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

06-16-2018 20:43 UTC-8

Chip Counts at Dinner Break

Mickey Doft

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	809,000 209,000	209,000

Jean-Robert Bellande	792,000 34,000	34,000

James Obst	745,000 15,000	15,000

Benny Glaser	686,000 266,000	266,000

Ben Lamb	681,000 119,000	119,000

Dan Smith	631,500 8,500	8,500

Aaron Katz	630,000 365,000	365,000

Shaun Deeb	619,000 124,000	124,000

Anthony Zinno	598,000 42,000	42,000

Greg Mueller	574,500 254,500	254,500

Ryan Miller	560,000 200,000	200,000

Jesse Martin	538,500 16,500	16,500

Randy Ohel	507,500 57,500	57,500

Alexander Kostritsyn	490,000 170,000	170,000
Justin Bonomo	488,000 138,000	138,000

Chris Vitch	480,000 100,000	100,000
Tommy Hang	480,000 70,000	70,000
Dan Zack	470,000 5,000	5,000
Mike Gorodinsky	460,000 115,000	115,000

Mike Matusow	453,500 143,500	143,500

Jared Bleznick	450,000 30,000	30,000

Isaac Haxton	425,500 155,500	155,500

Adam Owen	410,500 245,500	245,500
David "ODB" Baker	390,000 113,000	113,000

Paul Volpe	384,500 51,500	51,500

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Level: 11

Limit Flop / Draw: 4000/8000
Stud Games: 2000 (ante), 2000 (bring-in), 8000 (completion)
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2000/4000/1000-ante

06-16-2018 21:29 UTC-8

Play Resumes

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Tim Duckworth

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

The cards are back in the air.

06-16-2018 21:29 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Elior Sion	250,000

Ogus Makes an Eight-Seven

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Tim Duckworth

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

2-7 Triple Draw

From under the gun, Jean-Robert Bellande raised to 16,000 and Aaron Ogus called on the button.

Both players drew two and checked, and on the second draw, they drew two again.

Bellande bet 16,000 and Ogus called as both players drew one.

Bellande checked, Ogus bet, and Bellande called.

Ogus fanned his and Bellande mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Robert Bellande	720,000 72,000	72,000

Aaron Ogus	170,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Aaron Ogus Jean-Robert Bellande

06-16-2018 21:38 UTC-8

Katz Takes From Vitch

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Mickey Doft

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

Limit Hold'em

Aaron Katz raised from the cutoff and Chris Vitch defended his big blind.

The flop came down and Vitch checked to Katz who bet. Vitch check-raised, Katz called, and the turn fell. Vitch check-called a bet from Katz and did so again after the river.

Katz tables for a flush, Vitch mucked, and Katz won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Katz	705,000 75,000	75,000

Chris Vitch	380,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Aaron Katz Chris Vitch

06-16-2018 21:38 UTC-8

Martin Rivers a Wheel

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Will Shillibier

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

Omaha Hi-Lo

On a flop, Alexander Kostritsyn check-called a bet from Jesse Martin and the pair checked the turn.

The river was the . Kostritsyn check-called another bet from Martin, and he turned over for a wheel to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Martin	650,000 111,500	111,500

Alexander Kostritsyn	370,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn Jesse Martin

06-16-2018 21:45 UTC-8

Prize Pool and Payouts Announced

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Tim Duckworth

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 21:55 UTC-8

Mizrachi Chipping Up

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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.