Event #43: $500,000 Main Event Day 1 | 2022 888poker XL Winter Series

01-30-2022 23:55 UTC

"Marcmks16" Knocks Out Two with Jacks

Lyle Bateman

Level 27 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

"ddaubar" raised the middle to 35,200, and got calls from "ziggyzag1" and "Marcmks16", as well as "Raise1In." from the big blind. The big blind had just 22,000 behind and shoved the flop.

"ddaubar" raised to 45,934 but both players called. They checked the turn before "ziggyzag1" shoved their remaining 97,234. "Marcmks16" called while "ddaubar" tank-folded.

"Raise1In.":
"ziggyzag1":
"Marcmks16":

"Marcmks16" had an over-pair and held for a nice pot when the river brcked out with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcmks16	744,195
ddaubar	615,508 67,096	67,096
fsahakian	Busted
Mangshe	Busted
Tw0Face888	Busted
ziggyzag1	Busted
Raise1In.	Busted

01-30-2022 22:45 UTC

"2HitWonder" Hits Turn

Lyle Bateman

Level 22 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

Both players hit the turn, but it was "2HitWonder" that hit it hardest. "RoideRoi" raised the cutoff to 12,500 and fellow German "2HitWonder" defended the big blind with a call.

"2HitWonder" check-raised the flop from 16,562 to 46,373. "RoideRoi" called to see on the turn and "2HitWonder" check-shoved a covering stack over the bet of 62,935.

"RoideRoi":
"2HitWonder":

"RoideRoi" turned a straight, but the turned flush for "2HitWonder" vaulted them to 2nd place overall.

Player	Chips	Progress
2HitWonder	688,855
RoideRoi	Busted

01-30-2022 21:52 UTC

"sqpolu" Gets Huge Pot with Aces

Lyle Bateman

Level 18 : 1,500/3,000, 375 ante

"sqpolu" got a huge gift when they woke up with aces in a three-way all-in. "sqpolu" raised to 6,000 under the gun before "kingzionlion" bombed the pot for a shove of 218,903. "Flipper121" called off a short stack from the button, and "sqpolu" snapped it off with the aces.

"Flipper121":
"sqpolu":
"kingzionlion":

The aces held and "sqpolu" is now third in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
sqpolu	345,488
kingzionlion	59,499 -184,447	-184,447
Flipper121	Busted

01-30-2022 21:30 UTC

"Timmys3" Gets There with Flush

Lyle Bateman

Level 16 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante

"Timmys3" raised from the middle to 4,000 and "brut65" defended the big blind with a call. The flop came and "brut65" led for 2,000.

"Timmys3" called to the turn where they called another minimum bet. On the river, "brut65" fired 12,705 into a pot of just over 19,000, then called off when "Timmys3" shoved with less.

"Timmys3":
"brut65":

Both players rivered big, but "Timmys3" running flush was the best.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timmys3	109,528
brut65	66,638

01-30-2022 20:53 UTC

Guarantee Broken with an Hour Left in Registration

Lyle Bateman

Level 14 : 700/1,400, 175 ante

They will be playing for more than the $500,000 guarantee in the Main Event of this XL Winter Series. With 1,910 entries and 218 re-entries, the total field is now 2,128 and there is now just a bit more than $500,000 in the prize pool.

Registration is still open for an hour as well, so that pot is just going to grow.

01-30-2022 20:13 UTC

"Maguera" Takes a Stack

Lyle Bateman

Level 10 : 350/700, 85 ante

"danmoran1" from the United Kingdom rebought after this hand where they lost boat over boat. After an early limp, "Maguera" raised the button to 2,800 and got a call from "danmoran1" and the original limper.

The flop came and "danmoran1" checked. The limper put in a bet of 4,932 and "Maguera" called before "danmoran1" bumped it up to 10,850.

Both players called to the turn. "danmoran1" led for 10,496, and only "Maguera" called. "danmoran1" shoved the river for 23,429, only to have "Maguera" snap them off.

"danmoran1":
"Maguera":

It was a huge cooler as "danmoran1" flopped a full house before "Maguera" turned a better one, and "danmoran1" hit the rebuy button.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maguera	126,028 126,028	126,028
danmoran1	30,000 30,000	30,000

01-30-2022 19:48 UTC

"alex5271" Goes from Chip Lead to Out in 10 Minutes

Lyle Bateman

Level 8 : 250/500, 60 ante

Less than 10 minutes ago, "alex5271" was chip leader with 161,303 chips, but they were just coolered out of the game. Once again, it was "chrissop14" from the United Kingdom on the good side of the cooler.

"chrissop14" called from the button for 1,000 after an open from the middle and a call from the cutoff. "alex5271" defended their big blind with a call, then led for 3,161 on the flop. One player in the middle called before "chrissop14" raised it to 12,644.

Only "alex5271" called to the turn, where they shoved fro 45,615, about 33% more than the pot. "chrissop14" snapped it off.

"alex5271":
"chrissop14":

The two-pair of "alex5271" was crushed by the flopped set of treys for "chrissop14", and the former leader elected not to rebuy in this game.

Player	Chips	Progress
chrissop14	169,703 82,782	82,782
alex5271	Busted

01-30-2022 19:38 UTC

"alex5271" Chopped Back

Lyle Bateman

Level 8 : 250/500, 60 ante

"alex5271" couldn't hold the chip lead for long. In a series of hands they've been cut back to a third their previous size. In the latest cut, "chrissop14" raised from the hijack to 1,250, then called when "alex5271" bumped the button to 2,000. "chrissop14" check-called for 2,000 on , and again for 6,131 on the turn card.

"alex5271" changed it up when brought the four hearts to the board, firing out a bet of 10,776. "alex5271" elected to fold and preserve a stack that is a shadow of what it was just a few hands ago.

Player	Chips	Progress
chrissop14	86,921
alex5271	66,807 -94,496	-94,496

01-30-2022 19:12 UTC

"burn_darius" Goes Agro on River

Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : 150/300, 40 ante

"burn_darius" raised to 625 from early, and "1doza123" called from the middle. The flop came and "1doza123" called a bet of 625.

They called again fro 1,037 on the turn, but when the river came and "burn_darius" led for 2,609, "1doza123" raised it up to 6,522. "burn_darius" was having none of that though, and shoved for 24,806 to get the fold and the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
1doza123	40,095
burn_darius	36,547

01-30-2022 18:40 UTC

"sabanuts" Doubles with Cooler

Lyle Bateman

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

It was a massive early cooler when "sabanuts" shoved more than 70,000 from the button after two early limps, and small blind "Fl4tbush20" called them off with about 31,000.

"Fl4tbush20":
"sabanuts":

The board of ran off clean for the aces, bringing a set on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
sabanuts	105,362 36,971	36,971
Fl4tbush20	Busted