28 Players Remain in Contention for Day 3 of Event #60: $888 Crazy Eights
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 |