Friday was DeepStack Day for 888poker’s XL Eclipse championship online poker series as $65,000 worth of guarantees were packed into a trio of tournaments with starting stacks that promised plenty of play.

Even though it was a Friday night, that didn’t keep the online grinders from taking one of their final shots at picking up an XL title. All three tournaments proved popular and, once again, beat their posted guarantees.

With the XL Eclipse $500,000 GTD Main Event only two days away, players packed the tournament lobbies with an eye on picking up momentum heading into the weekend.

XL Eclipse #26 – $30,000 DeepStack
Buy-in: $55
Entries: 532
Prize pool: $35,300

The spotlight tournament of the day was the $30,000 DeepStack which saw 532 entries post their $55 buy-in helping push the prize pool to a guarantee besting $35,300. Nearly the entire final table was able to walk away with four-figure scores as the top seven were all promised a payday of greater than $1K.

It was Germany’s ‘killakolor’ who took home the biggest piece of the pie securing $6,196.95 in a deal that was made with ‘rickybarbosa’ when the final two players got heads up. For his end of the deal, ‘rickybarbosa’ earned $5,363.80 for second place, nearly $475 more than the original second-place posted prize.

The UK’s ‘Kondogbia’ bowed out of the tournament in third place for $3,600.60.

XL Eclipse #26 Final Table

1. killakolor – $6.196.95*
2. rickybarbosa – $5,363.80*
3. Kondogbia – $3,600.60
4. nyagaaan – $2,718.10
5. NotPlaying – $1,906.20
6. TonyLipS – $1,500.25
7. Ilovetyumen – $1,147.25
8. Streusalz – $794.25
9. shadowmoon3 – $540.09

XL Eclipse: #27 – $20,000 Mini DeepStack
Buy-in: $16.50
Entries: 1,274
Prize pool: $25,050

With two-thirds the guarantee of Event #26 but at one-third the buy-in, the $20,000 Mini DeepStack proved to be too value-heavy for players to ignore. The prize pool rose toe $25,050 as 1,274 players took their shot at turning less than $20 into a bankroll boosting four-figure score.

The second heads up deal of the night was made as Ukraine’s ‘loveU2baby’ and Russia’s ‘ch0mba’ agreed to chop it up. ‘loveU2baby’ gave up a couple hundred dollars, locking in a payday of $4,068.77 while ‘ch0mba’ took better than the posted amount for second place, adding $3,321.32 to his bankroll.

Brazil’s ‘YetiCara’ missed out on being a part of the deal but still took in $2,377.32 for their $16.50 investment.

XL Eclipse #27 Final Table

1. ‘loveU2baby’ – $4,068.77*
2. ch0mba – $3,321.32*
3. YetiCara – $2,377.24
4. fishachek – $1,703.40
5. ExOrXiSt_89 – $1,239.97
6. Matu_ – $989.47
7. jdcorte – $738.97
8. Chubalero – $488.47
9. busting you – $270.54

XL Eclipse #28 – $15,000 Late DeepStack
Buy-in: $33
Entries: 473
Prize pool: $18,000

There was one last chance to pick up an XL title on Friday and 473 players piled into the $15,000 Late DeepStack to take a stab at it.

‘SunComeUp’ took down the tournament outright, walking away with $3,420 for first place. Romania’s ‘TheGambler30’, who fired two bullets in the tournament and made the second one count, finished as the runner-up for $2,5020.

The UK’s ‘treilly71’ also booked a four-figure score, banking $1,845.00 for his third-place finish.

Event #28 Final Table

1. SunComeUp – $3,420.00
2. TheGambler30 – $2,520.00
3. treilly71 – $1,845.00
4. MHighton – $1,404.00
5. effuno99 – $990.00
6. SPortsDudeDK – $765.00
7. Multllift – $595.00
8. Bullonhenki – $405.00
9. ShftWrk – $298.80