Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-17-2018 02:15 UTC-7

Michael Mizrachi Leads Final 42 Players in Poker Players Championship

tRaMSt0p

Level 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Day 2 of the Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship has come to a conclusion with Michael Mizrachi leading the remaining 42 players.

The opening day of the Poker Players Championship saw 77 players take a seat throughout the day as only 74 would survive until the bagging and tagging process at the end of the night. Leading those players would be three-time WSOP bracelet winner Benny Glaser who was sitting slightly ahead of previous Poker Players Championship winners Brian Rast and John Hennigan.

Late registration was open through dinner break, and an additional ten players would enter the tournament as the likes of Ben Lamb, Bryn Kenney, Gus Hansen, Aaron Ogus, Sergii Baranov, Luke Schwartz, Cary Katz, Tommy Hang, and Chris Klodnicki all found themselves in the field, while defending champion Elior Sion would enter as the buzzer sounded after dinner break.

Once registration closed, and the 87-player field was set, a prize pool of $4,176,000 would be created that would pay the final 14 players a guaranteed $72,500. Those fortunate enough to make the final table would each be guaranteed a $191,234 payday, while the eventual winner of the Poker Players Championship would collect the $1,239,126 first prize, the coveted WSOP bracelet, and the David "Chip" Reese Memorial Trophy.

Once play concluded, just 42 players would remain for Day 3 play. Leading those players would be two-time Poker Players Championship winner Michael Mizrachi who amassed a chip stack of 1,274,000. Right behind Mizrachi is Phil Ivey (1,131,000), Shaun Deeb (933,000), Eli Elezra (917,000), and Dan Smith (901,500). Previous champions Mike Gorodinsky (519,000), Elior Sion (344,000), Brian Rast (304,500), and John Hennigan (289,000) are also still in contention, along with a multitude of mixed game crushers and WSOP bracelet winners.

Play is set to resume at 2pm (PDT) on Sunday, 17 June, with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates of all the Poker Players Championship action. So stay tuned right here to PokerNews.com for all the Event #33 updates, along with all the continued coverage from the 2018 World Series of Poker.

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Counts	Big Blinds	Big Bets
Amazon	429	1	Michael Mizrachi	United States	1,274,000	212	106
Amazon	429	2	Brian Rast	United States	304,500	51	25
Amazon	429	3	James Obst	Australia	599,500	100	50
Amazon	429	4	Randy Ohel	United States	383,000	64	32
Amazon	429	5	David "ODB" Baker	United States	84,000	14	7
Amazon	429	6	Justin Bonomo	United States	712,000	119	59

Amazon	430	1	David Benyamine	United States	467,500	78	39
Amazon	430	2	David "Bakes" Baker	United States	513,000	86	43
Amazon	430	3	Mike Leah	Canada	176,000	29	15
Amazon	430	4	Michael Glick	United States	480,500	80	40
Amazon	430	5	Anthony Zinno	United States	396,000	66	33
Amazon	430	6	Eli Elezra	United States	917,000	153	76

Amazon	431	1	Jason Mercier	United States	339,000	57	28
Amazon	431	2	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	422,000	70	35
Amazon	431	3	Ryan Miller	United States	306,000	51	26
Amazon	431	4	Ben Lamb	United States	160,000	27	13
Amazon	431	5	Jean-Robert Bellande	United States	716,000	119	60
Amazon	431	6	Tommy Hang	United States	560,000	93	47

Amazon	438	1	Mike Gorodinsky	United States	519,000	87	43
Amazon	438	2	Jared Bleznick	United States	192,500	32	16
Amazon	438	3	Chri Vitch	United States	843,500	141	70
Amazon	438	4	John Monnette	United States	361,500	60	30
Amazon	438	5	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	330,500	55	28
Amazon	438	6	Aaron Katz	United States	787,500	131	66

Amazon	439	1	Ian Johns	United States	165,000	28	14
Amazon	439	2	Jesse Martin	United States	763,500	127	64
Amazon	439	3	Shaun Deeb	United States	933,000	156	78
Amazon	439	4	Isaac Haxton	United States	346,000	58	29
Amazon	439	5	Phil Ivey	United States	1,131,500	189	94
Amazon	439	6	Phil Galfond	United States	513,500	86	43

Amazon	446	1	Dan Smith	United States	901,000	150	75
Amazon	446	2	Yehuda Buchalter	United States	418,000	70	35
Amazon	446	3	Eric Wasserson	United States	257,000	43	21
Amazon	446	4	Elior Sion	United Kingdom	344,000	57	29
Amazon	446	5	Greg Mueller	Canada	595,000	99	50
Amazon	446	6	Alexander Kostritsyn	Russia	122,000	20	10

Amazon	447	1	Chris Klodnicki	United States	454,000	76	38
Amazon	447	2	Luke Schwartz	United Kingdom	485,000	81	40
Amazon	447	3	Naseem Salem	United States	602,000	100	50
Amazon	447	4	Sergii Baranov	Ukraine	717,000	120	60
Amazon	447	5	Ben Yu	United States	678,500	113	57
Amazon	447	6	John Hennigan	United States	289,000	48	24

Tags: Michael Mizrachi

06-17-2018 01:55 UTC-7

Schulman Eliminated by Elezra

Mickey Doft

Level 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

As recapped to us by Eli Elezra, Nick Schulman raised all in from under the gun for 67,500 and Elezra called from the button. Michael Mizrachi called from the big blind and the flop came down .

Mizrachi checked, Elezra bet 100,000 and Mizrachi folded.

Elezra showed for a set of queens, well ahead of Schulman's .

Schulman was unable to catch up, securing the pot for Elezra to increase his stack past the million mark.

However, a few hands later Elezra lost about 200,000 to Mizrachi.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	1,200,000	280,000
Eli Elezra	920,000	60,000
Nick Schulman	Busted

Tags: Eli Elezra Nick Schulman

06-17-2018 01:23 UTC-7

Bakes Up Among Chip Leaders with Double Elimination

Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

On a flop Jesse Klein checked to Marco Johnson who potted to 40,000 off of an 80,000 chip stack. David "Bakes" Baker just called and Klein raised all in for 120,000. Johnson put the rest of his stack in the middle and Baker called, putting two players at risk.

Jesse Klein:
Marco Johnson:
David "Bakes" Baker:

The turn was the giving Baker a full house and the river meant he sent both players to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
David "Bakes" Baker	800,000	196,000
Jesse Klein	Busted
Marco Johnson	Busted

Tags: David "Bakes" Baker Jesse Klein Marco Johnson

06-17-2018 00:45 UTC-7

Kenney Eliminated by Gorodinsky

tRaMSt0p

Level 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Razz

Phil Ivey had the bring-in and Mike Gorodinsky completed. Bryn Kenney called, as did Alexander Kostritsyn.

On fourth, Kenney bet, and both Kostritsyn and Gorodinsky called. On fifth, Kenney bet 20,000, Kostritsyn folded, and Gorodinsky raised to 40,000. Kenney raised all in for his 44,000 total, and Gorodinsky called. Each player's board ran out as follows:

Gorodinksy: / /
Kenney: / /
Kostritsyn: / (folded on fifth)

With Kenney making a jack-nine low, and Gorodinsky making a jack-eight low, Kenney would be eliminated from the Poker Players Championship.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Gorodinsky	560,000	159,000
Alexander Kostritsyn	435,000	-66,000
Bryn Kenney	Busted

Tags: Bryn Kenney Alexander Kostritsyn Mike Gorodinsky

06-17-2018 00:07 UTC-7

WSOP All Time Poker Players Championship Results by Country

tRaMSt0p

Level 11 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

In the past 12 versions of the Poker Players Championship, a total of 16 different countries have been represented.

The United States leads the way with 91 individual players, while the remainder of the countries all have less then 10 representatives. Here is how the statistics break down:

Rank	Country	Players	Wins	Final Tables	Cashes	Earnings
1st	United States	91	9	68	137	$50,407,012
2nd	United Kingdom	7	2	4	10	$4,445,518
T-3rd	Russia	4	--	2	5	$1,751,776
T-3rd	Canada	4	--	2	7	$1,187,837
T-5th	France	3	--	4	4	$2,176,601
T-5th	Germany	3	--	2	3	$1,359,675
T-5th	Sweden	3	--	2	3	$810,091
T-5th	Australia	3	--	--	5	$497,349
9th	Finland	2	--	1	2	$425,575
T-10th	Lebanon	1	1	1	2	$2,360,462
T-10th	Indonesia	1	--	1	1	$436,865
T-10th	Austria	1	--	1	1	$419,337
T-10th	Macau	1	--	1	1	$286,122
T-10th	Norway	1	--	1	1	$188,256
T-10th	Denmark	1	--	--	1	$123,895
T-10th	Lithuania	1	--	--	1	$83,630
Totals		127	12	90	184	$66,960,001

06-16-2018 23:15 UTC-7

Ivey Surpasses One Million by Eliminating Abdalla

Mickey Doft

Level 11 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Following a flop of , Jake Abdalla wound up all in for about 125,000 with from the cutoff against Phil Ivey with for a set of queens in the hijack.

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Ivey to score the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	1,055,000	175,000
Jake Abdalla	Busted

Tags: Jake Abdalla Phil Ivey

06-16-2018 23:04 UTC-7

Negreanu Doubles Through Matusow

Will Shillibier

Level 11 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Mike Matusow had bet a flop and Daniel Negreanu raised to 110,000. Matusow called.

The turn was the . Matusow bet and Negreanu raised and the two got their stacks in, with Negreanu at risk for 208,000.

"Pair the board dealer," said Negreanu showing for top set and the nut straight.

"Oh you have me dead to spades," said Matusow, showing "I thought I had blockers."

The river was the and Negreanu doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	670,000	381,000
Mike Matusow	120,000	-333,500

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Mike Matusow

06-16-2018 22:55 UTC-7

Mizrachi Chipping Up

Mickey Doft

Level 11 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Ben Lamb raised to 10,000 from the under the gun, Adam Owen three-bet to 37,000 from the button, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi four-bet to 77,000 from the big blind, Lamb folded, and Owen called.

The flop came down , Mizrachi shoved for about 315,000, and Owen folded.

In the next hand Mizrachi raised to 10,000 from the button and Lamb defended his big blind.

The flop fell and Lamb check-called 10,000 form Mizrachi. The turn was the and Lamb check-called 25,000 from Mizrachi. The river was the and Lamb check-called 40,000.

Mizrachi tabled , Lamb mucked, and Mizrachi won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	595,000	238,000
Ben Lamb	545,000	-136,000
Adam Owen	270,000	-140,500

Tags: Adam Owen Ben Lamb Michael Mizrachi

06-16-2018 22:45 UTC-7

Prize Pool and Payouts Announced

tRaMSt0p

Level 11 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

With 87 players taking a seat in Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship, a prize pool of $4,176,000 has been created that will pay the final 14 players.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1st	$1,239,126	7th-8th	$144,049
2nd	$765,837	9th-10th	$111,447
3rd	$521,782	11th-12th	$88,627
4th	$367,197	13th-14th	$72,500
5th	$260,578
6th	$191,234

Previous Poker Players Championship Results

Year	Champion	Country	Players	Prize Pool	First Prize
2018	--	--	87	$4,176,000	$1,239,126
2017	Elior Sion	United Kingdom	100	$4,800,000	$1,395,767
2016	Brian Rast	United States	91	$4,176,000	$1,296,097
2015	Mike Gorodinsky	United States	84	$3,696,000	$1,270,086
2014	John Hennigan	United States	102	$4,896,000	$1,517,767
2013	Matthew Ashton	United Kingdom	132	$6,336,000	$1,774,089
2012	Michael Mizrachi	United States	108	$5,184,000	$1,451,527
2011	Brian Rast	United States	128	$6,144,000	$1,720,328
2010	Michael Mizrachi	United States	116	$5,568,000	$1,559,046
2009	David Bach	United States	95	$4,560,000	$1,276,806
2008	Scotty Nguyen	United States	148	$7,104,000	$1,989,120
2007	Freddy Deeb	United States	148	$7,104,000	$2,276,832
2006	David "Chip" Reese	United States	143	$6,864,000	$1,716,000

Note: The Poker Players Championship was played as H.O.R.S.E. from 2006 to 2009 before switching to the current 8-Game format from 2010 onward. The final table was played as No-Limit Hold'em from 2010-2011.

06-16-2018 21:09 UTC-7

Double Knockout for Lamb

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Brandon Shack-Harris raised to 6,000 from the hijack and Yong Wang announced pot to 22,500 from the cutoff. Ben Lamb was in the small blind and called, as did Shack-Harris.

The flop came . Lamb bet 40,000 and Shack-Harris called. Wang called all in for 19,000.

The turn was the . Lamb checked and Shack-Harris bet 150,000. Lamb check-raised all in and Shack-Harris called for his last 50,000.

Brandon Shack-Harris:
Yong Wang:
Ben Lamb:

Lamb had turned the nut straight against the set of Shack-Harris. The river was the and Lamb improved to the nut flush, sending both players to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lamb	800,000	360,000
Brandon Shack-Harris	Busted
Yong Wang	Busted

Tags: Ben Lamb Brandon Shack-Harris Yong Wang