888poker's XL Winter Series Kicks Off On January 16

Calum Grant
Senior Editor & Live Events Executive
5 min read
XL Winter Series

There's plenty of poker action taking place under the 888poker umbrella this month. The company make their awaited return to the live poker streets today with their 2022 888poker LIVE London Festival as well as announcing their upcoming online Winter XL Series.

The new and improved online series runs from January 16-31 and has over $1.5 million in guarantees up for grabs. The virtual festival has 44 events in total and closes out with the $500,000 guaranteed Main Event.

Players with varying budgets will be able to get involved as buy-ins vary from $16.50 to $320 and there are several opportunities to qualify for events for free.

XL Winter Series Returns

Day 1 of the $500,000 GTD XL Winter Series Main Event kicks off on Sunday, January 30 with the final day playing out on Monday, January 31. Entering the event will cost $250 although there are a plethora of chances to get in on the cheap through freerolls and other satellites.

The reigning XL Winter Series Main Event Champion is Russia's "Kazi070486", they took home the title and $60,862 up top. That tournament was under the progressive knockout format whereas this Main Event will run as a standard No Limit Hold'em event.

Of course the $250 buy-in Main Event is the showstopper of the series but there are a host of tournaments with affordable buy-ins and massive guarantees. Some events to keep an eye on other than the Main Event include:

DateTime (GMT)EventBuy-inGuarantee
Sun, January 166 p.m.XL Winter #1 - $100,000 Opening Event$55$100,000
Fri, January 217 p.m.XL Winter #17 - $15,000 Mini DeepStack$16.50$15,000
Mon, January 246 p.m.XL Winter #25 - $25,000 8-Max$88$25,000
Fri, January 287 p.m.XL Winter #38 - $15,000 Mini DeepStack$16.50$15,000
Sun, January 307 p.m.XL Winter #44 - $50,000 Mini Main Event$33$50,000

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888pokerTV Live Stream and Giveaways

As usual, poker fans and players can keep up to date with the series' biggest events on 888pokerTV. The company will also be giving away XL Series tickets as well as other prizes on their livestreams and other social media channels.

The likes of David Tuchman and Nick Wealthall as well as other poker personalities will be in the booth relaying the action from the online felt. The schedule of the livestreams is as followed:

DateTime (GMT)Live Stream Event
Mon, January 1719:35XL Winter #1 - $100,000 Opening Event
Fri, January 2119:35XL Winter #13 - $40,000 PKO 8-Max
Mon, January 2419:35XL Winter #22 - $200,000 Tune Up
Wed, January 2619:35XL Winter #28 - $50,000 PKO
Mon, January 3119:35XL Winter #43 - $500,000 Main Event

How to Get Your XL Winter Series Tickets for Free

With Christmas just gone, some purse strings may have needed to be tightened but don't let that stop you getting involved in the XL Winter Series as players can secure their seats in several ways. There are host of pennybuy satellites for selected events and depositing players can even qualify for free.

The avenues players can take advantage of to get their hands on tickets are:

  1. Via XL Winter Series Freerolls
  2. Satellite into events from 1¢
  3. Via Social Media and 888pokerTV competitions

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XL Winter Series Full Schedule

DateTime (GMT)EventBuy-inGuarantee
Sun, January 166 p.m.XL Winter #1 - $100,000 Opening Event$55$100,000
Sun, January 167 p.m.XL Winter #2 - $20,000 Mini Opening$16.50$20,000
Sun, January 168 p.m.XL Winter #3 - $15,000 Late Opening$33$15,000
Mon, January 176 p.m.XL Winter #4 - $30,000 PKO 6-Max$88$30,000
Mon, January 177 p.m.XL Winter #5 - $20,000 Mini PKO 6-Max$44$20,000
Mon, January 178 p.m.XL Winter #6 - $10,000 Late PKO 6-Max$22$10,000
Tue, January 186 p.m.XL Winter #7 - $30,000 Freezeout$215$30,000
Tue, January 187 p.m.XL Winter #8 - $15,000 Mini Freezeout$55$15,000
Tue, January 188 p.m.XL Winter #9 - $10,000 Late Freezeout$109$10,000
Wed, January 196 p.m.XL Winter #10 - $30,000 PKO$109$30,000
Wed, January 197 p.m.XL Winter #11 - $15,000 Mini PKO$16.50$15,000
Wed, January 198 p.m.XL Winter #12 - $10,000 Late PKO$33$10,000
Thu, January 206 p.m.XL Winter #13 - $40,000 PKO 8-Max$160$40,000
Thu, January 207 p.m.XL Winter #14 - $20,000 Mini PKO 8-Max$55$20,000
Thu, January 208 p.m.XL Winter #15 - $10,000 Late PKO 8-Max$22$10,000
Fri, January 216 p.m.XL Winter #16 - $30,000 DeepStack$55$30,000
Fri, January 217 p.m.XL Winter #17 - $15,000 Mini DeepStack$16.50$15,000
Fri, January 218 p.m.XL Winter #18 - $10,000 Late DeepStack$33$10,000
Sat, January 226 p.m.XL Winter #19 - $30,000 6-Max$109$30,000
Sat, January 227 p.m.XL Winter #20 - $15,000 Mini 6-Max$16.50$15,000
Sat, January 228 p.m.XL Winter #21 - $15,000 Late 6-Max$55$15,000
Sun, January 236 p.m.XL Winter #22 - $200,000 Tune Up$109$200,000
Sun, January 237 p.m.XL Winter #23 - $20,000 Mini Tune Up$16.50$20,000
Sun, January 238 p.m.XL Winter #24 - $15,000 Late Tune Up$33$15,000
Mon, January 246 p.m.XL Winter #25 - $25,000 8-Max$88$25,000
Mon, January 247 p.m.XL Winter #26 - $15,000 Mini 8-Max$44$15,000
Mon, January 248 p.m.XL Winter #27 - $10,000 Late 8-Max$22$10,000
Tue, January 256 p.m.XL Winter #28 - $50,000 PKO$320$50,000
Tue, January 257 p.m.XL Winter #29 - $25,000 Mini PKO$55$25,000
Tue, January 258 p.m.XL Winter #30 - $20,000 Late PKO$109$20,000
Wed, January 266 p.m.XL Winter #31 - $30,000 PKO 8-Max$109$30,000
Wed, January 267 p.m.XL Winter #32 - $15,000 Mini PKO 8-Max$16.50$15,000
Wed, January 268 p.m.XL Winter #33 - $10,000 Late PKO 8-Max$33$10,000
Thu, January 276 p.m.XL Winter #34 - $40,000 PKO 6-Max$215$40,000
Thu, January 277 p.m.XL Winter #35 - $20,000 Mini PKO 6-Max$55$20,000
Thu, January 278 p.m.XL Winter #36 - $10,000 Late PKO 6-Max$22$10,000
Fri, January 286 p.m.XL Winter #37 - $30,000 DeepStack$55$30,000
Fri, January 287 p.m.XL Winter #38 - $15,000 Mini DeepStack$16.50$15,000
Fri, January 288 p.m.XL Winter #39 - $10,000 Late DeepStack$33$10,000
Sat, January 296 p.m.XL Winter #40 - $40,000 Knockout$109$40,000
Sat, January 297 p.m.XL Winter #41 - $15,000 Mini Knockout$16.50$15,000
Sat, January 298 p.m.XL Winter #42 - $15,000 Late Knockout$55$15,000
Sun, January 306 p.m.XL Winter #43 - $500,000 Main Event$250$500,000
Sun, January 307 p.m.XL Winter #44 - $50,000 Mini Main Event$33$50,000

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Calum Grant
Senior Editor & Live Events Executive

Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game. Calum has written for various poker outlets but found his home at PokerNews, where he has contributed to various articles and live updates, providing insights and reporting on major poker events, including the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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