888poker XL Eclipse Day 1: 'ImTriggered' Wins $300,000 Opening Event

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Sep 11, 2017 5 min read Last updated May 13, 2018

Sunday was a good day for tournament players. It marked the start of the latest edition of the 2017 XL Eclipse Series on the second largest online poker room, 888poker. On the first day of the series, 16 tournaments started. Here are the results.

XL Eclipse #7 - $300,000 Sunday Swordfish

After more than 13 hours of play, Event #7 - $160 XL Eclipse Opening Event finally crowned a winner. It was "ImTriggered" from Costa Rica who claimed the victory and the first prize of $58,270 after beating "Tsipras" in the deciding heads-up.

The event, with a buy-in of $160, saw 1,700 players register and those players made 600 rebuys to get a total amount of 2,300 players. They created a total prize pool of $345,000 with 207 places paid. It took a while to get to the money but in the end, it was "707089" from Lithuania who was the last player finishing empty-handed.

After making the money it took a long time before the tournament was down to the last nine. After 11 hours the remaining nine players made the final table and went on to play for a $58,270 first prize. Ukraine's "Ignatiik" left the final table pretty quick after losing a big hand with ace-queen against ace-jack. A few hands later he busted in ninth place for $3,726.

"GetLuckyAK" from Canada wasn't so lucky on this final table and in his last hand, he lost all of his chips with pocket eights against pocket nines. The Canadian finished in eighth place for $6,555. After that, British players "HindaKrush" and "Binkasaurus" got busted in quick succession, finishing in seventh and sixth place.

It took a while for the next bust out, but then it went quick. In just a few minutes, "LucySagara70" (fifth, $16,387), "I_R_BABOON" (fourth, $22,425) and "89Diamonds" (third, $31,740) were sent to the rail by chip leader "ImTriggered". Later mentioned started the deciding heads-up with a big chip lead against "Tsipras".

Finland's "Tsipras" fought hard to come back in this battle but in the end, it was Costa Rica's "ImTriggered" who took the first prize of $58,270.50.

XL Eclipse #1 - $30,000 Sunday Lightning

It wasn't the official opening event of the XL Eclipse Series, but the first event on the calendar was the XL Eclipse #1 - $30,000 Sunday Lightning. In total, 363 players competed in this event to create a prize pool of $52,900. Most of this money went to Russian winner "Lenochka83" who received $11,109.

XL Eclipse #3 - $30,000 Sunday Deepstack Swordfish

More than a thousand players played in the XL Eclipse #3 - $30,000 Sunday Deepstack Swordfish to get a prize pool of $35,805. Only one player could be crowned as a winner and it was Slovakia's "ivljanin" who conquered the final table and received $6,086 for his victory.

XL Eclipse #4 - $150,000 Mega Deep

Niklas "tutten7" Astedt was one of the biggest winners on the first day of the XL Eclipse Series. The Swede defeated a field of 732 players and secured himself of the first prize of $28,050. Runner-up "JohnFoot" received $20,250 for his second place.

XL Eclipse #5 - $40,000 Mini Mega Deep

XL Eclipse #6 - $20,000 Sunday Swordfish

One of the smaller events on the first day of the series was the XL Eclipse #6 - $20,000 Sunday Swordfish. This tournament was won by Mexico's "gaingrapes" who received the first prize of $3,626.

XL Eclipse #8 - $50,000 Mini Opening Event

The lowest buy in on Day 1 was the XL Eclipse #8 - $50,000 Mini Opening Event with just $12 to compete. In total, 4,394 players registered for this tournament to create a prize pool of $64,942.20. The lion's share of this money went to "Tatko3" who defeated "Naik10" in the deciding heads-up. He received the prize of $9,091 while the runner-up had to settle for $6,818.

XL Eclipse #9 - $45,000 Sunday Monsoon

XL Eclipse #10 - $250,000 Whale

The biggest winner on Day 1 of the XL Eclipse Series was crowned in the XL Eclipse #10 - $250,000 Whale. Players paid their buy in of $1,050 to compete in this tournament and in total 317 players created a prize pool of $317,000. Germany's "CllsDntMttr" was the luckiest (and strongest) of all and he got himself the first prize of $64,826.50.

Runner-up "KimberSlice" couldn't complain about his prize of $47,550 while third place finished "Biack88" received $35,821 for his result.

XL Eclipse #11 - $100,000 Sunday Challenge

Another big win for the Germans came in the XL Eclipse #11 - $100,000 Sunday Challenge. "iCrushU556" defeated a field of 788 players to take the first prize of $20,252. In the final heads-up, he defeated Brazil's "FellipeD92" who settled for second place ($14,620.50).

XL Eclipse #12 - $30,000 Sunday Tornado

None other than Parker "888tonkaaaa" Talbot also took one of the first XL Eclipse-titles of the year. In the XL Eclipse #12 - $30,000 Sunday Tornado, he came out on top of a field of 206 players. For this result, he received the first prize of $6,450.

XL Eclipse #13 - $50,000 Turbo Mega Deep

In the XL Eclipse #13 - $50,000 Turbo Mega Deep, Canada's "p000cket000" won the tournament after a heads-up deal with "Satchless". He secured himself of a prize worth $10,647.99 while the runner-up received $9,729.51 after busting in second place.

XL Eclipse #14 - $20,000 Mini Turbo Mega Deep

XL Eclipse #15 - $30,000 Turbo Opening Event

In the Turbo edition of the Opening Event, 427 players paid the buy in of $55. "RakDoll" wouldn't regret his choice because it was him winning the tournament of the first prize of $5,047.29 after making a deal with his heads-up opponent "tTtexa" from Ukraine.

XL Eclipse #16 - $10,000 Super Turbo Opening Event

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