{"id":4736,"date":"2021-11-05T11:31:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T11:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=4736"},"modified":"2021-11-05T11:31:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T11:31:29","slug":"888poker-xl-series-main-event-surpasses-1-million-guarantee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/888poker-xl-series-main-event-surpasses-1-million-guarantee","title":{"rendered":"888poker XL Series Main Event Surpasses $1 Million Guarantee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/10\/888poker-xl-autumn-series.jpg\" alt=\"888poker XL Autumn Series\" title=\"888poker XL Series Main Event Surpasses $1 Million Guarantee\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/10\/888poker-xl-autumn-series.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/10\/888poker-xl-autumn-series-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\">When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/888poker-xl-autumn-series-to-run-from-october-17-with-2-million-in-guarantees\">888poker announced its XL Autumn series<\/a>, a lot of players were surprised as the online poker operator went really big with the XL Autumn Main Event. The Main Event for the XL Series generally carries a $500k guarantee but <strong>888poker<\/strong> decided to double it and go with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>There were some sceptics who felt that 888poker had overdone it with its $1 million guaranteed Main Event and end up with an overlay. 888poker which was one the second biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/reviews\">online poker operator in the world<\/a> has not made a lot of noise in the market recently.<\/p>\n<p>This $1 million XL Autumn Main Event was a way of making some noise and the operator did that by not only meeting the guaranteed amount but surpassing it as well. The Main Event had a $1050 buy-in and needed close to 1,000 registrations to hit the guaranteed prize pool. <\/p>\n<p><strong>888poker<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BVzl6bc6M1Q#?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Main Event received a total of 948 registrations and an additional 81 in re-registrations which brought the total prize pool to $1,029,000. One of the reasons 888poker was able to hit this guarantee was because it ran multiple Day1 flights that kept the players coming in. <\/p>\n<p>The final day of the tournament got over rather quickly as it took only 5 hours on Day2 for the Main Event to play down to a winner. A user with the handle <strong>\u2018<em>23NoraB<\/em>\u2019<\/strong> ended up winning the Main Event and took home a decent cash prize of $185,200. <\/p>\n<p>888poker will be happy with the success of the Main Event and could end up trying out similar prize pools for its XL Series Main Events going forward.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"xl-autumn-series-has-overlays\">XL Autumn Series Has Overlays<\/h2>\n<p>The XL Autumn series overall went off well, especially when you take the Main Event into consideration. However, there were quite a few events that ended up in overlays. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/reviews\/888-poker\">888poker<\/a> put together a total of 44 events for the XL Autumn series and had a combined $2 million in prize money up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>The opening event of the series was a flop as it ended up falling short of its $100,000 guarantee while the <em>$200K Tune Up high roller event<\/em> did not meet its $200,00 guarantee. However, overall 888poker will be happy with the results as the operator paid out a total of $2.3 million in prize money, which is $300,000 more than the guaranteed prize pool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When 888poker announced its XL Autumn series, a lot of players were surprised as the online poker operator went really big with the XL Autumn Main Event. The Main Event for the XL Series generally carries a $500k guarantee but 888poker decided to double it and go with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool. 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