Tournament Spotlight: Mystery Bounty Tournaments Dominate XL Retro Series Weekend Schedule

Calum Grant
Senior Editor & Live Events Executive
4 min read
Tournament Spotlight

The XL Retro Series on is in full swing 888poker and is gearing up for another weekend of huge poker action. This Sunday sees a host of Mystery Bounty tournaments get underway on the platform, with the $200,000 guaranteed XL Retro #13 - Mystery Bounty being the pick of the bunch.

Mystery Bounty tournaments have made the quite the impression on 888poker, with ambassador Alexandre "Cavalito" Mantovani stating the platform has nailed their integration of the popular format.

The site ran its first Mystery Bounty tournament just a few weeks ago and was a huge success. The online event nearly doubled its $100,000 guarantee and saw almost 2,000 entries!

XL Retro Series Mystery Bounty Tournaments

On Sunday, three Mystery Bounty tournaments kick off with the first beginning at 5:30 p.m. UTC. The $55 Sunday Mystery Bounty comes with a 40,000 guarantee and sees mystery bounties come into play at the start of Level 17. The biggest bounty has been confirmed at $4,000 for this event and comes with a $55 buy-in.

The second Mystery Bounty event is the biggest of the weekend and starts. 30 minutes after the one above. The buy-in for this increases to $215 but comes with a six-figure guarantee ($200,000) and sees the top bounty prize rise to $20,000! Those with smaller bankrolls will still be able to take part thanks to XL Retro #15: $33 Mini Mystery Bounty. The $33 buy-in means anyone can take part in the fun and gets underway at 7 p.m. UTC. $2,000 is the biggest mystery bounty in this event.

For the XL Retro Mystery Bounty tournaments, the bounties come into play from Level 18.

Satellite Your Way to Mystery Bounty Glory

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Direct satellites for the $33 and $55 buy-in editions of the tournament begin at $5.50 which can help stretch limited bankrolls further. In addition to this, direct satellites from $33 are available for the $215 buy-in event. It is also worth noting that freerolls to the latter event are also scheduled so be sure to check out the client to see how cheaply you can book your seat at the table.

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2022 888poker XL Retro Remaining Schedule

DateTimeEventSpeed Buy-in
Sat 15.1016:00$6,000 XL Retro Big Shot 11$11  
 16:30$12,000 XL Retro PKO Rumble 22$22  
 17:00$12,000 XL Retro Big Shot 55$55  
 18:00$45,000 XL Retro #12 – Volcano PKO$1,050  
Sun 16.1018:00$200,000 XL Retro #13 – Mystery Bounty$215  
 18:30$45,000 XL Retro #14 – Whale 8-Max$525  
 19:00$20,000 XL Retro #15 – Mini Mystery Bounty$33  
Mon 17.1016:00$6,000 XL Retro Big Shot 11$11  
 16:30$12,000 XL Retro PKO Rumble 22$22  
 18:00$15,000 XL Retro #16 – Monsoon $55 
 18:30$3,000 XL Retro #17 – BlowFish $11 
Tue 18.1016:00$6,000 XL Retro Big Shot 11$11  
 16:30$12,000 XL Retro PKO Rumble 22$22  
 17:00$12,000 XL Retro Big Shot 55$55  
 18:00$20,000 XL Retro #18 – Crocodile KO$320  
 18:30$8,000 XL Retro #19 – Big Fish KO$33  
Wed 19.1016:00$6,000 XL Retro Big Shot 11$11  
 16:30$12,000 XL Retro PKO Rumble 22$22  
 17:00$12,000 XL Retro Big Shot 55$55  
 18:00$5,000 XL Retro #20 – PLO 6-Max$109  
 18:30$1,500 XL Retro #21 – Mini PLO 6-Max$33  
Thu 20.1016:00$6,000 XL Retro Big Shot 11$11  
 16:30$12,000 XL Retro PKO Rumble 22$22  
 17:00$12,000 XL Retro Big Shot 55$55  
 17:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Main Event (Day 1)$250  
 18:30$20,000 XL Retro #22 – Crocodile PKO 8-Max$320  
 19:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Main Event (Day 1)$250  
 23:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Hyper Turbo Main Event (Day 1)$250  
Fri 21.1016:00$6,000 XL Retro Big Shot 11$11  
 16:30$12,000 XL Retro PKO Rumble 22$22  
 17:00$12,000 XL Retro Big Shot 55$55  
 17:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Main Event (Day 1)$250  
 23:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Hyper Turbo Main Event (Day 1)$250  
Sat 22.1016:00$6,000 XL Retro Big Shot 11$11  
 16:30$12,000 XL Retro PKO Rumble 22$22  
 17:00$12,000 XL Retro Big Shot 55$55  
 17:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Main Event (Day 1)$250  
 18:00$45,000 XL Retro #23 – Volcano $1,050 
 19:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Main Event (Day 1)$250  
 21:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Main Event (Day 1)$250  
 23:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Hyper Turbo Main Event (Day 1)$250  
Sun 23.1018:00$30,000 XL Retro #24 – Turbo Mega Deep PKO$109  
 18:00$150,000 XL Retro #26 – Super High Roller 8-Max$2,100  
 18:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Main Event (Day 1)$250  
 18:30$20,000 XL Retro #25 – Mini Mega Deep PKO$33  
 20:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Main Event (Day 1)$250  
 22:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Main Event (Day 1)$250  
 00:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Hyper Turbo Main Event (Day 1)$250  
Mon 24.1014:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Turbo Main Event (Day 1)$250  
 16:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Turbo Main Event (Day 1)$250  
 17:30$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Hyper Turbo Main Event (Day 1)$250  
 19:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Main Event (Day 2)-  
Tue 25.1019:00$500,000 XL Retro #27 - Main Event (FT)-  
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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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