Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$888
Prize Pool
$7,720,210
Entries
10,185
Level
45
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Break Time
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Players have been sent on their second 20-minute break.
Chen Raises the River
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Action picked up on a board reading 
and about 6,000 in the middle in a headsup pot.
The big-blind player led out with a bet of 4,200, which was met with a three-bet to 13,000 from Tao Chen. With action back on the player in the big blind he folded his hand and Chen scooped the pot. According to Chen's tablemates he hasn't been at the table very long, but he's been very active since he took his seat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 | 105,000 |
Baranovsky Three-Bets
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
A middle-position player raised it up to 2,000 and got two callers. With action on Vadim Baranovsky in the small blind, he three-bet to 11,000, which got an immediate fold from the big-blind player.
The original raiser thought for about thirty seconds before he found a fold, but the remaining two players needed less time to muck their cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000 | 73,000 |
Some Chip Counts From Around Brasilia
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | 210,000 |
|
|
162,000 | 162,000 |
|
151,800 | 151,800 |
|
151,500 | 151,500 |
|
149,300 | 149,300 |
|
129,300 | 129,300 |
|
125,000 | 125,000 |
|
95,000 | 95,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Schwartz Flops the World
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
After Michael Schwartz limped in from early position, the player in the next seat then shoved all in. Action folded back around to Schwartz and he made the call.
All-in Player: 
Michael Schwartz: 
The all-in player was drawing very thin after the dealer fanned a flop of 
, and was drawing dead on the 
turn. The 
on the river changed nothing, and the all-in player was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,200 | 35,200 |
Trokhymenko Doesn't Back Down
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Oleksandr Trokymenko raised it up to 1,100 and was called by a player in middle position. The button-player then three-bet to 6,600 and both blinds go out of the way. With action back on Trokymenko, he made the call and the middle-position player folded.
After both players checked the 
flop, Trokhymenko re-checked his cards and then slid out a bet of 7,100, which got the button-player to fold 
face-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,500 | 45,500 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Chattha Takes It On the River
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
Action picked up in a three-way pot on a board reading 
and 5,000 in the pot.
After the small-blind player and Sunny Chattha, in the big blind, both checked to the under-the-gun player, he bet 2,200 and only Chattha was the caller. Both players then checked the 
turn, and after Chattha slid out a bet of 6,600 the under-the-gun player thought for a moment before he folded his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | 75,000 |