Event #21: $1,500 8-Game Mix 6-Handed
Day 1 Started
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $1,500 8-Game Mix 6-Handed
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$637,200
Entries
472
Level
29
Limits
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0
Stage Set for Event #21: $1,500 8-Game Mix (6-Handed) Day One
The traditional 8-Game spread is famous for being played by some of the most talented poker minds the world has ever seen, with the likes of Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, Alex Luneau, and Ben Sulsky all known for playing high stakes mixed games both live and online.
There are two 8-Game tournaments scheduled during this year's World Series of Poker. Later in the Series we have the prestigious Poker Players Championship, but today sees Event #21: $1,500 8-Game Mix (6-Handed) which was won last year by Paul Volpe.
Volpe famously declared to all and sundry that he was going to win the tournament, not only when he bagged on Day 1, but when he made the money and subsequently when he made the final table. Volpe took home $149,943 after beating a field of 491 entrants to take home his second WSOP gold bracelet.
Today players will face 10 levels with a starting stack of 7,500 chips starting at 3 p.m. There is no dinner break, just 15-minute breaks after every two levels. Late registration is available for six levels, meaning that registration itself will close at around 9:45 p.m. this evening.
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Tournament Start Delayed
The tournament started has been put back by a few minutes as the staff work to break tables still in the Millionaire Maker. No word yet on a confirmed start time, but stay tuned.
Level: 1
Limit Flop/Draw: 50 / 100
Stud Games: 25 (ante) / 25 (bring in) / 100 (completion)
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 25 / 50 / 75 button-ante
Players in the Field
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
After waiting patiently while the remaining tables broke, there are currently over 250 players in the field at the start of Day 1. They include 2012 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha bracelet winner Naoya Kihara, 2015 $1,500 Dealer's Choice bracelet winner Carol Fuchs, 2016 $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball bracelet winner Christopher Vitch, and Allen Kessler.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 |
Defending Champion Spotted on the Rail
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Making our way through the field, we spotted defending champion Paul Volpe on the rail. He appeared to be scoping out the field, but was non-committal on whether he was going to play. With late registration open six levels (~9:45 p.m.) we may see him jump in later on.
More Players Enter the Fray
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 |
Battle of the Bracelet Winners
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better:
We found bracelet winners Carol Fuchs and Marcel Vonk together in a hand joined by a third player, Vinicius Collaco. With the action on sixth street, it checked to Fuchs who bet and both players called.
Collaco: 
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Fuchs: / 
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Vonk: / 
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The three players all checked on the end and Fuchs announced jacks up, tabling 
for two pairs, jacks and treys. Vonk turned over 
for trip fours and took down the pot. Collaco mucked and there was no low so Vonk scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,300 | 800 |
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6,800 | -700 |
Two Number Ones Chop it Up
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
2-7 Triple Draw:
"We've both got the nuts, chop it up," said Jason Rivkin before tabling his hand after the betting round of the final draw. He showed 
as did his opponent Richard Bremer.
There was a murmur or two from the table but, according to Bremer, it was pretty clear. Four players had all drawn two including himself, and he had drawn a four and a seven to complete his number one.
Meanwhile Rivkin and a third player drew one more and, after the third player was forced out of the hand, the players bet and raised like there was no tomorrow.
"He doesn't do that with a number two," said Bremer as the pair chopped the pot.
Walter Treccarichi Eliminates a Player
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha:
Walter Treccarichi is sitting on a more than double stack after eliminating a player in the "great game" of pot-limit Omaha. He explained how he raised to 150 and got two callers before the big blind three-bet to 675. Treccarichi called, as did one other player.
The flop was 
and it checked to the preflop aggressor who bet pot. The big blind folded and Treccarichi raised all in and his opponent called.
Treccarichi: 
All-in player: 
Treccaricihi had flopped the nut straight while his opponent had a set of nines. The turn and river were bricks and Treccarichi now sits on more than double starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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17,000 | 17,000 |