2021 World Series of Poker

Event #70: $888 Crazy Eights
Day: 1d
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$888,888
Event Info
Buy-in
$888
Prize Pool
$4,150,761
Entries
5,252
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Players Info - Day 1d
Entries
2,241
Players Left
100

Davoudzadeh Bags the Chip Lead in Day 1d of Event #70: $888 Crazy Eights; Wheeler Flying High

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Jason Wheeler
Jason Wheeler

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

PlacePlayerCountryChips
1Farhad DavoudzadehUnited States2,410,000
2Miklos ZsuffaHungary2,405,000
3Cole FerraroUnited States2,290,000
4Leonid YanovskiIsrael2,205,000
5Jason WheelerUnited States2,100,000
6Timo KamphuesGermany2,055,000
7Lipei XuUnited States1,975,000
8John SimonianUnited States1,850,000
9Pierre MerlinFrance1,850,000
10Joseph LibertaUnited States1,835,000

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.

Stay tuned for more coverage of this event and the entire 2021 World Series of Poker from the PokerNews Live Reporting Team

Tags: Aaron MasseyAllyn ShulmanBarry GreensteinJason WheelerKarolis SereikaTimo Kamphues

Aaron Massey Now with Over 1.2 Million in Chips

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Aaron Massey
Aaron Massey

Aaron Massey was involved in a hand with a pot of around 400,000 in chips and only one other opponent.

The flop read {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and Massey bet 60,000 from the small blind. His opponent went all-in for about 160,000 and Massey quickly called to put his opponent at risk.

Opponent {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Aaron Massey: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}

The rest of the board would run out {4-Clubs}{a-Spades} giving Massey a full house and eliminating another player from the field.

Player Chips Progress
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
1,250,000 770,000

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Calamusa Gets The Call

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Pierre Calamusa
Pierre Calamusa

Pierre Calamusa shoved all in on the river from late position for about 275,000 into a pot of about 200,000 with a board reading {6-Clubs}{a-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{k-Hearts}. The big blind went deep into the tank before flicking in the call for his tournament life.

Big Blind: {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Pierre Calamusa: {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

Calamusa eliminated the big blind to win a massive pot with two pair, aces and queens.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Calamusa fr
Pierre Calamusa
Winamax
680,000 680,000

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Kyle Miholich Spotted in Event #70: $888 Crazy Eights

Level 14 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Kyle Miholich
Kyle Miholich

Kyle Miholich was spotted in a hand in which he shoved all-in for 69,000 and was called by an opponent to put Kyle at risk for his tournament life.

Kyle Miholich: {a-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Opponent: {k-Clubs}{5-Hearts}

Miholich had his opponent in a bad spot and the board would run out {8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{10-Clubs} which gave Miholich an even better hand with two-pair to double him up.

Player Chips Progress
Kyle Miholich us
Kyle Miholich
140,000 40,000

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The Muck: Poker Twitter Debates Potential Angle-Shooting in WSOP Main Event

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The Muck
The Muck

In this edition of The Muck, the poker community debates if Chance Kornuth angle-shot in a hand during the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.

Kornuth reached Day 6 of poker's world championship event with a big stack and is in contention for the $8 million prize.

Chris Brewer, an up-and-coming high roller, felt Kornuth's actions in a Day 5 hand deserved a penalty.

Click here to see the video and read about the debate!

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Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante
MyStack
MyStack

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Miles Takes Opponent to Value Town

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante
Tony Miles
Tony Miles

Tony Miles raised to 1,000 in the cutoff and the player on the button made the call.

The flop was {k-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades}. Miles bet 3,000, the button called. The turn was the {4-Spades}. Miles bet 13,000, the button called.

The river was the {6-Clubs}. Miles fired out a single 5,000 orange chip and the button quickly called.

Button: {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Tony Miles: {k-Clubs}{7-Spades}

Miles raked in the pot with two pair, kings and sevens

Player Chips Progress
Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
65,000 65,000

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