Don't Miss Your Final Chances to Play in the $500K Rakeless XL Winter Series Main Event

Matthew Pitt Senior Editor

Jan 26, 2026 4 min read

$500,000 Rakeless Mystery Bounty Main Event Top 10
$100,000 Guaranteed Mini Event Needs 1,100 More Players From Three Flights
$100,000 Mystery Bounty Mini Event Top 10
888poker XL Winter Series Results So Far
Remaining XL Winter Series Numbered Events

Time is of the essence if you harbour dreams of becoming the 888poker XL Winter Series Mystery Main Event champion because only two Day 1s remain. The final two flights in the $250 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed Main Event shuffle up and deal at 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. GMT on January 26. Do not miss out.

The XL Winter Series Mystery Main Event is played to a mystery bounty format, with those bounties coming into play at the start of Day, which begins at 9:30 p.m. GMT sharp on January 26. Two mystery bounty envelopes are guaranteed to contain $10,000 scores, with another two holding $15,000. However, the jackpot bounty tips the scales at an impressive $50,000.

Perhaps as impressive is the fact that 888poker is not charging any rake for this tournament. Every cent from the $250 buy-in goes into the prize pool. At least 2,000 entries are required to hit the $500,000 guarantee, but only 1,827 players have bought in so far, so an overlay could be on the cards.

Should you progress from one of the two remaining flights, then reach the eight-handed final table, you'll earn a well-deserved break. That break ends with the resumption of the tournament at 7:00 p.m. GMT on January 27, with the 888poker Twitch channel streaming the action throughout.

$500,000 Rakeless Mystery Bounty Main Event Top 10

Those wanting to sit down on Day 2 with a top-10 stack need to start accumulating chips from the get-go. Brazil's "gremistaAAKs" turned their 10,000 starting stack into 206,222, enough for tenth place at the restart. Mexico-based grinder "3AHYDA" is the current chip leader, having bagged up 298,904 on their chosen Day 1. That tournament-leading stack is worth 120 big blinds on Day 2.

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	3AHYDA	Mexico	298,904	120
2	Naik10	Brazil	284,987	114
3	FBarbarotto	Germany	268,168	107
4	9salute46	Ireland	269,994	106
5	andyboooo9	Denmark	259,192	104
6	Leo "KaizenStyle" Jokura	Brazil	254,743	102
7	Erroor88	Germany	230,362	92
8	Bottero	Malta	223,876	90
9	Dvingminator	Denmark	214,578	86
10	gremistaAAKs	Brazil	206,222	83

$100,000 Guaranteed Mini Event Needs 1,100 More Players From Three Flights

The $25 buy-in Mystery Bounty Mini Event comes with a $100,000 guarantee on its prize pool, but it looks all but certain to overlay. 888poker needs 4,444 players to buy-in and/or re-enter, but 3,309 have done so at the time of writing, and there are only a trio of Day 1s remaining.

They get underway at 2:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. GMT on January 26, with Day 2 kicking off at 9:30 p.m. GMT on the same day. Unlike its $500,000 guaranteed big brother, the Mystery Bounty Mini Main concludes on Day 2. Sixteen of its mystery bounties are worth between $1,000 and $4,000, with one lucky 888poker player taking home a $10,000 jackpot bounty. Will that lucky player be you?

$100,000 Mystery Bounty Mini Event Top 10

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	XachiXa	Brazil	298,904	116
2	txcreaper23	Cyprus	269,846	108
3	Sentinelapk	Brazil	235,665	94
4	Befjam08	United Kingdom	232,237	93
5	FelKluivert	Armenia	227,886	91
6	SHantelleA	United Kingdom	219,866	88
7	_uptonog00d_	Romania	217,393	87
8	BarneyCooper	Brazil	213,723	86
9	c0bl1meyguv	United Kingdom	210,682	84
10	Ronn6	United Kingdom	208,392	83

888poker XL Winter Series Results So Far

Forty-seven of the scheduled 59 numbered XL Winter Series events are done and dusted, their champions crowned, and those champions' bankrolls boosted. Expand the table below to see all the details from the completed XL Winter Series events so far.

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
#29: $11 Mystery Bounty Mini	1,159	$11,590	HavryluKK	$1,006
#30: $22 MB Big or Small	661	$13,220	stockfish9	$1,477
#31: $55 Mystery Bounty	280	$14,000	Sfgranja	$2,205
#32: $22 PLO6	82	$2,000	KaeptenKB	$456
#33: $5.50 Mystery Bounty Frenzy	1,244	$6,220	hatetheriver	$430
#34: $109 Big Shot Special	106	$10,600	Brigaboyy	$2,512
#35: $16.50 PKO 6-Max	592	$10,000	Im44bet	$1,687
#36: $16.50 PLO Mystery Bounty	177	$2,655	ZeroAO	$739
#37: $55 PKO 6-Max	244	$12,200	okagawa1	$2,721
#38: $22 Mystery Bounty 6-Max	795	$15,900	Hodor83	$2,060
#39: $8.80 Mystery Bounty Frenzy	991	$7,928	AlinusA	$719
#40: $109 PKO 6-Max	116	$11,600	ukrLaci	$3,069
#41: $33 Deepstack Special	429	$12,870	frittsson47	$2,305
#42: $16.50 Mystery Bounty	1,518	$22,770	davidrin21	$1,960
#43: $55 Mystery Bounty	670	$33,500	midein	$3,255
#44: $109 PKO Rumble	401	$40,100	puniiisher16	$7,903
#45: $8.80 Mystery Bounty	1,078	$8,624	Thomao	$801
#46: $22 Mystery Bounty	805	$16,100	YetiCara	$1,354
#47: $1,050 Super High Roller	60	$60,000	EDY14101	$17,970

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Remaining XL Winter Series Numbered Events

They say all good things must come to an end, and that is true regarding the XL Winter Series. Another four numbered events run on January 26, doing so alongside the final Day 1s and the Day 2s of the $100,000 and $500,000 guaranteed showpiece tournaments.

The final six tournaments take place on January 27, while the Mystery Main Event final table is in full swing.

Date	Time (GMT)	Event	Buy-in	Guarantee
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	$8.80	$5,000
	7:00 p.m.	#59 – Daily Gems Closing Event Big Shot	$109	$10,000
	7:00 p.m.	#53 – Rakeless Mystery Main Event Final Table		$500,000

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Matthew Pitt Senior Editor

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.

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