Alexandru Papazian Wins Second WSOP Bracelet in Event #26: $888 CRAZY EIGHTS for $241,128
Romania’s Alexandru Papazian defeated Tal Noach in heads-up play to win Event #26: $888 CRAZY EIGHTS of the 2021 WSOP Online at GGPoker for his second WSOP gold bracelet and $241,128.
The event attracted 2,350 entries for a $1,982,460 prize pool.
Other Final Table Finishers
Other final table finishers include Patrick "CocoTheDog" Mahoney, who took a sizeable chip lead six-handed, but lost his lead and ultimately fell after getting coolered, running his ace-king into the aces of Noach. Nikola Minkov took his end of Day 1 short stack into a seventh place finish. Eugenio "Ausetep_255" Pernia squeaked into the final table after being the Day 1 chip leader and finished ninth.
Event #26: $888 CRAZY EIGHTS Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandru Papazian | Romania | $241,128 |
| 2 | Tal Noach | Israel | $180,818 |
| 3 | Santiago "La Papualda" Varela | Uruguay | $135,595 |
| 4 | Cristian "Peitodeperu" Nagaki | Peru | $101,682 |
| 5 | Patrick "CocoTheDog" Mahoney | United States | $76,250 |
| 6 | Aleksey "somebody444" Churbanov | Russia | $57,180 |
| 7 | Nikola Minkov | Bulgaria | $42,879 |
| 8 | Igor “AMilhao” Thiesen | Brazil | $32,155 |
| 9 | Eugenio ‘Ausetep_255” Pernia | Venezuela | $24,112 |
Papazian Wins Second Bracelet in Crazy Eights Event
This occasion marks Papazian’s second WSOP gold bracelet. Papazian’s first WSOP bracelet came in 2017, interestingly, in Event #60: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed. For that effort, he took home his first bracelet and $888,888. There’s no doubt that Papazian is now a big fan of the Crazy Eight tournaments and it wouldn’t be surprising to see him playing them in the future whenever he can.
Papazian entered Day 2 second in chips out of the 31 remaining players, partially sparked by an end of day pot where he eliminated Alejandro "adolfito" Sterling while holding… pocket eights. He used that stack to make his way to the final table on Day 2, propelled by a big pot he won that eliminated Ian "potamophobia" Matakis in 14th place.
Once he made the final table, he was able to avoid large pots for the most part and eventually made his way into three-handed play. A big turning point in three-handed play occurred when he took most of the stack of Santiago "La Papualda" Varela with a set of deuces versus top pair. That led to him getting into heads-up play as the chip leader against Tal Noach, and eventually winning the tournament after calling Noach’s river bluff and holding top two-pair.
This concludes the PokerNews coverage for this event in the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Series. Stay tuned as PokerNews continues to bring you coverage of all the bracelet events.