'sh4xuR7' Wins the 888poker XL Inferno #1: $50,000 Opening Event for $13,721
The first event of the 888poker XL Inferno series has now come to an end, and it was Austria's 'sh4xuR7' taking down Event #1: $50,000 Opening Event for $13,721.
'sh4xuR7' came through a 726 entrants to score the victory, which ended with a heads-up battle against the UK's 'pokerdave128'.
The $50,000 guarantee was smashed with a total prize pool worth $72,600 as players took to the 888poker online field once more following the recent XL Blizzard series.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sh4xuR7 | Austria | $13,721 |
| 2 | pokerdave128 | United Kingdom | $10,055 |
| 3 | Alex_Vol | Russia | $7,405 |
| 4 | jmsantos10 | Malta | $5,590 |
| 5 | IMDool | Lithuania | $3,920 |
| 6 | Farrugia_1 | Malta | $3,085 |
| 7 | lNCURSIO | Unknown | $2,359 |
| 8 | n0sferatv | Peru | $1,633 |
| 9 | exPROsjak | Serbia | $1,110 |
Among the players in the 'Opening Event' battle was Ian Simpson, Espen Uhlen Jorstad, and Sam Grafton.
Jorstad and Grafton both found a place in the money, with latter lasting the longest and ultimately departing in 24th place.
When the action reached the final table, Serbia's 'exPROsjak' was first to go when they ran ace-ten into ace-queen and was quickly followed to the rail by Peru's 'n0sferatv' and 'lNCURSIO'.
Malta's 'Farrugia_1' took sixth place after they ran king-jack into king-queen, with Lithuania's 'IMDool' exciting in fifth place following their shove with ace-jack unable to beat pocket kings.
'jmsantos10' missed out on a podium position and departed in fourth place when pocket kings held against ace-ten, and former chipleader 'Alex_Vol' had to settle for third place when their brave call with two pair couldn't match up against a full house.
'sh4xuR7' held a 4/1 chip lead heads-up and never looked back, ultimately holding with ace-three against king-three to seal the title and send 'pokerdave128' to the rail as runner-up.
That concludes the coverage of Event #1, stay tuned to PokerNews.com throughout the rest of the series for updates on all of the events.