| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
950,000 | 188,000 |
|
875,000 | -25,000 |
|
345,000 | 49,000 |
|
310,000 | 53,000 |
|
140,000 | -266,000 |
Limit Hold'em
Robert Mizrachi raised from the cutoff, and Brian Hastings three-bet in the small blind, Mizrachi called.
Hastings bet the 
flop, and Mizrachi called. On the 
turn, Hastings check-called a bet, and did the same on the 
river.
"Your ace-high is good," Mizrachi said while turning his 
up. His read was pure, as Hastings showed 
for the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
375,000 | -42,000 |
|
360,000 | 239,000 |
Pot-Limit Omaha
Chris Klodnicki opened for 15,000 from the button, and Talal Shakerchi called from the small blind.
The flop came 
and Shakerchi checked. Klodnicki bet 20,000 and Shakerchi called. Klodnicki kept up the aggression with a 52,000 turn bet on the turn, which Shakerchi check-called again.
Both players checked the 
on the river, and Shakerchi took down the pot with his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
440,000 | -175,000 |
|
305,000 | 12,000 |
Limit Hold'em
There was at least 48,000 in the middle on a flop of 
in a blind-on-blind battle between Eric Wasserson and Tomer Daniel who were in the process of putting in a sequence of bets until Wasserson was all in and Daniel had called.
Tomer Daniel:
Eric Wasserson: 
The board ran out 
and Wasserson, who entered the day as the shortest stack in the tournament, became the first elimination of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000 | 88,000 |
|
Busted |
Pot-Limit Omaha
Dan Cates raised to 18,000 from the cutoff, and was called by Phillip Hui on the button and Phil Galfond in the big blind.
Action checked to Cates on the 
flop, and he bet 25,000. Hui called, and Galfond potted it for 135,000. Cates folded, and Hui jammed to put Galfond at risk for the last 25,000 he had behind. Galfond called.
Phil Galfond: 
Phil Hui: 
Galfond's flopped straight held on the 
turn, and the river bricked off to give Galfond the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000 | -51,000 |
|
400,000 | 222,000 |
|
240,000 | 240,000 |
Cards are in the air for Day 3 of Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship!
Level: 13
Limit Flop / Draw: 6,000/12,000
Stud Games: 3,000 (ante), 3,000 (bring-in), 12,000 (completion)
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 3,000/6,000/9,000 ante
Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the 2019 World Series of Poker for Day 3 of Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship!
Tuesday saw the total registration for the tournament climb to 74 players, as ten new players joined the 64 entrants from Day 1, including the last-minute participation of Tom Dwan, who would later bust in the final level. Of that group, only Brian Hastings, Chris Klodnicki, Tomer Daniel, and Illya Trincher were able to find a bag, while Marco Johnson, Jake Abdallah, Cary Katz, Bryn Kenney, and Daniel Alaei all were eliminated before the end of the night.
Michael Mizrachi won't be adding a fourth Poker Player's Championship bracelet to his tally, as he succumbed to Prahlad Friedman in a round of Pot-Limit Omaha. Likewise, former champions David Bach, Elior Sion and two-time winner Brian Rast were all eliminated, and a total of thirty-five players fell in Day 2 action, including Daniel Negreanu, Gus Hansen, Nick Schulman, Stephen Chidwick, Eli Elezra, Scott Seiver and Justin Bonomo, who had gone into play second-in-chips.
Ten-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey comes into Day 3 with the chip lead, his 1,254,000 stack barely edging out 2014 Poker Player's Championship bracelet winner John Hennigan and his 1,209,000 chips. The rest of the top five includes heavy hitters Chris Vitch (1,103,000), David Oppenheim (1,062,000), and Josh Arieh (939,000). 2013 Poker Player's Championship bracelet winner Matthew Ashton sits just outside the top five with 911,000, while Isaac Haxton (802,000), Dan "Jungleman" Cates (751,000), Shaun Deeb (704,000), Adam Friedman (643,000), Robert Mizrachi (417,000), Jason Mercier (412,000), and Phil Galfond (178,000), are among some of the 38 players who will be in action during Wednesday's Day 3.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 402 | 1 | Timofey Kuznetsov | Russia | 762,000 |
| Amazon | 402 | 3 | Robert Mackie | United States | 900,000 |
| Amazon | 402 | 4 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 296,000 |
| Amazon | 402 | 5 | Roy Thung | United States | 406,000 |
| Amazon | 402 | 6 | John Monnette | United States | 257,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 1 | Tomer Daniel | United States | 157,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 2 | Illya Trincher | United States | 170,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 3 | Prahlad Friedman | United States | 390,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 4 | Mike Glick | United States | 512,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 5 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 87,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 1 | Jesse Martin | United States | 204,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 2 | Luke Schwartz | United Kingdom | 744,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 3 | Andrew Brown | United States | 539,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 4 | Josh Arieh | United States | 939,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 5 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 715,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 6 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 829,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 1 | Daniel Cates | United States | 751,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 2 | Phillip Hui | United States | 490,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 4 | Chris Vitch | United States | 1,103,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 5 | Phil Galfond | United States | 178,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 6 | Isaac Haxton | United States | 802,000 |
| Amazon | 409 | 1 | Brian Hastings | United States | 121,000 |
| Amazon | 409 | 2 | Phil Ivey | United States | 1,253,500 |
| Amazon | 409 | 3 | Adam Friedman | United States | 643,000 |
| Amazon | 409 | 5 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 417,000 |
| Amazon | 409 | 6 | Matthew Wood | Canada | 731,000 |
| Amazon | 410 | 1 | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | 293,000 |
| Amazon | 410 | 2 | John Esposito | United States | 420,000 |
| Amazon | 410 | 3 | Mikael Thuritz | United States | 247,000 |
| Amazon | 410 | 4 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 497,000 |
| Amazon | 410 | 5 | Jason Mercier | United States | 412,000 |
| Amazon | 410 | 6 | Chris Klodnicki | United States | 615,000 |
| Amazon | 411 | 1 | David Benyamine | United States | 937,000 |
| Amazon | 411 | 2 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 704,000 |
| Amazon | 411 | 3 | Lyle Berman | United States | 437,000 |
| Amazon | 411 | 4 | Matthew Ashton | United Kingdom | 911,000 |
| Amazon | 411 | 5 | David Oppenheim | United States | 1,062,000 |
| Amazon | 411 | 6 | John Hennigan | United States | 1,209,000 |
Day 3 action will kick off at 2 p.m. local time on Wednesday, June 26th. The PokerNews Live Reporting team will be here all day long to catch the updates from one of the world's most prestigious tournaments, along with all the other World Series of Poker events happening here at the Rio today. Be sure to stay tuned as we get one step closer towards crowning this year's Poker Players Championship winner!
Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day 3 Started
