Day 1a of Event 64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em
Welcome to Day 1a, the first of four starting flights, of Event 64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em. As one of the more unique tournaments on the World Series schedule, it’s all about the eights. In addition to the $888 buy-in, the winner will receive $888,888 in prize money and tables are played 8-handed.
In 2018, Galen Hall outlasted 8,597 entrants to take home the $888,888 in cash, the second largest of his tournament career, and his first WSOP gold bracelet.
Players taking their seats will start with 40,000 in chips, a substantial increase over last year’s starting stack of 8,000 chips and are allowed unlimited re-entries through the close of registration. The schedule for Day 1a will consist of 19 levels at 30 minutes each, with a 20-minute break after every four levels of play. There will be a 75-minute dinner break after the 12th level, which is also when registration will close (approximately 5:55 p.m.). Those players lucky enough to find a bag at the end of play will return on Monday, July 1st at noon local time.
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Play kicks off at 10 a.m. local time, and if the number of entrants from last year’s tournament and the big numbers that the No-Limit tournaments have put up so far during the 2019 World Series are any indication, this event is going to be another huge one. The PokerNews team will be on hand to report all the action from when the first card is dealt until the last card hits the felt.