Event #56: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day 2 Started
Event #56: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day 2 Started
What shapes up to be the largest $50,000 Poker Players Championship in several years is en route to surpass more than 100 entries for the first time since 2014. The crown jewel of the mixed game schedule during the 2022 World Series of Poker at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas has attracted 91 entries so far and registration remains open for another four levels on Day 2, which is slated to recommence at 2 p.m. local time.
The Main Event for mixed game enthusiasts at the WSOP features a nine-game rotation including No-Limit Hold'em, Seven Card Stud, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Razz, Pot-Limit Omaha, Limit Hold'em, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better, No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw, and 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw. These games will switch every orbit and challenges the high-stakes regulars to showcase their skills in a variety of poker variants in an attempt to claim the highly sought-after gold bracelet.
With the attendance of the previous two editions having already been surpassed, defending champion Dan Cates returns with a top ten stack of 617,000. Whether or not his name will be engraved once more on the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy in a few days time remains to be seen, as he certainly faces some tough competition.
Luke Schwartz tops the leaderboard with a stack of 893,000 after knocking out Josh Arieh and doubling through Julien Martini during the final hands of Day 1. The Brit is followed by Bryn Kenney (802,000), while Shaun Deeb (718,500) and Bryce Yockey (715,000) are separated by only a few chips.
Position | Player | Country | Chip Count |
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1 | Luke Schwartz | United Kingdom | 893,000 |
2 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 802,000 |
3 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 718,500 |
4 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 715,000 |
5 | Aaron Katz | United States | 695,500 |
6 | David Benyamine | France | 651,000 |
7 | Dan Cates | United States | 617,000 |
8 | Ben Yu | United States | 601,000 |
9 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | 583,000 |
10 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 547,000 |
Three-time PPC champion Michael Mizrachi (435,500) and two-time winner Brian Rast (160,500) are also in contention in a field filled with live poker's biggest names. To put things into perspective, the tournament already attracted eight former champions, six Poker Hall of Famers, and five WSOP Players of the Year on Day 1.
Late registration for the five-day tournament remains open for another four levels and the following dinner break until approximately 10;20 pm local time. All new contestants will receive 300,000 in chips to start and reentries are not possible (freeze out format). The levels during the entire tournament will last 100 minutes each and players will get 15-minute breaks after every level.
Stay tuned for the PokerNews live coverage for one of the stellar events during the 2022 WSOP in its new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas, as the journey to crown the next Poker Players Champion will unfold in the following four days!
Year | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
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20121 | 63 | $3,016,125 | Dan Cates | $954,020 |
2019 | 74 | $3,552,000 | Phil Hui | $1,099,311 |
2018 | 87 | $4,176,000 | Michael Mizrachi | $1,239,126 |
2017 | 100 | $4,800,000 | Elior Sion | $1,395,767 |
2016 | 91 | $4,176,000 | Brian Rast | $1,296,097 |
2015 | 84 | $3,696,000 | Mike Gorodinsky | $1,270,086 |
2014 | 102 | $4,896,000 | John Hennigan | $1,517,767 |
2013 | 132 | $6,336,000 | Matthew Ashton | $1,774,089 |
2012 | 108 | $5,184,000 | Michael Mizrachi | $1,451,527 |
2011 | 128 | $6,144,000 | Brian Rast | $1,720,328 |
2010 | 116 | $5,568,000 | Michael Mizrachi | $1,559,046 |
2009 | 95 | $4,560,000 | David Bach | $1,276,806 |
2008 | 148 | $7,104,000 | Scotty Nguyen | $1,989,120 |
2007 | 148 | $7,104,000 | Freddy Deeb | $2,276,832 |
2006 | 143 | $6,864,000 | Chip Reese | $1,716,000 |
Please note, late registration remains open for the first five levels of Day 2.
Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
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Paris | 129 | 1 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 203,500 |
Paris | 129 | 2 | Erik Seidel | United States | 155,000 |
Paris | 129 | 3 | Matthew Schreiber | United States | 84,500 |
Paris | 129 | 4 | Elior Sion | United Kingdom | 397,000 |
Paris | 129 | 5 | Paul Volpe | United States | 221,500 |
Paris | 129 | 6 | Daniel Weinman | United States | 405,500 |
Paris | 130 | 1 | Phil Ivey | United States | 362,000 |
Paris | 130 | 2 | Luke Schwartz | United Kingdom | 893,000 |
Paris | 130 | 3 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 454,000 |
Paris | 130 | 4 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 192,500 |
Paris | 130 | 5 | Daniel Negreanu | Toronto, ON, CA | 429,000 |
Paris | 130 | 6 | Adam Friedman | United States | 391,000 |
Paris | 131 | 1 | Dan Shak | United States | 443,000 |
Paris | 131 | 2 | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | 406,500 |
Paris | 131 | 3 | Ismael Bojang | Austria | 74,000 |
Paris | 131 | 5 | Mike Noori | United States | 90,500 |
Paris | 131 | 6 | Matthew Ashton | United Kingdom | 333,000 |
Paris | 132 | 2 | David Moskowitz | United States | 181,000 |
Paris | 132 | 3 | Dan Cates | United States | 617,000 |
Paris | 132 | 4 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 344,500 |
Paris | 132 | 5 | Mike Gorodinsky | United States | 75,500 |
Paris | 132 | 6 | Alex Rocha | United States | 411,000 |
Paris | 133 | 1 | Mike Wattel | United States | 109,000 |
Paris | 133 | 2 | Phil Hui | United States | 501,000 |
Paris | 133 | 5 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | 583,000 |
Paris | 133 | 6 | Julien Martini | France | 440,000 |
Paris | 134 | 1 | Nicholas Julia | United States | 236,500 |
Paris | 134 | 2 | Michael Moncek | United States | 366,500 |
Paris | 134 | 4 | Roy Thung | United States | 210,000 |
Paris | 134 | 5 | Peter Gelencser | Hungary | 305,500 |
Paris | 134 | 6 | Chad Eveslage | United States | 304,500 |
Paris | 135 | 1 | Andrew Brown | United States | 91,000 |
Paris | 135 | 2 | Aaron Katz | United States | 695,500 |
Paris | 135 | 3 | Scott Seiver | United States | 113,500 |
Paris | 135 | 4 | Brian Hastings | United States | 468,000 |
Paris | 135 | 5 | Ben Lamb | United States | 353,000 |
Paris | 136 | 1 | John Racener | United States | 414,000 |
Paris | 136 | 2 | Philip Sternheimer | United States | 208,500 |
Paris | 136 | 4 | Jesse McGinty | United States | 465,500 |
Paris | 136 | 5 | Chris Brewer | United States | 344,000 |
Paris | 136 | 6 | Nick Schulman | United States | 125,000 |
Paris | 137 | 2 | Brandon Shack-Harris | United States | 86,000 |
Paris | 137 | 3 | Dave Rogers | United States | 179,000 |
Paris | 137 | 4 | Ali Eslami | United States | 492,000 |
Paris | 137 | 5 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 345,500 |
Paris | 137 | 6 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 547,000 |
Paris | 138 | 1 | Chino Rheem | United States | 405,500 |
Paris | 138 | 2 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 477,000 |
Paris | 138 | 3 | Koray Aldemir | Austria | 546,000 |
Paris | 138 | 5 | Jean-Robert Bellande | United States | 377,000 |
Paris | 138 | 6 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 715,000 |
Paris | 139 | 2 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 718,500 |
Paris | 139 | 3 | Albert Daher | Lebanon | 196,000 |
Paris | 139 | 4 | Randy Ohel | United States | 437,500 |
Paris | 139 | 5 | Michael Mizrachi | United States | 435,500 |
Paris | 139 | 6 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 262,500 |
Paris | 140 | 1 | David Williams | United States | 285,500 |
Paris | 140 | 2 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 242,000 |
Paris | 140 | 3 | Johannes Becker | Germany | 216,500 |
Paris | 140 | 4 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | 279,500 |
Paris | 140 | 5 | Ian O'hara | United States | 421,500 |
Paris | 141 | 1 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 88,500 |
Paris | 141 | 3 | Matthew Gonzales | United States | 191,000 |
Paris | 141 | 4 | Christopher Chung | United States | 70,000 |
Paris | 141 | 5 | David Benyamine | France | 651,000 |
Paris | 141 | 6 | Dan Smith | United States | 280,000 |
Paris | 142 | 1 | David Bach | United States | 292,000 |
Paris | 142 | 2 | Rob Hollink | Netherlands | 308,500 |
Paris | 142 | 3 | Brian Rast | United States | 160,500 |
Paris | 142 | 4 | Chris Fraser | United Kingdom | 108,500 |
Paris | 142 | 6 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 802,000 |
Paris | 143 | 3 | Lyle Berman | United States | 459,000 |
Paris | 143 | 4 | Ray Dehkharghani | United States | 182,000 |
Paris | 143 | 5 | Marco Johnson | United States | 339,500 |
Paris | 143 | 6 | Ben Yu | United States | 601,000 |
Paris | 144 | 1 | Matt Glantz | United States | 71,000 |
Paris | 144 | 2 | Jen Harman | United States | 104,000 |
Paris | 144 | 3 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 540,000 |
Paris | 144 | 5 | Freddy Deeb | United States | 512,500 |
Paris | 144 | 6 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 246,000 |
Level: 7
Limit Flop / Draw: 3,000/6,000, Limits 6,000 / 12,000
Stud Games: Ante 1,500, Bring-In 2,000, Completion 6,000 - Limits 6,000 / 12,000
NL and PL: Ante 3,000 / 4,500, Blinds 1,500 / 3,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
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John Monnette | 300,000 | |
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Brian Yoon | 300,000 | |
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Jesse Klein | 300,000 | |
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Day 27 of the 2022 World Series of Poker saw the start of the ever-popular $1,000 Tag Team - with the likes of Veronica Brill, K.L. Cleaton, Ben Spragg, Andrew Neeme, and more all getting involved in the action early on.
Elsewhere, more bracelet winners were crowned as Brazil's Joao Simao celebrated his second piece of WSOP hardware in the $5,000 No-Limit Holdem/Pot-Limit Omaha Mix.
Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo
David Williams: /
John Monnette: / /
David Williams bet fifth street and was called by John Monnette, who then raised on sixth when facing another bet. Williams called and they knuckled seventh street. Williams announced two pair and flashed the .
Monnette mucked and after a few seconds, pulled the cards back from the muck with an "oh wait" along with a sheepish grin on the face before he tossed them away again.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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David Williams |
330,000
44,500
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44,500 |
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John Monnette |
250,000
-50,000
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-50,000 |
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Stud Hi-Lo
Chino Rheem: / /
Jean-Robert Bellande: / /
Bryce Yockey: / — folded on fifth street
Chino Rheem bet on fourth street and got two calls. He checked fifth street and Bellande bet. Yockey folded and Rheem called.
Bellande bet on sixth and seventh street and got called both times. He turned over for two pair eights and sixes and an eight-six low.
Rheem showed for trip aces and won the high.
"Oh wow, you were rolled down?" said Bellande.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Koray Aldemir |
630,000
84,000
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84,000 |
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Bryce Yockey |
630,000
-85,000
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-85,000 |
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Scott Bohlman |
475,000
-2,000
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-2,000 |
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Chino Rheem |
460,000
54,500
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54,500 |
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Jean-Robert Bellande |
340,000
-37,000
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-37,000 |
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Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo
Jared Bleznick: / /
Lyle Berman: / /
Ray Dehkharghani: / /
On the tail end of a three-way pot, Lyle Berman had a broadway draw open board showing and there was no major action at the end. With potential lows out there, neither Jared Bleznick nor Ray Dehkharghani could qualify a low to win a portion of the pot and they couldn't beat the for a king-high straight by the WSOP Hall of Fame member, who scooped.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Lyle Berman |
530,000
71,000
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71,000 |
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Ray Dehkharghani |
147,000
-35,000
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-35,000 |
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Jared Bleznick |
120,000
-83,500
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-83,500 |
Stud Hi-Lo
Christopher Chung: / /
David Benyamine: / /
Christopher Chung called a raise from David Benyamine on third street and check-called on fourth and fifth street.
Chung check-raised on sixth street and Benyamine called. Chung bet on seventh street with just 500 chips behind. Benyamine called.
Chun showed for a pair of deuces and a six-five low, with Benyamine showing for a pair of eights and taking the high.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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David Benyamine |
640,000
-11,000
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-11,000 |
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Dan Smith |
355,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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Matthew Gonzales |
180,000
-11,000
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-11,000 |
Christopher Chung |
90,000
20,000
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20,000 |
Eric Wasserson |
80,000
-8,500
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-8,500 |
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