{"id":5093,"date":"2022-10-05T10:45:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T10:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=5093"},"modified":"2022-10-05T10:45:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T10:45:25","slug":"888poker-xl-retro-series-runs-from-october-9-to-25-with-hosts-1-7m-guarantees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/888poker-xl-retro-series-runs-from-october-9-to-25-with-hosts-1-7m-guarantees","title":{"rendered":"888poker XL Retro Series Runs from October 9 To 25 With Hosts $1.7M GTD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/888poker-xl-retro-series.jpg\" alt=\"888poker XL Retro Series\" width=\"300\" title=\"888poker XL Retro Series Runs from October 9 To 25 With Hosts $1.7M GTD\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/888poker-xl-retro-series.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/888poker-xl-retro-series-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\"><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The XL Retro Series will award more than $1.7 million in guarantees across 60 events<\/li>\n<li>The festival culminates in the $250 buy-in, $500K GTD Main Event<\/li>\n<li>The series comes on the heels of the successful ChampionChip Games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/reviews\/888-poker\">888poker<\/a> is bringing back some classic tournament favorites in the upcoming <em>XL Retro Series<\/em>! <\/p>\n<p>The retro-themed festival, which runs as part of the operator\u2019s 20th-anniversay celebrations, features more than $1.7 million in guaranteed prize money spread out across over 60 tournaments running from October 9-25.<\/p>\n<p>The entire schedule is filled with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/blog\/how-do-poker-tournaments-work\">old-school tournaments<\/a> but with huge guarantees. There are a total of 27 numbered tournaments, with buy-ins ranging from $11 all the way up to $2,100. Numerous side events will also be running throughout the series. All in all, players will compete in 62 events across more than two weeks of exciting online action, with $1,751,500 in total guarantees up for grabs.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"main-highlights\">Main Highlights<\/h2>\n<p>The main highlight of the series is the Main Event which offers the biggest value among all tournaments on the schedule. For a buy-in of $250, players get the chance to win a share of the huge $500,000 guarantee. The tournament has multiple Day 1 flights running from October 20-24, some of them adopting Turbo and Hyper Turbo structures. <\/p>\n<p>Apart from the Main Event, players will also not want to miss the first event of the festival, the Mega Deep Opening Event, which costs $109 to enter and offers $120,000 in guarantees. <\/p>\n<p>While the XL Retro focuses on old-school tournaments, it has a bit of a modern touch as well with the addition of a Mystery Bounty event which features the second-biggest guarantee of the series. As we all know, the format has taken the poker world by storm recently and has now become a staple in various major tournament series both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/blog\/7-key-differences-between-online-and-live-poker\">live and online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The XL Retro Mystery Bounty event is scheduled for October 16 and features a buy-in of $215 and $200,000 in guarantees. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"busy-october-for-888poker\">Busy October for 888poker<\/h2>\n<p>October is a busy month for 888poker as it is also sponsoring a live festival in Malta. The <a href=\"https:\/\/battleofmalta.com\">2022 Battle of Malta<\/a> kicks off on October 5 and runs until October 12, culminating in the Battle of Malta Main Event which gets underway on October 9, the opening day of the XL Retro Series. <\/p>\n<p>The site also recently hosted a hugely successful online festival, the ChampionChip Games, which wrapped up on September 6. The series, which catered to low-stakes players, ended up attracting nearly 25,000 entries to generate almost $550,000 in total prize pools, surpassing its $500K guarantee  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/888pokers-championchip-main-event-fails-to-hit-500k-target\">which the 2021 ChampionChip Games failed to do<\/a>. It won\u2019t be surprising if the XL Retro Series will also exceed expectation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary The XL Retro Series will award more than $1.7 million in guarantees across 60 events The festival culminates in the $250 buy-in, $500K GTD Main Event The series comes on the heels of the successful ChampionChip Games 888poker is bringing back some classic tournament favorites in the upcoming XL Retro Series! 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