$250 Main Event ($500,000 GTD)
Day 2 Completed
$250 Main Event ($500,000 GTD)
Day 2 Completed
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.
| 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.
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 ![]()
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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 |
|---|---|---|
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3,723,813
1,677,111
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1,677,111 |
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3,101,020 | |
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2,962,583
786,801
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786,801 |
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2,913,823
241,709
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241,709 |
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1,989,392
332,500
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332,500 |
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1,649,188
537,906
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537,906 |
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1,163,768 | |
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1,125,840
801,607
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801,607 |
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1,100,573 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
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": ![]()
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"Instinctym": ![]()
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"Instinctym" had the best ace from the start and held for the win to bring it down to 11 players left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,046,702
1,502,603
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1,502,603 |
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Busted |
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 |
|---|---|---|
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2,187,094 | |
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1,656,892
898,919
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898,919 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
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 |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted |
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 ![]()
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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 ![]()
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,155,532 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level 35, Blinds: 30,000/60,000 (7,500)
The field is down to 18 players left now, playing down to the final table of 9.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Level 34, Blinds: 25,000/50,000 (6,250)
"RipCheader" three-bet shoved early for about 260,000 and "makichinho" called their initial raise.
"RipCheader": ![]()
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"makichinho": ![]()
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"RipCheader" was dominating and held on a board of ![]()
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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757,973
152,501
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152,501 |
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646,054 |
Level 33, Blinds: 20,000/40,000 (5,000)
"fanatmalini" got there for a million plus stack after raising, then calling off a shove from "Grizzla83".
"Grizzla83": ![]()
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"fanatmalini": ![]()
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"fanatmalini" flopped it on ![]()
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and held for the win. They are now down to 22 players left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,166,369
1,166,369
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1,166,369 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |