2020 888poker XL Inferno

XL Inferno #1: $75,000 Opening Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2020 888poker XL Inferno

Final Results
Winner
MorayEEEEEL
Winning Hand
6♦6♥
Prize
$16,585
Event Info
Buy-in
$109
Entries
878
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
878
Players Left
1
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"DoctorPoker5" Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,976)

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman
Level 36 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
E1H23
E1H23

"DoctorPoker5" raised early to 400,000 and "ilicinnnn" reraised to 800,000 from the big blind, enough to put "DoctorPoker5" all in.

"ilicinnnn": {k-Spades}{7-Diamonds}
"DoctorPoker5": {j-Spades}{q-Hearts}

Board: {8-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{9-Spades}{8-Diamonds}

"ilicinnnn" didn't need to hit to knock "DoctorPoker5" out, but they hit the seven on the flop and it was all they needed.

Player Chips Progress
ilicinnnn ro
ilicinnnn 		5,050,962
2,807,525
 2,807,525
DoctorPoker5 mk
DoctorPoker5 		Busted

Knaber666 Gets Them to Final Table with Flush

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman
Level 34 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
E1H22
E1H22

"Pescar22" raised from the button to 360,000, and "Knaber22" shoved a big stack from the big blind. "Pescar22" called for less with the best hand.

"Pescar22": {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
"Knaber22": {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

Board: {5-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{2-Diamonds}

"Knaber22" was behind preflop, but it was "Pescar22" at risk, and the river was what "Knaber22" needed to get them nine handed.

Player Chips Progress
Knaber666 lt
Knaber666 		7,025,691
2,075,250
 2,075,250

Luck 'o the Irish Runs Out for O'Kearney

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman
Level 31 : 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
E1H20
E1H20

Dara "Doked" O'Kearney raised nearly all in, leaving just one chip behind, from the hijack, and "Poelsetyv" shoved the bigger stack from the big blind. O'Kearney, a former ultra-distance runner, called off for a race.

Dara "Doked" O'Kearney: {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}
"Poelsetyv": {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Board: {j-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{10-Spades}{9-Hearts}

O'Kearney has won a few races, and come from behind a couple times to get this far, but he couldn't finish this race ahead after "Poelsetyv" flopped top pair. O'Kearney won $483 for the 21st place finish.

Player Chips Progress
Poelsetyv dk
Poelsetyv 		4,193,156
2,174,208
 2,174,208
Dara "Doked" O'Kearney ie
Dara "Doked" O'Kearney
Busted

O'Kearney Cracks aces to Crack 2M

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman
Level 30 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante
E1H19
E1H19

Dara "Doked" O'Kearney raised to 120,000 from the hijack, and "lovelydonk" shoved for 326,264 from the cutoff. O'Kearny called it down with the bigger stack.

"lovelydonk": {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}
Dara "Doked" O'Kearney: {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

Board: {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

O'Kearney started out in bad shape against the best hand in poker, but by the river, the Irish pro and author of Poker Satellite Strategy had a boat. "lovelydonk" won $395 for their 33rd place finish.

Player Chips Progress
Dara "Doked" O'Kearney ie
Dara "Doked" O'Kearney
2,088,948
1,356,568
 1,356,568
lovelydonk fi
lovelydonk
Busted

Sofia “sofialovgren” Lövgren Doubles Near Bubble

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman
Level 25 : 12,500/25,000, 3,125 ante
E1H17
E1H17

"polomichi18" raised to 62,455 from the middle, and Sofia “sofialovgren” Lövgren shoved the button for 250,952. "polomichi18" called it down with the bigger stack.

"polomichi18": {k-Spades}{10-Spades}
Sofia “sofialovgren” Lövgren: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}

Board: {5-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{6-Spades}{2-Diamonds}

"polomichi18" flopped their king, but couldn't get any more help to move ahead of Lövgren's aces.

Player Chips Progress
Sofia “sofialovgren” Lövgren
Sofia “sofialovgren” Lövgren
564,404
564,404
 564,404
polomichi18 de
polomichi18 		414,569
414,569
 414,569

"absinttivaa" Doubles Through "AALUJAA"

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman
Level 25 : 12,500/25,000, 3,125 ante
E1H16
E1H16

It was a blind on blind battle, and "AALUJAA" raised to 200,000 from the small, enough to put "absinttivaa" all in. They snapped it off with the best hand in poker.

"absinttivaa": {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}
"AALUJAA": {a-Hearts}{7-Spades}

Board: {3-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{2-Spades}{4-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}

"absinttivaa" got it in as good as they could preflop, and the aces held this time.

Player Chips Progress
AALUJAA gb
AALUJAA 		1,113,000
-62,076
 -62,076
absinttivaa fi
absinttivaa 		405,716
112,777
 112,777

"lovelydonk" Shoves the Flop

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman
Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
E1H14
E1H14

"lovelydonk" raised to 35,000 from the middle, and "Waaaal" called from the hijack. The flop came {10-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and "lovelydonk" check-shoved over a 73,920 bet from "Waaaal", forcing a fold.

Player Chips Progress
lovelydonk fi
lovelydonk
951,485
593,627
 593,627
Waaaal
Waaaal
202,644

Big Slick Good to O'Kearney

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman
Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
E1H12
E1H12

"Dred_Rednose" raised to 25,000 from the hijack, and Dara "Doked" O'Kearney raised again to 75,600 from the cutoff. It folded back to "Dred_Rednose" and they shoved for 195,751 and got the call.

"Dred_Rednose": {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Dara "Doked" O'Kearney: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}

Board: {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

This time, O'Kearney was racing with the big slick against the queens, but he still managed to get there on the river to win by a nose and eliminate one of the early chip leaders and give O'Kearney a top 10 stack.

Player Chips Progress
Dara "Doked" O'Kearney ie
Dara "Doked" O'Kearney
904,825
197,001
 197,001
Dred_Rednose br
Dred_Rednose 		Busted

Live Stream is Now Going

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman
Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

Cards up action for 2020 888poker XL Inferno Event #1 is now running on delay. PokerNews will continue to report in real-time, but to catch the hole card video action featuring David Tuchman and Nick Wealthall on commentary, head over to the live stream.

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