Welcome to the $160 Event #14: $250,000 Super XL -Tune Up taking place online at 888poker at 6 p.m. GMT. The Super XL Series features 63 action-packed events from Jan. 19 to 31 with more than $5 million in guaranteed prize pools. The schedule should appeal to players of many tastes with a Mini, Turbo and Main version available for most of the tournaments.
Event #14 is one of 10 Super XL events taking place today, combining for a huge $1 million in guaranteed prize pools.
Time (GMT)
Event
Buy-in
15:45
Event #12 $35,000 Super XL - Sunday Breeze
$55
17:30
Event #13 $150,000 Super XL - Mega Deep
$215
18:00
Event #14 $250,000 Super XL - Tune Up
$160
18:00
Event #15 $50,000 Super XL - Mini Tune Up
$12
18:30
Event #16 $35,000 Super XL - Sunday Monsoon
$55
19:00
Event #17 $200,000 Super XL - Whale
$600
19:35
Event #18 $100,000 Super XL - Sunday Challenge
$90
20:30
Event #19 $50,000 Super XL - Turbo Mega Deep
$215
21:00
Event #20 $30,000 Super XL - Turbo Tune Up
$55
22:00
Event #21 $10,000 Super XL - Super Turbo Tune Up
$75
Event #14: $250,000 Super XL -Tune Up is a deep-stacked affair with players starting off with 15,000 chips and blinds increasing every 20 minutes. Players will be able to rebuy for 15,000 additional chips for $160 during the four-hour late registration period provided that they lose all their chips.
PokerNews will provide you with live updates so you can keep track of who's winning and who's losing if you're not able to follow along with the action in the 888poker client. We'll bring you all the big hands, all the bad beats and all the drama of this phenomenal event!
Chris "888Moorman" Moorman raised from late position to 350 and got a call from an opponent to his left before RichieLaNuit three-bet to 1,525. Moorman four-bet to 3,205 and after the flat-caller folded, RichieLaNuit five-bet shoved to cover Moorman's initial stack of 13,929. Moorman called and was well ahead with to his opponent's .
Moorman quickly found himself behind after the appeared on the flop. He was unable to get one of his two remaining outs after the board completed . Moorman rebought into the tournament for a fresh stack of 15,000 chips.
Moorman wound up rebuying several times in Super XL Event #1, and his last bullet proved to be worthy as he catapulted this into a final table finish.
888poker Ambassador Chris "888Moorman" Moorman is off to a slow start and just rebought for a second time after the following hand took place.
LetsgoJensen raised from the button to 555 and got a call from b.szasko from the small blind before Moorman three-bet to 1,655. Both players called leading to a flop. After checked to Moorman, the British poker pro bet 1,500 and got a call from letsgoJensen before b.szasko folded.
Moorman then shoved for 10,705 after the appeared on the turn and got a called from his opponent. LetsgoJensen held , while Moorman needed one of eight outs to complete a straight draw holding . The completed the board sending a huge pot to letsgoJensen before Moorman quickly opted to rebuy back into the tournament.
LetsgoJensen raised from under the gun for 1,255 before Chris "888Moorman" Moorman three-bet to 3,255. LetsgoJensen called before the flop came.
Both players checked the flop, before letsgoJensen bet 3,755 after the appeared on the turn. Moorman called and the completed the board on the river.
LetsgoJensen fired out for 11,000, which effectively put Moorman all in. Moorman quickly called with for a flush and his opponent showed . After the hand, Moorman had a 71 big blind stack of 35,720.
888poker Ambassador Chris "888Moorman" Moorman just rebought for a third time after three-betting all in with pocket eights. His opponent called with pocket queens.
Moorman flopped a set, however, so did his opponent on the flop. Moorman was drawing dead on the turn as his opponent hit quads. The inconsequential completed the board on the river.
Sometime before late registration ended, 888poker Ambassador Nicolau "nicofellow" Villa-Lobos joined the action. The only other ambassador in play is Chris "888Moorman" Moorman, currently with a stack of 63,228.
Chris "888Moorman" Moorman is now the last 888poker Ambassador remaining in the tournament after Nicolau "nicofellow" Villa-Lobos was eliminated getting it all in with against two opponents.
A stack that was shorter than Villa-Lobos held , while a bigger stack held . The board ran out to give the big-stacked opponent a full house, while Villa-Lobos was unable to improve his preflop holdings and was eliminated from the tournament in 600th place.
The action folded around to JustGamblin in the small blind, who shoved for more than 40,000. This more than covered Moorman's remaining stack and he called from the big blind.
The duo was flipping with Moorman holding and JustGamblin holding . Moorman odds to win the hand went down significantly after his opponent paired the flop. He was drawing even thinner after the hit the turn, giving his opponent trip and eliminating the possibility of any runner-runner outs.
Moorman was eliminated in 484th place after he was unable to find one of the two sixes he needed on the river, which instead came the handing a nice pot to JustGamblin.
Dmitri "89rhino89" Ivanov raised from early position to 20,000 before sweet_dr34ms shoved for 175,284. The action folded back to Ivanov who thought for a few seconds before he called.
Ivanov:
sweet_dr34ms:
It was smooth sailing for Ivanov who hit nailed a full house after the flop came . The on the turn and the on the river completed the board sending sweet_dr34ms out of the tournament in 86th place for $695.64. Meanwhile, Ivanov's stack grew to 896,064.
WaWazDa raised to 120,000 from under the gun. Patrick "omgpatbrooks" Brooks three-bet to 320,000 before ForSjovt jammed for almost 6,000,000 from the big blind. WaWazDa tanked for nearly a minute before he called. Brooks quickly folded and ForSjovt showed .
The board ran out and ForSjovt witnessed his stack coming near 8 million chips. Meanwhile, WaWazDa was eliminated in 13th place for $2,150.
to his opponent's 
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appeared on the flop. He was unable to get one of his two remaining outs after the board completed 
. Moorman rebought into the tournament for a fresh stack of 15,000 chips.
flop. After checked to Moorman, the British poker pro bet 1,500 and got a call from letsgoJensen before b.szasko folded.
appeared on the turn and got a called from his opponent. LetsgoJensen held 
, while Moorman needed one of eight outs to complete a straight draw holding 
. The 
completed the board sending a huge pot to letsgoJensen before Moorman quickly opted to rebuy back into the tournament.
for a flush and his opponent showed 
flop. Moorman was drawing dead on the 
turn as his opponent hit quads. The inconsequential 
completed the board on the river.
, while a bigger stack held 
. The board ran out 
to give the big-stacked opponent a full house, while Villa-Lobos was unable to improve his preflop holdings and was eliminated from the tournament in 600th place.
and JustGamblin holding 
.
and ForSjovt witnessed his stack coming near 8 million chips. Meanwhile, WaWazDa was eliminated in 13th place for $2,150.