After nearly 11 hours of play on Thursday evening, Carlos "CarlosWelch" Welch defeated Joon "jykpoker" Kim in heads-up play to win the 2021 WSOP Online Event #8: $888 Crazy Eights Hold'em for his first WSOP bracelet and the huge $124,369 top prize.
The event attracted 782 entries including 268 re-entries to create a $625,600 prize pool with the top 126 players collecting at least a $1,251 min-cash.
Welch, who has been in the poker world for quite a while, is a longtime poker coach who has written a plethora of strategy articles right here on PokerNews.