On Thursday, tournament players could enjoy the start of the new edition of the 2019 XL Inferno Series on one of the biggest online poker rooms, 888poker. On the first day of the series, they kicked off with the $50,000 Opening Event and during the day, two more events started.

888poker XL Inferno #1 - $50,000 Opening Event

The first event of the 888poker XL Inferno series has now come to an end, and it was Austria's 'sh4xuR7' taking down Event #1: $50,000 Opening Event for $13,721.

'sh4xuR7' came through 726 entrants to score the victory, which ended with a heads-up battle against the UK's 'pokerdave128'.

The $50,000 guarantee was smashed with a total prize pool worth $72,600 as players took to the 888poker online field once more following the recent XL Inferno series.

Final Table Results

Among the players in the 'Opening Event' battle was Ian Simpson, Espen Uhlen Jorstad, and Sam Grafton. Jorstad and Grafton both found a place in the money, with latter lasting the longest and ultimately departing in 24th place.

When the action reached the final table, Serbia's 'exPROsjak' was first to go when they ran ace-ten into ace-queen and was quickly followed to the rail by Peru's 'n0sferatv' and 'lNCURSIO'.

Malta's 'Farrugia_1' took sixth place after they ran king-jack into king-queen, with Lithuania's 'IMDool' exciting in fifth place following their shove with ace-jack unable to beat pocket kings.

'jmsantos10' missed out on a podium position and departed in fourth place when pocket kings held against ace-ten, and former chip leader 'Alex_Vol' had to settle for third place when their brave call with two pair couldn't match up against a full house.

'sh4xuR7' held a 4/1 chip lead heads-up and never looked back, ultimately holding with ace-three against king-three to seal the title and send 'pokerdave128' to the rail as runner-up.

888poker XL Inferno #2 - $20,000 Mini Opening Event

The XL Inferno #2 - $20,000 Mini Opening Event attracted 2,050 players to get a prize pool of $30,750. The lion's share of this money, $5,114, went to Saudi Malta's "wh4isthat3" who was crowned the winner after 8 hours and 38 minutes of play. "k29mario" from Belarus lost the final heads-up and finished second for $3,567 after a three-way deal.

888poker XL Inferno #3 - $20,000 Late Opening Event

"elephant107" from the United Kingdom won the XL Inferno #3 - $20,000 Late Opening Event, a tournament with a buy-in of $55. He or she defeated a field of 579 players, beating "winlikefedor" in the final heads-up. The final two players made a deal, where they secured themselves of $4,747 and $4,806.