Event #60: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed Day 1a | 2017 World Series of Poker

07-01-2017 13:25 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Will Failla	53,000 35,000	35,000
Terrence Chan	43,000 9,000	9,000

Heidi May	31,000 5,000	5,000

Bart Hanson	24,000 7,000	7,000
Dylan Linde	18,000 6,000	6,000

Vanessa Kade	11,500 16,500	16,500
Katie Swift	10,000 1,000	1,000

Govert Metaal	9,000 1,700	1,700
Joe Elpayaa	8,000
Jeremy Brown	6,125 6,875	6,875

More Chip Counts From the Tan Section

Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Men Nguyen	33,000 22,900	22,900

Shola Akindele	26,000 14,000	14,000
Tony Sinishtaj	25,000 4,000	4,000
Michael Wang	21,000 13,000	13,000

Hugo Perez	15,000 6,000	6,000
John Racener	12,200

Dan Heimiller	12,000 12,000	12,000

Likith Govindaiah	10,000 1,000	1,000
Jonathan Tamayo	6,500 1,300	1,300

Valentin Vornicu	6,500 2,500	2,500

07-01-2017 13:31 UTC-8

Break

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Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

The players have just gone for their second 20-minute break of the day. Registration is open until 14:45 local time. Players that are unsatisfied with their current stack can forfeit their stack and reenter. Once the next level starts, registration and reentries will be done and we'll soon know the total amount of entries for this flight.

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

07-01-2017 13:59 UTC-8

New Names and Some Updated Chip Counts

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Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Wheeler	44,000 26,500	26,500

Eric Baldwin	18,700 18,700	18,700

Loni Harwood	15,000 15,000	15,000

Brandon Ageloff	8,000 8,000	8,000
Faraz Jaka	8,000 8,000	8,000

Joseph Cheong	8,000 2,000	2,000

Mike Leah	8,000 6,000	6,000

Keven Stammen	8,000

Gina Bacon	6,600 1,400	1,400
Melanie Weisner	Busted

07-01-2017 14:12 UTC-8

Min-Cash Details Announced

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Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

The tournament director has just announced that there were 1,506 entries in total, and 226 of them will be guaranteed a min-cash of $1,334 today. Players that bag today cannot enter any other flights.

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

07-01-2017 14:28 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Ageloff	62,000 54,000	54,000
Andrew Brokos	60,000 15,000	15,000
Terrence Chan	55,000 12,000	12,000

Will Failla	35,600 17,400	17,400
Ben Yu	26,000

Jeremy Brown	25,500 19,375	19,375
Dylan Linde	24,000 6,000	6,000

Bart Hanson	11,000 13,000	13,000
Loni Harwood	2,500 12,500	12,500

Govert Metaal	Busted

07-01-2017 14:44 UTC-8

Hugo Perez Doubles Up Again

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Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The board read when Hugo Perez had gone all in from the cutoff. The dealer counted the chips for the player in the under-the-gun position. Perez had 20,300 in total. After taking some time to think, Perez' opponent decided to call.

Opponent:
Perez:

The river completed the board with the and Perez doubled up again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hugo Perez	68,000

Tags: Hugo Perez

07-01-2017 14:47 UTC-8

Break Time

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Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The players have just gone for their third break of the day which is a 15-minute break now. The last break will take place after Level 14 which will also be a 15-minute break.