888poker XL Spring Series Main Event Beats $1M Guarantee; Final Table Set

Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor
4 min read
888poker XL Spring Series

After several flights and an explosive Day 2, the $1 million guaranteed XL Spring Series Main Event has reached its final table. Including re-entries, 1,225 players headed to 888poker and bought in for $888, creating a guarantee-busting $1,038,800 prize pool.

Lithuania's "R3li_able" leads the final eight players into battle from 7:00 p.m. BST on May 28 under the chip leader banner. The Lithuanian has 2,830,854 chips, or 81 big blinds, has already collected $48,869 in mystery bounties, and is on course for the tournament's $83,406 top prize.

Event #41: $888 Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
1"R3li_able"Lithuania2,830,85481
2"3AHYDA"Mexico2,591,08574
3"1goodshot"Ukraine1,977,97257
4"icho90" 1,307,97237
5"noWHATfella"Brazil1,196,69934
6"R2Rka"Ukraine941,20027
7"SayPlease" 892,13126
8"morewater"Denmark512,67915

Each of the returning eight players is guaranteed to take home at least $10,452 from the regular prize pool, plus any mystery bounties they collect before busting. All but one of the finalists has at least four figures worth of bounties locked up, with three having banked over $17,000.

The chip leader aside, "icho90" returns in fourth place with $26,739 in bounties already in their 888poker account. One place lower in the standings is Brazil's "noWHATfella" who has $17,043 to show for their efforts.

Although impressive, those bounty payments cannot hold a light to the sum Sweden's "r4ndomr4gs" pulled out of their golden envelope. The Swede eliminated a foe and soon discovered they had the jackpot $100,000 bounty on their head! "r4ndomr4gs" eventually fell in 45th place for $1,670 but collected $101,670.

Follow PokerNews' live updates from the XL Spring Series Main Event from 7:00 p.m. BST on May 28.

Brazil's "juliofxp" Crowned Mini Event Champion

Event #40 of the 888poker XL Spring Series was the $25 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty Mini Event, which drew in 4,827 entrants. That bumper crowd ensured the guarantee was first met and then surpassed by $8,067.50.

Two of the mystery bounties weighed in at $4,000, with the jackpot amount set at $10,000. Both $4,000 bounties went to players at the final table. "Senseless2" of Germany scooped one before falling in eighth, while the eventual champion also secured a $4,000 payout among their $6,327 bounty haul.

"Spianato" of Montenegro may have fallen in 92nd, but not before opening a mystery bounty envelope containing a cool $10,000. Their total haul of $10,097 was the second-most prize money anyone took home from this tournament.

Having only paid $25 to enter, it was unsurprising when the final three players paused the tournament and struck a deal based on ICM. Third-place finisher "uerlings" walked away $5,068 richer, the runner-up "ChistyKloun" won $5,406, and "juliofxp" reeled in $11,199, including bounties. All three were mightily impressive scores for a $25 initial outlay.

Event #40: $25 Mystery Bounty Mini Event Final Table Results

RankPlayerCountryBountiesPrizeTotal Prize
1juilofxpBrazil$6,327$4,871$11,199*
2ChistyKlounBelarus$191$5,214$5,406*
3uerlingsBrazil$37$5,031$5,068*
4RatpokerSweden$91$2,490$2,582
5fedazeteBrazil$91$1,805$1,896
6AnatolijJUnited Kingdom$36$1,312$1,349
7EiffelSweden$136$967$1,103
8Senseless2Germany$4,945$715$5,660

*reflects a three-handed deal

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888poker XL Spring Series Results So Far

Here is a table showing the full 888poker XL Spring Series results so far. The Main Event aside, only two more numbered events need to crown their champions before the curtain comes down on another successful online poker festival.

At 5:00 p.m. BST, Event #42: $10,000 Closing Event Mystery Bounty Mini ($16.50) shuffles up and deals. Two hours later, Event #43: $20,000 Closing Event Mystery Bounty ($55) brings the latest XL Series to a conclusion.

EventBuy-inEntrantsPrize PoolChampionPrize
#01 - $12,000 Opening Event Mystery Bounty$111,603$16,030Zindane$1,546*
#02 - $40,000 Opening Event Mystery Bounty$55766$40,000guizones27$3,799*
#03 - $120,000 Opening Event Mystery Bounty$1091,100$120,000joicemar154$10,718*
#04 - $40,000 Opening Event High Roller$52573$40,000DarshanS$11,200
#05 - $10,000 PKO Mini$11977$10,000xxtomasxx$1,394*
#06 - $20,000 PKO$55431$21,550MoonMeander$3,493*
#07 - $10,000 PKO 6-Max$11971$10,000skon89$1,515*
#08 - $15,000 PKO 6-Max High Roller$32070$21,000hello_br0tti$6,628*
#09 - $5,000 DeepStack Mini$8.80582$5,000Jonnyszz$865
#10 - $10,000 DeepStack$109120$12,000HecticMulk$2,956
#11 - $10,000 Super KO$33411$12,330ingeruRO14$1,202*
#12 - $15,000 Super KO High Roller$32062$18,600WHATaDREAM$4,854*
#13 - $10,000 Mystery Bounty 6-Max Mini$111,017$10,170Veraldo365$2,030
#14 - $12,000 Mystery Bounty 6-Max$109136$13,600T.R.Albrecht$4,095*
#15 - $10,000 DeepStack PKO Mini$111,062$10,620Hangoover9$1,739*
#16 - $2,000 PLO Mystery Bounty$11224$2,240KannKommeaa$424*
#17 - $12,000 DeepStack PKO$109161$16,100andydalmas$4,181*
#18 – $12,000 Mystery Bounty Mini$111,415$14,150HavryluKK$2,408*
#19 - $40,000 Mystery Bounty$55788$40,000Fonnesberg$6,053*
#20 - $120,000 PKO Tune Up Event$1091,023ZockSteffen$16,514* 
#21 - $40,000 PKO Rumble High Roller$52566$40,000sasodilts$10,603*
#22 - $10,000 Big Shot Mini$16.50659$10,000Momentum288 
#23 - $20,000 Big Shot$55381$20,000Zindane$3,658
#24 - $15,000 PKO High Roller$32064$19,200Vandangoz$6,125*
#25 - $20,000 PKO$55414$20,700PotofGreed$3,819*
#26 - $10,000 Mystery Bounty Big or Small Mini$111,180$11,800Turkovist$1,457*
#27 - $10,000 Mystery Bounty Big or Small$22566$11,320Neto_Peruzzo$1,349*
#28 – $15,000 DeepStack High Roller$32061$18,300s.totuli$5,124
#29 - $10,000 DeepStack$33350$10,500Jackpot1337$2,025
#30 - $10,000 Mystery Bounty 6-Max Mini$22541$10,820Villon7$1,186*
#31 - $10,000 Mystery Bounty 6-Max$109123$12,300HvalaLama$4,348*
#32 - $20,000 PKO$55454$22,700Imbalance77$3,910*
#33 - $12,000 PKO High$109178$17,800optimusmov$3,590*
#34 - $12,000 Mystery Bounty Mini$111,545$15,450Blakey513$1,347*
#35 - $40,000 Mystery Bounty$55807$40,350XBarretoX$3,577*
#36 – $30,000 PKO Rumble$109303$30,300andrey59$5,738*
#37 – $30,000 Big Shot High Roller$52555$30,000OnlyBet$9,000
#38 - $10,000 Big Shot Mini$16.50$624$10,000P3dd3rs81$1,633
#39 - $10,000 Big Shot$109105$10,500The_Hoff_Man$2,587
#40 - $100,000 Mystery Bounty Mini Event$254,827$108,607juliofxp$11,199*

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Matthew Pitt
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Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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