On the third day of the 888poker XL Inferno Series, 11 new tournaments started.
Most of the attention went to the $2,100 High Roller, where the best players in the world competed for the first prize of $116,974! Let's take a look at this tournament and the results of the other events that played out on Tuesday.
XL Inferno #36 - $500,000 High Roller
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize pool
$2,100
May 9
222
$572,000
After more than 11 hours of play, Event #36 - $2,100 XL Inferno High Roller finally crowned a winner. Anton "anteen" Bertilsson claimed the victory and the first prize of after beating "Kannwas" in the deciding heads-up.
This event, with a buy-in of $2,100, saw 222 players register and those players made 64 rebuys to get a total amount of 286 players. They created a total prize pool of $572,000 with 36 places paid.
It took a while to get to the money but in the end, "GramNaKartke" was the last player finishing empty-handed. He lost a huge pot with king-queen against pocket aces, with lots of short stacks still in the tournament.
After the players reached the money, it went pretty quickly to a final table. On the bubble of the final table, there was a huge three-way all-in where "Kannwas" busted "morewater" and "sweetness158" with his pocket nines against ace-king and pocket sevens.
Just eight players went to the final table; "cocadas" and "peterpan_33." busted within 10 minutes.
When play reached the final six, players looking scared to bust and it took a while before another player was sent to the rail. After quite some time, "grandepike" lost all of his chips with ace-six against the king-queen of "anteen."
Shortly after, "Sr.Penes" (fifth, $33,176) and "diosmono69" (fourth, $48,620) busted to get the tournament three-handed.
Only a few hands later, they started the heads-up after "R1valdo10" lost a crucial coin flip with ace-king against the pocket jacks of Bertilsson. The Swedish started the battle for victory against "Kannwas" with a 2:1 advantage, but his opponent got back to even stacks pretty quickly.
"Kannwas" dominated for an hour, but in the end, the Swede took back control. He doubled with top pair against a straight draw and finished the job with pocket nines against ten-seven to secure himself of the first prize of $116,974.
Position
Player
Country
Prize
1
anteen
Sweden
$116,974
2
Kannwas
Germany
$85,800
3
R1valdo10
Sweden
$64,636
4
diosmono69
Uruguay
$48,620
5
Sr.Penes
United Kingdom
$33,176
6
grandepike
Canada
$25,740
7
cocadas
United Kingdom
$20,020
8
peterpan_33.
United Kingdom
$14,300
9
morewater
Denmark
$10,868
XL Inferno #30 - $10,000 Lightning 6-Max
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize pool
$109
May 9
169
$26,500
The first tournament of Day 3 of the series, the XL Inferno #30 - $10,000 Lightning 6-Max, attracted 169 players to create a prize pool of $26,500. Swedish player "AsaNisse4" took the lion's share of this prize pool, winning the tournament for $5,306.
Just a few hours later, Lithuania's "Magnf1cious" secured the victory in the XL Inferno #31 - $15,000 Breeze. He defeated a total of 555 players and received the first prize of $5,244.
Place
Player
County
Prize
1
Magnf1cious
Lithuania
$5,244
2
UveBeenStakt
United Kingdom
$3,843
3
BEN_TIMOVER
Ireland
$2,830
4
N_Dima
Belarus
$2,136
5
rrradiovolna
Russia
$1,498
6
Happynose
Belarus
$1,179
7
HellChicKKen
Belarus
$901
8
Libracon
Philippines
$624
9
GotMyStr8
Russia
$424
XL Inferno #32 - $15,000 Deepstack Swordfish
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize pool
$30
May 9
1,007
$27,692.50
The XL Inferno #32 - $15,000 Deepstack Swordfish saw "Rick7BR" take the first prize of $4,984 after defeating "DramaPanda" from Lithuania in the deciding battle.
Place
Player
County
Prize
1
Rick7BR
Brazil
$4,984
2
DramaPanda
Lithuania
$3,600
3
stoty1066
United Kingdom
$2,686
4
jayarepee86
Canada
$2,007
5
nathanbarrac
United Kingdom
$1,395
6
FlipMaster08
Brazil
$1,107
7
PiktasVilkas
Lithuania
$830
8
rrrrui
Brazil
$553
9
streetdekor
Czech Republic
$332
XL Inferno #33 - $25,000 Crocodile
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize pool
$160
May 9
392
$58,800
Place
Player
County
Prize
1
gusma
Brazil
$11,283
2
Graftekkel
Netherlands
$8,379
3
Yournemeis
Czech Republic
$6,174
4
IvanoBalic2
Germany
$4,704
5
robertstack
Canada
$3,292
6
poBHblu
Ukraine
$2,499
7
eltxupacabra
Poland
$1,911
8
pullztrigger
Belarus
$1,323
9
masajedepies
United Kingdom
$976
XL Inferno #34 - $15,000 Swordfish
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize pool
$30
May 9
923
$25,382.50
Russian regular "Ti0373" was one of the winners on Day 3 of the XL Inferno Series. He won the XL Inferno #34 - $15,000 Swordfish for a total prize of $4,568.
Place
Player
County
Prize
1
Ti0373
Russia
$4,568
2
kiskutya23
Czech Republic
$3,299
3
UveBeenStakt
United Kingdom
$2,462
4
VicBiggs
Canada
$1,840
5
boladegude
Brazil
$1,279
6
RKingFish
Chile
$1,025
7
UchihaZizou
Brazil
$771
8
NoTrustEver
Latvia
$520
9
MrLotrzyk
Poland
$317
XL Inferno #35 - $20,000 Monsoon
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize pool
$55
May 9
873
$43,650
Place
Player
County
Prize
1
GodfryJONES
Ireland
$7,857
2
tikkapekka
Finland
$5,674
3
BehindSpace
Romania
$4,234
4
nlfreddie
United Kingdom
$3,164
5
JLodden
Sweden
$2,199
6
stevachenko7
Czech Republic
$1,763
7
cuadrado12
Sweden
$1,326
8
fap2hentai
Finland
$894
9
Duraircwb
United Kingdom
$545
XL Inferno #37 - $150,000 Mini High Roller
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize pool
$215
May 9
845
$244,600
Another big winner was crowned on Tuesday in the XL Inferno #37 - $150,000 Mini High Roller. In total, 845 players paid their buy-in of $215 to create a total prize pool of $244,600. Dutch player "Profided48" won the tournament to secure a great payday of $44,272.
Place
Player
County
Prize
1
Profided48
Netherlands
$44,272
2
PAPA_VINCENT
Romania
$31,798
3
nelisschuif
Malta
$23,848
4
lebshark46
Libanon
$17,855
5
prebzzz
Norway
$12,596
6
Bubba_Gg
United Kingdom
$10,150
7
nitGMmator
Brazil
$7,704
8
garyt20
Ireland
$5,405
9
RKOoutofNWHR
Germany
$3,130
XL Inferno #38 - $40,000 Tuesday Challenge
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize pool
$109
May 9
741
$74,100
Another late night winner was crowned in the XL Inferno #38 - $40,000 Tuesday Challenge. More than 11 hours went by before Czech Republic's "starkinver" won the event for $13,597. Dutch regular "TeamShippo" finished in second place and settled for $9,707.
Place
Player
County
Prize
1
starkinver
Czech Republic
$13,597
2
TeamShippo
Netherlands
$9,707
3
cshine87
Ireland
$7,335
4
kozirok_bel
Belarus
$5,520
5
Ginterlen
United Kingdom
$3,853
6
birdgamecray
Canada
$3,112
7
FlipMaster08
Brazil
$2,371
8
BlacKK_DucKK
Brazil
$1,630
9
GramNaKartke
Poland
$963
XL Inferno #39 - $15,000 Tornado
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize pool
$109
May 9
174
$23,100
Place
Player
County
Prize
1
psihodelik3
Russia
$4,966
2
OlNKOinkOink
Germany
$3,580
3
Viachello
Estonia
$2,714
4
Yournemeis
Czech Republic
$2,021
5
casual_win
United Kingdom
$1,386
6
IvanoBalic2
Germany
$1,155
7
abmarin
Russia
$924
8
popsnpoker
Canada
$693
9
kiskutya23
Czech Republic
$462
XL Inferno #40 - $50,000 Turbo High Roller
Buy-in
Date
Players
Prize pool
$160
May 9
338
$68,400
At the end of this intense day, there was a $50,000 Turbo High Roller. In total, 338 players registered for this turbo event, and within four hours, they crowned a winner. "GiNgErSpEw" defeated all of his opponents and won the first prize of $13,235.