Event #64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Started
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
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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Cards in the Air!
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The dealers have been told to shuffle up and deal, so Day 1a is officially underway.
Some Notables Spotted Early on Day 1a
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
It's an early start time, so players are slowly filing in, but some notables were spotted early in the field. Daniel Allen is seated at table 8 seat 8.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 | |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
A Good Turn of Events for Sewell
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
The under-the-gun player raised it to 600, and was called by the player in the next seat over. The middle position player then three-bet to 2,500, which was called by Charles Sewell in the small blind. The big-blind player then four-bet to 6,700 and only Sewell made the call.
Sewell led out for 6,000 on the 
flop and the big-blind player made the call. Sewell then continued his aggression with a bet of 12,000 on the 
turn, which got a fold from the big-blind player. Sewell then flashed the 
and said that he didn't really want to show the other card. After the big-blind player admitted he folded queens, Sewell revealed that he had king-deuce, which is why he led out on the flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000 | 73,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
A Few More Notables
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
Defending with the "Doyle Brunson"
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Preflop action folded around to the player on the button and he raised it to 500. The small-blind player made the call and Maxime Broyer came along from his big blind.
After Broyer check-called the 800 continuation bet from the button-player on the 
flop, both players then checked through the 
turn and 
river. Broyer tabled 
and took down the pot, which made the other player say that he missed a bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |