Event #70: $888 Crazy Eights
Jour 1b a débuté
Event #70: $888 Crazy Eights
Jour 1b a débuté
Welcome to Day 1b of Event #70: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em of the 2021 World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Day 1b of this event begins on Friday, November 12th at 12:00 p.m. local time. This event will play eight-handed and the winner will receive $888,888 in prize money paired with the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
In 2019, Rick Alvarado defeated a 10,185 entry field to claim the $888,888 top prize and his first WSOP gold bracelet. The event generated a $7,720,210 prize pool with many notables participating in this event such as fourth-place finisher Vivian Saliba, three-time bracelet winner Ryan Leng, 2013 Main Event Champion Ryan Riess, and 2004 Main Event Champion Greg Raymer.
Players will receive 40,000 tournament chips with one re-entry allowed per flight. Day 1b will play a total of 22 Levels with each level lasting 30-minutes each. There will be a 20-minute break every four levels and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 12 (~6:40 p.m.). The blinds start at 100-200 with a 200 big blind ante.
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The tournament has started. Shuffle up and deal!
Niveau: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Tony Wasaya
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
Kevin Song |
40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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Nick Zautra |
40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
Gershon Distenfeld |
40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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Tim Duckworth |
40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
Timothy Little |
40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
Carlos Welch |
40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
Joseph Tak | 40,000 | |
Justin Arnwine | 40,000 | |
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Niveau: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
The action was picked up in a three-way pot on the turn with the board reading .
The big blind led out for 2,800 and Gershon Distenfeld raised to 7,200. The button folded and the big blind called.
The river was the , both players checked and flipped over their holdings.
Big Blind:
Gershon Distenfeld:
Distenfeld raked in the pot with a set of fives. Distenfeld recently won Event #48: $1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold'em and pledged the winnings to charity.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Gershon Distenfeld |
57,000
17,000
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17,000 |
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Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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David Moses | 40,000 | |
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Maria Konnikova | 40,000 | |
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Barry Shulman | 40,000 | |
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Allen Kessler | 40,000 | |
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Camille Brown | 40,000 |
Niveau: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400