2020 888poker XL Blizzard

After a great start on Thursday, with "resilience32" winning the Opening Event, the XL Blizzard continued on Friday. This time, there were three events on the schedule with buy-ins of $55, $33 and $22. Let's see who were crowned winners and started their weekend with a celebration.

XL Blizzard #4 - $30,000 PKO

One of the two events of the day was the XL Blizzard #4 - $30,000 PKO. In this event, 761 players paid the buy-in of $55 where fifty percent went to the bounty prize pool. In total, it created a prize pool of $38,050, well over the guaranteed prize pool of $30,000.

In the end, it was "jancsi89" who was the strongest after defeating "ClaretBantam" in the final heads-up. The runner-up received $2,635 plus $802 for knocking out some players in the progress. The winner got themselves $3,596 plus the biggest bounty of all; $2,873.

888poker XL Blizzard #4 - $30,000 PKO Final Table Results

888poker XL Blizzard #5 - $20,000 Mini PKO

At the same time as the XL Blizzard #4, the XL Blizzard #5 - $20,000 Mini PKO started. After the registration period was over, there were 1,353 entries. The total prize pool was $27,060 with a first-place prize of $2,436.

After the elimination of "Escossi" (9th place, $162+$98), "3aHecyTOP1" (8th place, $271+$281) and "Wombel89" (7th place, $406+$58), "sp1f3s3" had to settle for 6th place ($541+$138).

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"BRrafa90" went out in 5th place ($677+$131) while "kazan4ik" went out in 4th place ($974+$249). "nyagaaan" settled for third, receiving $1,299 plus $834 in bounties.

The heads-up was between "ravenous_nl" and "loveU2baby". In the end, it was the Russian player "ravenous_nl" who won the event for $2,436 plus $1,376 while the runner-up received $1,736 and $77.

888poker XL Blizzard #5 - $20,000 Mini PKO Final Table Results

888poker XL Blizzard #6 - $10,000 Late PKO

"koptevaaa" from Ukraine won the XL Blizzard #6 - $10,000 Late PKO, a tournament with a buy-in of $33. He defeated a field of 549 players, beating "KirusRUS" in the final heads-up. The Ukrainian player took home the first-place prize of $1,565 and a bounty of $1,944. The runner-up had to settle for $1,153 plus $106.

888poker XL Blizzard #6 - $10,000 Late PKO Final Table Results

Qualify to the XL Blizzard for Free

If you want to join in on the action but don't want to pay full price, rest assured that 888poker is running tons of qualifiers where you can play in XL Blizzard events for pennies on the dollar. In addition, 888poker is hosting two daily freerolls where you can get into two of the biggest XL Blizzard events absolutely for free.

The XL Blizzard Main Event - Qualifier takes place every day between now and Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. where the top 15 players will win a free seat valued at $250 to the XL Blizzard Main Event.

In order to play in the freerolls, you need to have an 888poker account and have made at least one real money deposit.

If you don't already have an account, we have great news for you as not only can you play in these freerolls but also get a welcome package that is hard to beat.

Simply download 888poker through PokerNews and you will instantly get an $88 bonus (£20 in the UK). This bonus doesn't require a deposit, but you will need to deposit in order to play the freerolls.

This is where we have some better news as your first deposit will be generously matched in the form of a bonus up to $888! This is more than double what most players get by downloading directly from 888poker's website.