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Level: 35
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 600,000
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #70: $888 Crazy Eights
Day: 2
Event Info
2021 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$888
Prize Pool
$4,150,761
Total Entries
5,252
Level
43
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Entries
237
Players Left
6
Players Left 1 / 5,252
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Level 34
: 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
On the Day 7 dinner break of the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, just 20 players remained from the 6,650-entry field. Each was guaranteed $241,800 in prize money, but each was aiming to claim the $8 million top prize and to etch their name in poker history.
Among the contenders was a trio of gold bracelet winners – Chance Kornuth, Mitchell Halverson, and Chase Bianchi. Of those, Bianchi found himself in the best position sitting fourth in chips with 28.7 million.
The 34-year-old married family man – he and his wife have two foster children aged five and seventeen months – previously won the 2016 WSOP Event #17: $1,000 NLH for $316,920, which comprises a big chunk of his $872,718 in lifetime earnings according to The Hendon Mob.
Main Event His Only Tournament
Bianchi currently lives just north of Boston but made the trip in Vegas to play just one tournament, this year’s $10,000 Main Event. No matter where he finishes, it will mark his first cash since December 2019.
Like many others, Bianchi is a product of the “Moneymaker Boom” when he learned to play with baseball teammates in the Seattle area.
“The junior varsity team,” Bianchi told PokerNews with a smile. “We’d get together and the moms would joke that I had a summer job because I’d always beat [the players] in their $5 and $10 buy-in poker games. This was the Chris Moneymaker era, like 2004.”
From there, Bianchi honed his game online. He still dabbles at the virtual felt, even doing some Twitch live streaming in the past, but nowadays he plays primarily live cash games when he can. His poker playing is limited these days after he got into software development.
For more on Bianchi, follow him on Twitter @Chase_Bianchi.
Level 34
: 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Players are now on a 15-minute break. The red 25,000 chips will be colored up.
Level 34
: 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Nathanael Kogel raised to 1,500,000 in the hijack and Paul Fehlig jammed for 7,550,000 in the big blind. After debating for about three minutes Kogel asked, "Show if i show?" Fehlig agreed and Kogel tabled 
. Fehlig said, "Insanely good fold," As he tabled 
and the chips got sent his way.
Level 34
: 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Leonid Yanovski raised to 1,025,000 in the cutoff and Georgios Sotiropoulos defended the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 
and Sotiropoulos check-called a bet of 1,400,000.
The 
was the turn and Sotiropoulos checked once again to Yanovski who fired in 3,800,000 which finally forced Sotiropoulos to surrender the pot.
Level: 34
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
Level 33
: 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
The action picked up with both players' hole cards face up on a board reading 
.
Lee Alejandro: 
Georgios Sotiropoulos: 
Sotiropoulos eliminated Alejandro with three-of-a-kind kings.
Level 33
: 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 498 | 1 | Lee Alejandro | 3,800,000 |
| 498 | 2 | Lich Bui | 13,250,000 |
| 498 | 3 | David Moses | 18,600,000 |
| 498 | 4 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | 14,500,000 |
| 498 | 5 | Zachary Donovan | 25,000,000 |
| 498 | 6 | Sejin Park | 32,000,000 |
| 498 | 7 | Farhad Davoudzadeh | 4,300,000 |
| 498 | 8 | Leonid Yanovski | 14,100,000 |
| 505 | 1 | Serhii Holodiuk | 5,500,000 |
| 505 | 2 | Timo Kamphues | 12,650,000 |
| 505 | 3 | Joseph Liberta | 21,850,000 |
| 505 | 4 | Paul Fehlig | 6,650,000 |
| 505 | 5 | Lucas Tae | 6,000,000 |
| 505 | 6 | Tyler Phillips | 2,220,000 |
| 505 | 7 | Nolan Brower | 2,000,000 |
| 505 | 8 | Nathanael Kogel | 7,250,000 |
Level 33
: 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Max Pinnola shoved his entire stack of 4,600,000 in the cutoff and Sejin Park called from the big blind.
Max Pinnola: 
Sejin Park: 
Pinnola was in great shape until the flop came 
, giving Park top pair. The 
hit the turn for Pinnola to have some hope with a flush draw but the 
on the river only improved Park to trip aces.
Level 33
: 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
The action picked up with both players' hole cards face up on a board reading 
.
Richard Kirsch: 
Joseph Liberta: 
Liberta eliminated Kirsch with three-of-a-kind fives.
