The XL Winter Series is set to wrap up on January 27 when the $250 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed Rakeless Mystery Bounty Main Event crowns its champion. While there is still plenty of poker to be played before a champion emerges, there's a decent chance that 888poker Stream Team member Leo "KaizenStyle" Jokura will be in the mix when the big bucks are handed out.
Jokura thrived on his chosen Day 1, turning his 10,000 starting stack into 254,743, meaning he sits down on Day 2 with the equivalent of 102 big blinds. Only two players have, so far, bagged and tagged larger stacks than the Brazilian 888poker representative: Germany's "FBarbarotto" is the current chip leader with 268,168 chips, while high stakes regular "9salute46" of Ireland occupies second-place with a stack of 264,994.
$500,000 Rakeless Mystery Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
FBarbarotto
Germany
268,168
107
2
9salute46
Ireland
264,994
106
3
Leo "KaizenStyle" Jokura
Brazil
254,743
102
4
Erroor88
Germany
230,362
92
5
Bottero
Malta
223,876
90
6
Dvingminator
Denmark
214,578
86
7
VladRon13
Ukraine
199,754
80
8
EstorilBlue
Lithuania
185,662
74
9
CurrD
United Kingdom
183,655
74
10
Schniepi2808
Germany
177,704
71
Remaining XL Winter Series Rakeless Mystery Bounty Main Event Day 1s
At the time of writing, the $500,000 guaranteed Rakeless Mystery Bounty Main Event has seen 1,270 players buy in, but only 142 progress to Day 2 on January 26. 888poker requires a total of 2,000 entries to hit the half-million guarantee, with every cent of the $250 buy-in going into the prize pool.
Six more Day 1s run between January 23 and January 25, with the final flight shuffling up and dealing at 10:00 p.m. GMT. Day 2 commences at 9:30 p.m. GMT on January 26 with the mystery bounties in play from the start. Two of those bounties are worth $10,000 each, another brace is worth $15,000, and the jackpot bounty awards a cool $50,000.
Date
Time (GMT)
Fri 23 Jan
7:00 p.m.
Sat 24 Jan
4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
Sun 25 Jan
3:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
10:00 p.m.
888poker XL Winter Series Results So Far
Twenty-eight XL Winter Series events are done and dusted, meaning the festival is almost at the halfway point, as 31 more tournaments, including the aforementioned $500,000 Rakeless Mystery Bounty Main Event.
"preTu.ras" is the biggest single winner so far, having triumphed in the $109 Rakeless Opening Event Mystery Bounty for $9,601. Expand the table below to see the results from all completed XL Winter Series events to date.
Expand the table below to see the results of the first 13 XL Winter Series events.
Event
Entrants
Prize Pool
Champion
Prize
#1: $16.50 Opening Event MB
1,503
$22,545
Tippwelt1
$1,929
#2: $33 Opening Event
406
$12,180
Rodrigosjc1
$1,847
#3: $22 Opening Event PKO
601
$12,020
onerb13
$1,923
#4: $55 Opening Event MB
491
$27,000
Flashinew
$3,643
#5: $8.80 Opening Event MB
1,344
$10,752
camirim
$972
#6: $109 Opening Event Rakeless
926
$100,934
preTu.ras
$9,601
#7: $22 Opening Event MB
632
$12,640
Why_a_King
$1,874
#8: $525 Big Shot High Roller
61
$30,500
casual_win
$7,900
#9: $16.50 PKO Mini
547
$10,000
capnasciment
$1,512
#10: $55 PKO
217
$12,000
POCKERKING87
$2,315
#11: $5.50 Mystery Bounty Frenzy
1,142
$5,710
PARARANGE
$358
#12: $22 Mystery Bounty
575
$11,500
Jens5506
$1,473
#13: $109 PKO High
103
$10,300
jmasirer
$2,605
#14: $33 Marathon Special
292
$10,000
Dvingminator
$1,875
#15: $11 MB Frenzy
1,057
$10,570
DutraLucas
$689
#16: $320 Super KO
54
$16,200
r4ndomr4gs
$3,475
#17: $55 Mystery Bounty
291
$15,000
ailaroz
$3,186
#18: $109 Super KO
102
$10,200
FilEz97
$1,708
#19: $11 MB Big or Small
1,009
$10,090
illabezdna
$974
#20: $55 MB Big or Small
259
$12,950
ClaytonPaz
$2,123
#21: $5.50 MB Frenzy
1,105
$5,525
surgam
$432
#22: $22 MB Big or Small
458
$10,000
XxQrinFei
$1,144
#23: $109 Big Shot Special
103
$10,300
polyspaston1
$2,441
#24: $11 MB Big or Small
999
$10,000
ROSSGELLERR
$766
#25: $320 DeepStack High Roller
54
$16,200
CoachKoka
$4,269
#26: $55 DeepStack
223
$12,000
Rafaelgalo49
$2,298
#27: $22 Mystery Bounty
640
$12,800
halemaster
$1,431
#28: $109 DeepStack High
99
$10,000
sebapm
$2,370
Satellite Winner Delivers Surprise Result in a Poker Main Event
If you have hopes, dreams, and aspirations of becoming an XL Winter Series champion, you have ample opportunities to do so between January 23-27, with 31 events scheduled between those dates.
Expanding the table below reveals the times, dates, buy-ins, and guarantees for all remaining events.
Date
Time (GMT)
Event
Buy-in
Guarantee
Fri 23 Jan
4:00 p.m.
#29 – Daily Gems Mystery Bounty Mini
$11
$11,000
6:00 p.m.
#30 – Daily Gems MB Big or Small Special
$22
$12,000
6:00 p.m.
#31 – Daily Gems Mystery Bounty
$55
$12,000
6:00 p.m.
#32 – PLO6 Special
$22
$2,000
6:00 p.m.
#33 – Mystery Bounty Frenzy Special
$5.50
$5,000
7:00 p.m.
#34 – Daily Gems Big Shot Special
$109
$10,000
Sat 24 Jan
4:00 p.m.
#35 – Daily Gems PKO 6-Max Mid
$16.50
$10,000
5:00 p.m.
#36 – PLO5 Mystery Bounty Special
$16,50
$2,000
6:00 p.m.
#37 – Daily Gems PKO 6-Max
$55
$12,000
6:00 p.m.
#38 – Daily Gems Mystery Bounty 6-Max Special
$22
$12,000
6:00 p.m.
#39 – Daily Gems Mystery Bounty Frenzy
$8.80
$6,000
7:00 p.m.
#40 – Daily Gems PKO 6-Max High
$109
$10,000
Sun 25 Jan
3:00 p.m.
#41 – Deepstack Special
$33
$12,000
4:00 p.m.
#42 – Mystery Bounty Mini
$16.50
$20,000
6:00 p.m.
#43 – Mystery Bounty
$55
$30,000
6:00 p.m.
#44 – The PKO Rumble
$109
$40,000
6:00 p.m.
#45 – Mystery Bounty Micro
$8.80
$8,000
7:00 p.m.
#46 – Mystery Bounty Frenzy Special
$22
$12,000
7:30 p.m.
#47 – Super High Roller Special
$1,050
$40,000
Mon 26 Jan
4:00 p.m.
#48 – Daily Gems Mystery Bounty Frenzy Mini
$11
$10,000
6:00 p.m.
#49 – Daily Gems Big Shot Special
$55
$12,000
6:00 p.m.
#50 – Daily Gems Mystery Bounty Frenzy
$22
$10,000
7:00 p.m.
#51 – Daily Gems DeepStack Special
$109
$10,000
9:30 p.m.
#52 – Mystery Bounty Mini Event Day 2
$25
$100,000
9:30 p.m.
#53 – Rakeless Mystery Main Event Day 2
$250
$500,000
Tue 27 Jan
4:00 p.m.
#54 – Daily Gems Closing Event MB Mini
$16.50
$12,000
6:00 p.m.
#55 – High Roller Special
$320
$15,000
6:00 p.m.
#56 – Daily Gems Closing Event Mystery Bounty
$55
$15,000
6:00 p.m.
#57 – Daily Gems Mystery Bounty Frenzy Special
$22
$10,000
6:30 p.m.
#58 – Daily Gems Mystery Bounty Frenzy Mini Special
Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.
