2020 888poker XL Winter Series

XL Winter Series #1: $50,000 Opening Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2020 888poker XL Winter Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
$9,039
Event Info
Buy-in
$109
Prize Pool
$51,100
Entries
511
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
12,500
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
511
Players Left
1

Level: 27

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,500

"IamBudha" Starts to Heat-Up

Level 26 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

"IamBudha" limped from middle position and "Cannibal." shoved their 58,870 into the pot and "IamBudha" called.

"Cannibal.": {a-Clubs}{6-Hearts}
"IamBudha": {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

The board rolled out {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} and "IamBudha" pulled in the pot, eliminating "Cannibal." from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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IamBudha
358,000
324,800
324,800
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Cannibal.
Busted

"silkauskas" Continues to Prosper

Level 26 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

Action folded around to "Mel_Bourne" who moved all in, totaling 36,320 and "silkauskas" called in the big blind, putting their opponent at risk.

"Mel_Bourne": {a-Hearts}{4-Spades}
"silkauskas": {j-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}

The {8-Spades}{7-Spades}{6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{10-Spades} board hit a straight on the river for "silkauskas" who pulled in the pot, knocking "Mel_Bourne" out of the opening event.

Player Chips Progress
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silkauskas
345,000
185,000
185,000

Level: 26

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,250

"VonSchenken" Drops "dutchfish81" First Eliminated in the Money

Level 25 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Hand-for-hand play had just started when "dutchfish81" opened to 18,200 and "VonSchenken" shoved over the top for a total fo 112,012. "dutchfish81" called, putting their last 75,728 into the middle.

"dutchfish81": {k-Spades}{j-Spades}
"VonSchenken": {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

"VonSchenken" was well in front with their ace and a {10-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{4-Hearts} board rolled out, cementing the pot for "VonSchenken" who sent "dutchfish81" out as the first person to make the money.

Player Chips Progress
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VonSchenken
206,000
206,000
206,000
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dutchfish81
Busted

Level: 25

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

"paraRC" Drops "junijuniorz" Near the Bottom

Level 24 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

Action folded to "paraRC" who elected to shove their 70,074 stack into the middle. "junijuniorz" called and the two tabled their hands with "paraRC" at risk.

"paraRC" {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}
"junijuniorz": {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}

The community came down {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{9-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}, changing neither hand as "paraRC" took down the pot with their pair of jacks.

Player Chips Progress
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paraRC
149,150
-21,450
-21,450
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junijuniorz
19,900
-118,100
-118,100

Level: 24

Blinds: 3,500/7,000

Ante: 875