2019 World Series of Poker

Event #64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$888,888
Event Info
Buy-in
$888
Prize Pool
$7,720,210
Entries
10,185
Level Info
Level
45
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Players Info - Day 3

Clarke Four-Bet Rips

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

Patrick Clarke raised to 1,200,000 in the cutoff and Ming Zhu three-bet to 3,600,000 in position. Action returned to Clarke who four-bet shoved for an effective 60 big blinds or so. Zhu paused for a moment but it didn't take him too long to release his hand, leaving this one to Clarke.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Clarke ie
Patrick Clarke
43,300,000 5,500,000
Ming Zhu us
Ming Zhu
32,000,000 600,000

Tags: Ming ZhuPatrick Clarke

Rusinovas Doubles Through Karmatckii

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

Aleksandras Rusinovas was all in for about 17,000,000 from the hijack against Arsenii Karmatckii on the button.

Aleksandras Rusinovas: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Arsenii Karmatckii: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

The board came {8-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{j-Spades} and Rusinovas doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksandras Rusinovas lt
Aleksandras Rusinovas
35,000,000 19,500,000
Arsenii Karmatckii ru
Arsenii Karmatckii
Day 1A Chip Leader
16,000,000 -16,200,000

Tags: Aleksandras RusinovasArsenii Karmatckii

Updated Chip Counts (full)

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Vlad Darie ro
Vlad Darie
46,000,000
Patrick Clarke ie
Patrick Clarke
37,800,000 1,100,000
Rick Alvarado us
Rick Alvarado
35,000,000 10,000,000
Mario Hofler at
Mario Hofler
33,200,000 8,200,000
Uselis Gediminas lt
Uselis Gediminas
33,000,000 24,800,000
Arsenii Karmatckii ru
Arsenii Karmatckii
Day 1A Chip Leader
32,200,000 -10,300,000
Ming Zhu us
Ming Zhu
31,400,000 -2,400,000
Thomas Drivas us
Thomas Drivas
29,000,000 12,700,000
Vivian Saliba br
Vivian Saliba
27,000,000 -200,000
Jeanpierre Besancon fr
Jeanpierre Besancon
21,000,000 -200,000
Phuoc Nguyen us
Phuoc Nguyen
18,900,000 11,915,000
Aleksandras Rusinovas lt
Aleksandras Rusinovas
15,500,000 -1,500,000
Keun Kwak us
Keun Kwak
12,500,000 -6,000,000
Roland Rokita at
Roland Rokita
12,000,000 -900,000
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
WSOP 2X Winner
10,600,000 -10,900,000
Nino Ullman de
Nino Ullman
7,050,000 -1,500,000

Final Two Tables

Level 37 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
SeatTable 609Table 614
1Uselis GediminasVivian Saliba
2Roland RokitaRick Alvarado
3Phuoc NguyenAleksandras Rusinovas
4Thomas DrivasJeanpierre Besancon
5Keun KwakArsenii Karmatckii
6Vlad DariePatrick Clarke
7Mark RadojaMing Zhu
8Mario HoflerNino Ullman

Saliba Takes it on the Turn

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 {q-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{2-Hearts} and Gediminas bet 600,000. Saliba called. The dealer burned and turned the {k-Hearts} 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 br
Vivian Saliba
27,200,000 4,200,000
Uselis Gediminas lt
Uselis Gediminas
8,200,000 -23,500,000

Tags: Uselis GediminasVivian Saliba

Rusinovas Slowly Chipping Up

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 {10-Spades}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} and Rusinovas bet 700,000. Zhu called. The turn came the {9-Hearts} and was checked around to the {4-Spades} river. Rusinovas threw in a bet of 1,200,000 and Zhu folded.

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

Tags: Aleksandras RusinovasMing Zhu

Saliba Busts Tirel in a Flip

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 {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} against Saliba's {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}.

Tirel was looking for paint cards but he didn't get any on the {7-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{5-Spades} runout.

Player Chips Progress
Vivian Saliba br
Vivian Saliba
23,000,000 6,000,000
Allan Tirel fr
Allan Tirel
Busted

Tags: Allan TirelVivian Saliba

Level: 37

Blinds: 300,000/600,000

Ante: 600,000

Zhu Ticks a Check-Fold Button

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

With around 18 million in the pot and {k-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{6-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} 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 us
Ming Zhu
29,750,000 -9,250,000
Rick Alvarado us
Rick Alvarado
25,000,000 10,075,000

Tags: Ming ZhuRick Alvarado