2021 World Series of Poker

Event #70: $888 Crazy Eights
Day: 1d
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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
Players Left 1 / 5,252
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Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante
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Aladin Gets His Wish and Adds Chips to Stack Under His Genie Lamp

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante
Aladin's Lamp
Aladin's Lamp

A pot was picked up on the board reading {5-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and a player under the gun bet 2,000 to the only other player in the pot which was non-other than Aladin Reskallah.

Reskallah made the call and the turn was {10-Hearts} which the player under the gun continued to bet this time 5,500 and Reskallah called.

The river was {5-Clubs} and the player under the gun bet 10,000. Reskallah raised to 30,500 and his opponent mucked the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Aladin Reskallah
75,000
34,000
34,000
Winamax

Tags: Aladin Reskallah

Katzen Shows A Pair

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante
Joey Katzen
Joey Katzen

A player in early position opened to 1,200 and Joe Katzen called in the cutoff. Landen Lucas three-bet to 5,200 on the button, only Katzen called.

The flop was {4-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. Katzen checked called a 4,200 bet from Lucas to turn of {a-Hearts}.

Katzen checked called a 10,300 bet from Lucas to the river of {q-Clubs}. Both players checked and Katzen showed {k-Spades}{10-Spades} for a pair of kings for the winner.

Player Chips Progress
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Joey Katzen
60,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Landen Lucas us
Landen Lucas
36,000
4,000
4,000

Tags: Joey KatzenLanden Lucas

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Updated Chip Counts

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kelly Minkin us
Kelly Minkin
155,000
155,000
155,000
Profile photo of Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
150,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Kenny Nguyen us
Kenny Nguyen
150,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Ori Hasson il
Ori Hasson
85,000
51,000
51,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Allyn Shulman us
Allyn Shulman
85,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Karolis Sereika lt
Karolis Sereika
82,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
80,000
43,000
43,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Aladin Reskallah fr
Aladin Reskallah
75,000
Winamax
Profile photo of Pamela Balzano ar
Pamela Balzano
75,000
10,000
10,000
GGPoker
Profile photo of Bosu Avunoori us
Bosu Avunoori
70,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of David Williams us
David Williams
65,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
45,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Haven Werner ca
Haven Werner
45,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Samantha Abernathy us
Samantha Abernathy
45,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
42,000
42,000
42,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
40,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Michael Wang us
Michael Wang
38,000
38,000
38,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Marvin Karlins us
Marvin Karlins
32,000
42,000
42,000
Profile photo of Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
30,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
16,000
3,500
3,500

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Nguyen Has Now Doubled His Starting Stack

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Kenny Nguyen
Kenny Nguyen

Kenny Nguyen bet 20,000 into a pot of around 25,000 in chips already.

The board was reading {6-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{3-Clubs}{3-Hearts} and there was only one other opponent in the hand.

The opponent mucked and Nguyen one of the great personalities in Poker said "I missed my flush draw" laughing as he scooped the pot.

More importantly, for Nguyen he has now doubled his starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kenny Nguyen us
Kenny Nguyen
80,000
70,000
70,000

Tags: Kenny Nguyen

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200