The $1,500 8-Game drew a field of 612, making it a record-breaking number of entries (helped by the introduction of a single re-entry). The top 92 players will reach the money with the minimum cash set at $2,257. The eventual champion will walk away with $177,294 and a gold bracelet. See the Payouts tab for full information about the payout structure.
Gabe Ramos raised to 800 under the gun and he found three customers in Patrick Leonard in the cutoff and the players on the button and in the big blind.
Ramos moved all in for last 2,000 after seeing and only Patrick Leonard called.
Ramos:
Leonard:
Leonard's hand stayed ahead after the turn and river and Ramos was knocked out early into the ninth level.
Michael Mizrachi, Ivo Donev, and Adam Friedman all drew two cards on the first draw. Mizrachi checked, Donev bet, and Friedman raised. Mizrachi folded his hand and Donev called to draw one. So did Friedman and they repeated the same on the final draw. No further bets were made and Donev announced a jack, showing . Friedman mucked.
Yuval Bronshtein completed with a king and only Craig Chait called. Chait called again on fourth and took the betting lead on fifth where he paired a seven. Bronshtein called bets on fifth and sixth, but he folded to Chait's final barrel on the river.
Three players went to fourth street but only two remained after Chris Ferguson bet with a three and a six out. His right-hand neighbor called and then he led out on fifth as he received a ten while a queen landed on Ferguson's board. Ferguson called the bet and then called on sixth again despite getting a jack. He peeled another paint card on seventh street, flashing a king before folding his hand to a final bet.
Three players made it to fourth street where Shaun Deeb bet and received two calls. Layne Flack had eight-high board on fifth and led out. Only Deeb stayed for sixth street where he paired a queen while Flack picked up another low card. Flack laughed and bet, and Deeb laughed back and called. They checked the river and Flack opened the winning hand.
With the board reading and Phil Hellmuth already all in on a previous street, two other players continued battling for a side pot which resulted in a three-way showdown.
The first player, who had bet 4,000 on the river, rolled over and the second player mucked. Hellmuth, sitting across the table, stood up, holding his hole cards. He pointed at the board and said, "What the f*** is this?" hardly meant as a question.
He threw the on the table while keeping the rest of his cards in his hand, and continued.
"How is this possible." Then he mumbled something about the worst players ever, followed by, "but they keep winning."
Hellmuth's opponent remained quiet.
"What were you drawing to? What did you think I had?" Hellmuth added.
Jen Harman pointed that her neighbor had a flush draw, and Hellmuth soon walked away from the table, ending his trademark rant.