2010 World Series of Poker

Event #2: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship
Day: 5
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q5
Prize
$1,559,046
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$5,568,000
Entries
116
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
30,000

$50,000 Poker Player's Championship Final Table

Chip Reese Memorial Trophy
Chip Reese Memorial Trophy

Welcome back to the Amazon Room at the Rio Hotel and Casino, and to the ESPN Feature Table for the first time in 2010, for the final day of the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship. The stage has a familiar feel to it, with bright lights shining and TV cameras ready to roll. There's an eerie silence here right now, like the calm before the storm. All we need are eight poker players and a mass of crazy poker fanatics to cheer their boys home.

It's a stellar lineup as you would expect from a world-class field such as this. PokerNews' own Matthew Parvis took a closer look at the lineup and what we might expect from today's final table in his $50,000 Poker Player's Championship Final Table Preview.

The final table brings a fantastic mix of experience and youth, with a truly International flavor. We will be led into battle today by Robert Mizrachi, who continued the dominance of the Mizrachi brothers in this event by grabbing the overnight chip lead. We're expecting the brothers to have a big support crew here today and make a big impact on this final table.

However they won't have it easy with the experience of John Juanda, Daniel Alaei, David Baker and the short-stacked David Oppenheim lurking, and the unknown quantities of Mikael Thuritz and Vladimir Schmelev to contend with.

Here's a look at the official final table seating assignments and chip counts:

Seat 1: David Baker - 3,095,000
Seat 2: Mikael Thuritz - 2,300,000
Seat 3: Vladimir Schmelev - 1,925,000
Seat 4: John Juanda - 2,620,000
Seat 5: Daniel Alaei - 1,705,000
Seat 6: Michael Mizrachi - 2,620,000
Seat 7: David Oppenheim - 460,000
Seat 8: Robert Mizrachi - 3,125,000

The action is scheduled to kick off at 3pm local time which is just over 30 minutes from now. We look forward to your company this afternoon, this evening, and probably tomorrow morning, as we look to award one of the most coveted trophies in the game, the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy.