The 888poker XL Autumn wrapped up its 44-event schedule this weekend. The series featured affordable buy-ins and guaranteed over $2,000,000 in prize pools. It wound up catering to a combined 28,860 entries and awarded $2,281,915 in prize money.

The highlight of the XL Autumn is the $1,050 buy-in, $1,000,000 GTD Main Event, which hosted a bunch of daily starting flights throughout October. That tournament is recapped in full below.

Here’s how the medal table stacked up at the finish line:

• United Kingdom led the list of champions with 10 XL Autumn titles
• Brazil (7)
• Romania (5)
• Russia (4)
• Malta (4)
• Ukraine (3)
• Canada (2)
• Germany (2)
• Finland (2)
• Sweden (1)
• Honduras (1)
• Latvia (1)
• Thailand (1)

Here’s a look at some of the big winners from the last week of play.

“23NoraB” Wins 2021 XL Autumn Main Event

For all of October, multiple Day 1 flights were held for the $1,050 buy-in XL Autumn #43: $1,000,000 Main Event. With 948 combined entrants, the tournament snuck by its guarantee by generating a $1,029,000 prize pool. The survivors from each flight returned for Day 2 action on Monday, November 1.

The top 126 finishers made the money and among those to earn a cash after Ukraine’s “InnaMatsenko” bubbled in 127^th place were the following players –

• “cherrywine” (122^nd - $1,852.20)
• “pactamah23” (104^th - $2,058)
• 888poker Ambassador Dominik “888Dominik” Nitsche (101^st - $2,058)
• Niklas “tutten7” Åstedt (93^rd - $2,160.90)
• “Onlyflips” (54^th - $3,189.90)
• “Octopokes” (42^nd - $3,601.50)
• WestCliff26” (22^nd - $4,630.50)
• “Zebest7r” (12^th - $10,290)
• “IHaveADream” (7^th - $30,870)
• “Lucky_Frutti” (4^th - $74,602.50)

After the UK’s “nlfreddie” bowed out in third place for $99,813, the title came down to “23NoraB” and Brazil’s “Kelvin_kerbe”.

It took just 5 hours and 14 minutes of play on Day 2 for the former to prevail to claim the title and $185,220 first-place prize.

It wasn’t the first time “23NoraB” had XL success. Back in January 2018, they topped a 774-entry field to win the XL Blizzard $215 buy-in Event #9: $120,000 Mega Deep for nearly $30,000.

It was redemption for “23NoraB,” who back in May 2017’s XL Inferno finished runner-up out of 902 players in Event #4: $150,000 Mega Deep for $23,452.

XL Autumn Main Event Final Table Results

1^st – “23NoraB” (N/A) … $185,220

2^nd – “Levin_kerbe” (Brazil) … $133,770

3^rd – “nlfreddie” (United Kingdom) … $99,813

4^th – “Lucky_Frutti” (Russia) … $74,602.50

5^th – “dmg34” (Finland) … $51,861.60

6^th – “p000cket000” (Canada) … $41,160

7^th – “IHaveADream” (Russia) … $30,870

8^th – “Ronne32” (Germany) … $20,580

9^th – “Raegar97” (Sweden) … $12,348

Malta’s “iTankAloT” Wins Event #28

On Tuesday, the $320 buy-in Event #28: $50,000 PKO saw 130 players rebuy 23 times. So, the $50,000 prize pool was split between the regular and bounty pools with the top 24 finishers getting a piece of the former.

Among those to make the money were the following players –

• “Mr_Coyote” (19^th for $384.11 + $562.50 in bounties)
• “algsxr” (13^th for $403.04 + $487.50 in bounties)
• “Starichok” (7^th for $854.78 + $543.75 in bounties)
• “69Ways” (3^rd for $3,246 + $2,315.64 in bounties).

The final two players – Malta’s “iTankAloT” and Ukraine’s “bloodusama” – each locked up $5,396.47 in prize money. But they were also battling for a juicy $8,671.86 PKO bounty.

After 6.5 hours the player from Malta prevailed for a total payday of $14,068.39. It wouldn’t be his last time finishing as the last player standing in the series, which you’ll read more about below.

XL Autumn Event #28 Final Table Results

1^st – “iTankAloT” (Malta) … $14,068.39

2^nd – “bloodusama” (Ukraine) … $6,221.47

3^rd – “69Ways” (Finland) … $5,561.64

4^th – “CeisariC” (Finland) … $3,054.84

5^th – “pactamah23” (Germany) … $3,077.57

6^th – “boris993” (United Kingdom) … $1,176.67

7^th – “Starichak” (Belarus) … $1,398.53

8^th – “BanfieldJ” (Canada) … $1,449.85

9^th – “li1li1” (Romania) … $869.64

Tuesday also saw two other tournaments crown winners.

First, the United Kingdom’s “MAKKAPAKK” topped a 627-entry field to win the $55 buy-in Event #29: $25,000 Mini PKO for $5,931.64

Ukraine’s “SrtStars” prevailed over a 178-entry field to win the $109 buy-in Event #30: $20,000 Late PKO for $4,404.93.

Two 2-Time XL Autumn Winners

On Thursday, the first two-time winner of the XL Autumn was crowned. It happened when the United Kingdom’s “Octopokes” topped a 479-entry field (369 players who rebought 110 times) in the $55 buy-in Event #35: $15,000 Mini PKO 6-Max. This tourney crushed its guarantee by offering up a $23,950 prize pool.

The win came nine days after “Octopokes” topped a 138-player field to win the $109 buy-in Event #9: $15,000 Late Freezeout for $3,487.50.

The top 42 finishers in the tournament made the money including the following players –

• “cunsy15” (24^th for $101.78 + $112.50 in bounties)
• “wacko90” (18^th for $125.73 + $181.25 in bounties)
• “SoulKeeper14” (11th for $125.73 + $71.88 in bounties)
• “BehindSpace” (8^th for $299.37 + $204.69 in bounties)
• “Girpokerwp” (2^nd for $2,173.46 + $1,003.87 in bounties)

XL Autumn Event #35 Final Table Results

1^st – “Octopokes” (United Kingdom) … $3,993.83

2^nd – “Girpokerwp” (Brazil) … $3,177.33

3^rd – “TheFreston” (Argentina) … $2,093.51

4^th – “ByseSong” (Belarus) … $1,295.50

5^th – “C.all.in” (Romania) … $1,013.81

6^th – “KoxSkirtumas” (Lithuania) … $633.69

In other Thursday action, Brazil’s “boraodota” topped a 248-entry field to win the $215 buy-in Event #34: $40,000 PKO 6-Max for $10,309.11.

Romania’s “Ionutz2608bv” bested a 629-entry field to win the $22 buy-in Event #36: $10,000 Late PKO 6-Max for $1,929.68.

“Octopokes” wouldn’t be the only two-time winner. Malta’s “iTankAloT,” would join the exclusive club on the penultimate day of the series.

Back on October 26, “iTankAloT” bested a 153-entry field to win the $320 buy-in Event #28: $50,000 PKO for $14,068. He then followed that up four days later by topping a 335-entry field to win the $55 buy-in Event #42: $15,000 Late Knockout for an additional $2,722.

2021 XL Autumn Winners