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

01-31-2022 01:53 UTC

"bubbleboybr" Doubles with Flopped Cooler

Lyle Bateman

Level 36 : 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante

"bubbleboybr" raised the middle to 140,000 and "Gromex_x" called from their left. On the flop of "bubbleboybr" bet 153,037 and "Gromex_x" called.

The turn was the and "bubbleboybr" fired 420,000. "Gromex_x" called to the river where they called a shove of 1,119,778.

"bubbleboybr":
"Gromex_x":

"Gromex_x" hit top-top and turned the nut flush draw, but the set of queens held for a huge double for "bubbleboybr".

Player	Chips	Progress
bubbleboybr	3,849,410
Gromex_x	2,418,048 1,601,224	1,601,224
DaDumon	Busted
Geebotics	Busted

Level: 36

Blinds: 35,000/70,000

Ante: 8,750

01-31-2022 01:43 UTC

"Yanesi" Gets Shove Through

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Lyle Bateman

Level 35 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

"bloodny" raised to 150,000 from the cutoff, and "Steve00085" called from the button before "Yanesi" shoved nearly a million from the small blind. Dara "Doked" O'Kearney got out of the way from the big, and the other two players mucked as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
bloodny	2,095,928 210,000	210,000
Dara "Doked" O'Kearney	1,915,204 579,338	579,338
Yanesi	1,404,903 304,500	304,500
Stephen "Steve00085" Burt	1,215,251 372,625	372,625

01-31-2022 01:38 UTC

"Yanesi" Cuts Into "bloodny"

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Lyle Bateman

Level 35 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

"Yanesi" raised the middle to 120,000 and "bloodny" defended with a call from the big blind. The flop came and "bloodny" check-called for 120,000. After a check on the turn, "Yanesi" shoved and got a tank-fold as "bloodny" showed two hearts.

Player	Chips	Progress
bloodny	2,305,928 899,278	899,278
Yanesi	1,100,403 338,750	338,750

Level: 35

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 7,500

01-31-2022 01:28 UTC

Stack Updates

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Lyle Bateman

Level 34 : 25,000/50,000, 6,250 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
chedrstack	2,326,345 177,875	177,875
Dara "Doked" O'Kearney	1,335,866 354,933	354,933
Marcmks16	1,326,902 536,703	536,703
Yanesi	761,653 1,407,475	1,407,475
b1la1	132,449 1,023,538	1,023,538
Mixalis333	Busted

01-31-2022 01:26 UTC

"2HitWonder" Bloodies "bloodny"

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Lyle Bateman

Level 34 : 25,000/50,000, 6,250 ante

"bloodny" raised to 110,000 early, and "2HitWonder" defended the big blind with a call. They check-called for 194,700 on the flop of .

The same action repeated for 451,704 on the turn, and finally for 1,047,029 on the river.

"2HitWonder":
"bloodny"":

"2HitWonder" flopped top pair and held to take a huge chunk from the former chip boss.

Player	Chips	Progress
2HitWonder	7,796,743 4,490,313	4,490,313
bloodny	3,205,206 1,420,545	1,420,545
GodSama	Busted

Level: 34

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 6,250

01-31-2022 01:16 UTC

"2HitWonder" Hits Again

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Lyle Bateman

Level 33 : 22,500/45,000, 5,625 ante

"2HitWonder" is third in chips now after their pocket fives held against ace-ten to knock out "RLYZacEfron". "RLYZacEfron" shoved the cutoff for 552,555 and "2HitWonder" re-shoved more to isolate from the small blind.

"RLYZacEfron":
"2HitWonder":