Day 2 of Event #70: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em Begins at 12:00 p.m. local time
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #70: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em of the 2021 World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Day 2 of this event begins on Monday, November 15 at 12 p.m. PT. This event will play eight-handed and the winner will receive $888,888 in prize money paired with the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Day's 1b, 1c and 1d saw a total of 5,252 players register the event with only 237 of those participants making it to Day 2. Among the top stacks heading into Day 2 are Justin Arnwine (3,280,000), Eric Baldwin (2,835,000), Timo Kamphues (2,700,000), Farhad Davoudzadeh (2,400,010), Cole Ferraro (2,290,000), Leonid Yanovski (2,205,000), Jason Wheeler (2,100,000), Joseph Hebert (2,100,000), Lipei Xu (2,055,000) and Tijan Tepeh (2,050,000).
Notable players to not make Day 2 of this tournament include 2004 Main Event Champion Greg Raymer, 2013 Main Event Champion Ryan Riess and Poker Hall Of Famer Barry Greenstein.
Day 2 will start at Level 23 with blinds at 40,000/80,000 with a big blind ante 80,000. Players will play 17 levels or down to 5 players whichever comes first. Each level is 40-minutes each with a 15-minute break every 3 levels. There will be a 60-minute dinner break after Level 31 (~6:30 p.m).
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