Event #1: $100,000 Opening Event | 2022 888poker XL Winter Series

01-17-2022 20:12 UTC

Top Pair Good for "shippp_it"

Jaxon

Level 47 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

"Pete_444" limped from the cutoff with . Michael "IHaveAsthma" Wasserman completed from the small blind with and "shippp_it" opted to check it back from the big blind with .

All three players checked the flop before "shippp_it" bet 1.9 big blinds on the turn. "Pete_444" called and Wasserman folded.

The completed the board on the river and "shippp_it" opted to check their top pair. "Pete_444" bet 7.1 big blinds and "shippp_it" called off for three-quarters of his stack to win the hand and chip up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael "IHaveAsthma" Wasserman	20,920,000	-885,000
shippp_it	9,960,000	4,710,000
Pete_444	3,000,000	-3,160,000

01-17-2022 20:07 UTC

Chip Counts Entering Level 47

Jaxon

Level 47 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael "IHaveAsthma" Wasserman	21,805,000	455,000
zotto18	17,010,000	560,000
tihonoff1	10,535,000	-1,715,000
Pete_444	6,160,000	1,660,000
shippp_it	5,250,000	-1,710,000
gillatron1	4,375,000	-335,000
Ildar0365	4,200,000	720,000

Level: 47

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 50,000

01-17-2022 20:00 UTC

"andrey59" Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,722)

Jaxon

Level 46 : 175,000/350,000, 43,750 ante

"andrey59" eliminated the first player at the final table on a coin flip before suffering the same fate themselves a about 20 minutes later.

The hand began with "andrey59" opening to 2.1 big blinds from early position. Michael "IHaveAsthma" Wasserman jammed for 31.7 big blinds from the cutoff and "andrey59" called off for 26.8 big blinds.

"andrey59":
Michael "IHaveAsthma" Wasserman:

Wasserman's ace paired up to give him a better pair on the runout and "andrey59" was eliminated in eighth place for $1,722. Meanwhile, Wasserman took the lead after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael "IHaveAsthma" Wasserman	21,350,000	10,220,000
zotto18	16,450,000	-410,000
tihonoff1	12,250,000	-50,000
andrey59	Busted

01-17-2022 19:54 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

Jaxon

Level 46 : 175,000/350,000, 43,750 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
zotto18	16,860,000	30,000
tihonoff1	12,300,000	1,107,324
Michael "IHaveAsthma" Wasserman	11,130,000	-2,880,000
andrey59	9,420,000	1,170,000
shippp_it	6,960,000	-352,374
gillatron1	4,710,000	347,188
Pete_444	4,500,000	-542,455
Ildar0365	3,480,000	-1,565,512

Level: 46

Blinds: 175,000/350,000

Ante: 43,750

01-17-2022 19:50 UTC

Wasserman Closing the Gap on the Lead

Jaxon

Level 45 : 150,000/300,000, 37,500 ante

"zotto18" opened for 2 big blinds from under the gun with . Michael "IHaveAsthma" Wasserman three-bet to 7.2 big blinds from the button with and took down a pot to get closer to the chip lead after his opponent folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
zotto18	16,830,000	-854,982
Michael "IHaveAsthma" Wasserman	14,010,000	3,271,922

Level: 45

Blinds: 150,000/300,000

Ante: 37,500

01-17-2022 19:41 UTC

"Lucky1IJack" Elimianted in 9th Place ($1,294)

Jaxon

Level 44 : 125,000/250,000, 31,250 ante

There was an elimination and a cooler on the very first hand in play. "Lucky1IJack" jammed for 8.2 big blinds from the hijack. "andrey59" three-bet shoved for nearly triple as much from the small blind and it was heads-up action after "Pete_444" folded from the big blind.

"Lucky1IJack":
"andrey59":

"Lucky1IJack" appeared set to double their stack after their ace connected on the flop and just needed to dodge two outs after the followed on the turn. However, the rained down on the river to improve "andrey59" to a full house and "Lucky1IJack" was ousted in ninth place for $1,294.