2018 World Series of Poker

Event #62: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed - $888,888 Guaranteed 1st Place
Day: 3
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

Hands #102-104: No Big Pots

Level 37 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #102: Andrey Zaichenko opened to 1,000,000 on the button. Niels Herregodts, in the big blind, three-bet to 3,900,000. Zaichenko folded.

Hand #103: Galen Hall limped from the button along with Herregodts in the small blind. Eduards Kudrjavcevs checked. The flop was {8-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades}. Herregodts and Kudrjavcevs checked. Hall bet 800,000, enough to take down the pot.

Hand #104: Zaichenko got a walk.

Hand #91-101: Herregodts Shoves the River

Level 37 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #91: Galen Hall opened to 900,000 on the button. Niels Herregodts, in the small blind, called, along with Eduards Kudrjavcevs in the big blind. The flop came {10-Spades}{3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}. Herregodts and Kudrjavcevs checked. Hall threw in a bet of 900,000. His opponents folded.

Hand #92: Galen Hall raised from the cutoff and won the pot.

Hand #93: Niels Herregodts raised to 1m in the cutoff and Hall called in the big blind. Both players checked on the {7-Hearts}{5-Spades}{9-Diamonds} flop and on the {k-Diamonds} turn Hall bet 1.9m which Herregodts called. Hall checked the {k-Spades} river and folded to a 4m bet from Herregodts.

Hand #94: Herregodts got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #95: Hall raised the button, and Eduards Kudrjavcevs called in the big blind. Both players checked on the {5-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs} flop and on the {9-Spades} turn Kudrjavcevs check-folded to a 525,000 bet.

Hand #96: Hall raised the cutoff to 900,000 and Herregodts raised to 2.5m on the button and Hall folded.

Hand #97: Herregodts raised from the cutoff and won the pot.

Hand #98: Hall called in the small blind, and Herregodts check his option in the big. Both players checked on the {3-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{j-Hearts} flop and again on the {10-Hearts} turn and {5-Diamonds} river. Herregodts showed {a-Hearts}{5-Spades} for a pair and Hall mucked king-high.

Hand #99: Kudrjavcevs received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #100: Herregodts raised on the button to 1m and won the pot.

Hand #101: Herregodts raised to 1m from the cutoff and both Andrey Zaichenko and Hall called in the blinds. The action was checked to Herregodts on the {j-Spades}{4-Clubs}{q-Spades} flop and Herregodts bet 2m. Zaichenko folded, and Hall called to see a {4-Spades} turn.

Both players checked, and on the {q-Hearts} river, Hall checked, Herregodts moved all in, and Hall folded.

Tags: Eduards KudrjavcevsGalen HallNiels Herregodts

Alexander Kuzmin Eliminated in 5th place ($201,888)

Level 37 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
Alexander Kuzmin
Alexander Kuzmin

Hand #90: Alexander Kuzmin, on the button, moved all in for his last 5,475,000. Galen Hall, in the small blind, made the call.

Galen Hall: {a-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Alexander Kuzmin: {k-Hearts}{9-Clubs}

The board ran {3-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and Hall won the pot sending Kuzmin to the rail in 5th place for a $201,888 payday.

Player Chips Progress
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
20,900,000 7,700,000
Alexander Kuzmin ru
Alexander Kuzmin
Busted

Tags: Alexander KuzminGalen Hall

Hands #86-89: More Exchanges

Level 37 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

Hand#86: Alexander Kuzmin opened to 900,000 on the cutoff. Eduards Kudrjavcevs, on the cutoff, called. The flop came {a-Spades}{2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. Kudrjavcevs checked. Kuzmin bet 600,000. Kudrjavcevs called. The turn brought the {9-Spades} and was checked around to the {8-Clubs} river. Kudrjavcevs bet 1,100,000. His opponent folded.

Hand #87: Kuzmin opened to 800,000 under the gun. Andrey Zaichenko, in the big blind, called.

A flop of {9-Hearts}{k-Spades}{q-Spades} was dealt and checked around to the {2-Clubs} turn. Zaichenko bet 1,500,000. Kuzmin gave up his hand.

Hand #88: Niels Herregodts opened to 1,000,000 on the cutoff. He got no action.

Hand #89: Zaichenko opened to 900,000 on the button. Galen Hall, in the big blind, called. The flop came {q-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{k-Spades}. Hall checked. Zaichenko threw in a bet of 1,100,000 that was enough to take down the pot.

Hands #81-85: Chopped Pot on the River

Level 37 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #81: Galen Hall raised to 800,000 from the button, and Niels Herregodts called in the small blind as did Eduards Kudrjavcevs in the big blind. All three players checked on the {2-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{9-Hearts} flop and on the {7-Hearts} turn, Herregodts checked, Kudrjavcevs bet 1.3m and Hall folded.

Herregodts then decided to raise to 5.2m, Kudrjavcevs thought for a minute and let his hand go.

Hand #82: Herregodts raised to 1m from the button and Andrey Zaichenko defended his big blind. On the {j-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} flop Zaichenko check-called a 1.5m bet before both players checked on the {9-Hearts} turn.

The river came the {j-Hearts}, and Zaichenko bet 4m which was enough to get Herregodts to fold.

Hand #83: Hall raised to 900,000 from the hijack and everyone folded.

Hand #84: Alexander Kuzman raised from the small blind and took the pot.

Hand #85: Kuzman raised from the button to 900,000 and Herregodts called in the big blind. On the {j-Hearts}{8-Spades}{7-Diamonds} flop Herregodts check-called a 700,000 bet before he also check-called for 1.5m on the {4-Diamonds} turn.

Both players checked on the {5-Spades} river, and the players turned over hands to reveal they both held jack-ten suited for a chopped pot.

Tags: Andrey ZaichenkoEduards KudrjavcevsGalen HallNiels Herregodts

Hands #76-80: Hall Takes One From Zichenko

Level 37 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #76: Andrey Zichenko opened to 1,000,000 under the gun. Eduards Kudrjavcevs, in the big blind, called.

The flop came {2-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{8-Clubs}. Kudrjavcevs checked. Zichenko bet 1,100,000. Kudrjavcevs gave up his hand.

Hand #77: Galen Hall opened to 900,000 on the cutoff. He got no action.

Hand #78: Kudrjavcevs opened to 800,000 on the button. Everyone folded.

Hand #79: Kudrjavcevs opened to 800,000 from the cutoff. Zichenko, on the button, called. Hall three-bet to 3,000,000. Kudrjavcevs folded. Zichenko stuck around with a call.

A flop reading {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}{5-Spades} was dealt and checked through to the {k-Hearts} turn and to the {a-Clubs} river. Again, both players checked. Hall tabled {k-Spades}{6-Clubs} to win the pot and Zichenko sent his hand to the muck.

Hand #80: Alexander Kuzmin opened to 900,000 on the button. Niels Herregodts, in the big blind, called. The flop came {6-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}. Herregodts checked. Kuzmin fired 600,000. Herregodts check-raised to 2,500,000. Kuzmin gave up his hand.

Tags: Andrey ZichenkoAlexander KuzminEduards KudrjavcevsGalen HallNiels Herregodts

Hands #72-75: Hall Doubles Through Kudrjavcevs

Level 37 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

Hand #72: Alexander Kuzmin raised to 1m from the hijack, and Niels Herregodts called on the button. Both players checked on the {a-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{q-Hearts} flop, and when the turn came, the {a-Diamonds} Kuzman check-called a 1.1m bet.

The river was the {4-Clubs}, and Kuzman check-folded to a 2.6m bet and allowed Herregodts to pick up the pot.

Hand #73: Eduards Kudrjavcevs raised to 800,000 on the button and won the pot.

Hand #74: Kudrjavcevs raised to 800,000 from the cutoff, and Galen Hall moved all in for 6.6m from the big blind. Kudravcevs made the call, and the cards were turned on their backs.

Eduards Kudrjavcevs: {a-Spades}{10-Spades}
Galen Hall: {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

Board: {5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{7-Spades}{2-Spades}{5-Clubs}

Kudrjavcevs picked up a flush draw on the turn but the river bricked for him, and Hall secured a full double-up.

Hand #75: Niels Herregodts received a walk in the big blind.

Player Chips Progress
Eduards Kudrjavcevs lv
Eduards Kudrjavcevs
15,000,000 -6,478,000
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
13,200,000 6,375,000

Tags: Alexander KuzminEduards KudrjavcevsGalen HallNiels Herregodts

Level: 37

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 50,000

Hands #66-71: Zaichenko Chipping Up

Level 36 : 150,000/300,000, 30,000 ante

Hand #66: Alexander Kuzmin opened to 600,000 from the hijack. Eduards Kudrjavcevs, in the big blind, called.

The flop came {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{4-Hearts} and was checked through to the {a-Diamonds} turn and to the {3-Hearts} river. Again, the players opted to check it down. Kudrjavcevs showed {7-Spades}{7-Clubs} and Kuzmin revealed {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} before mucking his hand.

Hand #67: Kudrjavcevs opened to 900,000 from the small blind. Andrey Zaichenko, in the big blind, called.

A flop reading {10-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts} was dealt. Kudrjavcevs bet 700,000. Zaichenko three-bet to 2,300,000. Kudrjavcevs folded.

Hand #68: Kudrjavcevs opened to 600,000 on the button. He got no action.

Hand #69: Kudrjavcevs opened to 600,000 on the cutoff. Everyone folded.

Hand #70: Zaichenko raised to 800,000 on the cutoff. Galen Hall, in the small blind, and Niels Herregodts, in the big blind called.

Players saw a flop of {7-Spades}{a-Clubs}{2-Hearts}. Hall and Herregodts checked. Zaichenko bet 1,100,000. Hall called. Herregodts folded. The turn brought the {4-Hearts} and was checked around. The {3-Hearts} river completed the board and Hall bet 1,350,000. Zaichenko responded by moving all in for around 9,000,000. His opponent went deep into the tank but proceeded to fold.

Hand #71: Kuzmin raised to 600,000 on the cutoff. Herregodts called from the small blind along with Kudrjavcevs from the big blind.

The flop was {6-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{k-Spades} and was checked through to the {6-Spades} turn. Herregodts checked again. Kudrjavcevs fired 725,000. Kuzmin folded and Herregodts stuck around with a call. The {j-Clubs} filled up the river and was checked down by both players. Herregodts tabled {k-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} to win the pot. His opponent sent his hand to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Eduards Kudrjavcevs lv
Eduards Kudrjavcevs
21,478,000 -1,522,000
Andrey Zaichenko ru
Andrey Zaichenko
WSOP 1X Winner
15,125,000 7,225,000
Alexander Kuzmin ru
Alexander Kuzmin
13,650,000 -1,850,000
Niels Herregodts be
Niels Herregodts
11,225,000 -775,000
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
6,825,000 -2,375,000

Tags: Alexander KuzminAndrey ZaichenkoEduards KudrjavcevsGalen HallNiels Herregodts