2017 888poker Super XL Series

Event #1 - $80,000 Guarantee
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 888poker Super XL Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
$28,224
Event Info
Buy-in
$100
Entries
1,033
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
325,000 / 650,000
Ante
81,250

Canada's Mindcrushers Wins Event #1: $80,000 Super XL - Opening Event For $28,224

Level 38 : 325,000/650,000, 81,250 ante
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After over 10 hours of play, Canada's Mindcrushers won the $109 Event #1: $80,000 Super XL - Opening Event For $28,224. The opening event attracted 1,033 players and 535 rebuys to generate a $156,800 prize pool, or almost double the $80,000 guarantee.

PlacePlayerPrize
1Mindcrushers$28,224
2climbndream$20,117
3trojanmouse$15,053
4LrdofDonkTwn$11,290
5Luis "pegAAmigo" Dono$7,840
6silskyer$6,272
7TheMulletman$4,704
8liincownz$3,136
9Chris "888Moorman" Moorman$1,882

Among those in the field were two 888poker Ambassadors including Germany's Natalie "888NatalieH" Hof and United Kingdom's Chris "888Moorman" Moorman.

While Hof was eliminated before the money, Moorman managed a deep run all the way to the final table where he exited the tournament in ninth place to collect $1,882 after his ace-jack proved to be no match for the pocket queens held by MindCrushers.

After Moorman was eliminated, Brazil's liincownz (eighth - $3,136), TheMulletman (seventh - $4,704) and Poland's silskyer (sixth - $6,272) were all eliminated in quick succession.

Luis "pegAAmigo" Dono was then eliminated by clmbndream in fifth place for $7,840 when his ace-nine was unable to catch up to his opponent's ace-jack. About half an hour later, Mexico's LrdofDonkTwn was then eliminated in fourth place for $11,289.60 when his ace-five proved to be no match for Mindcrushers' ace-jack.

Without too much delay, play was heads-up after trojanmouse got it all in with ace-nine and was subsequently eliminated in third place for $15,053 against clmbndream who held ace-king.

Mindcrushers entered heads-up play with an almost five to one chip advantage. however, climbndream battled back to eventually take a four to one chip advantage himself.

However, Mindcrushers was able to take the lead, this time for good when he hit a straight after going all in with queen-jack against his opponent's ace-five. Mindcrushers then eliminated climbndreams in second place for $20,117 after his queen-ten was able to edge out his opponent's ace-jack.

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