Dobson and Warrington Among XL Autumn Champions

Ben Dobson

The XL Autumn Series is in full swing over at 888poker with 15 of the scheduled events done and dusted. Two top British players can call themselves XL Autumn Series champions after they shone brightly in their respective events.

Ben "xLIVEPROx" Warrington Takes Down $30,000 PKO 6-Max

Ben Warrington
Ben Warrington

Ben "xLIVEPROx" Warrington won one of the earliest XL Autumn Series events, the $30,000 PKO 6-Max. Warrington came out on top of a 448 strong field in the $88 buy-in tournament, and walked away with $5,493.

With bounties included, all but one of the six finalists turned their $88 into a four-figure sum. Denmark’s "87452154" fell in sixth for a combined score worth $929.

"DonkeyPolk" of Brazil and "KoxSkirtumas" were the next casualties. They saw their 888poker account balances increase by $1,446 and $2,191 respectively. Andorra’s "SerhioMD" busted in third for $2,261, the penultimate elimination.

Warrington locked horns with "khalifaaOO" heads-up. Both played were guaranteed $3,252 from the main prize pool, so were playing for the remaining bounties. Warrington defeated his final opponent and saw his prize bolstered by $2,240 for a total score worth $5,493. His now busted opponent secured a total prize of $4,732.

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XL Autumn Series #4 - $30,000 PKO 6-Max Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrizeBountiesTotal prize
1Ben "xLIVEPROx" WarringtonUnited Kingdom$3,252$2,240$5,493
2khalifaaOOBrazil$3,252$1,480$4,732
3SerhioMDAndorra$2,060$200$2,261
4KoxSkirtumasLithuania$1,433$758$2,191
5DonkeyPolkBrazil$1,075$371$1,446
687452154Denmark$716$212$929

Ben "F3nix35" Dobson Wins $20,000 Mini PKO 8-Max

Ben "F3nix35" Dobson, a World Series of Poker bracelet winner, was the last man standing in the XL Autumn Series #14 - $20,000 Mini PKO 8-Max event. The tournament drew in a crowd of 435 unique players who purchased 122 re-entries between them for a total field of 557.

Dobson helped himself to the lion’s share of the $27,850 prize pool, namely $4,633, when he won each and every one of the chips in play, including those formerly in the possession of "LandVale" who ultimately had to make do with a $3,087 runner-up prize.

XL Autumn Series #14 - $20,000 Mini PKO 8-Max Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrizeBountiesTotal prize
1Ben "F3nix35" DobsonUnited Kingdom$2,297$2,335$4,633
2LandValeKazakhstan$2,297$790$3,087
3ronutd71United Kingdom$1,462$84$1,546
4figura.Russia$1,044$317$1,362
5MARIMBONDO1Brazil$696$162$859
6RWeisshauptGermany$487$125$612
7romodragoBrazil$348$169$517
8RonaldSleasyUnited Kingdom$278$146$425

888poker XL Autumn Results So Far

EventBuy-inEntrantsPrize poolChampionPrize
#1 - $100,000 Opening Event$551,897$100,000Ilikepugs$13,810
#2 - $20,000 Mini Opening Event$16.501,503$22,545Zachrina$3,114
#3 - $15,000 Late Opening Event$33525$15,750ChipDiddyO$2,880
#4 - $30,000 PKO 6-Max$88448$35,840Ben "xLIVEPROx" Warrington$5,493*
#5 - $15,000 Mini PKO 6-Max$44529$21,160teuski1$3,456*
#6 - $10,000 Late PKO 6-Max$22580$11,600shaplachow$2,099*
#7 - $30,000 Freezeout$215149$30,000james12627$6,975
#8 - $20,000 Mini Freezeout$55352$20,000Blag333$3,635
#9 - $15,000 Late Freezeout$109138$15,000Octopokes$3,487
#10 - $30,000 PKO$109367$36,700zeronimmo$7,000*
#11 - $15,000 Mini PKO$16.501,040FrenchyC.$2,056* 
#12 - $10,000 Late PKO$33417$12,510Mm1313$2,124*
#13 - $40,000 PKO 8-Max$160305$45,750snowball5225$8,482*
#14 - $20,000 Mini PKO 8-Max$55557$27,850Ben "F3nix35" Dobson$4,633*
#15 - $10,000 Late PKO 8-Max$22590$11,800EduAraujo$1,940*

*includes bounty payments

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Remaining XL Autumn Series Schedule

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The Main Event is by far the biggest of the remaining tournaments. It commands a $1,050 buy-in, unless you win your way into it via satellites starting at $12, and boasts of a $1 million guaranteed prize pool. No doubt both Warrington and Dobson will be looking to add the Main Event title to the victories they enjoyed this week.

DateTime (GMT)EventBuy-in
Fri 22 Oct17:00XL Autumn #16 - $30,000 DeepStack$55
 17:00XL Autumn #17 - $15,000 Mini DeepStack$16.50
 19:00XL Autumn #18 - $10,000 Late DeepStack$33
Sat 23 Oct18:00XL Autumn #19 - $30,000 6-Max$109
 18:00XL Autumn #20 - $15,000 Mini 6-Max$16.50
 20:00XL Autumn #21 - $15,000 Late 6-Max$55
Sun 24 Oct18:00XL Autumn #22 - $200,000 Tune Up$109
 18:00XL Autumn #23 - $20,000 Mini Tune Up$16.50
 20:00XL Autumn #24 - $15,000 Late Tune Up$33
Mon 25 Oct18:00XL Autumn #25 - $10,000 Omaha 8-Max$55
 18:00XL Autumn #26 - $5,000 Mini Omaha 8-Max$22
 20:00XL Autumn #27 - $3,000 Late Omaha 8-Max$11
Tue 26 Oct18:00XL Autumn #28 - $50,000 PKO$320
 18:00XL Autumn #29 - $25,000 Mini PKO$55
 20:00XL Autumn #30 - $20,000 Late PKO$109
Wed 27 Oct18:00XL Autumn #31 - $30,000 PKO 8-Max$109
 18:00XL Autumn #32 - $15,000 Mini PKO 8-Max$16.50
 20:00XL Autumn #33 - $10,000 Late PKO 8-Max$33
Thu 28 Oct18:00XL Autumn #34 - $40,000 PKO 6-Max$215
 18:00XL Autumn #35 - $15,000 Mini PKO 6-Max$55
 20:00XL Autumn #36 - $10,000 Late PKO 6-Max$22
Fri 29 Oct17:00XL Autumn #37 - $30,000 DeepStack$55
 17:00XL Autumn #38 - $15,000 Mini DeepStack$16.50
 19:00XL Autumn #39 - $10,000 Late DeepStack$33
Sat 30 Oct18:00XL Autumn #40 - $30,000 Knockout$109
 18:00XL Autumn #41 - $15,000 Mini Knockout$16.50
 20:00XL Autumn #42 - $15,000 Late Knockout$55
Sun 31 Oct17:30XL Autumn #44 - $50,000 Mini Main Event$33
Mon 1 Nov18:00XL Autumn #43 - $1,000,000 Main Event (Day 2)$1,050

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