WSOP.com Event #5: No Limit Hold'em 8-Max

The details on the elimination of James "BagElBud" Lillis in 91st place are not known, but what is known is that the remaining players are now in the money!

James "BagElBud" Lillis

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Two spots short of the money, Naichang "cncly1314" Chen moved all in for 43,901 on the button and Joseph "GLOOTIE" Demestrio called from the big blind.

Naichang "cncly1314" Chen:   
Joseph "GLOOTIE" Demestrio:   

The board ran out       and Chen hit the rail as the penultimate bubble boy.

Andrew "Love2Lose" Porter raised to to 40,000 from middle position and left himself 21,873 behind. Vito "TheSuitBig29" Distefano then three-bet jammed from the big and Porter called off.

Andrew "Love2Lose" Porter:   
Vito "TheSuitBig29" Distefano:   

Distefano woke up with the goods and scored the knockout after the board ran out      .

Vito "TheSuitBig29" Distefano	225,674
Andrew "Love2Lose" Porter	0	-101,000

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2013 WSOP Main Event champ Ryan "BiTC0iN" Riess moved all in for 18,240 from early position and Zachary "Kings702" Grech called out of the big blind.

Zachary "Kings702" Grech:   
Ryan "BiTC0iN" Riess: {4ad}

The board ran out       and Grech won the pot with a pair of eights.

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Brad "bd3109" Albrinck jammed all in for 61,665 from the button over a raise, Robert "bobeads" Mather called from the big blind and woke up with aces as he had the    while Albrinck had the bad luck with the   .

The board ran out       and Albrinck was left with a short stack.

Robert "bobeads" Mather	100,556	100,556
Brad "bd3109" Albrinck	15,867	15,867

Tyler "standupwiper" Burke moved all in for 31,686 from the hijack and "Venus" called off for 18,729 from the big blind.

Tyler "standupwiper" Burke:   
"Venus":   

The board ran out       and Burke paired his queen to score the elimination.

Registration came to a close in the 2021 WSOP Online Event #5: NLH 8-Max with 459 entries, which resulted in a $648,700 prize pool that will be paid out to the top 90 finishers. A min-cash will be worth $1,816.36 while the eventual winner will walk away with the bracelet and $139,600.24 first-place prize.