888poker XL Inferno Series Day 1: Brazil's 'Xandee1991' Wins Event #7

Eric Mertens

May 08, 2017 5 min read Last updated May 13, 2018

Sunday was a good day for tournament players. It marked 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, 16 tournaments started. Here are the results.

XL Inferno #1 - $30,000 Sunday Lightning

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$109	May 7	470	$71,800

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, Mexican player "SteveyBG" defeated all of his opponents to secure himself the victory and the first prize of $13,893.

Place	Player	County	Prize
1	SteveyBG	Mexico	$13,893
2	luckyr1ver	Germany	$10,303
3	Kabotajoe	Germany	$7,718
4	Senta99	United Kingdom	$5,313
5	TylerRM	Belarus	$3,805
6	dnvz23	Germany	$2,441

XL Inferno #2 - $45,000 Sunday Breeze

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$55	May 7	1,223	$61,150

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 after beating "ego_death" in the deciding heads-up.

Place	Player	County	Prize
1	zumo444	Argentina	$10,554
2	ego_death	United Kingdom	$7,643
3	andrebos	Brazil	$5,809
4	Foldin4livin	Czech Republic	$4,256
5	cmonsadboy	Romania	$3,026
6	LaGushatnik	Belarus	$2,415
7	Hodor83	United Kingdom	$1,803
8	MMXVI	Russia	$1,192
9	ikbenlen	Netherlands	$672

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

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$30	May 7	1,597	$43,917.50

Place	Player	County	Prize
1	Ciprian_Rau	United Kingdom	$7,417
2	GiMMiETheLOT	United Kingdom	$5,278
3	Raise1In.	Lithuania	$4,040
4	gdesupare	Slovakia	$2,854
5	Pserinho	Lithuania	$2,086
6	SLeonichev	Russia	$1,668
7	BreakFISHt	Netherlands	$1,251
8	Seu.Rubens	Brazil	$834
9	TourOfLife	Germany	$474

XL Inferno #4 - $150,000 Mega Deep

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$215	May 7	902	$180,400

In the XL Inferno #4 - $150,000 Mega Deep, 902 players all bought in for $215 to create a prize pool of $180,400. The winner could win $32,472. After more than 14 hours of play, United Kingdom's "Binkasaurus" won the tournament. "23NoraB" finished in second place and had to settle for $23,452.

Place	Player	County	Prize
1	Binkasaurus	United Kingdom	$32,472
2	23NoraB	Austria	$23,452
3	spider4444	Belarus	$17,498
4	jareth3542	United Kingdom	$13,079
5	IOwnU888	Germany	$9,092
6	thrust.	Bosnia & Herzegovina	$7,288
7	Romeopro33	Ukrain	$5,484
8	Chazown	Mexico	$3,698
9	HatchetGarry	Russia	$2,255

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

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$22	May 7	1,852	$50,420

Place	Player	County	Prize
1	hooy2all	Lithuania	$7,966
2	ABDalton	Canada	$5,979
3	RiverIsMine7	Romania	$4,331
4	IRunLikeGod	Finland	$3,252
5	svensvenson4	Germany	$2,389
6	_rinrus_	Russia	$1,905
7	ste_mc_efc	United Kingdom	$1,421
8	IFLOATPRE	Thailand	$952
9	abouthemoney	Lithuania	$589

XL Inferno #6 - $20,000 Sunday Swordfish

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$30	May 7	1,029	$28,297.50

Place	Player	County	Prize
1	DiMag1a	Brazil	$5,093
2	Kp3cT	Belarus	$3,630
3	penfolds6	Thailand	$2,716
4	jenbizzIe	United Kingdom	$2,037
5	CaioCalmon	Brazil	$1,414
6	kalle1968	Germany	$1,131
7	KawaOwnsIT	Poland	$848
8	Kaeresen	Poland	$565
9	AboldMove	Latvia	$339

XL Inferno #7 - $300,000 Opening Event

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$160	May 7	1,447	$311,850

Place	Player	County	Prize
1	Xandee1991	Brazil	$53,014
2	kevlar1991	United Kingdom	$38,981
3	MommyTosier	Canada	$29,594
4	bluecheeck	United Kingdom	$21,205
5	lasochobi	Argentina	$15,436
6	PRoyal888	United Kingdom	$12,318
7	wiissssppppaa	United Kingdom	$9,199
8	mario73m	United Kingdom	$6,081
9	janwest030	Germany	$3,367

After more than 13 hours of play, Event #7 - $160 XL Inferno Opening Event finally crowned a winner. "Xandee1991" from Brazil claimed the victory and the first prize of $53,014 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, "DrMiKee" was the last player finishing empty-handed.

After making the money, it took a long time before the tournament got down to the last nine. After 11 hours, the remaining nine players made the final table and went on to play for a $53,014 first prize. For "janwest030" (ninth - $3,367), "mario73m" (eight - $6,081) and "wiissspppaa" (seventh - $9,199) 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 after losing all his chips with king-nine. He was followed to the rail by "lasochobi" (fifth - $15,436) and "bluecheek" (fourth - $21,205). From that moment on, "Xandee1991" dominated the tournament.

He took a commanding chip lead against his two opponents and won almost every pot he played. "kevlar1991" 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 in, the tournament ended. "Xandee1991" had 5?5? against A?K? and flopped a set of fives on a 5?2?8? flop. The turn 9? sealed the deal and the 4? on the river couldn't change anything.

"kevlar1991" had to settle for second place, while "Xandee1991" celebrated his victory.

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

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$12	May 7	4,311	$64,331.80

Place	Player	County	Prize
1	TOP1LTU	Lithuania	$9,006
2	Jesteeem	Poland	$6,754
3	toldotoller	Ukrain	$4,953
4	Zanoshu	Russia	$3,731
5	Baphomet13	Germany	$2,573
6	Lucky888Phil	Germany	$1,801
7	PauloPissas	Brazil	$1,157
8	fistpump99	Sweden	$643
9	tajparaszt	Czech Republic	$488

XL Inferno #9 - $45,000 Sunday Monsoon

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$55	May 7	1,035	$51,750

May 7 was a good day for Romanian "thompson199". He won the ninth event of the tournament series for $9,135.

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Place	Player	County	Prize
1	thompson199	Romania	$9,315
2	OLD_MATE18	Czech Republic	$6,639
3	Joveliii	Latvia	$4,968
4	Thelittle200	Denmark	$3,726
5	bluecheek	United Kingdom	$2,587
6	iknowufish	Germany	$2,070
7	n2range	Brazil	$1,552
8	ThaSquirrel	Malta	$1,035
9	trocotero	Argentina	$621

XL Inferno #10 - $200,000 Whale

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$600	May 7	334	$200,000

At 8 p.m. 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 bigger winners of the day after winning this event for $38,700. In the deciding heads-up, he defeated Czech Republic's "J0hnmccl3an".

Place	Player	County	Prize
1	Anton "anteen" Bertilsson	Sweden	$38,700
2	J0hnmccl3an	Czech Republic	$29,000
3	Mowlschbazd	Germany	$22,000
4	cferRhs	Finland	$16,500
5	R1valdo10	Sweden	$11,400
6	Canette_15	United Kingdom	$8,800
7	RichieLaNuit	Paraguay	$6,800
8	cosmokramr26	Canada	$4,800
9	Mikel_Hansen	Austria	$3,500

XL Inferno #11 - $100,000 Sunday Challenge

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$90	May 7	892	$103,834

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.

Place	Player	County	Prize
1	omgsickklife	Romania	$18,690
2	KURDEdersim	Sweden	$13,498
3	Nacho124441	Mexico	$10,071
4	mr.Frodo91	Slovakia	$7,527
5	CountSmegma	Denmark	$5,233
6	SEWart777	Russia	$4,194
7	evianwater1	United Kingdom	$3,156
8	Camila_Kons	Brazil	$2,128
9	TheDEBTonatR	Canada	$1,297

XL Inferno #12 - $30,000 Sunday Tornado

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$109	May 7	264	$32,700

Place	Player	County	Prize
1	luffEEE	Latvia	$6,687
2	zedonato	Brazil	$4,905
3	acesup56	Japan	$3,695
4	AkH0lic	Sweden	$2,779
5	Zluka2010	Latvia	$1,896
6	Chopy5	Czech Republic	$1,471
7	ckb4714	United Kingdom	$1,144
8	NVladislav78	Russia	$817
9	tutti404	Russia	$621

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

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$215	May 7	241	$50,000

"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 of $10,225.

Place	Player	County	Prize
1	T54_IS_A_FAG	Canada	$10,225
2	psyhoagromor	Ukrain	$7,500
3	PulledPorker	Canada	$5,650
4	CherryWaaves	Ireland	$4,250
5	ALuckyGuy	Malta	$2,900
6	BoobJob32DD	United Kingdom	$2,250
7	kinsQ	Russia	$1,750
8	andserko	Ukrain	$1,250
9	bossamtisch1	Germany	$950

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

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$22	May 7	1,018	$26,840

Place	Player	County	Prize
1	badlucktou	Russia	$4,831
2	cmonsadboy	Romania	$3,443
3	laceppa1976	United Kingdom	$2,576
4	vadovauju	Lithuania	$1,932
5	gdseupare	Slovakia	$1,342
6	ikbenlen	Netherlands	$1,073
7	Ph4N888	Romania	$805
8	TopoDoRange	Brazil	$536
9	escoffier888	Canada	$322

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

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$55	May 7	456	$5,700

Place	Player	County	Prize
1	sajtgul	Sweden	$5,700
2	SafetyCheck	Slovakia	$4,200
3	ARARAT800	Sweden	$3,075
4	unclesala	Switserland	$2,340
5	altavistt	Belarus	$1,650
6	SuprNintend0	Malta	$1,275
7	Lubawka	Ukrain	$975
8	TOX16	Germany	$675
9	jackthecpt	Romania	$498

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

Buy-in	Date	Players	Prize pool
$75	May 7	172	$14,892

Place	Player	County	Prize
1	oyvindbe	Norway	$3,201
2	ryguy12345	Canada	$2,308
3	Habilidade0	Brazil	$1,749
4	Clay_Born	Sweden	$1,303
5	ElderTolo	Poland	$893
6	dnvz23	Germany	$744
7	rickudi	Brazil	$595
8	kiskutya23	Czech Republic	$446
9	UpayMrCorona	Malta	$297

Upcoming Tournaments

Date	Time (GMT)	Event	Buy-in
May 8	16:45	XL Inferno #18 $15,000 Breeze	$55
	17:30	XL Inferno #19 $15,000 Deepstack Swordfish	$30
	18:30	XL Inferno #20 $20,000 Crocodile	$160
	19:00	XL Inferno #21 $15,000 Swordfish	$30
	19:30	XL Inferno #22 $20,000 Monsoon	$55
	20:00	XL Inferno #23 $15,000 Omaha	$109
	20:01	XL Inferno #24 $5,000 Mini Omaha	$12
	20:35	XL Inferno #25 $10,000 Monday Royal	$22
	20:35	XL Inferno #26 $10,000 Monday Flush	$22
	20:59	XL Inferno #27 $15,000 Tornado	$109
	21:00	XL Inferno #28 $15,000 Snap	$55
	21:01	XL Inferno #29 $5,000 Mini Snap	$5