It's Final Table Time For the XL Spring Series Main Event!
Hello and welcome to PokerNews' coverage of the $250 buy-in Main Event of the 888poker XL Spring Series. Only nine of the 2,173 entrants remain in contention to become the Main Event's champion and it is "Instinctym" who leads those finalists back into battle.
The final table action commences at 8:00 p.m. BST on June 7. However, the popular 888poker Twitch channel is streaming the final table, complete with exposed hole cards, which means the stream is on a one-hour delay. As to avoid spoilers, PokerNews' updates will follow the stream.
Our finalists come back to Level 39 where the blinds are 70,000/140,000 with a running ante of 17,500; those blinds increase every 12 minutes. The average stack is 2,197,778, or 15.7 big blinds, so expect the action to be fast and furious from the very first hand, especially as five of the finalists have sub-15 big blind stacks.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Instinctym | Moldova | 3,723,813 | 27 |
| 2 | iNFOsHOVE | Sweden | 3,101,020 | 22 |
| 3 | Why_a_king | Sweden | 2,962,583 | 21 |
| 4 | KostenBerguz | Ukraine | 2,913,823 | 21 |
| 5 | makichinho | Belarus | 1,989,392 | 14 |
| 6 | overbet13 | Malta | 1,649,188 | 12 |
| 7 | youler | United Kingdom | 1,163,768 | 8 |
| 8 | Tcheleee | Brazil | 1,125,840 | 8 |
| 9 | alanchi | Montenegro | 1,100,573 | 8 |
Each of the returning players has locked up $6,689 for their $250 investment. Finishing seventh or above comes with a five-figure payout, with the eventual champion seeing $70,521 make its way to their 888poker account.
XL Spring Series Main Event Final Table Payouts
- 1st - $70,521
- 2nd - $51,474
- 3rd - $37,839
- 4th - $28,034
- 5th - $20,732
- 6th - $15,472
- 7th - $11,591
- 8th - $8,783
- 9th - $6,689
Stay tuned to PokerNews from the minute the first cards are pitched until one lucky 888poker player becomes the 2022 XL Spring Series Main Event champion.