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

01-30-2022 19:20 UTC

Banfield Loses Some Blind-on-Blind

Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : 150/300, 40 ante

It was limped pre-flop, and small blind "suit.guy" check-called for 600 on the flop. They check-raised the turn from 1,170 to 3,510.

888poker streamer Jordan "BanfieldJ" Banfield opted to check behind on the river after a third check from "suit.guy", and the small blind rolled over for the turned straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
suit.guy	42,974
Jordan "BanfieldJ" Banfield	28,984 -5,540	-5,540

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

01-30-2022 19:22 UTC

Less than 400 Entries from Guarantee

Lyle Bateman

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

There are still nearly 2.5 hours left to get into the game, but the total field size is now over 1,750. The game only needs 2,128 entries to hit the $500,000 guarantee, so at this point, that seems like an excellent bet.

01-30-2022 19:29 UTC

Top Stacks

Lyle Bateman

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

There are two new players in the top five, including the chip leader "alex5271" of Romania.

Player	Chips	Progress
alex5271	161,303
kingzionlion	158,457 75,003	75,003
thechronic99	137,053
sabanuts	134,235 23,724	23,724
Newts1989	123,348 11,963	11,963

Level: 8

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 60

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 19:48 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

Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 70

01-30-2022 19:50 UTC

Up to 1,900 Entries

Lyle Bateman

Level 9 : 300/600, 70 ante

The Main Event just hit 1,900 entries in total with just over 2 hours left in the registration period. "chrissop14" is still chip leading with ore than 162,000 chips.