XL Retro Series Hits Big Numbers for 888poker – 888poker’s 20th birthday celebrations included the XL Retro series that broke guarantees and exceeded expectations. 888poker turned 20 this year, and part of the celebrations included a “retro-themed” series harkening back to the early days of online poker. The XL Retro series ran for more than two weeks and ended up awarding just shy of $1.5 million.
Running for much of October, the XL Retro series from 888poker had 27 events with just over $1.4 million guaranteed. In the end, the series easily surpassed that figure , though not all events managed to hit their guarantees. When the dust settled, the series collected about $50k over guarantees and awarded nearly $100k more than promised.
Among the top performers was the biggest prize pool of the series in the Main Event. The game needed more than 2100 entries to hit the $500k guarantee, but in the end, they got there with some room to spare, hitting 2162 entries with a prize pool of $508,070.
That accounted for more than a third of the total prizes awarded through the series, but there were a few other solid performers. Event #11, the $4k guaranteed Catfish tournament for $16.50, ended up with 487 entries for more than $7,300 in prizes, an increase of 87% over the guarantee. XL Retro Series in Detail
2022 XL Retro Series Summary
Events 27 Total Entries 10,951 Total GTD $1,403,500 Total Collected $1,441,295 Total Prize Pools $1,497,135 Average Prizes $55,449 Median Prizes $24,000 Top Nation Brazil – 7 Buy-In Range $11 – $2100 Total Fees $100,102.50 Total Overlay $55,840 After over two weeks of poker action in the XL Retro series on 888poker, the final numbers are in and the series came in less than $3k shy of $1.5 million in total prizes. Nearly 11,000 entries were recorded across the 27 events with the biggest turnout by far coming in the Main Event with 2162 entries. The only other event to break the four-digit entry mark was the Opening Event, which saw 1162 entries.
There were four events that did very well […]
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