Event #26: $888 CRAZY EIGHTS No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed Dia 1 | 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events

2021-09-05 23:42 UTC

Day 1 of Event #26: $888 CRAZY EIGHTS Concludes with Papazian, Matakis, and Lofberg Among 31 Remaining Players

BrandonBloom

Nível 32 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

Only 31 players remain out of 2,350 entrants after 32 levels of play in Event #26: $888 CRAZY EIGHTS No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed. The biggest stack was bagged by Eugenio "Ausetep_255" Pernia from Venezuela, with Romanian Alexandru Papazian and Bulgarian Bahar Musa not far behind, all with over 4 million chips.

While all of the remaining 31 players already have $6,345 locked up, the majority of the $1,982,640 prize pool will be given out at the final table tomorrow, including the $241,128 first-place prize which comes with the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.

Among the notables to make Day 2 was Ian Matakis, who won a WSOP Circuit Ring on GGPoker earlier this year, Patrick Mahoney, Swede Simon Lofberg, and poker streamer Denys Chufarin.

Event #26 Day 1 Top Ten Chips

Place	Player	Country	Chips
1	Eugenio "Ausetep_255" Pernia	Venezuela	4,953,264
2	Alex Papazian	Romania	4,580,301
3	Bahar "reallyeasy" Musa	Bulgaria	4,106,684
4	Cristian "Peitodeperu" Nagaki	Peru	3,302,121
5	Danilo "Olag" Gomes	Brazil	2,785,192
6	La Papualda	Uruguay	2,671,544
7	Ian "potamophobia" Matakis	USA	2,621,198
8	Aleksey "somebody444" Churbanov	Russian Federation	2,619,776
9	Marat "MOB17111" Begenov	Kazakhstan	2,586,464
10	Patrick "CocoTheDog" Mahoney	USA	2,570,639

Day 2 action for Event #26 picks up on Sept. 6 at 9 a.m. EST, and PokerNews will be there to follow it to the end as they play down to a bracelet winner.

2021-09-05 19:47 UTC

Sandford Eliminates Two in Cooler and Takes Chip Lead

BrandonBloom

Nível 24 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

Caio "Ez4ENCE" De Almeida opened to 20,000 from middle position and "jackma66" went all in for 191,465. George "Kacicka" Sandford then went all in from the cutoff and action folded back to Almeida who made the call for his remaining 514,145 chips.

George "Kacicka" Sandford:
"jackma66":
Caio "Ez4ENCE" De Almeida:

All four queens were accounted for and the flop of was enough to end the hand. The meaningless turn and river peeled off and Sandford was the new chip leader.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
George "Kacicka" Sandford	1,298,764	657,684
jackma66	Eliminado
Caio "Ez4ENCE" De Almeida	Eliminado

Tags: George Sandford Caio De Almeida

2021-09-05 16:29 UTC

Aces Versus Kings Versus Queens

BrandonBloom

Nível 12 : 700/1,400, 175 ante

Jon Ander Vallinas Santos opened in early position to 2,800 and Snir "kazanova2020" Bechor raised in the cutoff to 6,300. Stefan Schillhabel then went all in, enough to cover the other players. Santos called for his last 15,197 and Bechor called for his last 21,300.

Snir "kazanova2020" Bechor:
Jon Ander Vallinas Santos:
Stefan Schillhabel:

A huge cooler but Bechor still needed to hold. The flop looked optimistic for him. As did the turn, and the river ensured the rockets took down the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Snir "kazanova2020" Bechor	75,297	75,297
Stefan Schillhabel	36,640	36,640
Jon Ander Vallinas Santos	Eliminado

Tags: Jon Ander Vallinas Santos Snir Bechor Stefan Schillhabel

2021-09-05 15:41 UTC

Savenkov Busts Two with Rivered Ace

BrandonBloom

Nível 10 : 500/1,000, 125 ante

Aleksey "ImLuckPads" Savenkov opened to 2,000 in middle position and was called by "dezhoudegou" in the cutoff. "NowWeAreFree" raised to 8,533 and Savenkov went all in, covering both other players. "dezhoudegou" called for his last 18,520, "NowWeAreFree" called for his last 20,977, and hands were revealed in this three-way pot.

Aleksey "ImLuckPads" Savenkov:
"dezhoudegou":
"NowWeAreFree":

The cowboys stayed ahead on the flop, and was one card away from a triple up on the turn, but the river gave the pot to Savenkov.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Aleksey "ImLuckPads" Savenkov	118,188	118,188
dezhoudegou	Eliminado
NowWeAreFree	Eliminado

2021-09-05 14:39 UTC

Gomes Hits River in Classic Race

BrandonBloom

Nível 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Mikhail "Picnick" Pikin raised to 1,000 in early position and Danilo "Olag" Gomes three-bet to 2,800 in middle position. Action folded back to Pikin who four-bet to 7,800. Gomes then put all his chips in and Pikin called for his remaining 17,395 chips.

Danilo "Olag" Gomes:
Mikhail "Picnick" Pikin:

It was a classic race and Pikin stayed ahead on the flop as well as the turn. With one card to fade to stay alive, the river would wasn't what he wanted to see and Gomes took down the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Danilo "Olag" Gomes	73,630
Mikhail "Picnick" Pikin	Eliminado

2021-09-05 14:29 UTC

Glasspool Doubles Up with Turned Set

BrandonBloom

Nível 5 : 150/300, 35 ante

Kristian "ADelaney1991" Froysadal raised in middle position to 750 and Shaylen "khushkush15" Anita raised in the cutoff to 2,070. Robert "robdag83" Glasspool called on the button and Froysadal folded.

The two players saw a flop of and Glasspool called a bet of 2,790 from Anita. On the turn, Anita led for just about enough chips to put Glasspool all in. The chips went in and hands were revealed.

Robert "robdag83" Glasspool:
Shaylen "khushkush15" Anita:

Glasspool was in good shape having turned a set, but still needed to fade a club, and he did just that on the river, taking down the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Shaylen "khushkush15" Anita	50,467	-23,512
Kristian "ADelaney1991" Froysadal	45,661	45,661
Robert "robdag83" Glasspool	43,904	43,904

2021-09-05 12:00 UTC

Welcome to the 2021 WSOP Online Event #26: $888 CRAZY EIGHTS No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed

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The 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events series continues today with Event #26: $888 CRAZY EIGHTS No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed. Day 1 is set to get underway at 9 a.m. EST and will play until either nine players remain or the end of level 32. Play will then resume Monday and will play down to a winner, where one fortunate player will take down the first-place prize and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.

Players will begin with 25,000 chips and play eight-handed with blind levels increasing every 15 minutes, starting at 50/100 with an ante of 12. Players will have the option to re-enter up to two times until the late registration period closes, about four hours after the start of the event. This tournament does not have a guarantee but has an early prize pool of over $175,000 with over 200 already registered and ready to go.

Some of the notables registered early in the field include poker pro Chris Moorman, three-time Ladies European Poker Champion Jessica Teusl, and German Manig Loeser, who won his first WSOP bracelet earlier this year and will be looking to snag another.

Stay tuned here at PokerNews for all the Day 1 action coming up.