888poker XL Blizzard: "ravenous_nl", "jancsi89" & "koptevaaa" Win PKO Titles

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888poker XL Blizzard

After a great start on Thursday, with "resilience32" winning the Opening Event, the XL Blizzard continued on Friday. This time, there were three events on the schedule with buy-ins of $55, $33 and $22. Let's see who were crowned winners and started their weekend with a celebration.

The XL Blizzard Series is Back!

The online poker festival features 34 action-packed tournaments with more than $1.4 million in guaranteed prizes.


XL Blizzard #4 - $30,000 PKO

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$55Feb. 7761$38,050

One of the two events of the day was the XL Blizzard #4 - $30,000 PKO. In this event, 761 players paid the buy-in of $55 where fifty percent went to the bounty prize pool. In total, it created a prize pool of $38,050, well over the guaranteed prize pool of $30,000.

In the end, it was "jancsi89" who was the strongest after defeating "ClaretBantam" in the final heads-up. The runner-up received $2,635 plus $802 for knocking out some players in the progress. The winner got themselves $3,596 plus the biggest bounty of all; $2,873.

888poker XL Blizzard #4 - $30,000 PKO Final Table Results

PositionPlayerCountryPrizeBounty
1jancsi89Unknown$3,596$2,873
2ClaretBantamUnited Kingdom$2,635$802
3mcc300Denmark$1,941$192
4betsoaresBrazil$1,465$298
5kopidoki068Unknown$1,027$473
6RegRastafariBrazil$809$589
78Hulios8Ukraine$618$172
8batisafaellBrazil$428$248
9Tanetane1Finland$291$583

888poker XL Blizzard #5 - $20,000 Mini PKO

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$22Feb. 71,353$27,060

888poker XL Blizzard #5 - $20,000 Mini PKO Final Table Results

PositionPlayerCountryPrizeBounty
1ravenous_nlRussia$2,436$1,376
2loveU2babyUkraine$1,736$77
3nyagaaanRussia$1,299$834
4kazan4ikUkraine$974$249
5BRrafa90Brazil$677$131
6sp1f3s3Russia$541$138
7Wombel89Unknown$406$58
83aHecyTOP1Russia$271$281
9EscossiBrazil$162$98

888poker XL Blizzard #6 - $10,000 Late PKO

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$33Feb. 6549$16,470

"koptevaaa" from Ukraine won the XL Blizzard #6 - $10,000 Late PKO, a tournament with a buy-in of $33. He defeated a field of 549 players, beating "KirusRUS" in the final heads-up. The Ukrainian player took home the first-place prize of $1,565 and a bounty of $1,944. The runner-up had to settle for $1,153 plus $106.

888poker XL Blizzard #6 - $10,000 Late PKO Final Table Results

PositionPlayerCountryPrizeBounty
1koptevaaaUkraine$1,565$1,944
2KirusRUSRussia$1,153$106
3Camino57Canada$844$376
4Yakawin123Malta$642$403
5morinatiBrazil$453$86
6SanadavLithuania$350$198
7Nejtrin0Russia$268$128
8ChipsFoolUnited Kingdom$185$45
9metam0rff77Russia$137$79

Qualify to the XL Blizzard for Free

If you want to join in on the action but don't want to pay full price, rest assured that 888poker is running tons of qualifiers where you can play in XL Blizzard events for pennies on the dollar. In addition, 888poker is hosting two daily freerolls where you can get into two of the biggest XL Blizzard events absolutely for free.

The XL Blizzard Main Event - Qualifier takes place every day between now and Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. where the top 15 players will win a free seat valued at $250 to the XL Blizzard Main Event.

In order to play in the freerolls, you need to have an 888poker account and have made at least one real money deposit.

If you don't already have an account, we have great news for you as not only can you play in these freerolls but also get a welcome package that is hard to beat.

Simply download 888poker through PokerNews and you will instantly get an $88 bonus (£20 in the UK). This bonus doesn't require a deposit, but you will need to deposit in order to play the freerolls.

This is where we have some better news as your first deposit will be generously matched in the form of a bonus up to $888! This is more than double what most players get by downloading directly from 888poker's website.

XL Blizzard Full Schedule

DateTime (GMT)EventBuy-in
Saturday, Feb. 86 p.m.XL Blizzard #7 - $30,000 8-Max$109
 6 p.m.XL Blizzard #8 - $10,000 Mini 8-Max$8.80
 8 p.m.XL Blizzard #9 - $15,000 Late 8-Max$55
Sunday, Feb. 96 p.m.XL Blizzard #10 - $100,000 Tune Up$160
 6 p.m.XL Blizzard #11 - $50,000 Mini Tune Up$16.50
 6:30 p.m.XL Blizzard #12 - $10,000 Micro Tune Up$5.50
 8:00 p.m.XL Blizzard #13 - $20,000 Late Tune Up$55
Monday, Feb. 106 p.m.XL Blizzard #14 - $20,000 R&A$33
 6 p.m.XL Blizzard #15 - $10,000 Mini R&A$5.50
 8 p.m.XL Blizzard #16 - $15,000 Late R&A$16.50
Tuesday, Feb. 116 p.m.XL Blizzard #17 - $100,000 High Roller$320
 6 p.m.XL Blizzard #18 - $30,000 Mini High Roller$55
 8 p.m.XL Blizzard #19 - $20,000 Late High Roller$109
Wednesday, Feb. 126 p.m.XL Blizzard #20 - $50,000 PKO$109
 6 p.m.XL Blizzard #21 - $20,000 Mini PKO$16.50
 8 p.m.XL Blizzard #22 - $10,000 Late PKO$33
Thursday, Feb. 136 p.m.XL Blizzard #23 - $50,000 PKO 8-Max$160
 6 p.m.XL Blizzard #24 - $20,000 Mini PKO 8-Max$22
 8 p.m.XL Blizzard #25 - $20,000 Late PKO 8-Max$55
Friday, Feb. 145 p.m.XL Blizzard #26 - $30,000 DeepStack$55
 5 p.m.XL Blizzard #27 - $20,000 Mini DeepStack$16.50
 7 p.m.XL Blizzard #28 - $15,000 Late DeepStack$33
Saturday, Feb. 156 p.m.XL Blizzard #29 - $30,000 6-Max$109
 6 p.m.XL Blizzard #30 - $20,000 Mini 6-Max$16.50
 8 p.m.XL Blizzard #31 - $15,000 Late 6-Max$55
Sunday, Feb. 165 p.m.XL Blizzard #32 - $500,000 Main Event$250
 5:30 p.m.XL Blizzard #33 - $50,000 Mini Main Event$33
 6 p.m.XL Blizzard #34 - $15,000 Micro Main Event$5.50
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