The 888poker XL Inferno Is Coming; Follow the Action on PokerNews

Name Surname
Senior Editor
3 min read
888poker XL Inferno

888poker is gearing up to host the latest edition of its super-popular XL Inferno series and PokerNews is your one-stop shop for news, recaps, and more throughout the $1.5 million guaranteed festival.

The XL Inferno features 34 action-packed tournaments with buy-ins starting at only $5.50 and increasing all the way to $320. Guarantees are also impressive, starting at $12,000 and soaring to $500,000, the latter reserved for the $250 buy-in XL Inferno Main Event.

PokerNews is the place to be for all your XL Inferno needs. We��re bringing you daily recaps featuring reports of the day��s big winners, maybe you��ll feature in one of them?

Our elite team of live reporters are also on hand to bring you live updates from four of the biggest XL Inferno event. You can rail your favorite player to glory, or see your own 888poker alias adorning the famous PokerNews pages.

Follow the XL Inferno series here at PokerNews

Tune into our live reporting pages throughout the $1.5 million XL Inferno to follow all the action, as it happens, from this amazing quartet of tournaments:

  • XL Inferno #1: $75,000 Opening Event
  • XL Inferno #10: $150,000 Tune Up
  • XL Inferno #17: $100,000 High Roller
  • XL Inferno #32: $500,000 Main Event

The XL Inferno Main Event is set to be massive, if last year��s tournament is anything to go by. A field of 2,136 players created a $501,960 prize pool that the top 207 finishers shared.

It ended in a three-handed deal that saw the final trio walk away with a share of $191,297. Brazil��s ��lucasfalves9�� busted in third, but not before locking up $55,543. Another Brazilian, ��LuisRRRRR��, fell at the final hurdle and banked $65,502. This left Russia��s ��Den1sk4PP�� as the last player standing, an accolade that came with a cool $70,252 prize.


Full 2020 888poker XL Inferno Schedule

DateEventTimeNameBuy-inGuarantee
14th May118:00Opening Event$109$75,000
 218:00Mini Opening Event$16.50$25,000
 320:00Late Opening Event$55$20,000
15th May418:00PKO$55$30,000
 518:00Mini PKO$22$20,000
 620:00Late PKO$33$10,000
16th May718:008-Max$109$30,000
 818:00Mini 8-Max$8.80$10,000
 920:00Late 8-Max$55$15,000
17th May1018:00Tune Up$109$150,000
 1118:00Mini Tune Up$16.50$50,000
 1218:30Micro Tune Up$5.50$15,000
 1320:00Late Tune Up$55$20,000
18th May1418:00R&A Event$33$20,000
 1518:00Mini R&A$5.50$10,000
 1619:00Late R&A$16.50$15,000
19th May1718:00High Roller$320$100,000
 1818:00Mini High Roller$55$30,000
 1920:00Late High Roller$109$20,000
20th May2018:00PKO$109$50,000
 2118:00Mini PKO$16.50$20,000
 2220:00Late PKO$33$10,000
21st May2318:00PKO 8-Max$160$50,000
 2418:00Mini PKO 8-Max$22$20,000
 2520:00Late PKO 8-Max$55$20,000
22nd May2617:00DeepStack$55$30,000
 2717:00Mini DeepStack$16.50$20,000
 2819:00Late DeepStack$33$15,000
23rd May2918:006-Max$109$30,000
 3018:00Mini 6-Max$16.50$20,000
 3120:00Late 6-Max$55$15,000
24th May3217:00Main Event$250$500,000
 3317:30Mini Main Event$33$50,000
 3418:00Micro Main Event$5.50$20,000
Win a FREE $250 XL Inferno Main Event Seat!

Satellites to the XL Inferno Series now running on 888poker

You can qualify for the XL Inferno Main Event for free thanks to special qualifier tournaments running at 888poker. New depositing players receive a free ticket to a Main Event Qualifier in addition to a free $88 just for creating an account (this is a free ��20 for residents of the UK). That first deposit is also matched 100% up to a maximum of $888, which is more than double the size of the bonus advertised on the 888poker website!

Join 888poker and see if you can qualify for one of the big buy-in XL Inferno events and take one down under the watchful eyes of the PokerNews live reporters.


Share this article
author
Senior Editor

More Stories

Other Stories

Recommended for you

Blast Off With a Share of $500,000 in the Galaxy of Freerolls at 888poker Blast Off With a Share of $500,000 in the Galaxy of Freerolls at 888poker