Seventy-three 888poker players bought into the XL Retro Super High Roller event for $2,100 and it was Ireland's "9salute46" who outlasted them all. The Irish star became an XL Retro champion, and padded his 888poker bankroll with $48,750 of the $150,000 prize pool.
The action at the final table was fast and furious, thanks to the average stack being around 20 big blinds. Brazil's "FranciscoAI" went into the eight-handed finale as the chip leader, yet his stack was still only 49 big blinds. 9salute46 was second in chips at the restart with a 27 big blind stack.