There will be plenty of online poker action to be had this fall as 888poker has announced the return of their popular XL Eclipse championship series set to take place from September 12-22.

For those who regularly participate in 888poker’s XL events, the upcoming XL Eclipse schedule is a familiar one. It’s 34 events of value-heavy tournaments with buy-ins that afford just about everyone an opportunity at adding an XL title to their poker resume.

The whole schedule leads into one of 888poker’s best bankroll-builder tournaments of the year, the $250 buy-in XL Eclipse Main Event with a $500,000 guarantee. In total, the series promises over $1.4 million in total guarantees featuring some of the most popular No Limit Hold’em game types that the site has to offer.

Are You Qualified?

It was just three months ago that the last XL championship series, XL Inferno, took place and nearly every tournament on the schedule smashed its guarantee. It’s a testament to how many qualifiers the online site is able to help get into their premiere tournaments for cheap (or free).

The satellite program on 888poker is famous for allowing players to get started winning tournament tickets to events for as little as $0.01. However, in addition to their standard satellites, the 888 is offering a pair of free daily XL Eclipse Qualifiers offered to players that make a deposit to play on the site.

Every day, at 20:00 GMT, recent depositors will have access to a free entry into the XL Eclipse Main Event Qualifier that gives the top 10 players a $250 ticket into the $500,000 GTD Main Event.

The second special XL Eclipse freeroll takes place each day at 18:05 GMT and gives the top 25 players a $16.50 seat to the XL Eclipse Mini Tune Up Event.

Between the two qualifiers, thousands of dollars are being put back into XL Eclipse on a daily basis right up through the beginning of the Main Event.

Schedule Highlights

There’s plenty to look forward to on the 2019 XL Eclipse schedule no matter what your preferred game type is. Every day of the 11-day schedule features a theme with three different buy-in levels to give players of all bankroll considerations a tournament to take a shot in.

Of course, the bounty hunters have something to battle over during the XL events with three different days that feature the popular Progressive Knock Out format, highlighted by the $160 PKO 8-Max with $50,000 GTD on September 19.

For those eager to get a piece of a big guarantee, there are eight events that promise a prize pool of $50,000 or more. As previously mentioned, there’s the $500,000 GTD Main Event and the aforementioned $160 PKO 8-Max, but one of the other spotlight tournaments is the $320 High Roller with a $100,000 guarantee. The fact that the High Roller has the highest price point on the schedule will likely also have the smallest field to get through in order to take home one of XL Eclipse’s several five-figure scores.

For those who like a fast pace of play, there are three days feature short-handed play. One of the most popular tournaments on the schedule is the $109 6-Max with a $30,000 guarantee.

The latest installment in the 888poker XL Championship tournament series is set to begin on September 12 with a full schedule that can be seen below.

888Poker XL Inferno Schedule