In a final table that was somewhat marred by technical issues, "raw_dawg" emerged as the winner of the XL Retro Main Event after coming into the day as the chip leader. They defeated "kryingkid" heads up after that player came back from the sixth place stack to start the day.

It was a short day on the final table with the action complete in just over two hours. There was a client crash early in the final table, and some connection issues when play was four-handed. Both "kryingkid" and "mylly8" experienced connection issues during three-handed play as well, and "mylly8" was forced out in 3rd after they blinded down while sitting out for a few hands.

When players were connected, the pace of play was very quick. They started the day relatively short stacked, and just got shorter from there. The first elimination happened within the first few hands of the day, and while it took some time before "Illraise8" went out in 8th, that opened the floodgates.

There were three quick eliminations to bring the field down to four before connection issues came back into play. All players had varying issues with connectivity while four-handed which really hampered the short-stacked players and that meant the game ended quickly.

XL Retro Main Event Final Table Standings

That brings coverage for the 2022 XL RETRO Series from 888poker to an end. The Main Event ended up attracting more than 2,100 total entries which broke the guarantee with $508,070 in total prizes. While a deal was discussed heads-up, ultimately they decided to play it out

Level 44, Blinds: 200,000/400,000 (50,000)

It didn't take long for the final race to take place after "raw_dawg" took the lead. They open-shoved and "kryingkid" called.

"kryingkid":
"raw_dawg":

The board ran low for the pocket threes, and they held to send "kryingkid" to the rail in 2nd place.

Player	Chips	Progress
raw_dawg	21,620,000 5,411,178	5,411,178
kryingkid	Busted

Level 43, Blinds: 150,000/300,000 (37,500)

"mylly8" was eliminated in 3rd place in a hand where they got a very short stack in from the button, but couldn't find any help.

Player	Chips	Progress
kryingkid	15,900,000 9,422,749	9,422,749
raw_dawg	5,730,000 -9,026,425	-9,026,425
mylly8	Busted

Level 43, Blinds: 150,000/300,000 (37,500)

"crizelda" ended their day in 4th place after their ace-king couldn't pull ahead of the pocket sixes of "raw_dawg".

Player	Chips	Progress
raw_dawg	14,756,425 7,207,547	7,207,547
kryingkid	6,477,251 -3,631,749	-3,631,749
mylly8	1,136,456
crizelda	Busted

Level 42, Blinds: 125,000/250,000 (31,250)

Just before the first break of Day 3 "DragoDanzig" got it in with the best hand, but "raw_dawg" bagged a flush to take it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
kryingkid	10,109,000 -328,125	-328,125
raw_dawg	7,548,878 1,757,866	1,757,866
crizelda	2,700,666
mylly8	1,136,456 46,875	46,875
DragoDanzig	Busted

Level 45, Blinds: 250,000/500,000 (62,500)

The action has been quick on the final table so far with the field now down to five remaining. "brubsb" shoved the cutoff and "kryingkid" called the button for a huge flip worth almost 6 million. "kryingkid" was on pocket jacks against but the overs couldn't find any help and "brubsb" was off to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
kryingkid	10,437,125 5,097,125	5,097,125
raw_dawg	5,791,012 679,012	679,012
crizelda	2,700,666 1,836,666	1,836,666
DragoDanzig	1,601,616 -918,384	-918,384
mylly8	1,089,581 -2,510,419	-2,510,419
brubsb	Busted