Event 45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 4 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-27-2012 16:35 UTC-6

Mizrachi Busts Cassidy and Doubles Through Ivey

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No-Limit Hold'em

Action folded to Phil Ivey on the button and he raised to 25,000. Joe Cassidy reraised all in from the small blind for 163,000. Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi reraised all in. Ivey requested a count and Mizrachi was all in for 586,000. Ivey made the call.

Ivey: {A-Spades} {K-Spades}
Mizrachi: {Q-Clubs} {Q-Spades}
Cassidy: {4-Spades} {4-Clubs}

The flop, turn and river ran out {10-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {8-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} and Mizrachi's queens held up. He eliminated Cassidy while also doubling through Ivey.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	1,356,000	786,000
Phil Ivey	130,000	-575,000
Joe Cassidy	Busted

Tags: Phil Ivey Michael Mizrachi Joe Cassidy

06-27-2012 16:34 UTC-6

Richey Takes Some From Wattel

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No-Limit Hold'em

From the cutoff Brett Richey raised it up to 30,000 and Mike Wattel called on the button. Heads up these two saw a flop.

The flop came down {A-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} , and Richey put in a 25,000 continuation bet. The turn was the {A-Clubs} and Richey checked. Wattel now bet 40,000 and Richey called.

On the river, the {6-Spades} , both players checked. Richey tabled {8-Hearts} {8-Clubs} and took down this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Wattel	935,000	-90,000
Brett Richey	425,000	120,000

Tags: Brett Richey Mike Wattel

06-27-2012 16:28 UTC-6

Another Loss For Mizrachi

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2-7 Triple Draw

After just losing a pot to Phil Ivey, Michael Mizrachi just also had to give up some chips to Jeff Lisandro.

Mizrachi raised from the button, and Lisandro was his only caller in the big blind. Lisandro took two cards while Mizrachi needed three. Lisandro lead out and Mizrachi decided to raise. Lisandro called.

On second draw Lisandro stood pat and Mizrachi drew one. Lisandro lead out and Mizrachi made the call. On the final draw both players stood pat, and Lisandro check-called a bet.

Lisandro showed {8-} {7-} {5-} {3-} {2-} and took down this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Lisandro	840,000	180,000
Michael Mizrachi	570,000	-160,000

Tags: Michael Mizrachi Jeff Lisandro

06-27-2012 16:26 UTC-6

Mizrachi Gone

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2-7 Triple Draw

Robert Mizrachi was able to get two double ups, but the third time wasn't a charm for him as he was eliminated.

Mizrachi first beat David "ODB" Baker and John Monnette by making a {9-} {8-} {5-} {4-} {3-} and then beat Luke Schwartz's {8-} {7-} {4-} {3-} {2-} with an {8-} {6-} {5-} {4-} {2-} after pulling a deuce on his final draw. That got him back over 20,000.

Mizrachi was all in after that against Andy Bloch before the first draw. Both Mizrachi and Bloch took two, then one, then one. Mizrachi made an {A-} {7-} {6-} {4-} {3-} and aces are high in this game. Bloch made an ace as well, but his {A-} {7-} {4-} {3-} {2-} was a little bit better and he won the pot.

Mizrachi was eliminated and will not be able to pull off another double final table with his brother, Michael.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Bloch	582,000	81,000
Robert Mizrachi	Busted

Tags: Robert Mizrachi Andy Bloch Luke Schwartz David Baker

06-27-2012 16:22 UTC-6

Ivey Regains Ground

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2-7 Triple Draw

Phil Ivey has never had a big stack in this event, but he keeps grinding it out and just won another nice pot.

Ivey raised from the button, and Michael Mizrachi defended his big blind. Both players took two cards and checked.

On the second draw Mizrachi stood pat and Ivey took two cards. Mizrachi bet, Ivey called. On the final draw Mizrachi stood pat again while Ivey needed one new card.

Mizrachi checked the final betting round, after which Ivey fired out a bet. Mizrachi called, and mucked when Ivey showed {9-} {7-} {6-} {5-} {2-} .

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	730,000	-90,000
Phil Ivey	705,000	180,000

Tags: Michael Mizrachi Phil Ivey

06-27-2012 16:20 UTC-6

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Klodnicki	1,675,000	-5,000
Luke Schwartz	1,461,000	501,000
Bill Chen	1,070,000	86,000
David ODB Baker	775,000	-250,000
Andy Bloch	501,000	-91,000
John Monnette	359,000	-136,000

06-27-2012 16:19 UTC-6

Klodnicki Crushes Mizrachi and Takes Chip Lead

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2-7 Triple Draw

Robert Mizrachi raised and Chris Klodnicki reraised. Mizrachi called and then drew two. Klodnicki also drew two. Both players then checked before drawing two again.

After the second draw, Mizrachi bet and Klodnicki called. For the third draw, both players opted to take one card. Mizrachi bet and Klodnicki raised. Mizrachi called.

Klodnicki showed a {7-} {6-} {5-} {4-} {2-} and Mizrachi mucked his hand. Mizrachi was knocked all the way down to just 2,000 in chips while Klodnicki took the chip lead with 1.68 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Klodnicki	1,680,000	295,000
Robert Mizrachi	2,000	-183,000

Tags: Robert Mizrachi Chris Klodnicki

06-27-2012 16:18 UTC-6

Lisandro Calls Blom Down

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2-7 Triple Draw

Viktor Blom raised from the hijack, and Jeff Lisandro called from the cutoff. On the first draw both players took two cards, Blom bet and Lisandro called.

On the second draw Blom stood pat and Lisandro took one card. Blom bet, Lisandro called. On the final street both players stood pat.

Blom bet a third time and Lisandro made the call. The five-time bracelet winner showed {7-} {6-} {5-} {3-} {2-} and took down the pot from the online phenom.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Blom	760,000	-360,000
Jeff Lisandro	660,000	340,000

Tags: Jeff Lisandro Viktor Blom

06-27-2012 16:15 UTC-6

Ivey Scoops

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Stud-8

Andy Bloch	/ /
Phil Ivey	/ /
Robert Mizrachi	/ - Fold

Phil Ivey completed and Andy Bloch called. Robert Mizrachi also called and then Bloch led the betting on fourth street. Both his opponents called.

On fifth street, Bloch checked, Ivey bet and Mizrachi folded. On sixth, Bloch led with a bet and Ivey raised. Bloch made the call. On seventh street, both players checked.

Bloch showed the {10-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} for a pair of sevens after busting his low draw and flush draw. Ivey showed the {A-Spades} {Q-Spades} {6-Spades} for a pair of queens and scooped in the entire pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Bloch	592,000	-75,000
Phil Ivey	525,000	-20,000
Robert Mizrachi	185,000	-130,000

Tags: Phil Ivey Robert Mizrachi Andy Bloch

06-27-2012 16:08 UTC-6

Lyle Berman Eliminated

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Stud-8

Brett Richey	/ /
Lyle Berman	/ /

On sixth street Lyle Berman check-called a bet, and the same process got repeated on seventh street. Richey showed {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} , and took down the pot having both the best high and low hand.

On the next hand Berman got eliminated by Joe Cassidy.

Lyle Berman	/ /
Joe Cassidy	/ /

On third street Berman completed, Cassidy raised and Berman re-raised. Cassidy called and on fourth street Berman got his final chips into the pot. Cassidy took down the pot and Berman hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brett Richey	305,000	-50,000
Joe Cassidy	285,000	135,000
Lyle Berman	Busted

Tags: Brett Richey Lyle Berman