Event #28 $350,000 Guarantee - High Roller | 2017 888poker Super XL Series

Nível: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

2017-01-24 20:45 UTC

"Isildur1337x" Finds an Early Double

Nível 5 : 150/300, 40 ante

Swedish player Simon "Isildur1337x" Matsson just found a crucial double up through countryman "SalsaFiesta". Matsson had seen his starting stack of 20,000 dwindle to 14,000 in the early stages of the tournament, but the number three player of the PocketFives ranking is now back in business with almost 30,000 chips after the double up.

163 players still have a shot of winning this High Roller, while 12 players have checked out so far.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Isildur1337x	29,692 29,692	29,692

Nível: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 40

2017-01-24 20:22 UTC

Christopher "NigDawg" Brammer Busts in 166th

Nível 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Christopher Brammer have recorded tournament winnings of millions of dollars both live and online, but he will not add anything in this event #28. Brammer was just knocked out of the tournament and with no option of reentry, he will not be adding a Super XL High Roller title to his list of accolades.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
NigDawg	Eliminado

Nível: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

2017-01-24 19:57 UTC

First Break of the Night

Nível 3 : 75/150, 15 ante

145 players just went on their first six-minute break of the night. Among the players in top 5 after one hour of play is the number one rated online tournament player in the world, Niklas "tutten7" Åstedt and Shyam "sdot111" Srinivasan.

Chipleader at the moment is Uruguay's Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez with 38,577 chips. Gonzalez has already secured one victory in this Super XL Series, when he won Event #8 $80,000 Super XL - Crazy 8 tournament for $20,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
DrMiKee	38,577 38,577	38,577

tutten7	38,232 18,232	18,232

sdot111	33,776 -5,370	-5,370

2017-01-24 19:53 UTC

Nicolas "PKaiser" Fierro Let's it Go

Nível 3 : 75/150, 15 ante

Preflop Mexico's "SteveyBG" made it 450 to go, and only Nicolas "PKaiser" Fierro in the cutoff and "myhometown" in the big blind paid the price. The Flop came down , and SteveyBG followed up with a bet of 645. Only Fierro called.

The Turn prompted yet another bet from SteveyBG, this time a more healthy 1,720 chips. PKaiser called once again.

The completed the board, and with 6,290 in the middle, SteveyBG opted for a third bullet of 3,885. That was enough to take down the pot, and leave Fierro with 12,304 chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
PKaiser	12,304 -7,696	-7,696

2017-01-24 19:49 UTC

Shyam "sdot111" Srinivasan Sends First Man Packing

Nível 2 : 50/100, 10 ante

Canada's Shyam "sdot111" Srinivasan has taken an early lead in this $2,100 Super XL Series High Roller by knocking out "gordijuuuuu" from the United Kingdom. Srinavasan's two pairs of aces and eights were enough to secure the early double for the world's 65th ranked online player.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
sdot111	39,146 19,146	19,146

Nível: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 15

2017-01-24 19:38 UTC

More Players Getting Seated

Nível 2 : 50/100, 10 ante

While only a few dozens of players were seated by 7. p.m. when the event kicked off, the virtual cashier has experienced plenty of action these last 40 minutes. 131 players have so far paid the $2,100 buy-in, and players are still registering furiously.

The latest additions to this tournament are Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi, Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez and Aleks "alexdimitrov" Dimitrov.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Romeopro33	20,000 20,000	20,000

alexdimitrov	20,000 20,000	20,000