In the history of online poker there are a select few players who have been managed to have sustained success over the course of their career. Jon ‘apestyles’ Van Fleet is a member of that elite group and on Tuesday the Canadian-based grinder found himself standing tall on top of the biggest buy-in event of the 888poker Super XL Series with almost $88,000 in earnings.

Van Fleet, who was once ranked as high as #3 in the world, beat out 202 other players to win the $2,100 No Limit Hold’em High Roller event. To do so he had to make his way through an incredibly talented final table that included the current world #1 and #2-ranked players in the world Fabrizio ‘DrMiKee’ Gonzalez and ‘lena900’ as well as former #2-ranked Bernardo ‘bsdias’ Dias. In the end it was Van Fleet beating out Gonzalez heads-up to claim the the title and the $87,920 first place prize money.

The Mini High Roller, with just a $215 buy-in, attracted a field of 639 players. The final two players, ‘StorValle’ and ‘carpediem14’, ended up chopping heads-up play began. After negotiations were finalized the pair continued to play with Sweden’s ’StoreValle’ coming back from a slight chip deficit to win the title. He ended up with $20,323 while British grinder ’carpiediem14’ ended up with $21,326. Canadian grinder ’kamexxx’ finished third for $12,907.00.

The $109 buy-in Tuesday Challenge had a field of 713 players with ‘not_the-same‘ outlasting everybody to win $13,368.75. Russia’s ‘AfraidBubble’ not only made his way past the bubble but ended finishing second for $9,625.50, narrowly missing out on eighth career five-figure score and first of 2017. John ‘jfl1234’ Finnighan-Linkins, the #1-ranked player on the Isle of Man, finished third for $7,130.

The final event on Tuesday’s schedule was the $160 buy-in Turbo High Roller. The 371-player field built a prize pool of $55,560. Austria’s ‘sally_os’ and Swiss pro ‘obvo4sal’ made a heads-up deal and played out to a winner with ‘sally_os’ coming out on top for a total of $9,831.04 in earnings. ‘obvo4sal’ had to settle for walking away with $8,778.37 for his second place finish. German ‘overthetop43’ finished third for $5,843.25.

Leaderboard Update

With two wins to his credit, Canada’s ‘mindcrushers’ sits on top of the Super XL Series Leaderboard with ‘PuntSonPunt’ close on his tail.

Event #28: $2,100 No Limit Hold’em High Roller
Entries: 203 Players
Prize pool: $406,000

1. chut_up – $87,920
2. DrMiKee – $62,930
3. bsdias – $47,705
4. glezna23 – $35,525
5. WorldIsOurs – $24,360
6. Poelsetyv – $20,3000
7. jba888 – $16,240
8. tutten7 – $12,180
9. LAP1215 – $8,120

Event #29: $215 No Limit Hold’em Mini High Roller
Entries: 639
Prize pool: $127,800

1. StorValle – $20,323.00*
2. carpediem14 – $21,326.00*
3. kamexxx – $12,907.00
4. Lov3ThiSGamE – $9,712.80
5. wisimaki – $6,824.52
6. zuzina450 – $5,431.50
7. DedoDeGorila – $4,153.50
8. pojebaniec87 – $2,875.50
9. uarebad_lol – $1,917

Event #30: $109 No Limit Hold’em Tuesday Challenge
Entries: 713
Prize pool: $71,300

1. not_the-same – $13,368.75
2. AfraidBubble – $9,625.50
3. John ‘jfl1234’ Finnighan-Linkins – $7,130
4. casinopro888 – $5,347.50
5. usameeta – $3,743.25
6. yiy – $3,030
7. BlacKK_DucKK – $2,317.25
8. _antikk_ – $1,604.25
9. PulledPorker – $1,005.33

Event #31: $160 No Limit Hold’em Turbo High Roller
Entries: 371
Prize pool: $55,650

1. sally_os – $9,831.04*
2. obvo4sal – $8,778.37
3. overthetop43 – $5,843.25
4. preyondaline – $4,452
5. ScratchyR – $3,116.40
6. Ph4N888 – $2,635.12
7. DePittsterje – $1,808.62
8. Hitchsslap $1,252.12
9. Sinatra48 – $923.79