Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day 4 Completed
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$3,552,000
Entries
74
Level
27
Limits
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
0
Arieh Leads the Final Six in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, Ivey Falls in 8th
Level 22
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
The 2019 Poker Players Championship final table has been set as the 74-player field dwindled to the last six contenders. They will battle it out on Friday, June 28, at 12 p.m. local time with the $1,099,311 top-prize and the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy on the line.
Josh Arieh is leading the final six with 6,220,000. Arieh led the tournament after Day 1, stayed in top five after Day 2 and trailed only Phil Ivey coming into Day 4. While Ivey's today's session at the table was a Thursday to forget, Arieh controlled the action on the outer feature table.
Final table lineup:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 2,485,000 |
| 2 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 4,465,000 |
| 3 | Dan Cates | United States | 1,260,000 |
| 4 | Phillip Hui | United States | 4,135,000 |
| 5 | John Esposito | United States | 3,630,000 |
| 6 | Josh Arieh | United States | 6,220,000 |
Arieh first approached the 6-million mark when he picked off Dario Sammartino in pot-limit omaha in which he'd flopped threes full of eights. Bryce Yockey took over the chip lead for a brief stint but Arieh would soon reestablish himself as the leader.
Meanwhile, Ivey took a beat after beat on the TV table and his stack kept plummeting. The 10-time bracelet winner eventually bubbled the final redraw, adding the eighth-place finish to his collection of PPC cashes (this was his fourth).
The play resumed for another two hours with the field spread into two groups. Arieh, Yockey, and John Esposito were all flirting the lead while Shaun Deeb, Phil Hui, Dan Cates, and David Oppenheim oscillated between 10 and 15 big bets.
Hui was able to hit a streak of winning hands to separate himself from the bottom stacks and even eclipse Esposito in the standings. Oppenheim, on the other hand, started to slip. He fell under five bets and, unfortunately for him, couldn't recover.
The end of Oppenheim's run would come in a three-way clash in omaha hi-lo. Following a four-bet action on a flop, the turn filled a king-high straight for Esposito and Yockey. Oppenheim put in his last chips, holding top two pair and a Broadway draw, but the river bricked and the other two players chopped his stack as they both held king-queen in their respective hands.
Oppenheim's elimination brought Day 4 to its conclusion and the final six players will continue in a set of razz hands. There are 57 minutes left to play in level 22 with the 100,000/200,000 limits.
Neither of the final six players had previously made it this far. Deeb had notched two PPC cashes in his career with a 7th place from 2017 being his better one. Arieh had made money once, finishing 13th back in 2011 and tomorrow will bring a debut PPC payday for the remaining four finalists.
Come back to PokerNews on Friday at 12 p.m. to follow the live updates from the final table with one of the most prestigious poker tournaments on the planet about to crown its 2019 champion.
End-of-Day Chip Counts
Level 22
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,220,000 | 120,000 |
|
4,465,000 | 265,000 |
|
4,135,000 | 35,000 |
|
3,630,000 | 530,000 |
|
2,485,000 | -115,000 |
|
1,260,000 | -40,000 |
David Oppenheim Eliminated in 7th Place ($124,410)
Level 22
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Omaha Hi-Lo
David Oppenheim limped in from the hijack, and John Esposito raised from the cutoff. Bryce Yockey called in the big blind, and Oppenheim added the extra bet as well.
Yockey bet the 
flop, and Oppenheim raised. Esposito made it three bets, Yockey called, and Oppenheim raised to four bets. Both Esposito and Yockey called.
Yockey led out again on the 
turn, and Oppenheim called. Esposito raised, Yockey called, and Oppenheim called off his last 175,000.
Yockey checked the 
river, and Esposito bet. Yockey raised, Esposito made it three bets, and Yockey called.
Yockey tabled 
and Esposito showed 
for the nuts for both players, while Oppenheim's 
left him one spot short of the official final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Oppenheim Wins on Flop
Level 22
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Omaha Hi-Lo
David Oppenheim limped from the button, John Esposito called from the small blind and Josh Arieh checked in the big.
They went to the 
flop where Esposito and Arieh checked to Oppenheim who bet. Both of his opponents released their hands and Oppenheim earned the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,100,000 | |
|
|
3,100,000 | -200,000 |
|
|
1,200,000 | 225,000 |
Hui Scoops Oppenheim; Is Over Four Million
Level 22
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Omaha Hi-Lo
Phil Hui raised from the button and David Oppenheim three-bet from the small blind. Hui called and the flop came 
. Oppenheim fired a continuation-bet and Hui called.
The turn was 
and Oppenheim continued. Hui stuck around and the dealer turned over the river . Oppenheim fired once more and Hui raised. Oppenheim called.
Hui tabled 
for a set of sixes with a low and Oppenheim took a few moments to look back at his hand before mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,100,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
|
975,000 | -1,425,000 |
Hui on Fire, Cates Getting Short
Level 22
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Omaha Hi-Lo
Phil Hui raised under the gun, and Dan Cates called in the big blind.
On the flop, Cates checked and Hui bet. Cates called.
The turn saw Cates check-call another bet, and both players checked the 
river. Hui tabled 
for aces and kings, and Cates mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,100,000 | 500,000 |
|
|
1,300,000 | -700,000 |
Arieh's Board Rolls Out Suited
Level 22
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Stud
Josh Arieh completed with the 
and he called when Phil Hui raised with the .
Arieh bet on fourth, earning a call and he fired again on fifth, having three spade cards on his board. Hui figured it was time to give up.
Hui: 
/ 
- folded on fifth
Arieh: /
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,100,000 | 300,000 |
|
|
2,600,000 | -100,000 |
Hui Takes Another One
Level 22
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Stud
Phil Hui: / 
John Esposito: / - folded on fourth street
Josh Arieh was the bring in with 
and Phil Hui completed with an eight. John Esposito made it two bets with a queen and action folded back to Hui, who called.
Hui fired on fourth street and Esposito tossed his hand away, conceding the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,300,000 | -165,000 |
|
|
2,700,000 | 400,000 |
Hui Gets in the Win Column
Level 22
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Stud
Phil Hui: / 
Josh Arieh: / 
- folded on fifth street
Josh Arieh brought it in with the , and Phil Hui completed. Arieh called, then called another bet on fourth street, before giving up on fifth street.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,800,000 | -300,000 |
|
|
2,300,000 | 295,000 |