2020 888poker XL Blizzard

XL Blizzard #10 - $100,000 Tune Up
Day: 1
Event Info

2020 888poker XL Blizzard

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$19,092
Event Info
Buy-in
$160
Prize Pool
$117,600
Entries
1,176
Level Info
Level
46
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
125,000

Double Elimination for BigWizzzard

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Likutu opened the action with a shove for 99,502 chips from middle position, aandy48 shoved too for 65,582 from the hijack and BigWizzzard put both his opponents at risk, calling from the button.

Likutu: {q-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
aandy48: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}
BigWizzzard: {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}

The board came {8-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and BigWizzzard found a set that sent both his opponents to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of BigWizzzard ro
BigWizzzard
310,684
Profile photo of Likutu ro
Likutu
Busted
Profile photo of aandy48 gb
aandy48
Busted

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Magic Turn for Slapnutz123

Level 18 : 3,500/7,500, 875 ante

The action was folded to Slapnutz123 on the cutoff and he raised to 21,000 with KToFTW calling from the button. The blinds got out of the way and they went heads up to the {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}{j-Diamonds} flop.

Slapnutz123 bet 14,000, KToFTW raised to 44,510 and Slapnutz123 shoved for 233,000 covering slightly his opponent who called.

Slapnutz123: {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}
KToFTW: {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

Slapnutz123 was in trouble but the {a-Clubs} on the turn improved him to a full house and secured the pot after the {3-Clubs} on the river which couldn't change anything.

Player Chips Progress
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Slapnutz123
468,490
56,159
56,159
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KToFTW
Busted

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,500/7,500

Ante: 875

sw33ney Reaches Half a Million Chips

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

The action opened with iUse2bSpewer's shove for 56,935 from early position and Sw33ney called from the hijack position, with the rest of the players getting out of the way.

iUse2bSpewer: {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Sw33ney: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}

The board brought {10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and Sw33ney kept his advantage to send iUse2bSpewer to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sw33ney gb
Sw33ney
494,145
392,785
392,785
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iUse2bSpewer
Busted

Registration Ended

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

The late registration period is now over and the total field of the event consists of 869 players and 307 rebuys, bringing the total number of entries up to 1,167. The prize pool reached $117,600 which will be given to the first 117 players, with the first place prize being $21,168.

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 750