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

Nível: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 60

2017-01-24 21:17 UTC

$350,000 Guarantee Already Surpassed

Nível 7 : 250/500, 60 ante

With $350,000 guaranteed by 888poker in this Super XL High Roller, 175 entries were required to reach that amount. With more than two hours of late registration still left that magical number was broken, and so far 186 players have registered for this $2,100 event.

The prize pool is at this point in time at $372,000, and the 1st place payout is so far close to $80,000.

2017-01-24 21:31 UTC

Nicolas "PKaiser" Fierro Lives to Fight Another Day

Nível 7 : 250/500, 60 ante

Preflop Nicolas "PKaiser" Fierro got it all in preflop holding against the of "fakelover" from the United Kingdom. The board ran out without any surprises - [9s2sJhQh6] - and the pot was chopped down the middle.

Fierro will need to find a double within the foreseeable future. When blinds go up in a few minutes, the Chilean poker pro will be left with less than 15 big blinds.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
PKaiser	8,805 -121	-121

Nível: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 70

2017-01-24 21:43 UTC

Frederik "Poelsetyv" Jensen Checks Into the Top 10

Nível 8 : 300/600, 70 ante

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.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Poelsetyv	52,002 52,002	52,002

2017-01-24 21:53 UTC

Unstoppable Gonzalez Rakes in Another Pot

Nível 8 : 300/600, 70 ante

Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez have been the leader of the pack since the very beginning of the tournament, and the Uruguayan shows no signs of slowing down.

Gonzalez just won a sizeable pot with against the of Canada's "ilovemckeown" on a queen high flop, and minutes later DrMiKee took out Germany's "KellerA" in an even bigger one. The players got it in on a flop, Gonzalez with and KellerA with . The board ran out , and Gonzalez is not up to 136,863 - more than four times the average stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
DrMiKee	136,863 76,486	76,486

Nível: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

2017-01-24 21:56 UTC

Third Break of the Day - Notable Chip Counts

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Players are now on their third six-minute break of the day.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
DrMiKee	149,915 13,052	13,052

Poelsetyv	61,802 9,800	9,800

Isildur1337x	46,257 25,008	25,008

sdot111	32,806 -13,076	-13,076

veeea	28,073 -8,495	-8,495

tutten7	27,961 -3,279	-3,279

Romeopro33	20,602 -7,133	-7,133

r4ndomr4gs	13,792 -5,905	-5,905

PKaiser	9,895 1,090	1,090

2017-01-24 22:14 UTC

Niklas "tutten7" Astedt's Kings Hold Up

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Niklas "tutten7" Astedt came out with guns blazing after the break and immediately took down a few pots, and now the Swedish player has a knock out to his name. Astedt raised to 1,600 from the cutoff, before Costa Rican player "IshmaeI" shoved his entire stack of 12,858 to the middle. Both the blinds folded, and Astedt called it off quickly.

IsmaeI:
Astedt: