XL Blizzard #32 - $500,000 Main Event | 2020 888poker XL Blizzard

02-16-2020 21:28 UTC+2

"Borderline" Takes Big Hit While "NevilleWeeee" Doubles

Lyle Bateman

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 125 ante

It was another blind on blind battle, and "Borderline" raised to 2,000 from the small, with "NevilleWeeee" raising from the big to 5,800. "Borderline" called, then bombed the pot for 191,000 on the flop. It didn't take "NevilleWeeee" long to put in the call for their remaining 20,878, and they were in great shape with versus for "Borderline".

on the turn and river gave "NevilleWeeee" the straight and the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Borderline	173,127	-35,971
NevilleWeeee	53,356	24,403

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 125

02-16-2020 21:12 UTC+2

Blind on Blind Gets Big

Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

It folded around to "Borderline" in the small blind, and they put out a bet of 2,800. "NevilleWeee" called from the big blind to see a flop of .

"Borderline" led out for 3,575, and "NevilleWeeee" smooth-called. The turn saw similar action, with "NevilleWeeee" calling a bet of 5,187. When the hit the river, "Borderline" put 19,219 into the middle, and after going into their timebank for a bit, "NevilleWeeee" finally released their big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Borderline	209,098	25,117
NevilleWeeee	28,953

02-16-2020 21:04 UTC+2

Some Chips from Break

Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
sNap36484	238,040	238,040
virudada1	213,215	45,733
massola1000	193,979	20,616
AndreiMDA	186,972	186,972
Grimm032	184,809	184,809
Borderline	183,981	183,981
KateMidlePot	180,519	180,519
DiegoMU99	174,649	174,649
alex979797	173,890	-8,538
Grossmann69	171,335	171,335
AbuAwni	156,697	10,452
SickFlush	154,506	8,745
jamminin	147,797	-7,331
martin665	Busted

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

02-16-2020 20:43 UTC+2

"ANARCHYFTW" Defends Big Blind

Lyle Bateman

Level 5 : 300/600, 75 ante

"vladimir8551" raised to 1,320 and "KrAvRoRa" called from their left. It folded to "ANARCHYFTW" in the big blind, and they reraised to 6,540. That was enough to chase both players off, and "ANARCHYFTW" picked up a few chips uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
ANARCHYFTW	112,709	-2,235
vladimir8551	60,433
KrAvRoRa	28,183	-6,702

02-16-2020 20:40 UTC+2

"callmeBOT" Holds with Tens

Lyle Bateman

Level 5 : 300/600, 75 ante

"ANARCHYFTW" opened under the gun to 1,320 and "KrAvRoRa" called from the cutoff as did "callmeBOT" from the small and "davedelmar" from the big. The flop came and it checked to "KrAvRoRa" who bet 1,200.

"callmeBOT" was the only caller and they both checked the turn. They checked again on the river, and "callmeBot"'s pocket tens were the best hand.

Meanwhile, former chip leader "ilovecrabs69" is at the same table and has dropped down a bit in the standings.

Player	Chips	Progress
ilovecrabs69	182,562	-29,716
ANARCHYFTW	114,944	-5,145
callmeBOT	44,635	7,794
davedelmar	43,065
KrAvRoRa	34,885

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

02-16-2020 20:27 UTC+2

"ilovecrabs69" Chips Back Up

Lyle Bateman

Level 4 : 250/500, 60 ante

"Pokedowa" raised from early position to 1,000, and "ilovecrabs69" defended their big blind with a call. "ilovecrabs69" check-raised the monochrome flop, doubling "Pokedowa"'s 1,000 chip bet.

"Pokedowa" called, then raised when "ilovecrabs69" bet 1,500 on the turn. "ilovecrabs69" called to see the river, and it checked around, with "ilovecrabs69"'s taking down the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
ilovecrabs69	212,278	12,318

02-16-2020 20:24 UTC+2

$85,000 Up Top in the Main

Lyle Bateman

Level 4 : 250/500, 60 ante

Its still pretty early in the registration period, but first place in the Main Event currently sits at $85,000. So far, the event has seen 1,290 entries, with 1,175 stacks still in play and 45 rebuys. Late registration is still open for more than three hours, so there's still plenty of time to take a shot at the big prize.