2019 World Series of Poker

Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 1
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Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9x5x4x3x2x
Prize
$1,099,311
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$3,552,000
Entries
74
Level Info
Level
27
Limits
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
0
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Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship

Day 1 Completed

Arieh and Bonomo Top Characteristically Slow Day 1 of PPC

mnuwwarah
mnuwwarah
Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
Josh Arieh
Josh Arieh

While the highly anticipated Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship kicked off on Monday, Day 1 served up the usual minute morsels of action.

While plenty of hands were played across the 11 hours that players graced the Amazon Tan section, only one player got felted and only a couple of the grinders were able to climb to twice the starting stack.

After six levels of play — really, three double levels — Josh Arieh and Justin Bonomo are pacing ahead of the 63 players remaining. Arieh finished with 658,500 while Bonomo slightly trails him with 646,100.

Arieh got the honor of playing sole executioner on the day as he sent former champ Mike Gorodinsky packing in just before the end of the night to prevent an unusual 64-for-64 bagging time. As is typical in the early PPC stages, it was the big bet games that did it, with Gorodinsky's pet pot-limit Omaha proving his demise. He found a decent spot to get his chips in with a set on the turn, but Arieh's monster draw got there.

It was the cherry on top of a fine day for Arieh, who registered early on and quickly moved over 400,000 and then 500,000, where he remained most of the day.

Bonomo waited slightly longer to hop in, but while he drew a seat on Phil Ivey's right that most players would be eyeing warily, Bonomo was able to extract chips from the legend in a few spots en route to a second-place bag.

A few 2019 bracelet winners also had solid days. Adam Friedman (462,100), John Hennigan (444,300) and Stephen Chidwick (411,000) each grinded their ways north of 400,000. On the other hand, Daniel Negreanu (72,700), Anthony Zinno (65,300) and especially Julien Martini (18,900) endured frustrating Day 1s and will be looking to recover on Day 2.

Said Day 2 will begin at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Tournament organizers will be hoping the 64 entries ticks up as it's a bit behind pace of the 77 who registered on Day 1 last year. Still, registration remains open for several hours on Day 2, so plenty of time remains. Check back in with PokerNews to follow the action as more impactful play develops on Day 2.

Tags: Josh AriehJustin Bonomo

Seat Draw Day 2 Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship

Webjoker
Webjoker
Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
RoomTableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
Amazon4141Roman YitzhakiUnited States248,800
Amazon4142Julien MartiniFrance18,900
Amazon4143Timofey KuznetsovRussia220,400
Amazon4144Prahlad FriedmanUnited States464,500
Amazon4145David "ODB" BakerUnited States369,700
      
Amazon4151Stephen ChidwickUnited Kingdom411,000
Amazon4152Andrew BrownUnited States436,600
Amazon4153Daniel NegreanuCanada72,700
Amazon4155Shaun DeebUnited States364,600
Amazon4156Jesse MartinUnited States289,200
      
Amazon4162Roy ThungUnited States332,000
Amazon4163Josh AriehUnited States658,000
Amazon4164Matthew AshtonUnited Kingdom390,200
Amazon4165Adam FriedmanUnited States462,100
Amazon4166Eric WassersonUnited States175,000
      
Amazon4171Scott SeiverUnited States358,000
Amazon4172Ben YuUnited States291,400
Amazon4173Brian RastUnited States242,200
Amazon4174Chris VitchUnited States282,000
Amazon4175Dan SmithUnited States204,000
Amazon4176Jake SchwartzUnited States184,400
      
Amazon4181Jason MercierUnited States345,600
Amazon4182Matt GlantzUnited States243,500
Amazon4183Majid YahyaeiUnited States317,000
Amazon4185Phil IveyUnited States344,300
Amazon4186Michael MizrachiUnited States168,100
      
Amazon4191Luke SchwartzUnited Kingdom302,000
Amazon4192Nick SchulmanUnited States125,000
Amazon4193Matthew WoodCanada83,200
Amazon4194Benny GlaserUnited Kingdom280,400
Amazon4195Ray DehkharghaniUnited States252,200
Amazon4196Phil GalfondUnited States189,200
      
Amazon4221Justin BonomoUnited States646,100
Amazon4222Phillip HuiUnited States250,000
Amazon4223Eli ElezraUnited States331,600
Amazon4224Jared BleznickUnited States488,000
Amazon4225Daniel CatesUnited States135,200
Amazon4226Matthew GonzalesUnited States343,600
      
Amazon4231Talal ShakerchiUnited Kingdom386,900
Amazon4233David BachUnited States356,900
Amazon4234Randy OhelUnited States216,500
Amazon4235Robert MackieUnited States303,000
Amazon4236Mike GlickUnited States521,000
      
Amazon4241Dario SammartinoItaly293,900
Amazon4242Lyle BermanUnited States382,300
Amazon4244Brock ParkerUnited States319,200
Amazon4245David BenyamineUnited States141,500
Amazon4246John MonnetteUnited States272,100
      
Amazon4251James ObstAustralia189,200
Amazon4252John EspositoUnited States585,000
Amazon4253David OppenheimUnited States48,000
Amazon4254Anthony ZinnoUnited States65,300
Amazon4255Yong WangChina343,700
      
Amazon4261Mikael ThuritzUnited States411,500
Amazon4262Paul VolpeUnited States242,700
Amazon4263John HenniganUnited States444,300
Amazon4264Robert MizrachiUnited States284,600
Amazon4266Bryce YockeyUnited States198,000
      
Amazon4271Elior SionUnited Kingdom150,500
Amazon4273Isaac HaxtonUnited States410,200
Amazon4274Mike WattelUnited States192,400
Amazon4275Daniel ZackUnited States175,400
Amazon4276Gus HansenDenmark238,700

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Mickey Doft
Mickey Doft
Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh 		658,500
58,500
 58,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo 		646,100
-3,900
 -3,900
WSOP 3X Winner
John Esposito us
John Esposito 		585,000
15,000
 15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Glick us
Michael Glick 		521,300
-28,700
 -28,700
Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick 		488,000
3,000
 3,000
David Oppenheim us
David Oppenheim 		480,000
55,000
 55,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Prahlad Friedman us
Prahlad Friedman 		464,500
119,500
 119,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman 		462,100
12,100
 12,100
WSOP 5X Winner
John Hennigan us
John Hennigan 		444,300
24,300
 24,300
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine 		441,500
-35,500
 -35,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Andrew Brown us
Andrew Brown 		436,600
114,600
 114,600
Mikael Thuritz se
Mikael Thuritz 		411,500
96,500
 96,500
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick 		411,000
61,000
 61,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton 		410,200
40,200
 40,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Matthew Ashton gb
Matthew Ashton 		390,200
25,200
 25,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi 		386,900
142,900
 142,900
Lyle Berman us
Lyle Berman 		382,300
132,300
 132,300
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker 		369,700
-30,300
 -30,300
WSOP 3X Winner
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb 		364,600
34,600
 34,600
WSOP 6X Winner
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver 		358,000
8,000
 8,000
WSOP 4X Winner
David Bach us
David Bach 		356,900
66,900
 66,900
WSOP 3X Winner
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier 		345,600
5,600
 5,600
WSOP 6X Winner
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey 		344,300
49,300
 49,300
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Yong Wang cn
Yong Wang 		343,700
63,700
 63,700
Matthew Gonzales us
Matthew Gonzales 		343,600
-56,400
 -56,400

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Gorodinsky First Domino Down

mnuwwarah
mnuwwarah
Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
Mike Gorodinsky, in an earlier event.
Mike Gorodinsky, in an earlier event.

Pot-Limit Omaha

After almost a full day of play, the first player to bust has hit the rail, and it's former champ Mike Gorodinsky.

According to the players at the table, action opened with Josh Arieh making it 4,000 and Gorodinsky reraising to 10,000. Chris Vitch cold-called and all three players saw a {5-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{q-} flop. Arieh led for 27,000 and Gorodinsky called. On the {6-Spades} turn, Arieh bet 83,000 and "Gordo" shoved for about 130,000 total.

Arieh called with {k-}{10-}{9-}{7-} with hearts, good for a massive combo draw, while Gorodinsky had slightly the best of it for the moment with {k-}{k-}{5-}{5-}. The river was a {10-}, completing Arieh's straight to felt Gordo.

"Josh Arieh gets it in bad again," the players summarized with round of laughs.

Player Chips Progress
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh 		600,000
120,000
 120,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Mike Gorodinsky us
Mike Gorodinsky 		Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Mike GorodinskyJosh Arieh

Hennigan Sets Up Martini

Mickey Doft
Mickey Doft
Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Following a flop of {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{7-Hearts} with about 24,000 in the pot, John Hennigan checked from the small blind and Julien Martini checked from the big blind.

The turn was the {j-Diamonds}, Hennigan bet 8,000 and Martini called.

The river was the {8-Diamonds}, Hennigan bet 18,000 and Martini called.

Hennigan tabled {k-Hearts}{k-Spades} for a set of kings, Martini mucked and Hennigan won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
John Hennigan us
John Hennigan 		420,000
55,000
 55,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini 		21,000
-41,000
 -41,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: John HenniganJulien Martini

Bonomo Building Near the End of the Night

BrandonTemple
BrandonTemple
Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
Justin Bonomo
Justin Bonomo

No-Limit Hold'em

Justin Bonomo raised to 3,200 from the cutoff, and Paul Volpe called in the big blind.

Volpe check-called a bet of 2,500 on the {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}{3-Diamonds} flop, and another 7,000 on the {5-Hearts} turn. Both players checked the {3-Hearts} river, and Volpe tabled {a-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}, only to lose to Bonomo's {4-Hearts}{4-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo 		650,000
160,000
 160,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe 		205,000
-61,000
 -61,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Justin BonomoPaul Volpe

Martini Bluffs Off to Chidwick

mnuwwarah
mnuwwarah
Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Julien Martini bet what looked like around 23,000 from under the gun on {a-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{6-Spades}. Stephen Chidwick called in the cutoff. Both players checked the {4-Spades} river and Martini shook his head and threw {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} in. Chidwick turned over {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} to render Martini back to a short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick 		350,000
20,000
 20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini 		62,000
-27,000
 -27,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Julien MartiniStephen Chidwick

"I Feel Like You Got Six-Eighths of the Pot"

mnuwwarah
mnuwwarah
Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

On a board of {6-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{7-Clubs}, action checked to David Oppenheim, who bet from the button. Big blind Nick Schulman raised, driving out the third player, but Oppenheim called. On the {q-Clubs} river, Schulman checked and called.

Oppenheim showed {j-Spades}{5-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for a straight and a three-deuce on the low end. Schulman had {7-Spades}{3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{5-Spades} for an identical straight but insufficient low. As the dealer quartered the pot in a manner that slightly confused the players, Schulman jokingly grumbled about his take.

"I feel like you got six-eighths of the pot."

Player Chips Progress
David Oppenheim us
David Oppenheim 		425,000
-45,000
 -45,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman 		121,000
1,000
 1,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: David OppenheimNick Schulman

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