Event #8: $888 NLH Crazy Eights
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2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #8: $888 NLH Crazy Eights
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Buy-in
$888
Prize Pool
$625,600
Entries
782
Level
39
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Entries
782
Players Left
1
Crazy Eights in the Spotlight Today for Event #8: $888 NLH Crazy Eights
It is time for Event #8: $888 NLH Crazy Eights to get down to business and award another WSOP Bracelet.
They ever popular crazy eight format will feature starting stacks of 15,000 in tournament chips for a $888 buy-in with blind levels being 15 minutes in length. Late registration is open for three hours and fifty-five minutes, and players who bust may re-enter twice during the late registration period.
Re-entries have a thirty-second-time limit, so players should make sure they have enough funds in their WSOP.com account prior to the tournament's start. Tournament tickets may not be used for re-entry.
This is a single-day event meaning the entire tournament will be played out online and the winner will take home a WSOP Gold Bracelet.
This tournament is an 8-Max event, meaning that all tables will feature 8-handed poker action.
This is the eighth of 66 bracelet events being held on WSOP.com (33 events) and GG Poker (holding the remaining 33 events). All events will begin at 3 p.m. PST. Satellites are running on-site for as little as $1.
2021 WSOP.com Online Series Schedule
| Date | Tournament |
|---|---|
| July 8 | #8: $888 No-Limit Hold'em Crazy Eights |
| July 9 | #9: $400 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max |
| July 10 | #10: $333 No-Limit Hold'em |
| July 11 | #11: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack |
| July 12 | #12: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack |
| July 13 | #13: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout |
| July 14 | #14: $500 No-Limit Hold'em |
| July 15 | #15: $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout |
| July 16 | #16: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 6-Handed |
| July 17 | #17: $400 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max |
| July 18 | #18: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em North American Open |
| July 19 | #19: $888 Pot-Limit Omaha Crazy Eights 8-Handed |
| July 20 | #20: $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller |
| July 21 | #21: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Handed |
| July 22 | #22: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Knockout |
| July 23 | #23: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo |
| July 24 | #24: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Monsterstack |
| July 25 | #25: $7,777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s High Roller |
| July 25 | #26: $500 No-Limit Hold'em The Big 500 Encore |
| July 26 | #27: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship |
| July 27 | #28: $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Championship |
| July 28 | #29: $800 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max Turbo Deepstack Championship |
| July 29 | #30: $600 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max Championship |
| July 30 | #31: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver |
| July 31 | #32: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship |
| Aug. 1 | #33: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Grand Finale ($1M Guaranteed) |
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the action as Event #7: $777 No-Limit Hold'em gets underway!
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The virtual cards have been dealt out with 93 players in their seats at the start of play.
Crazy Eights Starters
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 |
Melissa "luckmgmt" Bryne Looking to Bring the "GrindHaus" Some WSOP Gold
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Texan poker pro Melissa "luckmgmt" Bryne has spent the majority of quarantine firing up her Twitch stream and grinding the online streets, and Bryne, who now calls Las Vegas home, is looking for some WSOP.com Online Bracelet Series success.
Bryne says that in general, "I primarily play online but definitely mix in some live cash and tournaments when I need a break from the computer," according to her Twitch bio, but she's shown her chops in live tournaments, as well. In one of the last WSOP Circuit events before the Covid-19 pandemic, Bryne chalked up four cashes at the WSOPC Choctaw series, including a deep run in the $1,700 Main Event, ultimately finishing in twenty-ninth place for $7,421. Bryne's biggest score came in 2017, when she defeated a field of 327 entrants in a $500 No Limit Hold'em event at the Wynn to earn $36,708.
Bryne is a part of the "GrindHaus", a group of poker players living together in Las Vegas that includes Bryne's boyfriend, Jerod "whiskeydeck" Smith and Brian "TGBpoker" Frenzel among others. The group all participate in Twitch streams, podcasts, and other general hijinks on their active and entertaining social media pages.
Bryne, who is in today's field, will be looking to catch her first WSOP Gold Bracelet on stream in front of her loyal fanbase, and we'll be keeping tabs on her throughout today's play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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15,000 |
More Early Players
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
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15,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 30/60
Ante: 0
"ShrugofAtlas" Starts Off Fresh
Level 2
: 30/60, 0 ante
"ShrugofAtlas" raised all in on the button and Phillip "MARKVIII" Hernke called from the small blind.
"ShrugofAtlas": 
Phillip "MARKVIII" Hernke: 
"ShrugofAtlas" was dominated by Hernke and didn't find any help from the 
runout as they re-entered the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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16,475 |
Chen Collects With Kings
Level 2
: 30/60, 0 ante
Naichang "cncly1314" Chen raised to 150 from under the gun. He got a call from middle position as well as from Gershon "jets613" Distenfeld on the button and James "Pokercpa" Hoeppner also called from the small blind.
Four players saw the 
come on the flop. Chen bet 350, the first caller folded while Distenfeld and Hoeppner called.
The turn was the 
. Chen bet 1,175, Distenfeld folded and Hoeppner called it.
The river came the . Chen fired again for 1,885 and was called again. He showed the 
which was good for the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,310 | 3,310 |
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15,239 | 239 |
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11,415 | 11,415 |