Event #62: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed - $888,888 Guaranteed 1st Place
Day 1c Completed
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #62: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed - $888,888 Guaranteed 1st Place
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$888
Entries
8,598
Level
41
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000
Level 18
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The third of four starting flights of Event #62: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em Eight-Handed drew a total of 2,492 entries and approximately 140 players from this flight will be moving on to Day 2.
Chris Moorman is leading the way with 511,000 and he is the only player from this to put more than 400,000 in the bag. Moorman won a flip just before the second break of the day holding pocket tens against the ace-king of his opponent and never looked back.
Franz Ditz sits in second with 381,000 and Christophe De Meulder rounds out the top three Day 1c stacks with 321,000.
WSOP bracelet winners Eric Baldwin (250,000), Mohsin Charania (307,000), and Kevin Eyster (287,000) quietly built some of the biggest stacks this flight.
All surviving players will combine for Day 2 action on Monday, July 2, and the blinds will be 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante when play resumes.
Several familiar faces advanced alongside the chip leaders, including Yevgeniy Timoshenko (122,000), David Jackson (151,000), Champie Douglas (229,000), and Marvin Rettenmaier (242,000) will be moving on to Day 2.
Unfortunately, not all the fan favorites were fortunate enough to survive the day. Greg Raymer, Alex Foxen, andDJ MacKinnon all left empty-handed.
Will Failla, Carl DiVeglia III, Kelly Minkin, and Alex Rocha departed with consolation prizes this flight, making the money which was good for at least $1,333.
Check back here for continuing coverage of Event #62: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em Eight-Handed and throughout the 2018 World Series of Poker from thePokerNews Live Reporting team.
Level 18
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The Day 1c field in Event #62: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em Eight-Handed has just completed the bagging process and it's Chris Moorman leading the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
511,000
223,000
|
223,000 |
|
||
|
500,000 | |
|
475,000 | |
|
381,000 | |
|
327,000 | |
|
327,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
314,000 | |
|
|
||
|
307,000
307,000
|
307,000 |
|
|
||
|
303,000 | |
|
300,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
||
|
287,000
157,000
|
157,000 |
|
|
||
|
285,000 | |
|
282,000
253,000
|
253,000 |
|
276,000 | |
|
276,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
275,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
272,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
270,000 | |
|
|
269,000 | |
|
256,000 | |
|
250,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
||
|
244,000 | |
|
|
240,000 | |
|
|
239,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
|
235,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Level 18
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The action folded around to the player in the cutoff and he raised to 10,000. Marvin Rettenmaier called from the big blind and they went heads-up to the 
flop.
Rettenmaier checked and his opponent threw out a bet of 10,000. Rettenmaier check-raised to 21,500, his opponent folded and Rettenmaier dragged in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
142,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Level 17
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Mark McGovern and his opponent went heads-up to the 
flop. McGovern slid out a stack of chips, covering the player who had 26,000 behind.
"I call," said the player turning, over 
and McGovern was in the lead with his 
. The turn 
and river 
sealed the deal for McGovern to earn him the pot and the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
Level 17
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
375,000 | |
|
|
345,000
67,500
|
67,500 |
|
|
288,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
|
|
||
|
270,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
110,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
98,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
92,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
80,000 | |
|
|
||
|
72,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Level 16
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
The Day 1c Event #62: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed players are now on a 20-minute color-up break. When play resumes, there will be just two more 30-minute levels left in the night before the bagging process begins.
Level 16
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Christopher De Meulder raised from early position and a player in middle position moved all in for 37,000. A player in late position flat called and with the action back on De Meulder he re-shoved all in for 116,000. The late position player called and they turned over the cards.
De Meulder: 
Middle position: 
Late position: 
The board ran out 
and De Meulder improved to top set to scoop the largest pot of the night and vault to the top of the chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
277,500
277,500
|
277,500 |