2017 888poker Super XL Series

Event #28 $350,000 Guarantee - High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 888poker Super XL Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k7
Prize
$87,290
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,100
Entries
203
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
7,500

First Break of the Night

Level 3 : 75/150, 15 ante

145 players just went on their first six-minute break of the night. Among the players in top 5 after one hour of play is the number one rated online tournament player in the world, Niklas "tutten7" Åstedt and Shyam "sdot111" Srinivasan.

Chipleader at the moment is Uruguay's Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez with 38,577 chips. Gonzalez has already secured one victory in this Super XL Series, when he won Event #8 $80,000 Super XL - Crazy 8 tournament for $20,000.

Player Chips Progress
DrMiKee uy
DrMiKee
38,577
38,577
38,577
tutten7 se
tutten7
38,232
18,232
18,232
sdot111 ca
sdot111
33,776
-5,370
-5,370

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Christopher "NigDawg" Brammer Busts in 166th

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Christopher Brammer have recorded tournament winnings of millions of dollars both live and online, but he will not add anything in this event #28. Brammer was just knocked out of the tournament and with no option of reentry, he will not be adding a Super XL High Roller title to his list of accolades.

Player Chips Progress
NigDawg gb
NigDawg
Busted

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 40

"Isildur1337x" Finds an Early Double

Level 5 : 150/300, 40 ante

Swedish player Simon "Isildur1337x" Matsson just found a crucial double up through countryman "SalsaFiesta". Matsson had seen his starting stack of 20,000 dwindle to 14,000 in the early stages of the tournament, but the number three player of the PocketFives ranking is now back in business with almost 30,000 chips after the double up.

163 players still have a shot of winning this High Roller, while 12 players have checked out so far.

Player Chips Progress
Isildur1337x se
Isildur1337x
29,692
29,692
29,692

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

The Rich Gets Richer

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

German player "b.szaszko" opened up the action preflop for 900 from the cutoff, before Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez made it 2,114 to go out of the small blind. "b.szaszko" quickly called, and the players checked through a flop of {9-Hearts}{4-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}.

The turn came {Q-Hearts} and prompted a bet of 2,000 chips from Gonzalez, which was yet again called by the German.

The {2-Hearts} river caused two checks, and Gonzalez' {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} was good enough to rake in the pot, which further solidified his chiplead.

Player Chips Progress
DrMiKee uy
DrMiKee
68,327
29,750
29,750

Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov Doubles Up from Coinflip

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Canada's "marioallin" raised to 912 from middle position, just to find Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov reraise to 2,545 from the cutoff. The Canadian thought for a few seconds before committing his entire stack of 15,850 chips, and Vezhenkov called it off quickly.

"marioallin": {3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}
Vezhenkov: {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}

Already on the flop disaster struck for "marioallin", as it came down {A-Clubs}{7-Spades}{9-Spades}. The turn {9-Diamonds} and the river {7-Clubs} brought no treys whatsoever, and Ukranian could rake in the massive pot.

Player Chips Progress
veeea ru
veeea
36,568
16,750
16,750