Those coincides with a handful of special tournaments including the and the Sunday Challenge each weekend, plus the and the Baby Whale on alternating Sundays.
In January, Sundays were even more special thanks to a special $500,000 Super Whale on Jan. 15 followed by huge tournaments the next two Sundays as part of the fifth edition of the Super XL Series.
Belarus' "Enigmasility" was easily the biggest single winner of the month after taking down Event #57 $1,500,000 Super XL - Main Event on Jan. 29 for $262,200. Big names on the final table included Dennis "CasinoPro888" Berglin (seventh - $45,000), Tomas "poohmancz" Petru (eighth - $30,000) and Adrian "ADRI_ATM" Mateos (ninth - $17,250).
Mateos banked double his ninth-place win a week earlier when he shipped Event #13 $150,000 Super XL - Mega Deep for $34,524. The Spanish poker pro tweeted to his more than 10,000 Twitter followers his joy about winning big after a huge 16-hour poker session.
Acabo de jugar una sesion de 16 horas #, acabe ganando un mtt de 959 players por 34k$ # buen domingo ;)
— Adrián Mateos Díaz (@Amadi_17)
Ukraine's Aleks "fNx_R" Trofimenko also managed a huge win after outlasting a field of 1,512 players to win Event #58 $200,000 Super XL - Mini Main Event for $55,590. On the same day, Australian poker player Corey "Corlusion" Kempson won Event #60 $100,000 Super XL - Sunday Challenge for $21,997.
Players also won big before the Super XL. On Jan. 15, "Slaaasch" and "ZDamian" agreed to a heads-up deal in the $500,000 Super Whale awarding the duo $79,382 and $74,090, respectively.
Other winners of big Sunday events during January included American poker refugee Mark "PennyHrdaway" Darner taking down the $50,000 Sunday Challenge 1R on Jan. 1 for $11,698, Finland's Olii "Jarildur1" Ikonen taking first place as part of a three-way deal in the $100,000 Whale on Jan. 8 for $26,523 and American poker refugee Sam "WishuluckBRO" Phillips shipping the $80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R for $16,448.
Here is a look at the results of the biggest Sunday tournaments in January at 888poker:
The $50,000 Baby Whale
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$300+20
Jan. 1
266
$79,800
Place
Player
Prize
1
ROLDY18
$16,319
2
SalsaFiesta
$11,970
3
Andreas "r4ndomr4gs" Berggren
$9,017
4
Zachary "DuduPa1986" Korik
$6,783
5
niftinger
$4,628
6
TomYamKai
$3,591
7
tomekatos
$2,793
8
Dioszilla
$1,995
9
HelloImElmo
$1,516
The $80,000 Mega Deep
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$200+15
Jan. 1
495
$99,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
imjustagirl
$18,810
2
Marty "weneedit" Mathis
$13,860
3
penfolds6
$10,148
4
Robin "inho" Ylitalo
$7,722
5
easylimp888
$5,445
6
Grekzorba
$4,208
7
kamexxx
$3,218
8
Oliver "sk2ll_m0dR" Weis
$2,228
9
Karel "lucinka123" Kratochvíl
$1,643
$50,000 Sunday Challenge 1R
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$82+8
Jan. 1
486
$61,542
Place
Player
Prize
1
Mark "PennyHrdaway" Darner
$11,693
2
Doyleb102
$8,616
3
888444222
$6,308
4
bienemajo
$4,800
5
b.szaszko
$3,385
6
HelloImElmo
$2,616
7
Andreas "KURDEdersim" Samuelsson
$2,000
8
Aleks "alexdimitrov" Dimitrov
$1,385
9
Richard "ChipsFool" Hoadley
$1,022
The $100,000 Whale
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$565+35
Jan. 8
267
$150,855
Place
Player
Prize
1
Olii "Jarildur1" Ikonen
$26,523*
2
floatmasta
$22,196*
3
Jerry "Perrymejsen" Ödeen
$21,806*
4
Dimitar "trino11" Yosifov
$12,823
5
duffmonbrah
$8,750
6
grandepike
$6,788
7
JamieSimmo
$5,280
8
DangerMaus17
$3,771
9
InJeBakkes
$2,866
*Reflects three-way deal
The $120,000 Mega Deep
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$200+15
Jan. 8
726
$145,200
Place
Player
Prize
1
stockfish9
$26,644
2
WayOutOfHere
$19,021
3
salue7
$14,375
4
Stephen "AngrySanchez" Malone
$10,817
5
Thomas "WushuTM" Muhlocker
$7,550
6
grandepike
$6,098
7
Michael "OneH1tWonder" Cano
$4,646
8
bahiafeliz
$3,194
9
JacktheCpt
$1,888
$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$82+8
Jan. 8
700
$87,722
Place
Player
Prize
1
Sam "WishuluckBRO" Phillips
$16,448
2
Simon "Isildur1337x" Mattsson
$11,842
3
peterpan_33.
$8,772
4
Mike "IHaveAsthma" Wasserman
$6,579
5
Chuchi1997
$4,605
6
Bryan "DePittsterje" Paris
$3,728
7
ILovePancake
$2,851
8
Pedro "pedrohennnn" Correa
$1,974
9
Tomi "wellyxx" Brouk
$1,237
$500,000 Super Whale
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$300+20
Jan. 15
1,188
$515,700
Place
Player
Prize
1
Slaaasch
$79,382*
2
ZDamian
$74,090*
3
alexxv14
$48,992
4
anteen
$35,893
5
Hitchsslap
$25,527
6
ScratchyR
$20,370
7
booobich
$15,213
8
ducktrouble
$10,056
9
MedioGuerras
$5,673
*Reflects heads-up deal
The $120,000 Mega Deep
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$200+15
Jan. 15
664
$132,800
Place
Player
Prize
1
LCfish
$24,900
2
Ioannis "8varethika" Panagiotopoulos
$17,928
3
_zufurduo_
$13,280
4
Steve "SpewWOkid87" Buell
$9,960
5
Francisco "chiconogue" Nogueira
$6,972
6
DedoDeGorila
$5,644
7
Brahmeiro
$4,316
8
weltmaschine
$2,988
9
Achileys34
$1,872
$80,000 Sunday Challenge 1R
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$82+8
Jan. 15
686
$86,574
Place
Player
Prize
1
BadModafoka1
$16,233
2
swedebua14
$11,687
3
FerDJin
$8,657
4
germaxii
$6,493
5
Andrey "GangstaGo" Novak
$4,545
6
Mudcat33
$3,679
7
Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov
$2,814
8
Jack "lrdvoldemort" O'Neill
$1,948
9
HatorriHanz
$1,221
Event #13 $150,000 Super XL - Mega Deep
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$200+15
Jan. 22
959
$191,800
Place
Player
Prize
1
Adrian "ADRI_ATM" Mateos
$34,524
2
grownupguy83
$24,934
3
GoFighTer
$18,605
4
Marco "Karabaja7" Duric
$13,906
5
victoronizuk
$9,667
6
JacktheCpt
$7,672
7
eze88888
$5,754
8
ErocHB
$3,836
9
allesrigged
$2,302
Event #14 $250,000 Super XL - Tune Up
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize Pool
$150+10
Jan. 22
1,454
$316,200
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
ForSjovt
Denmark
$53,754
2
SalsaFiesta
Sweden
$39,525
3
HappyMonkey9
United Kingdom
$30,007
4
888_de
Germany
$21,502
5
Dimitar "trino11" Yosifov
Bulgaria
$15,652
6
iikka12
Finland
$12,490
7
f0rmEITseGal
United Kingdom
$9,328
8
Huwwiel
Sweden
$6,166
9
Patrick "omgpatbrooks" Brooks
United Kingdom
$3,415
Event #17 $200,000 Super XL - Whale
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$565+35
Jan. 22
392
$221,480
Place
Player
Prize
1
Wes.C.Addle
$42,502
2
Lawrence "cjacksallin" Chung
$31,561
3
Andrey "GangstaGo" Novak
$23,255
4
Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez
$17,718
5
ThEtRaIN96
$12,403
6
SergeyMavrod
$9,413
7
diosmono69
$7,198
8
jcubillos11
$4,983
9
weltmaschine
$3,677
Event #18 $100,000 Super XL - Sunday Challenge
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$82+8
Jan. 22
1,054
$127,828
Place
Player
Prize
1
gonzAAr
$23,009
2
beebsterizer
$16,400
3
SergeyRusko
$12,271
4
fgbcvo
$9,204
5
eze88888
$6,391
6
Liskacha
$5,113
7
Vitor "VitorBrasil" Peixoto Moreira
$3,835
8
Oscar "Ipoo1" Kroon
$2,557
9
ImSoTight
$1,534
Event #55 $150,000 Super XL - Mega Deep
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$200+15
Jan. 29
1,080
$216,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
HappyHour4U
$38,880
2
88TIGER889
$27,713
3
FItip4ldI
$20,736
4
REFpussy
$15,552
5
Renato "Curioso24" Lezama Nuñez
$10,800
6
pvss10
$8,640
7
Pedro "PaDiLhA10" Padilha
$6,480
8
Lanfear9
$4,320
9
Jack "lrdvoldemort" O'Neill
$2,592
Event #57 $1,500,000 Super XL - Main Event
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$1,000+50
Jan. 29
1,096
$1,500,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Enigmasility
$262,200
2
GoMore21
$190,500
3
Gusfraba99
$142,500
4
spider4444
$106,500
5
MechaREcorta
$75,000
6
ROLDY18
$60,000
7
Dennis "CasinoPro888" Berglin
$45,000
8
Tomas "poohmancz" Petru
$30,000
9
Adrian "ADRI_ATM" Mateos
$17,250
Event #58 $200,000 Super XL - Mini Main Event
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$150+10
Jan. 29
1,512
$328,650
Place
Player
Prize
1
Aleks "fNx_R" Trofimenko
$55,509
2
dobrydmi
$39,504
3
Rodrigo "selouan1991" Selouan
$30,236
4
firgli
$21,362
5
BMars4Life
$15,611
6
F4sKiL
$12,489
7
InJeBakkes
$9,367
8
PairDrawGood
$6,244
9
Johannes "TrollKonst8" Korsar
$3,549
Event #60 $100,000 Super XL - Sunday Challenge
Buy-in
Date
Entries
Prize Pool
$82+8
Jan. 29
1,014
$122,208
Place
Player
Prize
1
Corey "Corlusion" Kempson
$21,997
2
IamKenji1967
$15,679
3
7obi490
$11,732
4
Kuncito1997
$8,799
5
Aleks "alexdimitrov" Dimitrov
$6,110
6
Maksym "MAMOHT_T" Mamonov
$4,888
7
larimetran
$3,666
8
LABOMBA1961
$2,444
9
Mowlschbazd
$1,466
*Special thanks to and for some of the data in this article.