Event #64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em Day 3 | 2019 World Series of Poker

07-02-2019 20:25 UTC-7

Drivas Finally Wins a Race

Jan_Kores

Level 36 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Thomas Drivas open-shoved for 7,650,000 on the button and Nino Ullman reraised all in from the small blind.

Drivas:
Ullman:

Drivas, who's been through a rough hour of lost preflop races, finally notched a W as the board rolled out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Drivas	16,300,000 5,650,000	5,650,000
Nino Ullman	8,550,000 -4,950,000	-4,950,000

Tags: Nino Ullman Thomas Drivas

07-02-2019 20:27 UTC-7

Tirel Folds to Gediminas

Sandra Barbour

Level 36 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Allan Tirel raised to 1,100,000 under the gun and Uselis Gediminas called from the big blind.

A flop of was dealt and Gediminas checked. Tirel bet 1,100,000 and Gediminas check-called.

The turn brought the and was checked through to the river. Gediminias threw in a bet of 4,000,000 and Tirel gave up his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Uselis Gediminas	31,700,000 11,400,000	11,400,000
Allan Tirel	7,500,000 -6,500,000	-6,500,000

Tags: Allan Tirel Uselis Gediminas

07-02-2019 20:30 UTC-7

Zhu Ticks a Check-Fold Button

Jan_Kores

Level 36 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

With around 18 million in the pot and on the table, Ming Zhu checked from the big blind and the action was on his neighbor Rick Alvarado who took his time to figure out his move.

Phuoc Nguyen called the clock after two minutes and Alvarado bet 1,000,000 during his countdown. Zhu instantly mucked his hand and Alvarado dragged the pot after the two-blind bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ming Zhu	29,750,000 -9,250,000	-9,250,000
Rick Alvarado	25,000,000 10,075,000	10,075,000

Tags: Ming Zhu Rick Alvarado

Level: 37

Blinds: 300,000/600,000

Ante: 600,000

07-02-2019 20:41 UTC-7

Saliba Busts Tirel in a Flip

Jan_Kores

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Allan Tirel moved all in for about 8.4 million under the gun and Vivian Saliba reshoved on his left. The remaining players let their hands go and Tirel raced with against Saliba's .

Tirel was looking for paint cards but he didn't get any on the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vivian Saliba	23,000,000 6,000,000	6,000,000

Allan Tirel	Busted

Tags: Allan Tirel Vivian Saliba

07-02-2019 20:41 UTC-7

Rusinovas Slowly Chipping Up

Sandra Barbour

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Aleksandras Rusinovas limped from the small blind and Ming Zhu checked from the big blind.

The dealer fanned a flop of and Rusinovas bet 700,000. Zhu called. The turn came the and was checked around to the river. Rusinovas threw in a bet of 1,200,000 and Zhu folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ming Zhu	33,800,000 4,050,000	4,050,000
Aleksandras Rusinovas	17,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000

Tags: Aleksandras Rusinovas Ming Zhu

07-02-2019 20:50 UTC-7

Saliba Takes it on the Turn

Sandra Barbour

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Uselis Gediminas limped from the small blind and Vivian Saliba checked from the big blind.

Players saw a flop of and Gediminas bet 600,000. Saliba called. The dealer burned and turned the and this time Gediminas checked. Saliba fired a bet of 1,000,000 that was enough to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vivian Saliba	27,200,000 4,200,000	4,200,000

Uselis Gediminas	8,200,000 -23,500,000	-23,500,000

Tags: Uselis Gediminas Vivian Saliba

07-02-2019 20:50 UTC-7

Leng Falls Short of Two Tables

Jan_Kores

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Ryan Leng was all in against Jeanpierre Besancon but his got rivered by on the board with Besancon hitting the Broadway. Leng finished in 17th place and the remaining players are now taking new seats on the final two tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeanpierre Besancon	21,200,000 14,200,000	14,200,000
Ryan Leng	Busted

Tags: Jeanpierre Besancon Ryan Leng

07-02-2019 20:55 UTC-7

Final Two Tables

Jan_Kores

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Seat	Table 609	Table 614
1	Uselis Gediminas	Vivian Saliba
2	Roland Rokita	Rick Alvarado
3	Phuoc Nguyen	Aleksandras Rusinovas
4	Thomas Drivas	Jeanpierre Besancon
5	Keun Kwak	Arsenii Karmatckii
6	Vlad Darie	Patrick Clarke
7	Mark Radoja	Ming Zhu
8	Mario Hofler	Nino Ullman

07-02-2019 21:00 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts (full)

Jan_Kores

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vlad Darie	46,000,000
Patrick Clarke	37,800,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Rick Alvarado	35,000,000 10,000,000	10,000,000
Mario Hofler	33,200,000 8,200,000	8,200,000
Uselis Gediminas	33,000,000 24,800,000	24,800,000
Arsenii Karmatckii	32,200,000 -10,300,000	-10,300,000

Ming Zhu	31,400,000 -2,400,000	-2,400,000
Thomas Drivas	29,000,000 12,700,000	12,700,000
Vivian Saliba	27,000,000 -200,000	-200,000

Jeanpierre Besancon	21,000,000 -200,000	-200,000
Phuoc Nguyen	18,900,000 11,915,000	11,915,000
Aleksandras Rusinovas	15,500,000 -1,500,000	-1,500,000

Keun Kwak	12,500,000 -6,000,000	-6,000,000
Roland Rokita	12,000,000 -900,000	-900,000
Mark Radoja	10,600,000 -10,900,000	-10,900,000

Nino Ullman	7,050,000 -1,500,000	-1,500,000