Venezeula's kibelis and Germany's Labideum have both already doubled up early in the first blind level. The field size is quickly growing and now already at 501 players.
888poker Ambassador Natalie “888NatalieH” Hof and Russia's Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov. Many other 888poker Ambassadors are expected to join today's field before late registration closes.
Play just began with a starting field of 366 players. Players can late register for up to 200 minutes and can rebuy during this time if they lose all of their chips.
Welcome to the $109 Event #1: $80,000 Super XL Opening Event taking place online at 888poker at 7 p.m. GMT. 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.
Event #1 is one of three kicking off the poker festival today, along with a Mini and Turbo version, combining for $115,000 in guaranteed prize pools.
Event
Time (GMT)
Buy-in
Guarantee
Event #1: $80,000 Super XL – Opening Event
7:00 p.m.
$109
$80,000
Event #2: $15,000 Super XL – Mini Opening Event
7:01 p.m.
$12
$15,000
Event #3: $20,000 Super XL – Turbo Opening Event
9:00 p.m.
$55
$20,000
Players begin Event #1: $80,000 Super XL – Opening Event with 15,000 opening chips and blinds increasing every 15 minutes. Players will be able to rebuy for 15,000 additional chips for $109 during the 200-minute late registration period provided that they lose all their chips.
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