“MindaugasKR” Wins 888poker XL Spring Series Main Event; Barone Completes Series Hat Trick

The 888poker XL Spring Sequence concluded on Could 27 with the crowning of the $500,000 assured Thriller Bounty Principal Occasion champion. That champion is none apart from Lithuanian grinder “MindaugasKR,” who bested 2,193 opponents and received $39,591.

The Lithuanian returned for the ultimate day’s motion with 1,524,522 chips, the equal of 20 huge blinds, sufficient for fourth-place on the in a single day leaderboard. Estonia’s “WakeUpBuddy” led the best way with a colossal 10,510,120 stack, with Ukraine’s “Bandurist” citing the rear with a meagre three huge blinds.

$500,000 Thriller Bounty Principal Occasion Ultimate Desk Chip Counts

“Bandurist” was not the ultimate desk’s first casualty regardless of sitting down with a micro stack. That doubtful honor went to “BigFish20.” Normally, being the primary to bust from a last desk would have been disappointing, however not for “BigFish20” as a result of they’d pulled the $50,000 jackpot bounty on Day 2. Had “BigFish20” gone all the best way and change into this match’s champion, they might have walked away with greater than $90,000. They nonetheless took dwelling $57,184 for his or her efforts, the most important payout of the Principal Occasion.

Seventh place, unsurprisingly, went to “Bandurist.” They have been the final participant to not flip their $250 funding right into a five-figure haul.

Guernsey’s “Mayanking” fell in sixth for $10,279, with “daltonhb” banking $11,296 for his or her fifth-place end. Fourth-place and $17,839 went to “alina01957” earlier than “shoveftw” of Sweden dusted off their stack and acquired a $25,028 prize.

Heads-up pitted “MindaugasKR” towards the start-of-the-day chip chief “WakeUpBuddy.” The latter locked in $40,596 thanks partly to accumulating greater than $14,000 in thriller bounty funds. They would not accumulate any extra as a result of they fell on the last hurdle, leaving “MindaugasKR” to obtain a $39,591 payout and the title of XL Spring Sequence Thriller Bounty Principal Occasion champion.

$500,000 Thriller Bounty Principal Occasion Ultimate Desk Payouts

Full 888poker XL Spring Sequence Outcomes; Barone Wins Three Titles!

Whereas the Thriller Bounty Principal Occasion was edging in direction of an exhilarating finale, 888poker Stream Group’s Aaron “abarone68” Barone was serving to himself to a 3rd victory of the collection. Having received the $109 DeepStack High for $2,921, Barone got here out on high within the $109 Day by day Gems Large Shot, including one other $2,370 to his bankroll.

Then, final evening, Barone received the 54th and last numbered occasion, the $109 Day by day Gems Large Shot. This newest win noticed Barone financial institution $2,583.

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Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker business since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he grew to become the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from dwell reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his position of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.