Don’t Miss Your Final Chances to Play in the $500K Rakeless XL Winter Series Main Event

Time is of the essence if you harbour dreams of becoming the 888poker XL Winter Series Mystery Main Event champion because only two Day 1s remain. The final two flights in the $250 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed Main Event shuffle up and deal at 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. GMT on January 26. Do not miss out.

The XL Winter Series Mystery Main Event is played to a mystery bounty format, with those bounties coming into play at the start of Day, which begins at 9:30 p.m. GMT sharp on January 26. Two mystery bounty envelopes are guaranteed to contain $10,000 scores, with another two holding $15,000. However, the jackpot bounty tips the scales at an impressive $50,000.

Perhaps as impressive is the fact that 888poker is not charging any rake for this tournament. Every cent from the $250 buy-in goes into the prize pool. At least 2,000 entries are required to hit the $500,000 guarantee, but only 1,827 players have bought in so far, so an overlay could be on the cards.

Should you progress from one of the two remaining flights, then reach the eight-handed final table, you’ll earn a well-deserved break. That break ends with the resumption of the tournament at 7:00 p.m. GMT on January 27, with the 888poker Twitch channel streaming the action throughout.

$500,000 Rakeless Mystery Bounty Main Event Top 10

Those wanting to sit down on Day 2 with a top-10 stack need to start accumulating chips from the get-go. Brazil’s “gremistaAAKs” turned their 10,000 starting stack into 206,222, enough for tenth place at the restart. Mexico-based grinder “3AHYDA” is the current chip leader, having bagged up 298,904 on their chosen Day 1. That tournament-leading stack is worth 120 big blinds on Day 2.

$100,000 Guaranteed Mini Event Needs 1,100 More Players From Three Flights

The $25 buy-in Mystery Bounty Mini Event comes with a $100,000 guarantee on its prize pool, but it looks all but certain to overlay. 888poker needs 4,444 players to buy-in and/or re-enter, but 3,309 have done so at the time of writing, and there are only a trio of Day 1s remaining.

They get underway at 2:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. GMT on January 26, with Day 2 kicking off at 9:30 p.m. GMT on the same day. Unlike its $500,000 guaranteed big brother, the Mystery Bounty Mini Main concludes on Day 2. Sixteen of its mystery bounties are worth between $1,000 and $4,000, with one lucky 888poker player taking home a $10,000 jackpot bounty. Will that lucky player be you?

$100,000 Mystery Bounty Mini Event Top 10

888poker XL Winter Series Results So Far

Forty-seven of the scheduled 59 numbered XL Winter Series events are done and dusted, their champions crowned, and those champions’ bankrolls boosted. Expand the table below to see all the details from the completed XL Winter Series events so far.

Remaining XL Winter Series Numbered Events

They say all good things must come to an end, and that is true regarding the XL Winter Series. Another four numbered events run on January 26, doing so alongside the final Day 1s and the Day 2s of the $100,000 and $500,000 guaranteed showpiece tournaments.

The final six tournaments take place on January 27, while the Mystery Main Event final table is in full swing.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.