The Super XL tournaments have so far attracted thousands of players to 888poker, and tonight one of the most enticing and action-packed events of the series will be crowning a champion. The $2,100 High Roller with $350,000 guaranteed will be kicking off in just about 30 minutes, and a number of the most notable online players of the world are expected to make an appearance in this exciting tournament.
The Super XL Series features 63 action-packed events from Jan. 19 to 31 with more than $5 million in guaranteed prize pools. The schedule should appeal to players of many tastes with a Mini, Turbo and Main version available for most of the tournaments. The $2,100 High Roller is just one of 4 Super XL events taking place today, combining for more than half a million dollars in guaranteed prize pools.
Event
Time (GMT)
Buy-in
Guarantee
Event #28: $350,000 Super XL – High Roller
7:00 p.m.
$2,100
$350,000
Event #29: $100,000 Super XL – Mini High Roller
7:01 p.m.
$215
$100,000
Event #30: $40,000 Super XL – Tuesday Challenge
7:35 p.m.
$109
$40,000
Event #31: $50,000 Super XL – Turbo High Roller
9:00 p.m.
$160
$50,000
Event #28: $350,000 Super XL - High Roller is a deep-stacked affair with players starting off with 20,000 chips and blinds increasing every 20 minutes. So far 20 players have registered for the event, but with a late registration period of 4.5 hours, more players will join in on the action eventually.
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Another poker professional has just found his way into the top 10 of this $2,100 Super XL Series High Roller. Frederik 'Poelsetyv' Jensen is one of Denmark's most successful tournament players, having live earnings for almost $4 million and both European Poker Tour and Unibet Open titles to his name.
The Dane is hoping to have another good showing tonight in this Event #28, and he is off to a great start. Right now Jensen has more than doubled his starting stack and is sitting at number eight.
Ole "olekonjole" Schemion opened the pot to 3,200 from the hijack, before countryman "der_bomber66" in the big blind reraised to 9,200. Schemion called.
The flop came down , and while "der_bomber66" checked his option, Schemion bet out 8,000 and was called.
Turn prompted another check to Schemion, who this time shoved all-in for 26,637. "der_bomber66" wasted no time calling with , and needed to dodge any club and any jack to beat the of Schemion.
The river was the , and Schemion left the tournament in 73rd place. Seconds later Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi followed suit. 68 players remain, and late registration is closing in just five minutes.
Niklas "tutten7" Astedt opened the pot with a raise to 6,750, and called when British player "OMGsete" jammed 30,232 from the very next seat. Astedt's was behind the of his opponent, and that did not change on the flop.
The turn put the Swede in front, but Astedt still needed to dodge tens, kings and diamonds.
The river , and "OMGsete" hit the rail, while Astedt could rake in the pot
Pascal "Paeffchen" Hartmann is the bubble boy at this Event #28 $350,000 Gurantee - High Roller at the 2017 Super XL Series on 888poker.
Preflop Hartmann got his 20 big blinds in with , but the aggressive Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez had found this time around, and the aces held up for the big pot.
After that pot Gonzalez is by far the biggest stack, with almost twice as much as Marton "WorldIsOurs" Czuczor in second place.
The action was folded around to Scott "AggroSantos" Margereson in small blind who wasted no time on moving all-in for 109,319. Niklas "tutten7" Astedt in big blind considered his options before committing the chips, and the hands were shown.
Margereson:
Astedt:
The flop spelled bad news for Margereson, and once the on the turn rolled off, it was all but over. The needless river was a , and the Swede raked in the pot while Margereson was eliminated in 18th place.
A flurry of eliminations saw Richard "WhosToClaim" Trigg (12th place), "pimmelspeck" (11th place) and "hatorrihanz" (10th place) bust from the tournament, and thus only nine players remain in this $2,100 Super XL High Roller.
Here are current chip counts of the final table players.
"LAP1215" made it 60,000 to go from the hijack and "glezna23" jammed all-in for a total of 401,574 chips. "LAP1215" called off his 290,858 chips with , and they were in very good shape against the of "glezna23".
A deuce on the flop changed that equation however, and when the board ran out the British player exited in 9th.
After the big clash against Marton "WorldIsOurs" Czuczor, "JBA888" was left decimated, and despite a quick double he was eliminated shortly after. The Costa Rican shoved all-in for 80.856 over a raise from "glezna23", and both Czuczor and "glezna23" called.
On a flop of "glezna23" bet 88,000, Czuczor folded and the hands were shown.
"glezna23":
"JBA888":
The board was completed by the on the turn and the on the river, and "JBA888" was eliminated in 7th place.
Frederik "Poelsetyv" Jensen shoved all-in for 330,580 from the button and "glezna23" reraised to 616,160 from the small blind. Bernardo "bsdias" Dias got out of the way, and Jensen's needed some help against the of "glezna23".
The brought both a pair and a flushdraw for the Dane, but neither the on the turn or the on the river completed the hand of Jensen, and was eliminated in 6th place.
, and while "der_bomber66" checked his option, Schemion bet out 8,000 and was called.
prompted another check to Schemion, who this time shoved all-in for 26,637. "der_bomber66" wasted no time calling with 
, and needed to dodge any club and any jack to beat the 
of Schemion.
, and Schemion left the tournament in 73rd place. Seconds later Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi followed suit. 68 players remain, and late registration is closing in just five minutes.
was behind the 
of his opponent, and that did not change on the 
, and "OMGsete" hit the rail, while Astedt could rake in the pot
, but the aggressive Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez had found 
flop spelled bad news for Margereson, and once the 
on the turn rolled off, it was all but over. The needless river was a 
, and they were in very good shape against the 
"glezna23" bet 88,000, Czuczor folded and the hands were shown.
needed some help against the 
of "glezna23".
brought both a pair and a flushdraw for the Dane, but neither the 
on the turn or the