Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #60: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$888
Prize Pool
$6,489,502
Entries
8,120
Level
37
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000
Alex Ziskin Eliminated by Michael Pearson
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Michael Pearson opened to 1,200 under the gun, and bracelet winner Alex Ziskin went all in for 3,800 on the button. The blinds folded, and Pearson called to put Ziskin at risk.
Pearson: 
Ziskin: 
Pearson's eights were well ahead, and the flop was 
, giving Pearson an open-ended straight draw to go with his pair. The 
turn gave Pearson the straight, and the 
river was insignificant. Ziskin hit the rail, and Pearson stacked the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,500
37,900
|
37,900 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Ryan Laplante Loses Some
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Ryan Laplante was up to 50,000 at the dinner break but just doubled up an opponent. He raised to 1,000 from early position, and his opponent in the big blind went all in for 6,750. Laplante tossed in calling chips, and they showed down.
Laplante was in good shape with 
against his opponent's 
, but the board ran out 
. His opponent flopped a flush draw and rivered a better two pair with kings and queens to double through.
Bracelet winner Laplante is still one of the bigger stacks in the room with 45,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
Some Dinner Break Counts
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
The players in Flight B are currently on a one-hour dinner break and will resume play at approximately 8:24 p.m.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
51,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
|
18,600
10,600
|
10,600 |
|
18,500
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
14,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
14,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
13,000
-6,800
|
-6,800 |
|
|
||
|
9,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
8,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
||
|
7,800
-200
|
-200 |
|
7,800
7,800
|
7,800 |
|
|
||
|
7,200
7,200
|
7,200 |
|
||
|
7,200
7,200
|
7,200 |
|
||
|
7,000 | |
|
7,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
||
|
5,600 | |
|
5,200 | |
|
5,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
WSOP Player of the Year Contenders in the Field
Level 5
: 150/300, 50 ante
In addition to Ray Henson, who is currently second on the leaderboard for Player of the Year, current leader John Racener is also in the Flight B field. Alex Foxen is 12th on that list, and he is here and up to a healthy stack of 28,000 from the 8,000-chip starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,500
21,500
|
21,500 |
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
||
|
24,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
19,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
|
|
18,500
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
16,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
16,000
10,925
|
10,925 |
|
|
||
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
12,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
11,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
11,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
11,200
11,200
|
11,200 |
|
|
||
|
10,700
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
9,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
7,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
6,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
|
||
Steve Karp Triples Up, John Templeton Wins Side Pot
Level 5
: 150/300, 50 ante
Steve Karp went all in for his last 1,525 from the cutoff, and John Templeton called on the button. The small blind raised to 5,000, and Templeton went all in. His opponent called and had him covered by a small margin.
Karp: 
Templeton: 
Small blind: 
The board ran out 
, and Karp tripled up with two pair, jacks and fives. Templeton won a sizeable side pot with ace-king high, and the third player was left with under 2,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
5,200
-800
|
-800 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
First Break for Flight B
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
The players in Flight B are on a 20-minute break. The tournament clock reads 1,318 entries for this flight.
There are still four levels of play left for Flight A across the room. Click the 1a tab above to see those updates, or click here.