Event #64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em Day 1c | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-29-2019 12:50 UTC-7

Some Familiar Faces Spotted After the First Break

LoriPersinger

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Amir Lehavot	66,000 66,000	66,000

Mike Shariati	40,000 40,000	40,000
Joshua Thibodaux	40,000 40,000	40,000
Matt Stout	40,000 40,000	40,000
Glenn LaFaye	40,000

06-29-2019 12:57 UTC-7

Chopping With Aces

LoriPersinger

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
Hrayr Grigoryan	72,000 -55,700	-55,700
Josh Palmer	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Hrayr Grigoryan Josh Palmer

06-29-2019 13:01 UTC-7

Brown Takes the Lead on the River

LoriPersinger

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
Stephen Brown	58,000 58,000	58,000

Tags: Stepehn Brown

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

06-29-2019 13:22 UTC-7

Mahum Sends One to the Rail

LoriPersinger

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Michal Mahum raised it to 2,000 and the player in the next seat made the call. Action folded to the big-blind player who three-bet shoved his last 7,000, With action back on Mahum she four-bet shoved and the other player folded.

Michal Mahum:
All-in Player:

The board of was no help to the all-in player and he exited the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michal Mahum	66,000 66,000	66,000

Tags: Michal Mahum

06-29-2019 13:28 UTC-7

Vela at the Treble

LoriPersinger

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Pol Vela shoved his last 6,600, and the player on the button called. With action on the big-blind player he then three-bet to 15,000, which the player on the button called and created a side pot.

After the big-blind player checked the flop, the player on the button shoved all in, which got the big-blind player to fold and sent the side pot to the button-player. The two remaining players tabled their hands.

Pol Vela:
Button Player:

The turn and river secured Vela's treble-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pol Vela	21,100 21,100	21,100

Tags: Pol Vela

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

06-29-2019 13:50 UTC-7

Cramp Eventually Loosens Up

LoriPersinger

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Preflop action folded to the short-stacked button-player and he shoved his last 4,200 into the middle. With action on Timothy Cramp in the big blind, he thought for a moment and then said, "What the heck, let's gamble." The players tabled their hands and Cramp saw that it wasn't too big of a gamble after all.

Timothy Cramp:
All-in Player:

The flop came , which lowered the all-in player's odds even more, and the turn had him drawing dead even before the dealer fanned the on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Cramp	43,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Timothy Cramp

06-29-2019 13:56 UTC-7

Zhang Re-Shoves With Authority

LoriPersinger

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

The player in the cutoff raised it to 1,700, Lifu Zhang made the call from the button and the small-blind player also came along.

After both players checked to Zhang, he bet 2,800. With action back on the player in the small blind, he check-raised it to 6,000, which got a fold from the player in cutoff. Zhang quickly responded with a four-bet shove of his own and got a quick fold from the small-blind player.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lifu Zhang	40,200 40,200	40,200

Tags: Lifu Zhang

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800