2020 888poker XL Inferno

XL Inferno #10: $150,000 Tune Up
Day: 1
Event Info

2020 888poker XL Inferno

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$28,230
Event Info
Buy-in
$109
Prize Pool
$161,500
Entries
1,615
Level Info
Level
47
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
150,000

Welcome to XL Inferno #10 - $150,000 Tune Up Event

XL Inferno
XL Inferno

Welcome to the XL Inferno #10 - $100,000 Tune Up Event which starts at 7 p.m. BST at 888poker.

Players will start with 50,000 in chips and blinds will increase slowly at every 15 minutes. Blinds start at 150/300 with an ante of 40.

Late registration is open for the 260 minutes during which time players can re-enter up to five times provided they lost all of their chips.

Last year, Preben "prebzzz" Stokan shipped this event for $23,376 when the tournament featured 825 entries and a $100,000 guarantee.

This event will likely bring in even more entries as not only as the buy-in was reduced from $150 to $109 and the guarantee increased 50 percent to $150,000.

Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team the coverage of the event through the 888poker client, to watch all the big hands until another XL Inferno winner is crowned.

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Level 4 : 300/600, 75 ante

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Saliba Hits a Flush

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Just before the blinds increased, "nolomithhh" opened to 1,400 from early position and got calls from the player in the cutoff, Vivian "vivi.888." Saliba, and the player in the big blind.

It checked to "nolomithhh" after the {5-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} came on the flop and this player bet 3,357. The player in the cutoff called before Saliba jammed for 33,627. "nolomithhh" called off their stack of around 28,000 and the other players folded.

"nolomithhh": {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Vivian "vivi.888." Saliba: {q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

Saliba completed her flush draw after the {9-Hearts} came on the turn and won a big pot after the {k-Hearts} completed the board on the river.

"nolomithhh" re-entered for a fresh stack of 50,000 after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Vivian "vivi.888." Saliba
Vivian "vivi.888." Saliba
72,014
35,427
35,427
nolomithhh ro
nolomithhh
50,000

Rockets for Lovgren

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

A player limped and another limped behind before Sofia "sofialovgren" Lovgren raised to 4,800 from the hijack. "Elias37145" called from the small blind and the two limpers called behind.

The action checked to Lovgren after the {k-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} came on the flop. "Elias37145" called and the other two players folded.

Both players checked after the {k-Diamonds} paired the board on the turn. "Elias37145" then fired out for 13,500 after the {10-Diamonds} completed the board on the river and Lovgren called.

"Elias37145" held {q-Spades}{q-Hearts} and lost the hand to Lovgren after she turned over {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Sofia "sofialovgren" Lovgren se
Sofia "sofialovgren" Lovgren
133,944
64,080
64,080
Elias37145 ca
Elias37145
57,600
57,600
57,600

Treys No Good for Lovgren

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 375 ante
Sofia Lovgren
Sofia Lovgren

Sofia "sofialovgren" Lovgren was the first 888poker Ambassador to hit the rail and not re-enter.

A player raised from early position to 6,600 and another player called before Lovgren jammed for 57,360 from the cutoff with {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}. "wigglez333" made the call with {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} from the big blind and the other two players folded.

Things went from bad to worse for Lovgren as her opponent hit a set after the {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{4-Hearts} came on the flop. She was drawing dead after the {8-Clubs} came on the turn and decided not to re-enter after she officially lost the hand with the {9-Spades} completing the board on the river.

Lovgren
Lovgren
Player Chips Progress
wigglez333 ca
wigglez333
390,909
Sofia "sofialovgren" Lovgren se
Sofia "sofialovgren" Lovgren
Busted

Feshchenko Busto

Level 14 : 1,750/3,500, 435 ante
Daria Feshchenko
Daria Feshchenko

"pycckuii" opened to 7,700 from early position. Daria “Scarlett_D” Feshchenko jammed for 29,353 from one seat over and got calls from "pashaahad" in the cutoff and "pycckuii".

The {4-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{q-Spades} came on the flop. "pycckuii" check-jammed a bet from their opponent from 48,612 to 266,508 and got a fold.

Daria “Scarlett_D” Feshchenko: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
"pycckuii": {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}

Feshchenko was felted after the {5-Spades} came on the turn followed by the {6-Spades} on the river and opted not to re-enter.

Player Chips Progress
pycckuii ru
pycckuii
412,344
Daria “Scarlett_D” Feshchenko ru
Daria “Scarlett_D” Feshchenko
Busted

$28,230 Top Prize!

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 600 ante

Late registration is now closed. A total of 1,615 entrants including 478 re-entries generated a huge $161,500 prize pool to smash the $150,000 guarantee.

First place pays a whopping $28,230 barring any deals with the top 144 players each guaranteed a min-cash of $258 with 444 players remaining.

Marquez Eliminated

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante
Ana Marquez
Ana Marquez

Ana "anamarquez." Marquez jammed for 145,831 on the button with {a-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and was isolated by "Blackadd3r" in the small blind with {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}.

The {3-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{2-Spades}{8-Spades}{6-Clubs} ran out on the board and the hopes for any of the five 888poker Ambassadors to cash the Tune Up have been dashed.

Player Chips Progress
Blackadd3r hr
Blackadd3r
550,647
Ana "AnaMarquez." Marquez gb
Ana "AnaMarquez." Marquez
Busted

Kuznetsov Takes the Chip Lead

Level 32 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Denis "_DENGER_" Kuznetsov opened from the hijack for 168,000 before he called a three-bet shove of 1,794,336 from "Pik00rs".

Denis "_DENGER_" Kuznetsov: {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
"Pik00rs": {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}

Both players paired the {q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} flop and Kuznetsov took the chip lead while eliminated an opponent after the {8-Spades} came on the turn followed by the {9-Hearts} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Denis "_DENGER_" Kuznetsov ru
Denis "_DENGER_" Kuznetsov
7,262,483
3,273,851
3,273,851
Pik00rs mt
Pik00rs
Busted

Denis "_DENGER_" Kuznetsov Eliminated in 9th Place for $1,857; "wigglez333" Eliminated in 8th Place ($3,230)

Level 40 : 175,000/350,000, 43,750 ante

"ALLCasH90" opened for 700,000 from middle position. Denis "_DENGER_" Kuznetsov raised to 1,925,000 from the hijack. "wigglez333" called from the cutoff as did "ALLCasH90".

The {2-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{6-Hearts} came on the flop and fireworks erupted!

It checked to Kuznetsov who bet 1,445,500. "wigglez333" three-bet to 4,641,000. "ALLCasH90" jammed and Kuznetsov called off.

Denis "_DENGER_" Kuznetsov: {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
"wigglez333": {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
"ALLCasH90": {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

Kuznetsov was primed for a triple up but fate wasn't on his side as "ALLCasH90" hit a set after the {j-Clubs} came on the turn. The {a-Diamonds} completed the board on the river and two players were eliminated in the same hand while "ALLCasH90" grew his chip leading stack near 30 million.

Player Chips Progress
ALLCasH90 by
ALLCasH90
29,583,000
14,648,000
14,648,000
Denis "_DENGER_" Kuznetsov ru
Denis "_DENGER_" Kuznetsov
Busted
wigglez333 ca
wigglez333
Busted