888poker’s XL Inferno daily recap. May 18, 2018

Three more events played out on Day 9 of the 2018 XL Inferno at 888poker, which means 27 of 34 tournaments have crowned winners. Just two days and seven events remain, but there there’s still more than seven figures in guarantee prize pools up for grabs.

Some players to already secure a seat in the XL Inferno Champion of Champions are Ukraine’s “GangstaGo,” Russia’s “petrofv5501,” Canada’s “PBD03,” and two-time champ “Sluuut123.”

Patrick “omgpatbrooks” Brooks Denies Enrico “HateH4teHate” Camosci Knockout Title

The $150 buy-in Event #25: $25,000 Knockout drew 249 players and created a $35,209 total prize pool ($25K in the regular prize pool and $10,209 in the bounty prize pool). The top 36 players got paid including “poliakov777” (28th for $187 + $123 in bounties), “Pimmelspeck” (15th for $337 + $287 in bounties), Event #8 champ “Kakus26rus” (7th for $875 + $41 in bounties), and “PokerJoe332” (4th for $2,125 + $164 in bounties).

After “onyvapapaa1” exited in third place for $2,825 + $369 in bounties, the final two struck a deal. Malta’s Enrico “HateH4teHate” Camosci took second for $4,096 + $123 in bounties, while the UK’s Patrick “omgpatbrooks” Brooks claimed the title and $4,766 + $369 in bounties.

Back in March, Brooks finished runner-up in the $15,000 Great 8 for $2,550, and would again final table it five weeks later, ultimately finishing in 10h place that time.

Event #25: Knockout results

Latvia’s “crapmachine” Wins Mini Knockout

In the $35 buy-in Event #26: $15,000 Mini Knockout, 543 entries meant a $19,072 total prize pool ($15K in regular prize pool and $4,072 in bounty prize pool) was up for grabs. The top 72 players earned a piece of it including “gray369” (60th for $52 + $15 in bounties), “summuNNN” (18th for $120 + $52 in bounties), “sickthsense” (11th for $180 + $45 in bounties), and “RiFFRaFF82” (3rd for $1,530 + $52 in bounties).

After just over eight hours, Latvia’s “crapmachine” and Brazil’s “LendaFlavio” struck a deal in which the former got the title and $2,664 + $105 in bounties, while the latter took second for $2,248 +$60 in bounties.

It was the first win for “crapmachine” since February, which is when he took down the $5 buy-in $2,000 GTD Deep Stack for $420. Ten days before that, he also won the $5,000 Deepstack Catfish for $1,219.

Event #26: Mini Knockout results

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