888poker’s XL Inferno continued on Saturday and featured three 8-Max tournaments that promised $55,000 in total guarantees.

Event #7 – $30,000 8-Max

Buy-in: $109
Entries: 309 (95 rebuys)
Prize pool: $40,400

Saturday’s spotlight tournament, the $30,000 8-Max, proved to be popular with players helping the tournament crush its guarantee by more than $10,000.

One time XL Blizzard champion ‘LucySagara70’ added a 2019 XL Inferno title to their resume by taking the title and $7,878 for first place, the largest payday of Saturday’s schedule. Russia’s ‘888pruha’ finished as the runner-up, taking down $5,858 – one of the biggest cashes of his online career. The PocketFiver is currently running good, sitting at a career-high worldwide ranking of #1,055.

The #425-ranked player ‘Pablos701’ finished in third place, adding $4,444 to his over $740,000 in career earnings.

Event #7 Final Table Payouts

1. LucySagara70 – $7,878
2. 888pruha – $5,858
3. Pablos701 – $4,444
4. bluffwarrior – $3,232
5. kory1977 – $2,222
6. dryyyyyyy – $1,616
7. MarKell85 – $1,212
8. quiestce – $1,010

Event #8 – $10,000 Mini 8-Max

Buy-in: $8.80
Entries: 1,189 (483 rebuys)
Prize pool: $13,376

As is often the case during the XL series, the lower priced buy-in tournaments are well supported by the low stakes grinders. With one of the lowest buy-ins of the entire XL Inferno series, the $8.80 Mini 8-Max guarantee was exceeded by over $3,000 promising a few four-figure bankroll boosts for under $10.

In the end, the final three players came to three-way deal that gave Brazil’s ‘JMBrotto’ the XL title and $2,048.21 for first place. Romania’s ‘Hotzonicu’ took home $1,740.26 as the runner-up, only about $1.50 more than the posted second place prize. The final player in the deal was the UK’s ‘Davedepratt’ who, on his second bullet, secured a third-place finish for $1,693.65.

Event #8 Final Table Payouts

1. JMBrotto – $2,048.21*
2. Hotzonicu – $1,740.26*
3. Davedepratt – $1,693.65*
4. Fakedoy – $991.16
5. falconstar5 – $668.80
6. Donyzete – $401.28
7.  IgrindThat – $267.52
8. Aokiw – $167.20
* denotes deal

Event #9 – $15,000 Late 8-Max

Buy-in: $55
Entries: 297 (78 rebuys)
Prize pool: $18,750

The Late 8-Max was dominated by Russia as the top three finishers all hailed from the poker powerhouse country.

Former top-25 ranked Russian ‘89rhino89’ took down the tournament adding the $3,656.29 first-place prize to his already healthy $2.7M in lifetime scores. ‘Nejtrin0’ just missed out on his first 2019 XL Inferno title by falling in second place, taking home $2,718.75 as a consolation prize. Then, Moscow City resident ‘managaa’ took the bronze, padding his bankroll by $2,062.50, for his second four-figure score of the month.

Event #9 Final Table Payouts

1. 89rhino89 – $3,656.29
2. Nejtrin0 – $2,718.75
3. managaa – $2,062.50
4. Rofi_west – $1,500.00
5. jupanul9 – $1,031.25
6. DonataKruge – $750.00
7. kAfRiNiUs – $562.50
8. ClaretBantam – $468.75