888poker XL Spring Series Main Event Beats $1M Guarantee; Final Table Set
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After several flights and an explosive Day 2, the $1 million guaranteed XL Spring Series Main Event has reached its final table. Including re-entries, 1,225 players headed to 888poker and bought in for $888, creating a guarantee-busting $1,038,800 prize pool.
Lithuania's "R3li_able" leads the final eight players into battle from 7:00 p.m. BST on May 28 under the chip leader banner. The Lithuanian has 2,830,854 chips, or 81 big blinds, has already collected $48,869 in mystery bounties, and is on course for the tournament's $83,406 top prize.
Event #41: $888 Mystery Bounty Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "R3li_able" | Lithuania | 2,830,854 | 81 |
| 2 | "3AHYDA" | Mexico | 2,591,085 | 74 |
| 3 | "1goodshot" | Ukraine | 1,977,972 | 57 |
| 4 | "icho90" | 1,307,972 | 37 | |
| 5 | "noWHATfella" | Brazil | 1,196,699 | 34 |
| 6 | "R2Rka" | Ukraine | 941,200 | 27 |
| 7 | "SayPlease" | 892,131 | 26 | |
| 8 | "morewater" | Denmark | 512,679 | 15 |
Each of the returning eight players is guaranteed to take home at least $10,452 from the regular prize pool, plus any mystery bounties they collect before busting. All but one of the finalists has at least four figures worth of bounties locked up, with three having banked over $17,000.
The chip leader aside, "icho90" returns in fourth place with $26,739 in bounties already in their 888poker account. One place lower in the standings is Brazil's "noWHATfella" who has $17,043 to show for their efforts.
Although impressive, those bounty payments cannot hold a light to the sum Sweden's "r4ndomr4gs" pulled out of their golden envelope. The Swede eliminated a foe and soon discovered they had the jackpot $100,000 bounty on their head! "r4ndomr4gs" eventually fell in 45th place for $1,670 but collected $101,670.
Follow PokerNews' live updates from the XL Spring Series Main Event from 7:00 p.m. BST on May 28.
Brazil's "juliofxp" Crowned Mini Event Champion
Event #40 of the 888poker XL Spring Series was the $25 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty Mini Event, which drew in 4,827 entrants. That bumper crowd ensured the guarantee was first met and then surpassed by $8,067.50.
Two of the mystery bounties weighed in at $4,000, with the jackpot amount set at $10,000. Both $4,000 bounties went to players at the final table. "Senseless2" of Germany scooped one before falling in eighth, while the eventual champion also secured a $4,000 payout among their $6,327 bounty haul.
"Spianato" of Montenegro may have fallen in 92nd, but not before opening a mystery bounty envelope containing a cool $10,000. Their total haul of $10,097 was the second-most prize money anyone took home from this tournament.
Having only paid $25 to enter, it was unsurprising when the final three players paused the tournament and struck a deal based on ICM. Third-place finisher "uerlings" walked away $5,068 richer, the runner-up "ChistyKloun" won $5,406, and "juliofxp" reeled in $11,199, including bounties. All three were mightily impressive scores for a $25 initial outlay.
Event #40: $25 Mystery Bounty Mini Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | juilofxp | Brazil | $6,327 | $4,871 | $11,199* |
| 2 | ChistyKloun | Belarus | $191 | $5,214 | $5,406* |
| 3 | uerlings | Brazil | $37 | $5,031 | $5,068* |
| 4 | Ratpoker | Sweden | $91 | $2,490 | $2,582 |
| 5 | fedazete | Brazil | $91 | $1,805 | $1,896 |
| 6 | AnatolijJ | United Kingdom | $36 | $1,312 | $1,349 |
| 7 | Eiffel | Sweden | $136 | $967 | $1,103 |
| 8 | Senseless2 | Germany | $4,945 | $715 | $5,660 |
*reflects a three-handed deal
888poker XL Spring Series Results So Far
Here is a table showing the full 888poker XL Spring Series results so far. The Main Event aside, only two more numbered events need to crown their champions before the curtain comes down on another successful online poker festival.
At 5:00 p.m. BST, Event #42: $10,000 Closing Event Mystery Bounty Mini ($16.50) shuffles up and deals. Two hours later, Event #43: $20,000 Closing Event Mystery Bounty ($55) brings the latest XL Series to a conclusion.
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