Welcome to the final table of the XL Winter Event #1: $55 Opening Event at 888poker. A total of 2,311 entries ponied up the $55 buy-in for a $115,550 prize pool to smash the $100,000 guarantee. The action was down to just nine players at the end of Day 1, with each returning player guaranteed at least a $1,294 payout with their eyes on the $15,068 top prize.
Three players enter the final table with over 10 million in chips including Day 1 chip leader "zotto18" sporting a huge 71 big blind stack of 17,674,982, "tihonoff1" (11,192,676), and Michael "IHaveAsthma" Wasserman (10,738,078).
Others in the mix include "shippp_it" (7,312,374), "andrey59" (5,852,325), "Ildar0365" (5,045,512), "Pete_444" (5,042,455), "gillatron1" (4,362,812), and "Lucky1IJack" (2,108,786).
XL Winter Event #1 Final Table Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
zotto18
Romania
17,674,982
71
2
tihonoff1
Russia
11,192,676
45
3
Michael "IHaveAsthma" Wasserman
Mexico
10,738,078
43
4
shippp_it
Canada
7,312,374
29
5
andrey59
Brazil
5,852,325
23
6
Ildar0365
Turkmenistan
5,045,512
20
7
Pete_444
Canada
5,042,455
20
8
gillatron1
United Kingdom
4,362,812
17
9
Lucky1IJack
Canada
2,108,786
8
Total
69,330,000
277
Average
7,703,333
31
The final table will kick off on Monday, January 17 at 7 p.m. GMT (2 p.m. ET) on Level 44 with blinds at 125,000/250,000 with an ante of 31,250 and increase every 12 minutes until a winner is crowned.
David Tuchman and Nick Wealthall will be broadcasted the final table with hole cards exposed at the 888poker YouTube channel, which will also be embedded in our coverage for the remainder of the event.
Final Table Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$15,068
2
$10,931
3
$7,915
4
$5,778
5
$4,252
6
$3,120
7
$2,311
8
$1,722
9
$1,294
PokerNews will live report the final table on the 30-minute stream delay starting at 7:30 p.m. GMT (1:30 p.m. ET) as to not give away spoilers. Stay tuned at PokerNews to see who will win the XL Winter Event #1: $55 Opening Event at 888poker.