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Alexandru Papazian is the first Romanian to win a WSOP bracelet, doing so in the $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed. Julia Lee asks Alexandru about his win and supporting rail.
Nadar Kakhmazov opened to 4,450 and got calls from Leon Tsoukernik, a player in early position, and Max Silver.
The flop was 
and Tsoukernik led, betting pot. The bet was 19,200 and Silver called. Kakhmazov three-bet pot, which put him all in for about 97,000.
Tsoukernik four-bet jammed all in and Silver leaned back, saying, "I might need a while guys."
A crowd began to gather as Silver examined Tsoukernik's stack, realizing he was covered. "I'm the chipleader, so it doesn't matter what happens. I'm still in," Tsoukernik told the crowd that had gathered around the table.
After a few moments, Silver folded.
Kakhmazov: 
Tsoukernik: 
Tsoukernik was in the lead and held through the turn and river — 
— improving to a straight and sending Kakhmazov to the rail moments after he took his seat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
321,000 | 199,000 |
|
Busted |
Among those to recently sit down with a fresh stack was also 2016 November Niner Cliff Josephy, along with Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Ben Tollerene.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000 | |
|
125,000 | |
|
125,000 | |
|
125,000 | |
|
125,000 | |
|
125,000 | |
|
125,000 | |
|
125,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 0
On the river of a 
board, Mack Lee bet 24,000 and Millard Hale tossed in a single T$25,000 chip for the call. Lee turned over 
for a full house. Hale mucked and dropped to around 80,000. Brandon Shack-Harris on the same table has even less chips than that while Vitaliy Lunkin managed to build his stack early on.
One table over, the three-way flop of 
saw a bet of 2,500 by Warwick Mirzikinian in the big blind and Micah Smith called. Quan Zhou folded on the button. The turn was checked by Mirzikinian and Smith before the former bet the river for 3,000. Smith called and was shown 
for a six-high straight by Mirzikinian.
"See what happens when you attack my big bling? The small blind is okay, but leave my big blind alone," Mirzikinian added while raking in the pot. Ben Tollerne could only smile, having recently sat down in the three seat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000 | 50,000 |
|
140,000 | 15,000 |
|
140,000 | 140,000 |
|
130,000 | 5,000 |
|
105,000 | 105,000 |
|
80,000 | 80,000 |
|
67,000 | -58,000 |
As we passed by the table featuring former chipleader Leon Tsoukernik, Max Silver, and Talal Shakerchi, it appears the chips have made their way around the table.
Silver looks to be the new tournament chip leader and, by the size of the chunk missing from Tsoukernik's stack, it is safe to say that is where Silver's new additions came from.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000 | 81,000 |
|
|
164,000 | -157,000 |
|
|
116,000 | -9,000 |
The who's-who of pot-limit Omaha experts is taking part in this event, and while some of the biggest names are still missing, the field has been growing to 106 entries. Among those to take their seats were David Benyamine, Bobby Oboodi, Ka Kwan Lau, Edison Nguyen, Miltiadis Kyriakides, and Noah Schwartz.
Below are further updated counts from the field in Level 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
172,000 | 55,000 |
|
125,000 | 125,000 |
|
125,000 | |
|
125,000 | 125,000 |
|
125,000 | 125,000 |
|
125,000 | 125,000 |
|
125,000 | 125,000 |
|
125,000 | 125,000 |
|
125,000 | 125,000 |
|
119,000 | -15,000 |
|
112,000 | 112,000 |
|
110,000 | -15,000 |
On the five-way flop of 
, David Paredes bet 2,700 and Zorlu Er called while all other opponents including Jan-Peter Jachtmann folded. The 
on the turn was checked through and Paredes bet the 
river for 3,500. Er called and Paredes flashed 
for aces and sevens, which Er had beat with 
for aces and nines.
Paredes mucked his two other cards and Er claimed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
153,000 | 28,000 |
|
115,000 | -10,000 |
|
112,000 | -13,000 |
Facing a bet of 11,000 from his heads-up opponent on the river of a 
board, Jan-Peter Jachtmann studied for a moment.
"You either have a full house or you have nothing, I can't fold," Jachtmann said as he tossed in the call.
His opponent showed and Jachtmann tabled 
, flopping a full house to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
173,000 | 20,000 |
There were plenty of chips already in the middle and the board was completed, showing 
. Charles Lehr bet 15,400 and Daniel Reijmer raised it up to 55,000.
"What is the bet?" Lehr asked, and the raise to 55,000 was confirmed. Although Lehr said, "Well, I guess you have fours." He could not find the fold and tossed in the chips for a call. Reijmer turned over 
for rivered quads and raked in the big pot. Lehr left his seat to tell a friend on a nearby table what happened, then returned to his seat and said, "F##k poker."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
178,000 | 178,000 |
|
|
52,000 | -73,000 |
