The fifth edition of the Super XL series by 888poker is set to take place between May 14-22 with a combined guaranteed prize money of $3 million up for grabs, the poker giants 888poker announced. 888poker, which is currently the world’s second largest real-money online poker room will be featuring 40 enthralling events in the fifth edition of the Super XL Series; two more than their previous Super XL series that was held in January.
In theme with the site’s name, the Super XL is series is set to take off with a buy-in set at $88 for the $88,888 Crazy 8 Super XL Kickoff. The event will have the same exact structure as the 2016 World Series of Poker Event #54: $888 Crazy Eights 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em. There is more than just prize money at stake with the winner also guaranteed a seat at the same WSOP tournament.
The climax of the Super Series is set for the 22nd of May as that is the date set for the $1,050 Super XL Main Event which guarantees a gargantuan payout of $1 million. This tourney in fact will also be considered as Event #36 on the schedule. Thus, this provides all players with ample opportunity to shape up their stacks with starting chips amounting to 20,000 and blind levels set at 20 minutes.
As seen in the past, the majority of the events scheduled will include a Main, Mini as well as Turbo version of each tournament. Additionally each tournament will feature a variety of formats like rebuy, multi-chance, knockout, Snap, full-ring, eight-max, and six-max.
The majority of the tourneys will be no-limit hold’em poker, while a few pot-limit Omaha tournaments also in the mix. A few of the other events that will also draw attention are the the $160 buy-in Event #5: $250,000 Opening Event Multi Chance and the $600 buy-in Event #7: $200,000 Whale. Both of the events are scheduled for May 15. Another event to keep an eye on will the $2,100 buy-in Event #15: $400,000 High Roller on May 17.
Dominik Nitsche, the 888pro sounded excited as he spoke with 888poker Magazine earlier. The German poker star stated, “I will be playing on 888 a lot practicing and trying out a few new, different things I have been working on. I just heard there will be another XL series right before Vegas so that’s amazing news as it will give me a chance to get in some big tournaments before playing the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl.”
Here is the complete schedule:
Date Time Event Buy-in Guarantee
May 14 18:00 Super XL 1 – $88,888 Crazy 8 Super XL Kickoff $88 $88,888
18:00 Super XL 2 – $8,888 Mini Crazy 8 Super Super XL kickoff $8.80 $8,888
20:00 Super XL 3 – $10,000 Turbo Kickoff $55 $10,000
May 15 16:30 Super XL 4 – $150,000 Mega Deep $215 $150,000
17:00 Super XL 5 – $250,000 Opening Event Multi Chance $160 $250,000
17:00 Super XL 6 – $50,000 Mini Opening Event Multi Chance $12 $50,000
18:00 Super XL 7 – $200,000 Whale $600 $200,000
18:35 Mega satellite to Main Event – 15 seats GTD $160 $15,750
20:00 Super XL 8 – $20,000 Turbo Opening Event Multi Chance $55 $20,000
21:00 Super XL 9 – $10,000 Super Turbo Opening Event Multi Chance $75 $10,000
May 16 18:00 Super XL 10 – $15,000 Omaha Event $160 $15,000
18:00 Super XL 11 – $3,000 Mini Omaha Event $12 $3,000
19:00 Super XL 12 – $15,000 Turbo Snap Event Multi chance $55 $15,000
19:00 Super XL 13 – $5,000 Mini Turbo Snap Event Multi chance $5 $5,000
20:00 Super XL 14 – $2,000 Turbo Snap Omaha $30 $2,000
May 17 18:00 Super XL 15 – $400,000 High Roller Event $2,100 $400,000
18:00 Super XL 16 – $100,000 Mini High Roller Event $215 $100,000
20:00 Super XL 17 – $40,000 Turbo High Roller Event $160 $40,000
May 18 18:00 Super XL 18 – $30,000 8-Max Event $109 $30,000
18:00 Super XL 19 – $5,000 Mini 8-Max Event $12 $5,000
20:00 Super XL 20 – $5,000 Turbo 8-Max Event $30 $5,000
23:00 Super XL 21 – $10,000 Americas Event $160 $10,000
23:00 Super XL 22 – $2,000 Mini Americas Event $12
May 19 1:00 Super XL 23 – $5,000 Turbo Americas Event $55 $5,000
17:00 Super XL 24 – $40,000 R&A EVENT $55 $40,000
17:00 Super XL 25 – $5,000 Mini R&A EVENT $5 $5,000
18:00 Super XL 26 – $75,000 Quarterback Event $215 $75,000
18:00 Super XL 27 – $20,000 Mini Quarterback Event $44 $20,000
20:00 Super XL 28 – $20,000 Turbo Quarterback Event $109 $20,000
May 20 18:00 Super XL 29 – $25,000 Knockout Event $150 $25,000
18:00 Super XL 30 – $10,000 Mini Knockout Event $35 $10,000
20:00 Super XL 31 – $10,000 Turbo Knockout Event $75 $10,000
May 21 18:00 Super XL 32 – $50,000 6 Max Event $160 $50,000
18:00 Super XL 33 – $10,000 Mini 6 Max Event $30 $10,000
20:00 Super XL 34 – $10,000 Turbo 6 Max Event $55 $10,000
May 22 15:05 Mega satellite to ME – 50 seats GTD $215 $52,500
16:30 Super XL 35 – $150,000 Mega Deep $215 $150,000
17:00 Super XL 36 – $1,000,000 Main Event $1,050 $1,000,000
17:00 Super XL 37 – $150,000 Mini Main Event $160 $150,000
17:30 Super XL 38 – $15,000 Micro MAIN EVENT $5 $15,000
20:00 Super XL 39 – $30,000 Turbo Main Event $109 $30,000
21:00 Super XL 40 – $15,000 Super Turbo Main Event $75 $15,000