Huge Scores Are the Order of the Day as 888poker XL Winter Series Heads Into its Final Day

Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor
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888poker XL Winter Series Main Event

Romania's "amormori" is on cloud nine today after they turned a $25 investment into $9,158 and an 888poker XL Winter Series title. The Romanian grinder outlasted 4,674 opponents in the $100,000 XL Winter #45 – Mystery Bounty Mini Event and scooped a significant slice of the guarantee-busting $105,187 prize pool.

Although "amormori" became the tournament's champion, they did not walk away with the largest payout. Mexico-based "MuyB1eN" captured the biggest prize of the event courtesy of pulling the jackpot bounty from its golden envelope. "MuyB1eN" busted in 63rd place for $93.81 but also received $10,000 from the mystery bounty prize pool, resulting in a $10,093.81 payday, almost $1,000 more than the eventual champion.

$100,000 XL Winter #45: Mystery Bounty Mini Event Final Table Results

RankPlayerCountryBountiesPrizeTotal Prize
1amormoriRomania$2,754$6,403$9,158
2fishinbearUnited Kingdom$54$4,569$4,624
3Naik10Brazil$2,240$3,261$5,502
4DXforceRomania$154$2,345$2,500
5Amup88Germany$4,036$1,699$5,736
6MarioDutraJRBrazil$72$1,236$1,308
7IOwnU888 $181$910$1,092
8geangrBrazil$1,136$673$1,809

With mystery bounty payments included, each of the eight finalists locked in a four-figure score for their $25 buy-in. Brazil's "geangr" collected the first of these, falling in eighth place and banking $1,8009.

"IOwnU888" finished in seventh for $1,092 before "MarioDutraJR," another Brazilian, crashed out in sixth for $1,308.

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Germany's "Amup88" saw their deep run end in a fifth-place finish. Although disappointed not to be the last player standing, "Amup88" saw their 888poker account balance swell by $5,736, the second-largest payout at the final table, after pulling one of the two $4,000 mystery bounties before they busted.

Fourth place and $2,500 went to Romania's "DXforce," with the Mini Main Event progressing to the heads-up stage when "Naik10" bowed out in third, adding $5,502 to their bankroll.

"amormori" and the United Kingdom's "fishinbear" clashed heads-up, with the former coming out on top. "amormori" received $9,158 for their victory, leaving the runner-up to reel in a $4,624 consolation prize.

Huge Scores Guaranteed as $1M Main Event Reaches Final Table

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While "amormori" was busy navigating their way to victory in the Mini Main Event, the $1 million guaranteed Mystery Bounty Main Event was whittling its field down from 1,145 to the final table of eight players. Big payouts are the order of the day in this tournament despite the event overlaying by around $30,000. 888poker processed 1,175 entries, resulting in a $1 million prize pool.

Fourteen of the mystery bounty amounts weighed in at five figures, with the jackpot bounty awarding its lucky recipient a cool $100,000. Denmark's "Slikkelade" pulled that princely sum from its envelope before bagging enough chips for third place at the restart. The Dane is guaranteed an additional $9,750 from the regular prize pool but could bank as much as $81,649 if they come out on top.

"Kellerrr69" is the chip leader going into the final table, which starts at 7:00 p.m. GMT on January 28 under the watchful eyes of the 888poker Twitch channel. The leader has 108 big blinds in their stack, almost twice as many as any other finalist. "Kellerrr69" is already $21,293 to the good thanks to mystery bounty payouts.

888poker regular "wellyxx" returns to the action second in chips, while "Armeniashka" and "hardc0reee" built on their impressive Day 1 performance to take seats at the final table.

Return to PokerNews on January 29 for a full recap of the XL Winter Series Mystery Bounty Main Event final table action.

$1,000,000 XL Winter #46: Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
1Kellerrr69 3,763,872108
2wellyxxFinland1,916,06755
3SlikkeladeDenmark1,539,31444
4ArmeniashkaArmenia1,442,15941
5hardc0reeeCanada1,061,13130
6GodBleefe7Brazil907,55226
7Hxs87Romania555,92516
8KzzzonSweden263,9808

2025 888poker XL Winter Series Results So Far

Expand the table below to see the results from every completed XL Winter Series numbered event.

EventEntrantsPrize PoolChampionPrize
#01 - $109 Weekend Mystery Starter1,246$150,000djjazz222$11,010
#02 - $16.50 Opening Event Mystery Bounty1,581$23,715klapciukas$2,040
#03 - $33 Opening Event474$14,220Beratna$2,601
#04 - $55 Opening Event PKO702$35,100Paulada85$5,449
#05 - $22 Opening Event MB Big or Small849$16,980sjae98$2,264
#06 - $1,050 Super High Roller39$40,000Zebest7r$13,680
#07 - $16.50 Daily Gems PKO Mid774$12,000PrivetPawtet1,767
#08 - $8.80 Daily Gems PKO Mini615$4,920jan4ixs$892
#09 - $215 High Roller68$13,600ab_wien$3,712
#10 - $55 Daily Gems PKO389$19,450LimperShroom$3,646
#11 - $33 Daily Gems Marathon354$10,620Cabbazzzzz$2,048
#12 - $16.50 Daily Gems Super KO Mini715$12,000p257829$1,204
#13 - $320 Super KO High Roller55$16,500Kabosu69$3,225
#14 - $55 Daily Gems Mystery Bounty349$17,450UZUN94$2,451
#15 - $109 Daily Gems Super KO121$12,100Munich111$1,706
#16 - $16.50 Daily Gems PKO Special355$5,025cobrastyle50$957
#17 - $11 Daily Gems MB Big or Small Mini1,145$11,450chuligani$1,395
#18 - $55 Daily Gems Mystery Bounty346$17,300H_A_H$2,387
#19 - $22 Daily Gems MB Big or Small593$11,860MantynisNa$1,470
#20 - $109 Daily Gems Big Shot128$12,800Matas.C$2,976
#21 - $11 Daily Gems PKO879$10,000Vlad9907$1,372
#22 - $320 DeepStack High Roller72$21,6003AHYDA$6,048
#23 - $55 Daily Gems DeepStack342$17,100bombazota69$3,087
#24 - $22 Daily Gems Mystery Bounty686$13,720Dvingminator$1,664
#25 - $109 Daily Gems DeepStack High137$13,700scheeescheee$3,185
#26 - $11 Daily Gems Mystery Bounty Mini1,322$13,220kaline$1,150
#27 - $22 Daily Gems Mystery Bounty Mid725$14,500alaskina$1.545
#28 - $55 Daily Gems Mystery Bounty356$17,800Elquelele$3,265
#29 - $109 Daily Gems Big Shot Special143$14,300Piglet29$3,324
#30 - $16.50 Daily Gems PKO 6-Max Mid705$12,000ickti$1,961
#31 - $11 PLO Mystery Bounty216$2,160TPetrov14$303
#32 - $55 Daily Gems PKO 6-Max341$17,050Jonathaa97$3,449
#33 - $22 Daily Gems Mystery Bounty 6-Max633$12,660aka.rosa$2,559
#34 - $109 Daily Gems PKO 6-Max High134$13,400Sl1mShady94$3,018
#35 - $33 Deepstack Special482$14,460Maik10$2,501
#36 - $16.50 Mystery Bounty Mini1,495$22,425Denait$2,047
#37 - $55 Mystery Bounty711$35,550MicutuP.K.R.$3,849
#38 - $22 MB Big or Small736$14,720Sorin9Serban$1,901
#39 - $109 The PKO Rumble639$63,900chrisfrimodt$10,167
#40 - $525 Big Shot High Roller70$35,000OMGTHATEDGE$9,800
#41 - $16.50 Daily Gems PKO Mini677$10,155NJuninho$1,690
#42 - $215 High Roller Special65$13,000Escabofildo$3,549
#43 - $55 Daily Gems PKO364$18,200beliebeinbe9$3,356
#44 - $33 Daily Gems Mystery Bounty520$15,600Mullaman1$2,210
#45 - $25 Mystery Bounty Mini Event4,675$105,158amormori$9,158

All prizes included bounty payments where applicable

Remaining 888poker XL Winter Schedule

The curtain comes down on another highly successful XL Winter Series on January 28. While the $1 million guaranteed Main Event's final table grabs the poker community's attention, a handful of events must crown their worthy champions on the festival's final day.

The first of the final six tournaments shuffles up and deals at 4:00 p.m. GMT. Log into your 888poker account then and see if you can end the XL Winter Series with a victory and a bankroll-boosting score before the festival ends.

DateTimeXL Winter Tournament NameBuy-inGTD
28-Jan16:00XL Winter #47 - Daily Gems - Closing Event MB Mini$16.50$12,000
28-Jan17:00XL Winter #48 - High Roller Special$320$15,000
28-Jan18:00XL Winter #49 - Daily Gems - Closing Event Mystery Bounty$55$20,000
28-Jan18:00XL Winter #50 - Daily Gems - Big Shot Special$109$12,000
28-Jan19:00$1,000,000 XL Winter #46 - Mystery Bounty Main Event (Final Table)--
28-Jan17:00XL Winter - PKO Rumble 109$109$5,000
28-Jan22:30XL Winter - Mystery Bounty Turbo 16.50$16.50$2,000
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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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