Three Events to Watch: Featuring 888poker XL Inferno Opening Event

Will Shillibier
Managing Editor
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Three Events to Watch: Featuring 888poker XL Inferno Opening Event

With so many online events taking place right now, it can be difficult to make sense of lengthy tournament schedules and lists of events. That's why PokerNews is here to give you three events we think you should pay closer attention to.

They are the 888poker XL Inferno Opening Event, the PokerStars SCOOP Thursday Thrill and the partypoker WPT Online Weekender.

Which tournament are you looking forward to playing?


XL Inferno Kicks Off on 888poker

The XL Inferno gets underway on 888poker with the Opening Event, featuring three tiers on Thursday. The $1.5m GTD festival features exciting events such as PKO, Bounty, High Roller and DeepStack formats, and tonight's Opening Event will definitely get the ball rolling in what is yet another amazing festival this month.

PokerNews are set to live report on a handful of events in the XL Inferno series, and it includes this one, so be sure to check out the live reporting pages if you're thinking of playing.

Opening Event Schedule

DateTime (GMT)Time (EDT)Buy-inNameGuarantee
14th May18:0014:00$109Event #1: Opening Event$75,000
 18:0014:00$16.50Event #2: Mini Opening Event$25,000
 20:0016:00$55Event #3: Late Opening Event$20,000

XL Inferno Live Reported on PokerNews

The XL Inferno features 34 action-packed tournaments with buy-ins starting at only $5.50 and increasing all the way to $320!


Huge Guarantees This Thursday on PokerStars

The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker continues all this week, with Thursday featuring some enormous guarantees on its Thursday Thrill tournaments. Buy-ins start at just $55 for the low tier and go up all the way to the $5,200 High Roller with a $1,000,000 guarantee.

All three tournaments are 8-Max PKO, with big fields expected. You won't miss any of the action, with the medium and high tiers being live reported on [I]PokerNews./I]

SCOOP-62 Event Schedule

DateTime (GMT)Time (EDT)Buy-inNameGuarantee
14th May17:0013:00$5,200SCOOP 62-H NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO, High Roller$1,000,000
 17:0013:00$55SCOOP 62-L NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO, Mini Thursday Thrill SE$500,000
 17:0013:00$530SCOOP 62-M NLHE 8-Max, Progressive KO Thursday Thrill SE$1,000,000

Discover the WPT Online Weekender on partypoker

Three flights and two different tiers make up the Weekender on partypoker offering players a share of up to a $1m prize pool.

Whether you choose to jump in on Friday, Saturday or make it part of your Sunday schedule, you're spoilt for choice as the WPT Online continues only at partypoker.

WPT Online Weekender Schedule

DateTime (GMT)Time (EDT)Buy-inNameGuarantee
15/05/202018:006-Max Weekender Day 1a$2,100$1,000,000 
 18:00Mini 6-Max Weekender Day 1a$215$300,000 
16/05/202018:006-Max Weekender Day 1b$2,100$1,000,000 
 18:00Mini 6-Max Weekender Day 1b$215$300,000 
17/05/202015:306-Max Weekender Day 1c Turbo$2,100$1,000,000 
 15:30Mini 6-Max Weekender Day 1c Turbo$215$300,000 


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Will Shillibier
Managing Editor

Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.

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