Event #1 - $80,000 Guarantee | 2017 888poker Super XL Series

Nível: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

2017-01-19 20:29 UTC

888poker Ambassador Chris "888Moorman" Moorman In Action

Jaxon

Nível 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

888poker Ambassador Chris "888Moorman" Moorman recently joined the field and has increased his stack to 18,170. Moorman is perhaps online poker's most successful tournament player with $13,755,550 in online tournament cashes, the most by any player tracked by PocketFives.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
888Moorman	18,170

2017-01-19 20:35 UTC

Prize Pool Exceeds $100K

Jaxon

Nível 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

The tournament has surpassed the six-digit prize pool barrier with 912 entrants and 123 rebuys creating a $103,500 prize pool. Exactly 100 players are already eliminated from the tournament after losing all their chips and choosing not to rebuy.

Nível: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 60

2017-01-19 20:40 UTC

Latvia's eight0808 in the Chip Lead

Jaxon

Nível 7 : 250/500, 60 ante

Latvia's eight0808 became the first to breakthrough with a stack of at least 70,000 and is currently in the lead with 70,012.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
eight0808	70,012

2017-01-19 20:45 UTC

Chris "888Moorman" Moorman Doubles a Short-Stacked Opponent

Jaxon

Nível 7 : 250/500, 60 ante

The action folded around to United Kingdom's BUBS26888 on the button who jammed all in for 3,502. The player in the small blind folded before Chris "888Moorman" Moorman called from the big blind.

BUBS26888 was in the lead holding and Moorman turning over . Moorman was unable to catch up handing a small pot off to his opponent after the board ran out .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
888Moorman	19,086 916	916

Nível: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 70

2017-01-19 20:56 UTC

Break #2!

Jaxon

Nível 8 : 300/600, 70 ante

The tournament has hit its second break and the field size has grown to 946 players. The prize pool is up to $115,000 and will continue to grow as late registration is open for another 85 minutes.

2017-01-19 21:04 UTC

Latvia's eight0808 Holds the Lead After Second Break

Jaxon

Nível 8 : 300/600, 70 ante

Latvia's eight0808 held onto the lead heading into the second break with 73,681. Germany's Martin "IKNOWuFISH" Mulsow (second - 71,415) and Sweden's GordanBlixt (third - 70,469) were the only other players above 70,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
eight0808	73,681 3,669	3,669

IKNOWuFISH	71,415 71,415	71,415

GordanBlixt	70,469 70,469	70,469

2017-01-19 21:15 UTC

Graftekkel Nails a Set

Jaxon

Nível 8 : 300/600, 70 ante

Netherland's Graftekkel is one of his country's most successful online players. While in the big blind, he recently defended a min-raise from an opponent in early position while holding pocket threes and managed to win a big pot to go over 50,000 in chips after he hit a set on a board. His opponent rebought into the tournament after he realized his pocket jacks were no good.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Graftekkel	50,035 50,035	50,035