$250 Main Event ($500,000 GTD) Day 2 | 2022 888poker XL Spring Series

$250 Main Event ($500,000 GTD)

Day 2 Completed

06-06-2022 12:52 UTC-12

"Instinctym" Leads Day 3 with More than 3.7 Million

Lyle Bateman

The Day 3 field for the $500,000 Main Event is now set with the final table of nine ready to go on Tuesday. The action on the final day gets going at 15:00 ET and the player with the best chance at the more than $70,000 top prize is chip leader "Instinctym" from Moldova. They built a stack of 3,723,813 after playing through a Day 1 field of 2,173 entries, and 294 returning Day 2 players.

In the end, they were playing for just a bit more than the $500,000 guarantee with $510,655 in total prizes. The most recent eliminations earned more than $5,000, but with $70,521 up top, the remaining players still have a shot at big money.

Among the deep runs today was 888poker streamer Jordan "BanfieldJ" Banfield. The Canadian made Day 2 and battled up until the final three tables, but ultimately fell in 27th place for $1,838.

Final Table for $500,000 Main Event

Place	Player	Country	Chips
1	Instinctym	Moldova	3,723,813
2	iNFOsHOVE	Sweden	3,101,020
3	Why_a_king	Sweden	2,962,583
4	KostenBerguz	Ukraine	2,913,823
5	makichinho	Belarus	1,989,392
6	overbet13	Malta	1,649,188
7	youler	United Kingdom	1,163,768
8	Tcheleee	Brazil	1,125,840
9	alanchi	Montenegro	1,100,573

The final table of the 2022 888poker XL Spring Series $500,000 Main Event starts at 15:00 ET Tuesday, but PokerNews' coverage will be delayed with the 888pokerTV stream which will have cards-up coverage starting around 16:00.

06-06-2022 12:33 UTC-12

Day 3 Field is Set

Lyle Bateman

Level 38, Blinds: 60,000/120,000 (15,000)

"iNFOsHOVE" took down a huge pot late in the day for more than 3 million chips after their king-queen got there against ace-king for "Why_a_king". "what1sl0v3" was in with a short stack and nine-ten, dropping in 11th place.

A couple of hands later, "Instinctym" took the lead when they got "viinig" all-in before the flop with versus and held to set the final table of nine players.

Play has now paused and a short recap of the day will be published soon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Instinctym	3,723,813	1,677,111
iNFOsHOVE	3,101,020
Why_a_king	2,962,583	786,801
KostenBerguz	2,913,823	-241,709
makichinho	1,989,392	332,500
overbet13	1,649,188	-537,906
youler	1,163,768
Tcheleee	1,125,840	-801,607
alanchi	1,100,573
viinig	Busted
what1sl0v3	Busted

06-06-2022 12:16 UTC-12

"Instinctym" Busts "Omnipotent48"

Lyle Bateman

Level 37, Blinds: 50,000/100,000 (12,500)

"Instinctym" took down "Omnipotent48" with the better ace after "Instinctym" raised the small blind, then called off with more when "Omnipotent48" shoved the big blind.

"Omnipotent48":
"Instinctym":

"Instinctym" had the best ace from the start and held for the win to bring it down to 11 players left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Instinctym	2,046,702	1,502,603
Omnipotent48	Busted

06-06-2022 11:59 UTC-12

Down to 12 at Break

Lyle Bateman

Level 37, Blinds: 50,000/100,000 (12,500)

"TomB9292" went from nearly one million chips to out shortly before the break after doubling up "makichinho" then busting to "overbet13".

Player	Chips	Progress
overbet13	2,187,094
makichinho	1,656,892	898,919
BalticMouse	Busted
TomB9292	Busted

06-06-2022 11:47 UTC-12

Down to 14

Lyle Bateman

Level 36, Blinds: 40,000/80,000 (10,000)

The game is down to 14 players remaining now with two eliminations, including "SpielerKind" who was at the top of the counts earlier today.

Player	Chips	Progress
gtavares10	Busted
SpielerKind	Busted

06-06-2022 11:44 UTC-12

"KostenBerguz" Takes Lead

Lyle Bateman

Level 35, Blinds: 30,000/60,000 (7,500)

"KostenBerguz" jumped to more than 3 million chips when they hit a king on the river for a huge pot against "fanatmalini". "fanatmalini" raised to 168,000 from the hijack, and "KostenBerguz" called from the big blind.

The flop came and "KostenBerguz" check-called for 132,000. Both players checked the turn, but "KostenBerguz" fired 198,553 on the river. "fanatmalini" tank-shoved, but their ace-deuce was behind the rivered king for "KostenBerguz" with .