2018 World Series of Poker

Event #62: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed - $888,888 Guaranteed 1st Place
Day: 1c
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$888,888
Event Info
Buy-in
$888
Entries
8,598
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000

Leme Adds to His Stack

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Felipe Leme raised to 250 and the player on the button re-raised to 725. Kurt Jewell flat called from the small blind and Leme called.

They went three handed to the {j-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{5-Spades} flop and Leme checked. The player on the button tossed out a bet of 1,125 and Jewell quickly folded. With the action back on Leme he check-raised to 2,500 and after about 30-seconds the player on the button mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Leme us
Felipe Leme
9,500
Kurt Jewell us
Kurt Jewell
7,000

Tags: Felipe LemeKurt Jewell

Buck Flops a Straight to Double Up

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Kevin Buck and his opponent were heads-up on the {10-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{7-Clubs} flop and there was already 1,250 in the main pot. A raising war broke out and the end result was Buck moving all in for 5,825 and his opponent calling.

Buck turned over his {j-Spades}{8-Spades} for a flopped straight and his opponent showed {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}. The turn {5-Hearts} and river {2-Hearts} sealed the deal for Buck and he earned the early double up.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Buck us
Kevin Buck
12,900

Tags: Kevin Buck

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

More Early Arrivals

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante
Tony Sinishtaj
Tony Sinishtaj

The Day 1C Event #62 $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed field is growing fast and there are already more than 1,300 entries this flight. Below is a look at some of the latest players to take their seats here in the Brasilia room.

Player Chips Progress
Kelly Minkin us
Kelly Minkin
8,000 8,000
Tony Sinishtaj us
Tony Sinishtaj
8,000 8,000
Paawan Bansal in
Paawan Bansal
8,000 8,000
Kevin Saul us
Kevin Saul
8,000 8,000
Katie Stone us
Katie Stone
8,000 8,000

Good Start for Katchalov

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

Sitting down early, Eugene Katchalov found himself on a table with just two opponents. In one of the first hands, Katchalov opened the cutoff with the button and small blind not at the table yet. The big blind called.

The big blind, while eating a healthy breakfast, checked on {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}. Katchalov bet 125 and the big blind called.

The same was seen on the {A-Spades} turn with the big blind checking, Katchalov betting (300), and the big blind calling.

On the {6-Spades} river, the big blind checked one last time. Katchalov bet 900 and the big blind called.

Katchalov showed {A-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} for a full house and the big blind mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
WSOP 1X Winner
9,475 1,475

Tags: Eugene Katchalov

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

The cards are in the air, the pitching has begun. Day 1c of this popular event is underway with starting blinds of 25 and 50 and the dealer button in seat 8. We'll make a round through the tournament rooms to see who's sitting down early.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

Welcome to Day 1c of 888poker's Crazy Eights

Alexandru Papazian won in 2017
Alexandru Papazian won in 2017

Welcome to Day 1c of Event #62: $888,888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed where first place will be a guaranteed $888,888. This tournament has an 888 theme in sense of the WSOP sponsorship with 888poker.

Alexandru Papazian is the reigning champion and will be looking to defend his title.

Papazian came out on top of 8,120 to take down the first place prize of $888,888 in 2017. He outlasted some notable foes on the final table including [Removed:172] who he had a heated heads-up battle with, England's Harry Lodge, Vlad Darie, Sweden's Michael Tureniec, and well-known pro Benjamin Yu.

This event includes four Day 1 flights with Day 1a and Day 1b already in the books. Day 1c starts at 10 a.m. while Day 1d will have a start time of 5 p.m. local time. Anthony Reategui topped the Day 1a field while, Raymond (last name missing in the report) finished Day 1b up top.

Starting DayEntriesSurvivorsChipleaderCountryChip Count
1a1,70399Anthony ReateguiUnited States369,000
1b1,90890RaymondUnited States685,000

All players will begin the day with 8,000 in chips with the first blind level being 25/50. The Day 1's will play 18 levels in total, each will be 30 minutes in duration and there will be a 20-minute break after every four levels of play.

There will be unlimited reentry for this event for all starting flights. The late registration period will be open for the first eight levels of play and will close as soon as the ninth level begins.

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Tags: 888pokerAlexandru PapazianBenjamin YuHarry LodgeMichael TureniecVlad Darie

Event #62: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed - $888,888 Guaranteed 1st Place

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