Davoudzadeh Bags the Chip Lead in Day 1d of Event #70: $888 Crazy Eights; Wheeler Flying High
Day 1d of Event #70: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em had come to an end. Day 1d drew a total of 2,241 entrants, with 337 players making the money, with a minimum payout being $1,421. After a long 14 hours of play, only 100 players remain.
Among the top stacks are Timo Kamphues (2,100,000), Farhad Davoudzadeh (2,410,000), Cole Ferraro (2,290,000), Leonid Yanovski (2,205,000) and Jason Wheeler (2,100,000).
End of Day 1d Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farhad Davoudzadeh | United States | 2,410,000 |
| 2 | Miklos Zsuffa | Hungary | 2,405,000 |
| 3 | Cole Ferraro | United States | 2,290,000 |
| 4 | Leonid Yanovski | Israel | 2,205,000 |
| 5 | Jason Wheeler | United States | 2,100,000 |
| 6 | Timo Kamphues | Germany | 2,055,000 |
| 7 | Lipei Xu | United States | 1,975,000 |
| 8 | John Simonian | United States | 1,850,000 |
| 9 | Pierre Merlin | France | 1,850,000 |
| 10 | Joseph Liberta | United States | 1,835,000 |
This event drew many notables such as three-time bracelet winner and Hall of Famer Barry Greenstein, bracelet winner Karolis Sereika, Women Hall of Famer Allyn Shulman, popular YouTube content creator, and online bracelet winner Ethan Yau, and the 2013 Main Event champion Ryan Riess , but at the end of the night, only Aaron Massey with over $4.5 million in live earnings bagged (1,155,000).
All remaining players who bagged will return for Day 2 on November 15th at noon in the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
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