28 Players Remain in Contention for Day 3 of Event #60: $888 Crazy Eights
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Only 28 players out of 8,120 entries remain for Day 3 of the 2017 World Series of Poker Event #60: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed. Ian O'Hara leads the field of survivors with 5,660,000, and he aims to earn his first WSOP gold bracelet. The lion's share of the $6,489,502 prize pool is still up for grabs and the winner will take home a payday of $888,888.
O'Hara is followed by five players above four million in chips: Alexandru Papazian (4,840,000), Michael Tureniec (4,640,000), Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin (4,505,000), Vlad Darie (4,420,000) and Guillaume Diaz (4,090,000). Among the other hopefuls still in contention is 2017 Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER winner Pablo Mariz, who emerged victorious from a huge field of 7,761 players to take home the championship and $1,221,407 for his efforts earlier this series. Mariz will head into Day 3 with an above-average stack of 2,500,000.
Other notables include Randy Pfeifer (2,595,000), WSOP all-time number of cashes leader Douglas Carli (2,050,000), South Korea's Vivian Im (1,545,000), Harry Lodge (1,400,000), Ray Qartomy (1,375,000), [Removed:172] (1,350,000), Danny Wong (1,240,000), Event #25: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha runner-up Jonathan Zarin (750,000) and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Ben Yu (610,000).
The action will recommence at 2 p.m. local time with level 29 and blinds of 40,000/80,000 with a running ante of 10,000. The tournament is scheduled to play down to a winner here on the Fourth of July, the Independence Day of the United States, and the PokerNews live reporting team will provide all the action from the floor.
Day 3 Seat Assignments
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 1 | 1 | Alexandru Papazian | Romania | 4,840,000 | 61 |
| Amazon | 1 | 3 | Vivian Im | South Korea | 1,545,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 1 | 4 | Ben Yu | United States | 610,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 1 | 5 | Bernard Muhire | United States | 2,230,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 1 | 6 | Guillaume Diaz | France | 4,090,000 | 51 |
| Amazon | 1 | 7 | Michael Tureniec | Sweden | 4,640,000 | 58 |
| Amazon | 1 | 8 | Adrian Moreno | United States | 2,100,000 | 26 |
| Amazon | 2 | 1 | [Removed:172] | Germany | 1,350,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 2 | 2 | Danny Wong | United States | 1,240,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 2 | 3 | Ray Qartomy | United States | 1,375,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 2 | 4 | Douglas Carli | United States | 2,050,000 | 26 |
| Amazon | 2 | 6 | Jonathan Zarin | United States | 750,000 | 9 |
| Amazon | 2 | 7 | Vlad Darie | Romania | 4,420,000 | 55 |
| Amazon | 2 | 8 | Ian O'Hara | United States | 5,660,000 | 71 |
| Amazon | 3 | 1 | Eric Baldwin | United States | 4,505,000 | 56 |
| Amazon | 3 | 2 | Ioannis Angelou Konstas | Greece | 2,235,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 3 | 3 | Nick Forgione | United States | 420,000 | 5 |
| Amazon | 3 | 4 | Paul Berger | United States | 3,000,000 | 38 |
| Amazon | 3 | 5 | Brad Albrinck | United States | 1,600,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 3 | 7 | Jose Reyes | United States | 2,635,000 | 33 |
| Amazon | 3 | 8 | Benjamin Ector | United States | 880,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 4 | 1 | Toby Price | United States | 2,575,000 | 32 |
| Amazon | 4 | 2 | Randy Pfeifer | United States | 2,595,000 | 32 |
| Amazon | 4 | 3 | James Cappucci | United States | 1,550,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 4 | 4 | Michael Phillips | United States | 1,250,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 4 | 5 | Harry Lodge | United Kingdom | 1,400,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 4 | 6 | Pablo Mariz | Canada | 2,500,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 4 | 8 | Alexander Deutsch | United States | 950,000 | 12 |
flop put Moreno's hand way ahead. "How about that flop!" someone in Moreno's rail shouted. 
turn. The river was meaningless as Wong had already known he was heading for his payout.
and was slightly behind Lodge's 
flop was, however, a teaser for Ector who spiked some additional outs with his flush draw.
, eliminating Ector from contention.
were still tabled and he had spiked bottom set on a board of 
.
to send Albrinck to the rail in 22nd place for $26,070.
river, Pfeifer bet 1,125,000 and O'Hara reluctantly called, then mucked when he was shown 
for trips jacks by Pfeifer.
sealed her fate.
flop and then called all in for approximately 1,600,000 after Darie had pushed all in.
