Event #55: The $50,000 Poker Players' Championship Day 4 | 2013 World Series of Poker

07-03-2013 15:20 UTC-7

PokerNews Podcast Episode #168: Private Public Cash Games feat. Greg Merson

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2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Merson joins the PokerNews Podcast to talk about the controversial tweet he released on Tuesday regarding private public cash games at Aria, and respond to criticism regarding the language of the tweet. Merson also discusses Macau, the potential return of online poker to New Jersey, and his friend Tony "End Boss" Gregg's win in the $111,111 One Drop High Roller.

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07-03-2013 15:02 UTC-7

Stud-8 Does in the 2005 WSOP Main Event Champ

Chad Holloway

Level 17

Stud-8

A series of three Stud-8 hands has led to the demise of 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Joe Hachem.

Joe Hachem: / /
George Danzer: / /
Greg Mueller: / Fold

In the first, Hachem brought it in and George Danzer completed with the showing. Greg Mueller came along, Hachem called and fourth street was dealt. Danzer maintained the lead and bet, which prompted Mueller to fold. Hachem called and then both players checked fifth. Danzer returned to betting on sixth, Hachem called and it was off to seventh. Danzer bet a final time and Hachem opted to fold, leaving himself just 7,000 behind.

In the very next hand, Hachem got all in but managed a chop. In that same hand, Gary Benson dealt a big blow to Mueller.

In what would be Hachem's final hand, Benson made a pair for high and Mueller made a 7-6-4-2-A for a low. They chopped up the 2005 champ's last chips and sent him to the rail in 25th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Danzer	1,160,000 381,000	381,000

Gary Benson	715,000 12,000	12,000

Greg Mueller	155,000 -400,000	-400,000

Joe Hachem	Busted

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07-03-2013 14:18 UTC-7

Juanda the First to Go on Day 4

Chad Holloway

Level 17

Razz

Kevin Song: / /
John Juanda: / /

Kevin Song completed only to have John Juanda raised. The two continued to raise back and forth until the latter was all in for 110,000. Song had a seven-six at the start and was ahead of Juanda's eight-six. The first two cards for song ended up giving him a made 9-7-6-4-3 low while Juanda ended up pairing his eight. He could still win with the right card on either sixth or seventh, but running queens was not what he needed. With that, Juanda became the first elimination of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Song	465,000 115,000	115,000

John Juanda	Busted

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07-03-2013 13:10 UTC-7

The March to the Final Table Begins Here on Day 4

Chad Holloway

David Bach is looking for his second $50,000 Poker Players' Championship title.

Welcome to Day 4 of the 2013 World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players' Championship. What started with 132 players in now down to the final 26, each looking to make the money at the top 16 and then onward to the final table of eight. Ten players will leave today empty handed, and another six will fall short of the prestige that accompanies a final-table appearance.

The man most likely to make the money and be amongst the final 8 is Don Nguyen, the only player to bag over two million chips last night. Others still in contention with seven-figure stacks are Mike Gorodinsky (1,650,000), Minh Ly (1,458,000), Michael Glick (1,130,000), John Hennigan (1,085,000), David Benyamine (1,052,000), Troy Burkholder (1,047,000) and Jonathan Duhamel (1,038,000).

All of those men are well-positioned to make a deep run, but they'll have to fend of some of the shorter stacks like Matthew Ashton (912,000), Bryn Kenney (906,000), George Danzer (779,000), Huck Seed (690,000), Greg Mueller (555,000), Tommy Hang (450,000), Joe Hachem (425,000), David Bach (346,000), Gary Benson (338,000), Joe Cassidy (299,000), Stephen Chidwick (291,000), Erick Lindgren (165,000), Justin Smith (163,000) and John Juanda (89,000).

Action is set to kick off at 2 p.m. PDT, which is a little less than an hour from now. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is already set up in the Blue Section of the Amazon Room and will be bringing you all the latest and greatest from the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship all day long. Stay tuned!