,000 Quarterback
• Day 6: Niklas Astedt Runner-Up in $30,000 Knockout

On Saturday, there were another 13 events on the schedule of the 888poker XL Eclipse Series. The highlight of the day was the 86th event of the series, the $88,000 Crazy 8. Let's see who took down this beautiful event and which players were crowned as winners in other events on Day 7.

XL Eclipse #80 - $50,000 Octopus

One of the biggest winners on Day 7 of the XL Eclipse Series came from the XL Eclipse #80 - $50,000 Octopus. In this event, 888poker Ambassador Chris "Moorman888" Moorman made the final table and ended in third place for $9,039. After that, "FlatTopTony" lost the deciding heads-up against "1LevelAbove".

The winner received $15,917 while the runner-up got a prize of $12,183.

XL Eclipse #86 - $88,000 Crazy 8

At 8 p.m. GMT, 610 players registered for the XL Eclipse #86 - $88,000 Crazy 8. In total, 415 players used their option to rebuy to create a total prize pool of $88,000. For the winner, there was a prize waiting of $16,456!

Every finalist was guaranteed $1,346 and the tournament reached that stage after "Dmilito22" busted in ninth place for $1,100. On the final table, "lasochobi" and "3xcitedd" left in quick succession finishing in eighth ($1,346) and seventh ($1,936) place. After that, "AriAbba" from Argentina finished in sixth place for $3,080, while "don.ronald" ended up in fifth place for $4,400.

"fineblind" from United Kingdom then busted in fourth place ($6,600) and Russia's "_Bad_Beat_" also missed out on the heads-up when he went out in third place for $8,888. The final two players were guaranteed a five-figure score, guaranteeing themselves $12,100. This was the prize for runner-up "OverTheTop43" who couldn't defeat Switzerland's "_Lord_Xenu" who was crowned as a winner and received the first prize of $16,456.

XL Eclipse #87 - $20,000 Mini Crazy 8

The Mini edition of the Crazy 8, with a buy-in of $8.80, attracted 1,666 players and a total prize pool of $21,608. The lion's share of this money went to Brazil's "caci53", he received a prize of $3,781.

XL Eclipse #88 - $25,000 Saturday Challenge

XL Eclipse #89 - $15,000 Tornado

In the $15,000 Tornado, 114 players competed for a total prize pool of $16,100. Argentina's "progree69" secured himself of the victory and the first prize of $4,025. "chazbombes" ended up in second place and received $2,737.

XL Eclipse #90 - $15,000 Turbo Crazy 8

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