$250 Main Event ($500,000 GTD)
Day 2 Completed
2023 888poker XL Winter Series
$250 Main Event ($500,000 GTD)
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 888poker XL Winter Series
Buy-in
$250
Prize Pool
$500,000
Entries
2,059
Entries
402
Players Left
9
"alwaySsmilee" Bags Almost 7 Million for Day 3 of XL Winter Series Main Event
There were nearly 1,900 entries in the various Day 1 flights of this $500k guaranteed XL Winter Series Main Event, not quite enough to hit the guarantee. After about 4.5 hours of play on Day 2, 402 returning players were whittled down to 9.
The final 9 players will return for Day 3 action to decide a winner at 2pm ET. Leading the way is Ukrainian "alwaySsmilee" who has more than twice as much as second place Dan "badrobot27" Charlton with bout 3.3 million. "alwaySsmilee" went on a great run near the end of the day today knocking out the last two players to end play and build a massive stack.
2023 888poker XL Winter Series Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kellerassel0 | Germany | 1,507,954 |
| 2 | Mgrazziotin | Brazil | 2,409,626 |
| 3 | AMG_people | Germany | 1,044,892 |
| 4 | RUNRANRUNIT8 | Lithuania | 867,148 |
| 5 | alwaySsmilee | Ukraine | 6,935,271 |
| 6 | TuckaIF | United Kingdom | 1,709,011 |
| 7 | Dan "badrobot27" Charlton | United Kingdom | 3,329,071 |
| 8 | Sim0nK | Lithuania | 705,383 |
| 9 | _zarkou_ | Finland | 2,082,004 |
There were three members of Team888 in to start the day. Josh "Josh_Manley" Manley managed small cash in 152nd place while fellow UK streamer Ian "Simpioni" Simpson went a little farther in 108th, but neither player bagged any bounties. Brazilian Vivian "vivi.888." Saliba was also in to start the day, but she failed to make the 240 paid spots.
The final day of poker in the Main Event gets going at 2pm ET, but 888pokerTV will be streaming the game with cards up action on delay. Live reporting here will match the delay of the stream.
Final Chip Counts Going into Day 3
Day 2 of the Main Event ended in Level 28 with "AlwaySsmilee" in a big lead with almost 7 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,935,271 | |
|
3,329,071 | 200,950 |
|
2,409,626 | 27,250 |
|
2,082,004 | -489,250 |
|
|
1,709,011 | 430,000 |
|
1,507,954 | -278,765 |
|
|
1,044,892 | -460,500 |
|
867,148 | 366,052 |
|
|
705,383 | -1,221,436 |
"alwaySsmilee" Leads Day 3 with Almost 7 Million
Level 38, Blinds: 60,000/120,000 (15,000)
Day 2 ended on a dominated ace hand when "RazvyB" bubbled the final day with the worst ace. "alwaySsmilee" from Ukraine ran pure in the final few hands of Day 2, knocking out both of the players to bring it from 11 to 9.
Stay tuned for a Day 2 recap shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,935,271 | 2,056,166 |
|
Busted |
"alwaySsmilee" Leads with Almost 5 Million on FT Bubble
Level 38, Blinds: 60,000/120,000 (15,000)
"DirtyPig" got caught with their hand in the cookie jar when the money went in preflop and they ran into sixes. "alwaySsmilee" has a huge lead on the final table bubble now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,879,105 | 2,638,378 |
|
Busted |
Charlton over Three Million
Level 37, Blinds: 50,000/100,000 (12,500)
Dan "badrobot27" Charlton is over three million on the back of a hand where the money went in after he flopped the flush. They are now 2 away from the end of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,128,121 | 1,986,664 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Final 13 Players at Break
Level 37, Blinds: 50,000/100,000 (12,500)
Level 37 will begin shortly after the final 13 return from the break. There are four players with more than 2 million. led by Finland's "_zarkou_".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,571,254 | 168,750 |
|
|
2,382,376 | -82,500 |
|
|
2,240,727 | -122,589 |
|
|
2,046,166 | 183,642 |
|
|
1,936,003 | -142,750 |
|
|
1,926,819 | -410,000 |
|
|
1,786,719 | 291,706 |
|
|
1,505,392 | 1,045,544 |
|
|
1,279,011 | -1,383,752 |
|
|
1,141,457 | 325,000 |
|
|
727,136 | 182,311 |
|
|
545,844 | -510,450 |
|
|
501,096 | -151,861 |
"Mgrazziotin" Holds for $1,500
Level 36, Blinds: 40,000/80,000 (10,000)
They are down to 13 remaining just 4 off the end of the day after "perrivini" couldn't get there with the suited jack-again against ace-jack for "Mgrazziotin".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,464,876 | 874,712 |
|
|
Busted |
Full Final 14 Stacks (full)
Level 36, Blinds: 40,000/80,000 (10,000)
"bianchettibh" was the most recent bust before the end of the day. They are now down to 14 left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,662,763 | |
|
|
2,402,504 | |
|
|
2,363,316 | |
|
|
2,336,819 | |
|
|
2,078,753 | |
|
|
1,862,524 | |
|
|
1,590,164 | |
|
|
1,495,013 | |
|
|
1,056,294 | |
|
|
849,463 | |
|
|
816,457 | |
|
|
652,957 | |
|
|
544,825 | |
|
|
459,848 | |
|
|
Busted |
Stack Updates
Level 35, Blinds: 30,000/60,000 (7,500)
There are now 15 players left with "BritiyLobok" and "Krutjaska" among the recent busts. They are now 6 players from the end of Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,662,763 | -116,063 |
|
|
2,363,316 | -140,000 |
|
|
2,336,819 | 1,233,193 |
|
|
2,078,753 | 7,500 |
|
|
1,862,524 | 1,129,217 |
|
|
1,590,164 | 6,250 |
|
|
1,495,013 | 1,085,499 |
|
|
1,056,294 | |
|
|
1,008,302 | 488,026 |
|
|
816,457 | -1,223,163 |
|
|
652,957 | -468,579 |
|
|
544,825 | 208,537 |
|
|
459,848 | 108,354 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |