2017 World Series of Poker

Event #60: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed
Day: 1b
Event Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
$888,888
Event Info
Buy-in
$888
Prize Pool
$6,489,502
Total Entries
8,120
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000
Players Left 1 / 8,120
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Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Updated Counts; Andres Herrera and Arturs Daugis Above 100,000 Chips

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

As the field dwindles, only five tables remain in Amazon Purple, and the rest of the players are in Amazon Orange. Of the 1,664 total entries in Flight B, only 392 players remain.

Four-time bracelet winner Max Pescatori is still in, sitting around twice the starting stack.

Andres Herrera has been doing some work and has crossed the 100,000-chip mark, closing in on Arturs Daugis.

Tags: Andres HerreraMax Pescatori

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Romain Lewis Shoves on Ryan Laplante

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

With more than 2,300 in the middle and the board reading {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}, Ryan Laplante bet 1,100, and Romain Lewis called in the big blind. On the {10-Clubs} turn, Laplante bet 2,700, and Lewis called. The river was the {J-Clubs}, and Laplante bet 5,800. After a long pause, Lewis went all in for 18,600 and Laplante tank-folded.

Lewis let him pick one, and Laplante turned over the {Q-Clubs}.

Tags: Romain LewisRyan Laplante

Registration Closed for Flight B; Flight A Numbers

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Flight A ended with 1,506 entries, and 58 players made it through to Day 2. A total of 168 players were paid out in Flight A today. Seville Hale bagged the chip lead in that flight, setting the pace with a stack of 713,000. A full recap of Flight A can be found here.

Registration closed on Flight B with 1,664 total entries. That brings the total to 3,170 entries so far, with two more flights to go.

Tags: Seville Hale

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Counts Just Before Break

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Below are some additional counts from Amazon Purple.

Players in Flight B are currently on a 20-mintue break. The 25-denomination chips are being colored up, and registration will close at the end of the break.

Arturs Daugis Applies Pressure

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

A player in middle position raised to 1,500, and he was called by both the small blind and Arturs Daugis in the big blind.

On the {Q-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{2-Spades} flop, the blinds checked, and the preflop raiser continued for 5,000. The small blind folded, and Daugis check-raised to 16,500. His opponent called. The turn was the {9-Hearts}, and Daugis led out for 23,450. His opponent thought for a little while and folded his hand.

Daugis is at the top of the counts, closing in on 100,000 chips.

Tags: Arturs Daugis

Tyler Patterson Triples Up His Short Stack

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Tyler Patterson (from a previous event)
Tyler Patterson (from a previous event)

Tyler Patterson open-shoved all in for 3,100 in late position, and the player in the small blind re-shoved. The big blind called all in for 10,700, and the hands were tabled.

Patterson: {A-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Small blind: {K-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}
Big blind: {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}

Patterson chuckled when all the cards were shown, and the board ran out {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades} {4-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}. Patterson flopped a pair of eights and held up to triple up, and the big blind won the side pot.

Tags: Tyler Patterson

Counts from Amazon Orange

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

There are 1,621 entries in Flight B so far, with registration open until the end of this level.