Event: #22: $200,000 Tune Up Day 1 | 2022 888poker XL Winter Series

Level: 33

Blinds: 22,500/45,000

Ante: 5,625

01-24-2022 00:56 UTC

Player Break Commences

Calum Grant

Level 32 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Just 32 players remain in the Tune Up with Day 1 closing when the final nine players have been decided.

01-24-2022 00:54 UTC

"Kevlar1991" Doubles Through "Vespillo77"; "Vespillo77" then Doubles Through "Reggie_Degen893"

Calum Grant

Level 32 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

"Kevlar1991" moved all-in for 439,344 after the 80,000 under the gun raise from ""Vespillo77", who then called.

"Kevlar1991":
"Vespillo77":

The at-risk player secured the double up after the runout displayed the completed board of . "Vespillo77" then chipped back up the very next hand after moving all-in for his last half a million chips after "Reggie_Degen893" opened on the button.

"Reggie_Degen893" called with ace-jack but "Vespillo77" would turn top pair with king-queen and held for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vespillo77	1,077,214	1,077,214
Kevin "kevlar1991" Frame	973,688	21,594
Reggie_Degen893	304,893	304,893

Level: 32

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

01-24-2022 00:47 UTC

Big Stack Updates

Calum Grant

Level 31 : 17,500/35,000, 4,250 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
kellerassel0	4,022,637	1,827,198
Paulo_Pedros	3,390,783	881,668
dima_dub	2,640,145	-172,500
readge	2,177,128	1,173,505
Smithstudent	1,824,108	1,824,108

01-24-2022 00:41 UTC

"dima_dub" Ousts "Mettessen"

Calum Grant

Level 31 : 17,500/35,000, 4,250 ante

"Japa_Bill" kicked off the hand by raising to 73,500 from early position which "Mettessen" called in the small blind. "dima_dub" then moved all-in for 1.8 million from the big blind.

The preflop raiser got out of the way. With 828,715 left in their stack, "Mettessen" decided to risk their tournament life and call.

"Mettessen":
"dima_dub":

The flop provided little help for the at-risk player but the gave them an open-ended straight draw. The river was a brick and "dima_dub" continued his assault on the competition.

Player	Chips	Progress
dima_dub	2,812,645	822,585
Mettessen	Busted

Level: 31

Blinds: 17,500/35,000

Ante: 4,250

01-24-2022 00:31 UTC

"madhand228" Falls To Quads

Calum Grant

Level 30 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

"4815162342" opened to 68,904 in early position before "madhand228" jammed for 111,596. "Paulo_Pedros" then re-raised to 223,192 which the early position player called.

Action checked through on the flop to the turn. "4815162342" checked-called a bet of 208,883 from "Paulo_Pedro" before folding to their opponent's all-in on the river.