888poker’s XL Eclipse championship online poker series continued on Monday as players looked to start their week off on the right foot by adding an XL title to their resume.

Another $45,000 worth of guarantees were at stake as the trio of schedule tournaments were all ‘Rebuy & Add-On’ tournaments. With players having the option to fire multiple times as well as tack on extra chips, all of the buy-ins were modestly priced, including one of the cheapest tournaments on the schedule in the $5.50 Mini R&A.

XL Eclipse #14 – $20,000 R&A Event
Buy-in: $33
Entries: 428
Prize pool: $29,520

Anyone who thoughts that XL Eclipse’s momentum might slow down on a Monday was forced to think again when the $20,000 R&A tournament crushed its guarantee by an additional 50%. The 428-entry field pushed the prize pool to $29,520 and made it so the top six players were going to turn their initial $33 buy-in into a nice four-figure score.

‘heroes333’ walked away with the largest XL Eclipse payday on Monday. It took just under six-and-a-half-hours for him to haul in the $5,664.89 first-place prize as well as the XL championship title.

Right behind him was Brazil’s ‘bailando1904’ finished the night as the runner-up walking with $4,206.60. The Netherlands ‘Gotyoudude’ got third place and picked up $3,099.60 for his efforts.

XL Eclipse #14 Final Table

1. heroes333 – $5,664.89
2. bailando1904 – $4,206.60
3. Gotyoudude – $3,099.60
4. habfer – $2,361.60
5. Mr_green_13 – $1,653.12
6. Imrunnig0t – $1,254.60
7. Aveprisma – $959.40
8. ReSoulZ – $664.20
9. MarcooPooloo – $490.03

XL Eclipse #15 – $10,000
Buy-in: $5.50
Entries: 1,132
Prize pool: $11,515

The low-stakes grinders were happy to get involved with the XL series by registering early and often for the $10,000 Mini R&A. 1,132 entries packed the tournament lobby which pushed the timetable for the Mini to over seven hours and forty minutes, nearly an hour longer than either of the other tournaments.

Ukraine’s ‘kostia0105’ was certainly happy to spend that extra time grinding as he turned that $5 bill into a massive bankroll boost of $2,013.42 for finishing in first place.

‘Mortek’ also picked up a nice score for their minimal investment, earning $1,462.40 as the runner-up. ‘heysweety’ finished in third place and took home $1,093.92 for the deep run.

XL Eclipse #15 Final Table

1. kostia0105 – $2,013.42
2. Mortek – $1,462.40
3. heysweety – $1,093.92
4. 3betOTW – $817.56
5. dateza – $575.75
6. crzcrazyb – $460.60
7. comant76 – $345.45
8. MarcusCosta1 – $230.30
9. Veterok384 – $132.42

XL Eclipse #16 – $15,000 Late R&A
Buy-in: $16.50
Entries: 468
Prize pool: $15,585

Perhaps a little fatigue had set in by the time the $15,000 Late R&A began. The tournament did indeed continue the series long trend of guarantees being exceeded but the 468 runners in this one made it so it just crept over the promised prize pool of $15,000 by $585. Even so, the value was there as four players were able to turn less than $20 into well over $1K.

Ireland scored another XL title as ‘Chuckyryan31’ took first place and the $2,961.40 that came with it. Finland’s ‘winlikefedor’ made another deep run in an 888poker event, taking second place and adding $2,181.90 to his bankroll.

Finally, ‘poepKind.’ took home the bronze for a $1,597.46 score.

XL Eclipse #16 Final Table

1. Chuckryan31 – $2,961.40
2. winlikefedor – $2,191.90
3. poepKind. – $1,597.46
4. nice1fish – $1,215.63
5. Ph4N888 – $857.17
6. Iffris – $662.36
7. Loner420ok – $506.51
8. GoPKNF – $350.66
9. stockfish9 – $258.71