It must have been a good feeling for tournament players when they woke up this Sunday. It was time for the start of the latest edition of the 2017 XL Inferno Series on the second largest online poker room 888poker. On the first day of the series, the amazing amount of sixteen tournaments started. Let's see the results!

XL Inferno #1 - $30,000 Sunday Lightning

The 2017 XL Inferno Series started with the XL Inferno #1 - $30,000 Sunday Lightning where 470 players competed for the prize pool of $71,800. In the end, it was Mexican player "SteveyBG" who defeated all of his opponents to secure himself of victory and the first prize of $13,893.30.

XL Inferno #2 - $45,000 Sunday Breeze

Another five-figure score was noted by Argentina's "zumo444", the winner of the XL Inferno #2 - $45,000 Sunday Breeze. He took the first prize of $10,554.49 after beating "ego_death" in the deciding heads-up.

XL Inferno #3 - $30,000 Sunday Deepstack Swordfish

XL Inferno #4 - $150,000 Mega Deep

In the XL Inferno #4 - $150,000 Mega Deep there were 902 players who all bought in for $215 to create a prize pool of $180,400. The winner could win a huge amount of $32,472. After more than fourteen hours of play, it was United Kingdom's "Binkasaurus" who won the tournament. "23NoraB" finished in second place and had to settle for $23,452.

XL Inferno #5 - $40,000 Mini Mega Deep

XL Inferno #6 - $20,000 Sunday Swordfish

XL Inferno #7 - $300,000 Opening Event

After more than thirteen hours of play, Event #7 - $160 XL Inferno Opening Event finally crowned a winner. It was "Xandee1991" from Brazil who claimed the victory and the first prize of $53,014.50 after beating "kevlar1991" in the deciding heads-up.

The event, with a buy-in of $160, saw 1,447 players register and those players made 632 rebuys to get a total amount of 2,079 players. They created a total prize pool of $311,850 with 162 places paid. It took a while to get to the money but in the end, it was "DrMiKee" who was the last player finishing empty-handed.

After making the money it took a long time before the tournament was down to the last nine. After eleven hours the remaining nine players made the final table and went on to play for a $53,014.50 first prize. For "janwest030" (ninth - $3,367.98), "mario73m" (eight - $6,081.07) and "wiissspppaa" (seventh - $9,199.57) it wasn't a big success on the final table, because they left quite early.

Not much later, Phil "PRoyal888“ Mighall finished in sixth place for $12,318.07 after losing all his chips with king-nine. He was followed to the rail by "lasochobi" (fifth - $15,436.57) and "bluecheek" (fourth - $21,205.80) who both won some nice money. From that moment on, it was Brazilian "Xandee1991" dominating the tournament.

He took a commanding chip lead against his two opponents and won almost every pot he played. In the end, it was "kevlar1991" who busted "MommyTosier" to get heads-up with the Brazilian. "kevlar1991" had to fight against the big time chip leader and the first time the money went it, the tournament was ended. "Xandee1991" had against and flopped a set of fives on a -flop. The turn sealed the deal and the on the river couldn't change anything.

"kevlar1991" had to settle for second place, while "Xandee1991" could celebrate his victory after thirteen hours of play!

XL Inferno #8 - $50,000 Mini Opening Event

XL Inferno #9 - $45,000 Sunday Monsoon

Sunday 7th of May was a good day for the Romanian "thompson199". He won the ninth event of the tournament series and saw the first prize of $9,135 being added to his account.

XL Inferno #10 - $200,000 Whale

At 20:00 GMT, players with a bigger bankroll could enjoy the XL Inferno #10 - $200,000 Whale. In total, 334 paid the buy-in of $600 to create a prize pool of $200,000. Because there weren't enough entries, there was a small overlay in this tournament.

Anton "anteen" Bertilsson became one of the biggers winners of this day, after winning this event for $38,700. In the deciding heads-up, he defeated Czech Republic's "J0hnmccl3an" who got second for $29,000.

XL Inferno #11 - $100,000 Sunday Challenge

Another big winner on the first day of the XL Inferno Series was Romania's "omgsickklife", who won the XL Inferno #11 - $100,000 Sunday Challenge for $18,690.12.

XL Inferno #12 - $30,000 Sunday Tornado

XL Inferno #13 - $50,000 Turbo Mega Deep

"T54_IS_A_FAG" from Canada was the last player to win a five-figure score. The Canadian won the XL Inferno #13 - $50,000 Turbo Mega Deep and received a total prize money of $10,225.

XL Inferno #14 - $20,000 Mini Turbo Mega Deep

XL Inferno #15 - $30,000 Turbo Opening Event

XL Inferno #16 - $10,000 Super Turbo Opening Event

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