Event #43: $500,000 Main Event
Day 1 Completed
Event #43: $500,000 Main Event
Day 1 Completed
The final nine players in 888poker's XL Winter Series Event #43: $500,000 Main Event have now been set, and Russian player "bloodny" is the big chip leader going into Day 2 with almost 17.5 million. They played their way through a big starting field of 2,326 entries to have the best shot at what's left of the $546,610 prize pool.
They will be joined on Day 2 by two other players with more than 10 million chips, Lithuanian "Eg1D1" and fellow Russian player "D.Bogachev". Also in the final nine is famed Irish poker pro and author Dara "Doked" O'Kearney. Having just recently written the book on ICM, O'Kearney will be looking to apply that knowledge for Day 2 and the big pay jumps.
Join PokerNews on Jan 31 at 2:30 pm ET as we bring action from the final table of this Main Event. You can also catch the action on a 30-minute delay over on 888pokerTV, so you can be sure not to miss any of the action.
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bloodny | Russia | 17,490,705 |
| 2 | Eg1D1 | Lithuania | 11,615,296 |
| 3 | D.Bogachev | Russia | 10,844,078 |
| 4 | sergebezb | Estonia | 6,850,460 |
| 5 | Stephen "Steve00085" Burt | United Kingdom | 6,167,321 |
| 6 | Dara "Doked" O'Kearney | Ireland | 5,734,509 |
| 7 | alexos888 | Canada | 4,541,336 |
| 8 | chrissop14 | United Kingdom | 3,425,337 |
| 9 | Marcmks16 | Sweden | 3,110,958 |
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $71,278 |
| 2 | $51,709 |
| 3 | $37,443 |
| 4 | $27,331 |
| 5 | $20,115 |
| 6 | $14,758 |
| 7 | $10,932 |
| 8 | $8,144 |
| 9 | $6,122 |
The final nine players are now set in the 888poker XL Winter Series Main Event. "bloodny" from Russia leads the way with almost 17.5 million chips, but the final table will also include well-known Irish pro and author Dara "Doked" O'Kearney.
A full recap of Day 1 will be posted shortly.
"Reggie_Degen" was the final table and Day 2 bubble on the wrong end of a cooler. Most of the damage happened when they got their ace-queen in against the ace-king of "D.Bogachev" and couldn't find a miracle. That left them with barely 100,000 chips and they busted the next hand to set up the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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17,490,705
1,427,457
|
1,427,457 |
|
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11,615,296
3,870,148
|
3,870,148 |
|
|
10,844,078
5,204,539
|
5,204,539 |
|
|
6,850,460
1,845,595
|
1,845,595 |
|
|
6,167,321
1,628,677
|
1,628,677 |
|
|
5,734,509
43,750
|
43,750 |
|
|
4,541,336
842,918
|
842,918 |
|
|
3,425,337
4,272,648
|
4,272,648 |
|
|
3,110,958
1,350,000
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1,350,000 |
|
|
Busted |
"Dan_nofx54" shoved the small stack over a button raise from "D.Bogachev" with suited gappers, but couldn't find the cards against ace-high. Play is now hand-for-hand to the final table and Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,639,539
669,524
|
669,524 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 45
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 37,500
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,063,248
4,896,990
|
4,896,990 |
|
|
8,696,055
3,375,161
|
3,375,161 |
|
|
7,745,148
1,363,124
|
1,363,124 |
|
|
7,697,985
4,004,739
|
4,004,739 |
|
|
5,778,259
674,500
|
674,500 |
|
|
4,970,015
978,994
|
978,994 |
|
|
4,538,644
782,250
|
782,250 |
|
|
4,460,958
2,739,156
|
2,739,156 |
|
|
3,698,418
2,277,771
|
2,277,771 |
|
|
3,175,822
3,883,234
|
3,883,234 |
|
|
2,745,668
945,334
|
945,334 |
Level: 44
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 31,250
"alexos888" raised, the called with more after "Caballika" shoved a bit more than 1 million from the cutoff.
"Caballika": ![]()
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"alexos888": ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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to give "alexos888" a flopped pair of queens and the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,976,189
8,702,037
|
8,702,037 |
|
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Busted |
"bloodny" got there as all the money went in pre-flop. They raised the cutoff, then called off when "bubbleboybr" shoved the button for almost 3 million.
"bubbleboybr": ![]()
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"bloodny": ![]()
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"bloodny" was suited, and all they needed was the jack on a board of ![]()
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,166,258
3,016,732
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3,016,732 |
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Busted |