888poker XL Inferno Series Day 15: 'Alien_Army' Wins Main Event for Almost $300K

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May 22, 2017 6 min read Last updated May 13, 2018

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On the final day of the 888poker XL Inferno Series, there were 17 tournaments on the schedule.

Most of the attention went to the $1,500,000 Main Event, which had a buy-in of $1,050. This was the highlight on Day 15 but there was more with some big winners in other events. Let's see who took down the Main Event and the other events on this final day of the series.

XL Inferno #189 - $1,500,000 Main Event

After more than 13 hours of play, the $1,050 XL Inferno Main finally came to an end. In the final heads-up, "Alien_Army" secured the victory against "stevachenko7."

The tournament started at 6 p.m. GMT, but with five hours of late registration, players had the option to start a bit later. At the end of registration, there were 1,319 players and 436 rebuys to create a total prize pool of $1,755,000. For the winner, it would be a massive payday of $298,350.

Kenny "SpaceyFCB" Hallaert, Pius "AMasta89" Heinz, Ruben "rubenrtv" Visser, Mike "SirWatts" Watson, Alexandr "Biack88" Trofimov, Thomas "WushuTM" Muhlocker, Tobias "Bale_11" Garp and Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez busted pretty quickly and well before the money.

Dominik "888Dominik" Nitsche, Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov, Nicolas "PKaiser" Fierro, Chris "888Moorman" Moorman, Adrian "ADRI_ATM" Mateos and Parker "888tonkaaaa" Talbot also didn't manage to reach the stage of the tournament where money was awarded.

The bubble burst when Steven "Kale333" van Zadelhoff busted two players with ace-queen. Van Zadelhoff was the first player over a million, but he saw his run end before the final table. He bluffed his chips away with ace high and had to watch the rest of the tournament from the sidelines.

Doug Polk also didn't make to the final table after getting a huge bad beat with ace-king against ace-jack. He lost the rest with ace-ten to pocket sixes.

Simon "Isildur1337x" Matsson bubbled the final table after losing with king-four against ace-nine. On the final table, "beebsterizer" went out in ninth place with ace-ten against ace-nine. From that moment on, Alien_Army took control of the tournament.

He busted both "p000cket000" and "Ibeturaise2x" in quick succession and stevachenko won a coin flip to bust "Fukuruku" in sixth place.

After that, "PacoMonon" ended in fifth place for $86,872 while Russia's "sweet_dr34ms" settled for fourth place. Just a few moments later, "sngguru" saw his tournament end when he lost the crucial coin flip with pocket fours against the ace-king of Alien_Army.

Alien_Army played heads-up against stevachenko7 and the two decided to make a deal which left $30,000 in the middle for the winner. It didn't take long for Alien_Army to decide the tournament, but luck was involved. Stevachenko7 was all in with pocket kings against queen-four, but the Austrian managed to hit two fours and win the tournament for $291,007. The Czech Republic's runner-up received $226,717.

XL Inferno #181 - $30,000 Sunday Lightning 6-Max

The XL Inferno #181 - $30,000 Sunday Lightning 6-Max had a total of 265 players. Switzerland's "unclesala" snagged the title and$8,822.

XL Inferno #182 - $45,000 Sunday Breeze

Swedish player "1LevelAbove" defeated a field of 1,000 players in the $45,000 Sunday Breeze to secure the first prize of $9,000. The runner-up "Ve11es" settled for $6,500.

XL Inferno #183 - $30,000 Sunday Deepstack Swordfish

XL Inferno #184 - $150,000 Mega Deep

One of the biggest winners of the day was crowned in the XL Inferno #184 - $150,000 Mega Deep. In this tournament, 913 players competed for the total prize pool of $182,600 with the first prize of $32,868.

After more than 14 hours of play, Moldavia's "cuttyshark89" received the first prize after defeating "cuadrado12" in the final heads-up.

XL Inferno #185 - $60,000 Sunday Crocodile

The XL Inferno #185 - $60,000 Sunday Crocodile was won by United Kingdom's "Juanfran1973." He defeated his fellow countryman "Hustlejg" in the heads-up to snag the title and $11,514.

XL Inferno #186 - $40,000 Mini Mega Deep

XL Inferno #187 - $20,000 Sunday Swordfish

XL Inferno #188 - $45,000 Sunday Monsoon

For "HappySh00ter," there was the first prize of $8,145 after winning the XL Inferno #188 - $45,000 Sunday Monsoon.

XL Inferno #190 - $250,000 Mini Main Event

For the players who couldn't afford the regular Main Event with a buy-in of $1,050, there was the XL Inferno #190 - $250,000 Mini Main Event. This event had a buy-in of $160 and there were 1,665 players competing for a prize pool of $362,550.

The lion's share of this money went to "spyver" from the United Kingdom. After 10 hours and 13 minutes of play, he defeated "klimpen_2" and secured $61,234. The runner-up received $43,578.

XL Inferno #191 - $50,000 Micro Main Event

For the players who like a micro tournament, there was the XL Inferno #191 - $50,000 Micro Main Event. In this tournament, "nyagaaan" invested $30 to register for the tournament and received the first prize of $11,486.

XL Inferno #192 - $100,000 Sunday Challenge 1R

Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov has won an XL Inferno title on the final day. He defeated a field of 759 players to snag the first prize of $13,100 in the XL Inferno #192 - $100,000 Sunday Challenge 1R.

XL Inferno #193 - $30,000 Sunday Tornado

XL Inferno #194 - $50,000 Turbo Mega Deep

Another five-figure winner was crowned in the XL Inferno #194 - $50,000 Turbo Mega Deep. In this event, Argentina's "germaxii" was the strongest and got the first prize of $10,225.

XL Inferno #195 - $20,000 Mini Turbo Mega Deep

XL Inferno #196 - $30,000 Turbo Main Event

The Turbo edition of the Main Event had a buy-in of $109 and this attracted a total of 239 players. They didn't make the guaranteed prize pool, so there was $30,000 to play for. Most of this money went to Romania's "maladietz" who received the first prize of $6,135.

XL Inferno #197 - $15,000 Super Turbo Main Event

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