Event #58 $1,500,000 Guarantee - Main Event | 2017 888poker Super XL Series

Level: 19

Blinds: 3,250/6,500

Ante: 800

01-30-2017 01:33 UTC

Bubble Time Approaching Fast

[user228332]

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

154 players currently remain, which means only ten more players need to bust to make the money in this Super XL Series Main Event. Number 144 will be awarded a payday of $2,400, while number 145 will leave with nothing but a heartbreaking story.

01-30-2017 01:29 UTC

Mattson Jams Six-high Into the Kings of Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez

[user228332]

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez raised it up to 10,000 from middle position, before Simon "Isildur1337x" Mattson three-bet to 27,500 in the very next seat. Back on Gonzalez he reraised to a smooth 50,000, which eventually let Mattson to move in over the top for close to 160,000. Gonzalez snapped it off.

Gonzalez:
Mattson:

Mattson's Six-high was in dire straits against the monster of Gonzalez. and the flop offered little relieve as it landed . By the turn it was all over, and after the redundant river came , Gonzalez could rake in the massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
DrMiKee	336,921	90,348
isildur1337x	105,383	-138,936

Level: 18

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 625

01-30-2017 01:14 UTC

Christopher "NigDawg" Brammer Finds Important Double with Ace-high

[user228332]

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Christopher "NigDawg" Brammer moved in for 65,323 from the small blind after the action was folded around to him. The opponent "mmfl17" from the Netherlands made the call in the big blind, and cards were instantly revealed in the 888Poker client.

Brammer:
"mmfl17":

The flop made it even closer as it came down , but despite the many outs for "mmfl17", ace-high stayed in the lead through the turn and the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
nigdawg	135,146	54,023

01-30-2017 01:02 UTC

Notable Chip Counts in the Break

[user228332]

Level 16 : 1,750/3,500, 400 ante

A lot of well-known players have been expedited out of this tournament in the last hour. Frederik "Poelsetyv" Jensen, Nicolau "nicofellow" Villa-Lobos, Bernardo "bsdias" Dias and Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov are among the fallen, while Andreas "r4ndomr4gs" Berggren and Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez are doing very well for themselves.

Chipleader is still "HenryTheVIII".

Player	Chips	Progress
HenryTheVIII	598,180	-6,145
r4ndomr4gs	314,043	-36,030
DrMiKee	246,573	35,912
isildur1337x	244,319	105,345
888natalieH	207,048	111,484
AggroSantos	178,270	55,172
BrunoF0ster	176,456	95,188
tutten7	144,522	101,162
888Dominik	125,877	-18,600
Trollkonst8	110,241	51,392
888Moorman	100,585	-45,256
nigdawg	81,123	-16,468
nicofellow	Busted
bsdias	Busted
Poelsetyv	Busted
EvnomiYa	Busted
alexdimitrov	Busted

01-30-2017 00:56 UTC

Six Minutes of Free Time

[user228332]

Level 16 : 1,750/3,500, 400 ante

The remaining 192 players have just been sent on a six-minute break. Notable chip counts will follow shortly.

01-30-2017 00:54 UTC

"HenryTheVIII" first man to move over 500,000

[user228332]

Level 16 : 1,750/3,500, 400 ante

We have a new man pacing the field of this Main Event. The British player "HenryTheVIII" is the first man to make it across the 500,000-barrier, and the royal sounding player could have had 700,000 chips if his had bettered the of Canada's "alexos888". Ultimately the two players chopped the pot with the same flush as the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
HenryTheVIII	604,325

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

01-30-2017 00:48 UTC

Van Fleet Won't Win "The Double"

[user228332]

Level 16 : 1,750/3,500, 400 ante

Less than a week ago Canada's Jonathan "chut_up" Van Fleet rose to the top in the $2,100 Super XL High Roller for a score of $87,290. This time around Van Fleet won't be making the money, however, as he just busted from the tournament.

After having just lost an all-in holding against the of a shortstacked "Zebest7r", Van Fleet moved in from the small blind for 30,783 chips. "Otkazal" in the big blind made the call, and the tournament life of Van Fleet was left in the hands of the poker gods.

Van Fleet:
"Otkazal":

The board ran out , and with a timely king on the river for "Otkazal", he crushed Van Fleets' dreams of making the unlikely "Double" winning both the High Roller and the Main Event of this 2017 Super XL Series.

Player	Chips	Progress
chut_up	Busted