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