XL Winter Series #17: $50,000 High Roller
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2020 888poker XL Winter Series
XL Winter Series #17: $50,000 High Roller
Day: 1
XL Winter Series #17: $50,000 High Roller Begins Today!
The 888poker XL Winter Series will see the biggest buy-in on the schedule begin today as the XL Winter Series #17: $50,000 High Roller kicks-off. This event cost $320 to jump in and guarantees a $50,0000 prize pool.
All players will begin with a stack of 20,000 and will have a total of three rebuys available throughout the late registration period that lasts for a total of 3 hours and 35 minutes. Any player can jump into this event until that period ends. Blinds will begin at 40/80, giving all that begin 250 big blinds to start and all levels will run 12 minutes in length.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all of the coverage, so stay tuned as the action unfolds
Shuffle Up and Deal
The cards are now hitting the virtual felt as XL Winter Series #17: $50.000 High Roller begins.
Level: 1
Blinds: 40/80
Ante: 10
Early Notables
Level 1
: 40/80, 10 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 12
Ben "xLIVEPROx" Warrington Finds Bullets
Level 2
: 50/100, 12 ante
Charlie "chazcombes" Combes opened to 208 from middle position and Ben "xLIVEPROx" Warrington called in the cutoff. "tziapras888" and "idntknwany1" called as well to see the 
flop.
Action checked around to Warrington, he bet 428, "tziapras888" called and so did "idntknwany1". Combes folded and a 
peeled off on the turn. All three players checked to the 
river card where Warrington bet 1,006.
"tziapras888" was the only player to call and Warring turned over 
, giving him two pair and his opponent mucked, sending an early pot to Warrington.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
24,500 | 4,500 |
|
|
19,700 | -300 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 60/120
Ante: 15
Early Pot Goes to "Tambu999"
Level 3
: 60/120, 15 ante
"vitioc1997" raised to 200 from the cutoff and "Vandangoz" then three-bet to 1,000 in the small blind. "Tambu999" four-bet from the big blind, making it 2,500 to go. "Vandangoz" was the only player to call and see the 
flop.
Both players checked to the 
turn card where "Tambu999" bet 2,707 and "Vandangoz" check-called. A 
completed the board, "Vandangoz" checked and "Tambu999" fired in a pot-sized bet of 10,722. "Vandangoz" folded, sending the pot to "Tambu999"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000 | |
|
15,600 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 20