Level: 6
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
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
Brown Takes the Lead on the River
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Stephen Brown limp-called a preflop raise of 1,500. After he check-called the 2,300 bet on the 
flop and both players checked the 
turn, Brown then led out for 6,500 on the 
river and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000 | 58,000 |
Chopping With Aces
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Action picked up on the river on a board reading 
.
After Hrayr Grigoryan, first to act, moved all in, he was snap-called by the only other player in the hand, Josh Palmer, who had the shorter stack. Both players tabled their hands and saw that they were chopping the pot.
Josh Palmer: 
Hrayr Grigoryan: 
After the dealer equally divided up the pot, Palmer said, "We made 100 apiece."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000 | -55,700 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Some Familiar Faces Spotted After the First Break
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,000 | 66,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
40,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Break Time!
Level 4
: 100/300, 300 ante
The players were just sent on their first 20-minute break.
Big Hand in the Small Blind
Level 4
: 100/300, 300 ante
A middle-position player raised it to 800, and when action folded to Bala Patur in the small blind he three-bet to 2,200. The big-blind player folded and the original raiser made the call.
Patur bet 3,000 on the 
flop and was called. He then continued his aggression with a bet of 6,000 on the 
turn, which got a fold and "Nice hand" from his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000 |
You Bet It, You Take It
Level 4
: 100/300, 300 ante
The under-the-gun player raised it to 800 and got four callers, including Kevin Schemmer. After both players in the blinds and the original raiser all checked the 
flop, Schemmer put out a bet of 2,100, which was enough to get the remaining four players to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Lau Wins Five-Way Pot
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Five players limped preflop and saw a flop of . After action checked to Robert Lau he bet 800, and only the big-blind player made the call.
The big-blind player then check-called Lau's 1,300 bet on the 
turn, but check-folded after Lau continued for 3,300 on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,500 |