Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 1 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-24-2019 21:26 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	475,000 35,000	35,000

Phil Galfond	330,000 71,000	71,000

Matt Glantz	292,000 33,000	33,000

Bryce Yockey	262,000 2,000	2,000

Dan Cates	220,000 6,000	6,000

Yu Gives Up a Pat Hand

Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 4 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

2-7 Triple Draw

It appeared that Ben Yu put in a three-bet from the small blind and Ray Dehkharghani called cold in the big before Robert Mackie made it three to the first draw. Yu was pat while the others each took two cards. Yu fired into them, only to be met by a raise from Dehkharghani. Mackie mucked and Yu thought only briefly before following suit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Dehkharghani	270,000 30,000	30,000

Ben Yu	242,500 57,500	57,500

Tags: Ray Dehkharghani Robert Mackie Ben Yu

06-24-2019 21:31 UTC-8

Chip Counts from Table 424

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Mickey Doft

Level 4 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	510,000 2,000	2,000

Matthew Ashton	372,000 82,000	82,000

Chris Vitch	260,000 16,000	16,000
Mike Gorodinsky	217,000 20,000	20,000

Phil Hui	210,000 65,000	65,000
Michael Mizrachi	140,000 15,000	15,000

06-24-2019 21:31 UTC-8

Yockey Gives Up

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Brandon Temple

Level 4 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Stud

Bryce Yockey: / /
Phil Galfond: / /

Bryce Yockey completed with the , then called when Galfond made it two bets. Yockey called down until seventh street, where Galfond fired one last bet and Yockey folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Galfond	375,000 45,000	45,000

Bryce Yockey	255,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Bryce Yockey Phil Galfond

06-24-2019 21:32 UTC-8

Break Time

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Brandon Temple

Level 4 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

The field is off on a 15-minute break.

Level: 5

Limit Flop / Draw: 1,300/2,500
Stud Games: 500 (ante), 700 (bring-in), 2,500 (completion)
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 600/1200/1,800 ante

06-24-2019 21:55 UTC-8

Oppenheim's Eight Takes a Big One

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 5 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

2-7 Triple Draw

There was around 40,000 in the pot going to the second draw and Dan Smith took a card in the small blind. David Oppenheim did likewise on his left, as did Eric Wasserson on the button. Smith checked, Oppenheim bet and Wasserson raised. Smith mucked but Oppenheim called. Oppenheim patted and Wasserson took a card.

Both players checked and Oppenheim's took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Oppenheim	395,000 30,000	30,000

Eric Wasserson	255,000 54,000	54,000

Dan Smith	232,800 7,200	7,200

Tags: David Oppenheim Eric Wasserson

06-24-2019 21:57 UTC-8

Vitch Over Gorodinsky

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Mickey Doft

Level 5 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Mike Gorodinsky raised from the button, Chris Vitch three-bet from the big blind and Gorodinsky called.

The flop was , Vitch bet and Gorodinsky called.

The turn was the , Vitch bet and Gorodinsky called.

The river was the and both players checked.

Vitch tabled for aces and jacks, Gorodinsky mucked and Vitch won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Vitch	267,000 7,000	7,000
Mike Gorodinsky	184,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Chris Vitch Mike Gorodinsky

06-24-2019 21:58 UTC-8

Brown Four-Bets and Wins

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Brandon Temple

Level 5 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Roman Yitzhaki raised to 3,000 from the hijack, and Randy Ohel three-bet to 9,000 in the cutoff. Andrew Brown four-bet to 24,400 on the button, and action folded back to Ohel, who called.

Ohel check-called a bet of 15,300 on the flop, and he checked the turn to Brown, who bet 55,500. Ohel folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Brown	358,000 71,000	71,000

Randy Ohel	236,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: Andrew Brown Randy Ohel Roman Yitzhaki

06-24-2019 22:03 UTC-8

Schwartz Gets a River Check-Raise Paid

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 5 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Luke Schwartz checked a completed board of out of the big blind. Ray Dehkharghani bet about half pot, 6,500. Schwartz woke up with a big raise to 30,000. Dehkharghani thought awhile and called, but Schwartz had the goods from start to finish with .