Event #64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1d Started
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1d
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
Final Call for Event #64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em with Day 1d Starting Today
The fourth and final starting flight in Event #64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em begins at 10 a.m. today. Yesterday's Day 1c flight drew the biggest field in the event to date, with a whopping 2,830 entries in the running. Together with Day 1a and Day 1b, Crazy Eights has attracted 5,694 players in total to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
With 662 entries through to Day 2, all having secured themselves a min-cash, today is the last chance for hopefuls to take a shot at the title, trophy and the $888,888 in first-place prize money. They will join Arsenii Karmatckii, Michael Kane and Ian Simpson tomorrow, each of which finished top of the counts in their respective flights. Kane is currently the overall chip leader with a 1,360,000 stack. Time will tell whether anyone will be able to eclipse his monster stack and return to Day 2 in pole position.
On the schedule for today are 19 30-minute levels, with a 20-minute break at the end of every four levels (two hours of play). There will be a 75-minute dinner break at the end of level 12 (around 6:40 p.m.). Play is guaranteed to reach the money, so players will return tomorrow having secured themselves a return on their investment. You can follow all the action here on PokerNews, and we're providing coverage of every WSOP event this summer.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 1d of Event #64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em.
Huge Field
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Will Day 1d beat its predecessors? With 1,715 in the field after 15 minutes of play, it has already beaten Days 1a and 1b. The biggest flight so far was 1c but with 975 starting yesterday, there are almost double that number of entries already.
Greenstein In the Field
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Poker legend Barry Greenstein is in the running and is sat in Amazon room. He has added a little to his stack as the end of the first Level approaches.
Greenstein has already cashed six times this series, his best result so far 57th place in Event #32: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Seniors Championship.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,500 |
Bentall Binks a Pair
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
In the penultimate hand of Level 1, Brian Smith raised the button to 300 and the UK's Toby Bentall, CEO of Oddschecker Global Media, defended his big blind to see a 
flop.
Bentall check-called a bet of 600 and then check-called one of 1,000 on the 
turn.
Bentall checked for the third time on the 
river and Smith did the same. Bentall tabled the 
for top pair and it was good as Smith mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Quads for Heng
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
There were two players in on the river, with the completed board reading 
and after a check, Tyler Heng bet 4,100 into the pot. His opponent called but mucked when he saw Heng held 
for quad jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000 |
Fleischer and Waigel in the Mix
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Ezequiel Waigel and Terry Fleischer have been spotted in the throng. With almost $1.9 million in recorded live earnings, Fleicher is one of the ones to watch. He played in Day 1b two days ago but failed to bag. Hopefully for him, today will be a different story.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
29,500 | 29,500 |