Event #1: $100,000 Opening Event
Day 2 Started
Event #1: $100,000 Opening Event
Day 2 Started
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).
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.
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
zotto18
|
17,684,982 | 17,684,982 |
tihonoff1 | 11,192,676 | 11,192,676 |
Michael "IHaveAsthma" Wasserman | 10,738,078 | 10,738,078 |
shippp_it | 7,312,374 | 7,312,374 |
andrey59 | 5,852,325 | 5,852,325 |
Ildar0365 | 5,045,512 | 5,045,512 |
Pete_444 | 5,042,455 | 5,042,455 |
gillatron1 | 4,362,812 | 4,362,812 |
Lucky1IJack | 2,108,786 | 2,108,786 |
Cards are now live in real-time. However, the PokerNews Live Reporting of this event will begin in approximately 30 minutes to not give away spoilers to those watching the live stream.
Level: 44
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 31,250
The 888pokerTV live stream has begun and thus so has the live reporting by PokerNews of the $100K GTD Opening Event.
Tune into Nick Wealthall and David Tuchman for the action along with fun giveaways and freerolls thoughout the XL Winter series at 888poker.
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
andrey59 | 8,250,000 | 2,397,675 |
Lucky1IJack | Busted |
Level: 45
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 37,500
"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: 46
Blinds: 175,000/350,000
Ante: 43,750
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 |