Level: 24
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,500
2017 888poker XL Inferno
Event #97 - $160 XL Inferno Tune Up
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 888poker XL Inferno
Buy-in
$160
Prize Pool
$200,000
Entries
1,171
Level
36
Blinds
175,000 / 350,000
Ante
43,750
Down to 5 Tables
Level 23
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
With only 45 players remaining the tournament has been cut down to five tables.
Vezhenkov Starts His Climb
Level 23
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov has started to make his climb up the leaderboard. He has joined the same table as Parker Talbot and both players sit in the top five chip stacks of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
992,247 | |
|
941,249 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Take a Break
Level 22
: 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
The 62 remaining players are taking a 5-minute break.
First Player Over a Million
Level 22
: 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
Parker Talbot continues to roll as he is the first player over a million chips in the tournament and now takes over the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,052,067 | 339,909 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,500
Tonka Moves Into Top 10
Level 21
: 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante
Parker "888tonkaaaa" Talbot raised from early position to 21,000 and the player directly to his left three-bet to 58,750. "IceStream" was on the button moved all in for 355,887. Talbot also clicked the all-in button for around 321,000 and the other player folded. The two hands remaining were shown.
Talbot: 
"IceStream": 
The board ran out 
giving Talbot a full double up!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
712,158 | 387,691 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,250
Leaderboard Check-In
Level 20
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Here is a look at some of the top stacks at this point in the tournament:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
783,060 | |
|
771,971 | |
|
763,312 | |
|
631,582 | 199,391 |
|
594,379 | |
|
567,439 | |
|
|
564,572 |