$525 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2022 888poker XL Spring Series
$525 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Players Info - Day 1
2022 888poker XL Spring Series
Buy-in
$525
Prize Pool
$57,000
Entries
114
Entries
114
Players Left
1
"Bet4funAA" Wins XL Spring #36 - $50,000 High Roller for $15,704
It took a bit more than six hours for "Bet4funAA" to take down the top prize of $15,704 in 888poker's XL Spring #36 - $50,000 High Roller. With 81 entries and 33 rebuys, the $57,000 prize pool was almost 15% over the guarantee.
"Bet4funAA" got to the top of the counts by the time they were five-handed and went on a tear. While second place finisher Feargus "EZ.PZ" Murphy put up a strong effort during heads-up play and managed to get close to even, "Bet4funAA" never lost the chip lead from five-handed through the end.
$50,000 High Roller Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bet4funAA | Brazil | $15,704 |
| 2 | Feargus "EZ.PZ" Murphy | United Kingdom | $10,260 |
| 3 | pailinhoo00 | Brazil | $6,698 |
| 4 | BetBetFck | Ukraine | $4,874 |
| 5 | carloshmz | Brazil | $3,591 |
| 6 | Andreip32 | United Kingdom | $2,736 |
| 7 | Hvalavam | Montenegro | $2,138 |
| 8 | kiskutya23 | $1,682 | |
| 9 | Destroyer300 | Lithuania | $1,454 |
$50,000 High Roller Recap
There were 3 hours of late registration in this game today and in the end, they managed to beat the $50k guarantee by significantly more than 10% with 81 entries and 33 rebuys. The $57,000 prize pool was split 15 ways with $15,704 going to first place.
There were 37 players left in action when entries closed and it took more than an hour to play down to the money spots. "Hvalavam", who came 7th, flopped quads to burst the bubble and the money spots were decided fairly quickly.
While "Bet4funAA" had a lead for most of the final table, Murphy put up a real fight. In the end, "Bet4funAA" got there in a few key hands.
The wraps up coverage of the $50,000 High Roller from 888poker's XL Spring Series. Check back on Jun 6 for PokerNews' full day coverage of Day 2 of $500,000 Guaranteed Main Event.
Feargus "EZ.PZ" Murphy Eliminated in 2nd ($10,260)
Level 29, Blinds: 8,000/16,000 (2,000)
Feargus "EZ.PZ" Murphy started heads-up as the short stack, and managed to fight back to close to even but had to settle for 2nd place in the 2022 888poker XL Spring Series $525 High Roller. Murphey got short again after running into a flush by winner "Bet4funAA".
A few hands later Murphey ran into a rivered straight for a big pot to leave him with less than 60,000 chips, and the rest went in a few hands later.
A full recap will come shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,140,000 | 521,372 |
|
Busted |
Almost Even Heads Up
Level 28, Blinds: 6,000/12,000 (1,500)
The heads-up battle is a bit closer after Feargus "EZ.PZ" Murphy clawed back from a short stack. They limped in before the flop and checked through the flop of 
flop. Murphy check-called a bet of 25,500 on the 
turn and a big bet of 75,480 on the 
river.
Murphey showed 
against [kc2d and took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
618,628 | -330,189 |
|
|
521,372 | 235,509 |
"pailinhoo00" Eliminated in 3rd ($6,698)
Level 28, Blinds: 6,000/12,000 (1,500)
"pailinhoo00" was battling with the short stack for most of three-handed play, and doubled to survive a few times. Their luck finally ran out against Feargus "EZ.PZ" Murphy. Murphey had queen-ten over jack-eight for "pailinhoo00" and Murphey didn't even need the queen on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
948,817 | 180,775 |
|
|
285,863 | 15,712 |
|
|
Busted |
"Bet4funAA" Turns It
Level 27, Blinds: 5,000/10,000 (1,250)
"Bet4funAA" limped in and "pailinhoo00" checked to 
on the flop. They both checked to the turn where "Bet4funAA" led for 11,875.
"pailinhoo00" called to 
river where they called an over-pot bet of 51,350, but mucked when "Bet4funAA" showed seven-three of spades.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
768,042 | 21,487 |
|
|
270,151 | -17,412 |
|
|
101,807 | -4,075 |
"Bet4funAA" Has Big Lead Three Ways
Level 27, Blinds: 5,000/10,000 (1,250)
"Bet4funAA" has a huge chip lead in three-way action, but they've been three-handed for quite a while now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
746,555 | 224,734 |
|
|
287,563 | -115,334 |
|
|
105,882 | -109,400 |
"BetBetFck" Eliminated in 4th ($4,874)
Level 26, Blinds: 4,000/8,000 (1,000)
It came down to a blind-on-blind battle, but Feargus "EZ.PZ" Murphy had the biggest weapons with king-jack over jack-ten for "BetBetFck", who still made $4,874 for 4th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
521,821 | -26,625 |
|
|
402,897 | 175,059 |
|
|
215,282 | 40,375 |
|
Busted |
Murphy Defends Big
Level 25, Blinds: 3,500/7,000 (875)
"BetBetFck" took a shot from the small blind with a raise to 21,000, but quickly folded when Feargus "EZ.PZ" Murphy three-bet to 54,000 from the big blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
548,446 | 47,740 |
|
|
227,838 | 8,266 |
|
|
188,809 | -31,500 |
|
|
174,907 | -24,500 |
Chips at Break with Four Left
Level 25, Blinds: 3,500/7,000 (875)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,706 | -45,246 |
|
|
220,309 | 74,494 |
|
|
219,572 | 66,210 |
|
|
199,407 | -95,467 |