"ImSoTight" has just made their way to the top of the leaderboard with a pretty sizeable lead over the rest of the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
74,592 | 74,592 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 40
There are now 888 players registered in Event #97 of the XL Inferno series so far! Still plenty of time for late registration and rebuys.
Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov raised from late position to 420 and the button called. The big blind three-bet to 1,805 and the action was back on "veeea". He put in a four-bet to 3,880. The button folded and the big blind moved all-in for 14,265. "veeea" called and the cards were shown.
"veeea": 
Big blind: 
The board ran out 
, securing the win for "veeea" who now has a chip stack he can work with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,709 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Players are on their first 5-minute break of the day. Here is a look at some of the leaders so far:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,365 | |
|
34,363 | |
|
34,150 |
Andreas "r4ndomr4gs" Berggren and Sergio "zcedrick" Aido have joined the field.
The tournament has just gone over the 700 player mark within the first hour of play!
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 15
There has been one elimination as "2shoes4shoes" was the first players to bust without choosing the rebuy option. There have also been 8 rebuys thus far in the tournament.