2018 888poker XL Blizzard

XL Blizzard Recaps
Day: 1

Get Ready for the $1,000,000 GTD Main Event!

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The Main Event with a massive guarantee of $1,000,000 starts tonight, at 8 p.m. GMT. Buying in will cost you $1,050, but there are still plenty of opportunities to get in cheaper. The $200,000 guaranteed Mini Main starts at 8 o'clock as well and will cost you $160 to enter. The $30 Micro Main starts two hours later and has a guarantee of $50,000.

You can follow the Main Event live on PokerNews.com with live updates and can read all about it in tomorrow's recap. But first, let's take a look at the results of Saturday's events.


XL Blizzard #28 - $50,000 6-Max

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$160Jan. 27449$67,350

At 8 p.m. GMT, the XL Blizzard #28 - $50,000 6-Max started with each player receiving a 10,000 starting stack. After the late registration closed, there were 449 players. That made for a prize pool of $67,350, with a first-place prize of $14,817.

After several hours, the tournament reached the final table. "SEWart777" and "ZDamian" busted in sixth and fifth place, receiving $2,694 and $4,041 respectively.

"DarkShrine" from Ukraine finished in fourth place for $5,388 and "mixer_jr" got $7,745.

The final heads-up between New Zealand's "CrackFiend15" and Sweden's "Kzzon" was won by the latter who secured $14,817. The runner-up had to settle for a respectable $10,338.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1KzzonSweden$14,817
2CrackFiend15New Zealand$10,338
3mixer_jrCanada$7,745
4DarkShrineUkraine$5,388
5ZDamianCzech Republic$4,041
6SEWart777Russia$2,694

XL Blizzard #29 - $15,000 Mini 6-Max

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$30Jan. 27970$26,675

For the players who couldn't afford the bigger buy-in ($160), there was a Mini edition of the 6-Max on the schedule. This tournament had a buy-in of just $30, and there were 970 players competing for a prize pool of $26,675.

The final table was top heavy with all six finalists in this tournament securing themselves of $830 while the top prize was $5,068.

That prize went to Sweden's "manne8080" after beating "JacktheCpt" from Romania in the deciding heads-up. The Romanian runner-up received $3,735.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1manne8080Sweden$5,068
2JacktheCptRomania$3,735
3RakDollBelarus$2,734
4IMurtazinRussia$1,867
5KellerAGermany$1,334
6tonikyaltaUkraine$830

XL Blizzard #30 - $10,000 Late 6-Max

Buy-inDatePlayersPrize pool
$55Jan. 27340$17,000

A late winner was crowned in the XL Blizzard #30 - $10,000 Late 6-Max. This event attracted 340 players to create a prize pool of $17,000. This time it wasn't a Swede snagging the top prize as it was Lithuania's "yrkkk" who won the event for $3,910 after defeating runner-up "DonMaxiQQ" who finished in second place for $2,720.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1yrkkkLithuania$3,910
2DonMaxiQQGermany$2,720
3MoldvarpaIceland$2,040
4KellerAGermany$1,360
5Laly139Argentina$1,020
6toastmanQNetherlands$697

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Today's 888poker XL Blizzard Schedule

Get ready for the Main Event tonight! You can follow along live with PokerNews live updates, but playing is even better. Download 888poker here to get in on the action!

DateTime (GMT)TournamentBuy-in
Sun 28 Jan18:30XL Blizzard #31 - $150,000 Mega Deep$215
 20:00XL Blizzard #32 - $1,000,000 Main Event$1,050
 20:00XL Blizzard #33 - $200,000 Mini Main$160
 22:00XL Blizzard #34 - $50,000 Micro Main$30