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

06-06-2022 10:47 UTC-12

Busts Deep in the Money

Lyle Bateman

Level 31, Blinds: 12,500/25,000 (3,125)

There are just 38 players left in the game now with the action moving quickly. Day 2 will finish when there are nine players remaining in the game and Day 3 will resume on June 7 with coverage here on PokerNews as well as the live stream on 888pokerTV.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan.14	Busted
magoooo12	Busted
Sprase1999	Busted
universal161	Busted

06-06-2022 10:54 UTC-12

"Tcheleee" Over One Million

Lyle Bateman

Level 31, Blinds: 12,500/25,000 (3,125)

"Tcheleee" found a great spot with the best queen to pad their better than one million chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tcheleee	1,310,418
jessecesar	Busted
Adelyn15	Busted

06-06-2022 10:58 UTC-12

Top Five at Break with 30 Remaining

Lyle Bateman

Level 32, Blinds: 15,000/30,000 (3,750)

There are just 30 players left at the break, and "Omnipotent48" from Botswana is the new chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Omnipotent48	1,565,348
Why_a_king	1,549,314 975,902	975,902
latvianhero1	1,384,322 274,593	274,593
Tcheleee	1,381,668 71,250	71,250
viinig	1,310,924 427,768	427,768

06-06-2022 11:12 UTC-12

"Why_a_king" Over Two Million

Lyle Bateman

Level 33, Blinds: 20,000/40,000 (5,000)

They are down to 26 players left on three tables now with "Why_a_king" leading as the only player with more than two million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Why_a_king	2,175,782 626,468	626,468
Tcheleee	1,927,447 545,779	545,779
Omnipotent48	1,628,161 62,813	62,813
gtavares10	1,415,173 622,012	622,012
latvianhero1	1,307,072 -77,250	-77,250
6nomad2000	Busted
VelascoNoBad	Busted

06-06-2022 11:21 UTC-12

"fanatmalini" Takes a Stack

Lyle Bateman

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":
"fanatmalini":

"fanatmalini" flopped it on and held for the win. They are now down to 22 players left.

Player	Chips	Progress
fanatmalini	1,166,369 1,166,369	1,166,369
Coss112	Busted
Grizzla83	Busted

06-06-2022 11:33 UTC-12

"RipCheader" Dominates

Lyle Bateman

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":
"makichinho":

"RipCheader" was dominating and held on a board of .

Player	Chips	Progress
makichinho	757,973 152,501	152,501
RipCheader	646,054

06-06-2022 11:35 UTC-12

Down to 18 Remaining

Lyle Bateman

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
latvianhero1	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 .