XL Inferno #1: $75,000 Opening Event | 2020 888poker XL Inferno

05-15-2020 02:43 UTC+2

O'Kearney Rebuilding Stack

Lyle Bateman

Level 31 : 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante

After getting over two million, Dara "Doked" O'Kearney ran into a few rough hands, and was down to about 10 bigs when he shoved the small blind, and "WHATaDREAM" called down with the bigger stack in the big blind.

Dara "Doked" O'Kearney:
"WHATaDREAM":

O'Kearney got it in dominated, but also suited, and it was the suit that turned well for him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dara "Doked" O'Kearney	1,090,764	-998,184
WHATaDREAM	682,000	-734,546

Level: 31

Blinds: 35,000/70,000

Ante: 8,750

05-15-2020 02:35 UTC+2

Three Tables Left

Lyle Bateman

Level 30 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

The field is now down to 27 players on three full tables. Busted players can now expect to collect $483 as they exit.

05-15-2020 02:33 UTC+2

O'Kearney Cracks aces to Crack 2M

Lyle Bateman

Level 30 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

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":
Dara "Doked" O'Kearney:

Board:

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	2,088,948	1,356,568
lovelydonk	Busted

Level: 30

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 7,500

05-15-2020 02:23 UTC+2

The Final Four Tables in Play

Lyle Bateman

Level 29 : 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante

There are now just 36 players left, on four full tables.

05-15-2020 02:18 UTC+2

The Biggies with 36 Left

Lyle Bateman

Level 29 : 25,000/50,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
DoctorPoker5	3,672,878
AALUJAA	2,824,072	1,711,072
ilicinnnn	2,566,346	1,569,425
Poelsetyv	2,018,948	1,005,082
golushkisss	1,948,938	486,250
Shansovnet	1,856,316	1,472,797
keybr	1,835,084	821,542
algsxr	1,688,364	-82,000
paulinhoo00	1,622,583	172,500
WHATaDREAM	1,416,546	1,159,964

Level: 29

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 6,000

05-15-2020 02:10 UTC+2

"Eye_Sea_Emm" Doubles

Lyle Bateman

Level 28 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

"AUTISPOSTI" raised to 40,000 from early, and "Eye_Sea_Emm" shoved the small for 318,857. "AUTISPOSTI" down with the biggest stack to set up a fair fight.

"AUTISPOSTI":
"Eye_Sea_Emm":