The 888poker XL Spring Series is rapidly nearing its thrilling conclusion, and that means time is of the essence if you want to become the festival’s Main Event champion. This year’s XL Spring Series Main Event comes with an $888 buy-in and an impressive $1 million guaranteed prize pool, making it one of the largest events to take place at 888poker in 2024.
A seven figure guaranteed prize pool is not to be sniffed at, so how can you get involved in the XL Spring Series Main Event at 888poker? Buying in direct for $888 is the most obvious route, although PokerNews and 888poker are aware that such a chunky buy-in is outside the constraints of many online poker players. Thankfully, there are plenty of satellites for you to get your teeth into if you want to play in this $1 million guaranteed tournament.
Those satellites start at a single cent! The $0.01 buy-in $1,000,000 XL Spring – Main Event – Pennybuy satellites award tickets to the next level of the satellite tree, which are $2.20 buy-in Sub Satellite to $11 Subsat tickets. Make it through the $11 Sub Satellite to $90 Sat, and you’ll receive a $90 to the Main Event seat-awarding satellite. These satellites run throughout the day, giving you ample opportunities to play and win your way into the XL Spring Series Main Event.
Remaining XL Spring Series Main Event Day 1s
Only seven XL Spring Series Main Event flights remain on the schedule, with their times shown in the table below. Each Day 1 sees players enter the mix with 10,000 chips, with unlimited re-entries available for the first 240 minutes. Blinds start at 20/40/5a, and increase every 15 minutes.
Day 1 concludes at the end of the 19th level or when only 13% of the flight’s field remains, whichever comes sooner. Surviving players progressed to Day 2 at 9:00 p.m. BST on May 27 with a min-cash in tow. Mystery bounties, one of which is guaranteed to be a cool $100,000, are in play from the start of Day 2, which is also when PokerNews‘ live reporting coverage begins.
| Date | Time (BST) |
|---|---|
| Fri 24 Mar | 7:00 p.m. |
| Sat 25 Mar | 7:00 p.m. |
| Sun 26 Mar | 3:00 p.m. |
| 7:00 p.m. | |
| 10:00 p.m. | |
| Mon 27 Mar | 3:00 p.m. |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Before the March 24 Main Event Day 1, some 825 players had bought in but only 114 had navigated their way to Day 2. “Regis_R69” is the player to catch, having turned their 10,000 starting stack into a tournament-leading 237,447 during their chosen flight.
As you can see, you’ll need to finish your Day 1 with 142,061 chips to return to the action with a top ten chip stack.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regis_R69 | Brazil | 237,447 | 119 |
| 2 | Sheglov | Ukraine | 231,283 | 116 |
| 3 | Luckbox19 | Germany | 181,659 | 91 |
| 4 | Modernus | Lithuania | 168,358 | 84 |
| 5 | idkhtp | 161,371 | 81 | |
| 6 | CPU0r | 159,372 | 80 | |
| 7 | patience888 | Montenegro | 144,664 | 72 |
| 8 | Tom “sheeeeeeeeet” Hall | United Kingdom | 144,250 | 72 |
| 9 | CptnJec | Ukraine | 142,697 | 71 |
| 10 | icho90 | 142,060 | 71 |
$699,600 of the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool has been collected, meaning another 354 players are required to avoid an overlay.
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888poker XL Spring Series Results So Far
Twenty-nine events have crowned their champions so far, and there have been some impressive results.
“joicemar” captured the series’ first five-figure sum after collecting $10,718 by winning the $120,000 guaranteed Opening Event Mystery Bounty. “DarshanS” beat that score, banking $11,200 aby coming out on top in the $40,000 Opening Event High Roller.
Germany’s “ZockSteffen” has the honor of winning the largest single prize of the series thus far. They outlasted 1,022 opponents in the recent $120,000 PKO Tune Up Event, and turned their $109 into $16,514.
We have to give a special mention to “Zindane,” who has two titles to their name this series. They triumphed in the $12,000 Opening Event Mystery Bounty on Day 1, a finish worth $1,546, before becoming the champion of the $20,000 Big Shot for an additional $3,658. What out for the Cypriot in the Main Event!
*includes bounty payments
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