Steven “Kale333” van Zadelhoff Wins 888poker Whale

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Steven “Kale333” van Zadelhoff Notches Another Big Online Score, Wins 888poker Whale

This week’s $1,050 buy-in Whale drew 61 players who rebought 28 times. That meant a $100,000 prize pool was to be had for the final eight players. Among those to compete but fall short of the money were “SalsaFiesta,” Roman “Romeopro33” Romanovsky, Jans “Graftekkel” Arends, and bubble boy Martin “MJacobson888” Jacobson, the 2014 WSOP Main Event champ and an 888poker Ambassador.

Among those to cash were “PBD03” (7^th - $4,500), “SkallePer58” (4^th - $10,000), and “lovevalence” (3^rd - $15,000). After just 6 hours and 44 minutes, Steven “Kale333” van Zadelhoff bested Sweden’s Niklas “tuten7” Åstedt in heads-up play to win $32,500. The Swede took home $21,000 for finishing runner-up.

Germany’s “Streusalz” Wins the Mega Deep… Again!

The latest $215 buy-in Sunday Mega Deep saw346 players take to the virtual felt and rebuy 109 times. That meant a $100K prize pool would be paid out to the top 48 spots including “SalsaFiesta” (29^th - $680), “Al_Robbya” (13^th - $1,350), Steven “Kale333” van Zadelhoff (7^th - $2,750), and “UrShitStorm” (3^rd - $10,750).

After 10 hours and 44 minutes, it was Germany’s “Streusalz” who bested Canada’s “GOLDENRUBY13” in heads-up play to win $19,250. It marks th second time “Streusalz” has won the Mega Deep in six months. He topped a field of 522 players back on October 8 to win it for $19,731.60.

“_Lord_Xenu_” Denies Bryan “DePittsterje” Paris GREAT 8 Title

The $88 buy-in, $30,000 GTD Sunday GREAT 8 attracted 283 players who rebought 115 times. That created a prize pool of $31,840 that was paid out to the top 40 spots including to 888poker Ambassador Parker “888tonkaaaa” Talbot (37^th - $184.67), “EyeofSkadi” (24^th - $318.40), “Hodor83” (17^th - $318.40), Anton “VnilaVader” Herrmann (7^th - $955.20), and “sweet_dr34ms” (4^th - $2,547.20), who last Sunday won the $15,000 Turbo Mega Deep for $5,395.

After the UK’s “HeadsUpChump” exited in third place for $4,616.80, Switzerland’s “_Lord_Xenu_” and Canada’s Bryan “DePittsterje” Paris battled it out for the title. After 8 hours and 53 minutes in the tournament, the former prevailed to win $6,208.88.

Bryan “DePittsterje” Paris Rebounds with Monsoon Win

Bryan “DePittsterje” Paris may have come up one spot shy of winning the GREAT 8, but that didn’t happen in the $55 buy-in, $15K GTD Monsoon. He bested a field of 278 players (plus 100 rebuys) to capture a $3,865.05 top prize.

Others to finish in the top 36 and claim a portion of the $18,900 prize pool were “TheLINQ” (27th- $160.65), “Lucky_Frutti” (19th - $160.65), “88ANDREI88” (13th - $255.15), “Dablinov” (7th - $661.50), “HeadsUpChump” (6th - $850.50), Joao “Jaolito85” Marcs Navarro (4th - $1,606.50), and “Melapika” (2nd - $2,835).

XL Eclipse Champ “Namlleh” is Up for the Challenge

The $109 buy-in Sunday Challenge attracted 347 players who rebought 129 time. That meant a $50K prize pool was on tap and the top 48 players got a piece of it. They included “LuckyBoss” (38th for $285), 888poker Ambassador Chris “888Moorman” Moorman (27th - $340), “KURDEdersim” (16th for $675), “hateVAMOS” (8th - $1,125), and “asiarat” (3rd - $5,375).

A minute shy of nine hours in the tournament, Sweden’s “Namlleh” beat Russia’s “Marflon” in heads-up play to win $9,625. If you recall, “Namlleh” is an XL Eclipse champ, who back on February 20 finished runner-up in the $15,000 GREAT 8 for $2,641. His last documented win came back on October 18 when he took down the $10,000 Tornado for $2,195.

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