Rick Alvarado Wins the $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold 'Em
Rick Alvarado wins $888,888!
Rick Alvarado wins $888,888!
Barry Hutter called for 60,000 in the cutoff, and Jamie O'Connor made it 180,000 to go from the button. Hutter called after the action folded back around to him, and the flop fell .
Hutter then check-called O'Connor's 160,000 continuation bet before the hit the turn, and Hutter checked once more.
O'Connor announced all in and Hutter snap-called for his last 725,000, showing for two pair.
It was for O'Connor, and when the river fell the , Hutter secured the double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jamie O'Connor | 2,400,000 | -1,900,000 |
Barry Hutter
|
2,100,000 | 700,000 |
Ankush Mandavia called from the small blind and big blind Joao Vieira checked his option. The flop was and both players put in a bet of 80,000. Mandavia check-called a bet of 140,000 on the turn.
The river completed the board and Mandavia checked again. Vieira bet out 530,000 on the river and that was enough to make Mandavia fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joao Vieira
|
2,300,000 | -200,000 |
Ankush Mandavia
|
1,500,000 | -1,250,000 |
The flop was down , and Barry Hutter bet 60,000 from the small blind. Jamie O'Connor called from the big blind and saw the hit the turn.
The players checked through to the river, and Hutter bet 75,000. O'Connor paused for 30 seconds before he raised to 250,000, sending Hutter into the tank.
After 30 seconds ticked by, Hutter called, but saw O'Connor reveal for a full house, enough to win the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jamie O'Connor | 4,300,000 | 400,000 |
Barry Hutter
|
1,900,000 | -700,000 |
Joao Vieira raised to 135,000 from the button and he was three-bet by Timothy Cramer from the big blind. He put in a bet of 540,000 and the action was back on Vieira.
The Portuguese player pushed his entire stack to the middle, worth about 2 million, and Cramer quickly folded his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Timothy Cramer | 4,300,000 | -1,000,000 |
Joao Vieira
|
2,500,000 | 900,000 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Ankush Mandavia raised from the button to 115,000. Joao Vieira folded in the small blind and the only player left to act was Olivier Busquet. He just lost a big pot and he was down to 30 big blinds when he pushed his last 1,500,000 in the middle.
Mandavia thought about it for a little bit when he counted his stack but he ended up folding, awarding the pot to Busquet.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ankush Mandavia
|
2,750,000 | -950,000 |
Olivier Busquet | 1,640,000 | -60,000 |
The flop was down and Pierre Calamusa, in the big blind, check-called a 90,000 bet from Jamie O'Connor on the button.
The action went check-check after the hit the turn, and when the river fell the , Calamusa check-called a 300,000 bet.
O'Connor flipped over for ace high, and Calamusa won the pot holding for a pair.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joe Cada
|
3,700,000 | -300,000 |
Pierre Calamusa
|
3,500,000 | 2,100,000 |
Jamie O'Connor | 3,300,000 | 500,000 |
Barry Hutter
|
2,600,000 | -1,300,000 |
The board was down , and there was 1,100,000 in the pot already when Timothy Cramer, in the small blind, and Olivier Busquet, on the button, got all their chips into the middle.
Timothy Cramer:
Olivier Busquet:
Busquet held a set and Cramer was just one card away from elimination. Cramer had outs to survive, and when the appeared on the river, he secured the flush to double up.
Cramer took in the 5,300,000 chip pot in unlikely circumstances, and Busquet was left with 1,700,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Timothy Cramer | 5,300,000 | 2,800,000 |
Olivier Busquet | 1,700,000 | -2,820,000 |
Barry Hutter sat in the big blind and he saw Joe Cada raise to 115,000 from the cutoff. Hutter three-bet to 410,000 and he was called by Cada.
The flop was and Hutter continued with a bet of 265,000. Cada called again. The fell on the turn and both players checked. The fell on the river. Hutter bet 600,000 this time and it didn't take too long for Cada to announce ''all in''.
Hutter folded his hand and Cada picked up a big pot without showdown.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joe Cada
|
4,000,000 | 1,850,000 |
Barry Hutter
|
3,900,000 | -1,500,000 |