XL Blizzard #32 - $500,000 Main Event | 2020 888poker XL Blizzard

02-16-2020 18:17 UTC+1

New Chip Leader

Lyle Bateman

Level 1 : 125/250, 30 ante

"usainzeus25" opened from early position to 500 before "ahjaa" came over top to 2,100. Chip leader "GenChampion" 4-bet the hijack to 4,200, and both other players came along to the flop.

The flop came and it checked to GenChampion and they potted to 13,245. The initial raiser got out of the way, but "ahjaa" smooth called. came on the turn, and "ahjaa" checked to "GenChampion" again, calling off their stack when GenChampion bet close to the pot again.

It was a tough spot for the chip leader with versus the pocket kings of "ahjaa". on the river was irrelevant, and "ahjaa" grabbed an early stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
ahjaa	104,001 104,001	104,001
usainzeus25	42,215 42,215	42,215
GenChampion	42,080 -59,685	-59,685

02-16-2020 18:06 UTC+1

Some Early Chipstacks

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Lyle Bateman

Level 1 : 125/250, 30 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
GenChampion	101,765 101,765	101,765
massola1000	84,905 84,905	84,905
Chazcombes	81,002 81,002	81,002
Michela19	73,728 73,728	73,728

02-16-2020 18:01 UTC+1

Virtual Cards are in the Air

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Lyle Bateman

Level 1 : 125/250, 30 ante

The Main Event is finally here! Action is now underway in the massive XL Blizzard #32 - $500,000 Main Event, and more than 700 players have already put their cash down on the virtual felt.

Play continues today until one player has all the chips, and PokerNews will be here to bring you all the big action as it happens. Stay tuned to find out who survives the biggest Blizzard of them all.

Level: 1

Blinds: 125/250

Ante: 30

02-16-2020 08:17 UTC+1

Welcome to XL Blizzard #32 - $500,000 Main Event

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Lyle Bateman

Its almost time for the biggest Blizzard of them all - the $500,000 Main Event. The XL Blizzard series blew across 888poker starting on February 6th with $1.4 million in guaranteed prizes. It culminates in XL Blizzard #32 - $500,000 Main Event, with more than a third of the series' guarantee up for grabs in this one event.

Its been a huge series so far. The Blizzard rolled in with XL Blizzard #1 - $50,000 Opening Event. They ended up with $62,500 in the prize pool and Germany's "resilience32" took it down for just shy of $12K. Brazil's "CabecaTilt" won XL Blizzard #10 - $100,000 Tune Up for $19,092 while Latvia's "zavor4ik" pocketed $20,450 for their win in XL Blizzard #17 - $100,000 High Roller.

XL Blizzard #32 - $500,000 Main Event is what everyone has been waiting for though. Action gets underway at noon Eastern Time, or 5PM GMT. For just $250, players get 50,000 chips to compete for the half million guarantee. They'll play 20 minute levels, and have 5 hours of late registration. That includes 2nd chance rebuys as well, so action is bound to be pretty heavy in the first 10-12 levels of play.

With 10 hours to go till it all kicks off, more than 500 people are already in the game, looking for their share of the $500k guaranteed prize pool. There's nearly $100k up top for the winner right now, and PokerNews will be here to bring you the action from the first hand to the last. Tune in at 5PM GMT Sunday to find out who will be the XL Blizzard Main Event Champion.

XL Blizzard #32 - $500,000 Main Event

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