888poker XL Blizzard: Get Ready for the $500,000 GTD Main Event!

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888poker XL Blizzard: Get Ready for the $500,000 GTD Main Event!

On the tenth day of the XL Blizzard Series on 888poker, players competed in three new tournaments with the XL Blizzard #29 - $30,000 6-Max as the highlight of the day. The $16.50 buy-in Mini edition and a $55 buy-in Late edition started as well.

888poker's XL Blizzard Main Event with a massive guarantee of $500,000 starts tonight, at 7 p.m. GMT. Playing this event will cost you $250, but there are still plenty of opportunities to get in cheaper. The $50,000 guaranteed Mini Main starts at 7:30 p.m. as well and will cost you $33 to enter. The $5.50 Micro Main starts one hour later and has a guarantee of $15,000.

You can follow the Main Event live on PokerNews.com with live updates and can read all about it in tomorrow's recap. But first, let's take a look at the results of Saturday's events.


888poker XL Blizzard #29 - $30,000 6-Max

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$109Feb. 15344$34,400

At 7 p.m. GMT, the XL Blizzard #29 - $30,000 6-Max started with each player receiving a 50,000 starting stack. After the late registration closed, there were 344 players. That made for a prize pool of $34,400, with the first-place prize of $7,912.

After several hours, the tournament reached the final table. "trydestroy1" and "KURDEdersim" busted in sixth and fifth place, receiving $1,410 and $2,064 respectively.

"CabecaTilt" from Brazil finished in fourth place for $2,752 and "EZ.PZ" got $4,128.

The final heads-up between Germany's "RasAIGhul" and the United Kingdom's "kokoloko17" was won by the latter who secured $7,912. The runner-up had to settle for a respectable $5,504.

888poker XL Blizzard #29 - $30,000 6-Max Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1kokoloko17United Kingdom$7,912
2RasAIGhulGermany$5,504
3EZ.PZUnited Kingdom$4,128
4CabecaTiltBrazil$2,752
5KURDEdersimSweden$2,064
6trydestroy1Ukraine$1,410

888poker XL Blizzard #30 - $20,000 Mini 6-Max

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$16.50Feb. 151,620$24,300

Just like most events, there was a Mini edition of the 6-Max on the schedule. This tournament had a buy-in of just $16.50, and there were 1,620 players competing for a prize pool of $24,300.

The final table was top-heavy with all six finalists in this tournament securing themselves of $729 while the top prize was $3,975. That prize was never won by any player as the final three players made a deal. "manipuliator" won the event for $3,588 after beating "rozhinsky" in the deciding heads-up. The runner-up settled for second place and $2,820 while "biggyRR" finished in third place for $2,913.

888poker XL Blizzard #30 - $20,000 Mini 6-Max Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1manipuliatorKazakstan$3,588*
2rozhinskyUkraine$2,820*
3biggyRRRussia$2,913*
4FlushJeZusUnknown$1,580
5matros1979Ukraine$1,094
6pAhApepuEstonia$729

*denotes a three-way deal


888poker XL Blizzard #31 - $15,000 Late 6-Max

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$55Feb. 15374$18,700

A late winner was crowned in the XL Blizzard #31 - $15,000 Late 6-Max. This event attracted 374 players to create a prize pool of $18,700. This time it was Russia's "kinsQ" snagging the top prize after they won the event for $4,114. The Russian player defeated runner-up "Sticker1994" who finished in second place for $2,870.

888poker XL Blizzard #31 - $15,000 Late 6-Max Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1kinsQRussia$4,114
2Sticker1994Unknown$2,870
3nimenialtu0Romania$2,151
4GoodNicknameUnknown$1,496
5THEPWNERUnknown$1,122
6ZDamianUnknown$748

XL Blizzard Full Schedule

DateTime (GMT)EventBuy-in
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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