XL Retro Main Event is Ready to Roll
The XL Retro series on 888poker has been ongoing for a couple of weeks now, and it all comes to a close with the $500,000 guaranteed Main Event starting today. The $250 buy-in event gets going at 15:00 ET today after Day 1 flights throughout the series.
There is still the final turbo Day 1 flight in progress as this introduction is being written, but there are already more than 360 players ready to take their seats for Day 2 action. They are nearing 2,100 total entries now, and are just a bit shy of the $500k guarantee at the moment.
Day 2 action kicks off in Level 19 today with blinds at 1,250/2,500/300 and the plan is to play down to the final table today. Among the players in with a chance today are four members of the 888poker Stream Team - Vivian "vivi.888." Saliba, Nick "eastyyy22" Eastwood, David "New_Dave" Gibson, and Josh "Josh_Manley" Manley. Saliba has the biggest stack of the three going into Day 2 with more than 60k, but that still puts her will off the current leader, "IBetX2" from Sweden with 237k.
Top Stacks for Day 2
| Position | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBetX2 | Sweden | 237,160 |
| 2 | kellerassel0 | Germany | 231,230 |
| 3 | Luciano "LHollanda" De Hollanda | Brazil | 220,427 |
| 4 | raw_dawg | NA | 193,462 |
| 5 | TheHueyLewis | Brazil | 190,540 |
| 6 | Limitfisher | Ukraine | 183,559 |
| 7 | Rochinh2011 | Brazil | 183,460 |
| 8 | Ribaldo | Montenegro | 171,159 |
| 9 | Maykol "_mayk1nz" Jardim | Brazil | 169,338 |
| 10 | nusoviau | Lithuania | 165,023 |
At the moment, there will be 240 players sharing in the prize pool during the end game of the Main Event. While the final numbers aren't quite set yet, for the moment, the winner is set to pocket $69,050 tomorrow. Final prize pool numbers will be updated once Day 2 officially gets underway.
Stay tuned here for action and updates throughout the day, as well as tomorrow when the final nine players return to the virtual felt to crown the new XL Retro Main Event champion.