Level: 26
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Level: 26
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Ludovic "Gr4vyB04t" Geilich raised the cutoff, and Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker shoved the small blind and got a call.
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Van Elsacker couldn't find the six he needed and the popular streamer was gone in 11th place.
Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker raised under the gun, and Alan "TheCockroach" Schein called before Ludovic "Gr4vyB04t" Geilich shoved for 616,762. Only Schein called.
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Geilich' kings held for a big double.
Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 7,000

The World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship (PPC), which was created in 2006, is considered the tournament where the best of the best take on one another and duke it out in a variety of poker games, a reflection of all-around poker skill. Imagine playing the likes of Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, and Daniel Negreanu five days in a row in a short-handed mixed format.
Needless to say, the hefty price tag coupled with a small, elite field created a legacy for the PPC where champions are considered among the greatest overall poker players. A quick glance at its 14-year history shows nothing but greatness among champions, from John Hennigan to Mike Gorodinsky, and with the late David "Chip" Reese as perhaps the event's most fitting inaugural winner back in 2006.
Winning once is the poker professional's dream. Winning two? You're in a league of your own. But winning the toughest event with poker's best three times? Only one man achieved that improbable feat on this day back in 2018, after winning his first two titles in 2010 and 2012: Michael Mizrachi.
Mikita Badziakouski raised to 120,000 from the cutoff before Hun Wei Lee raised to 468,000. Badziakouski called, but then folded to a bet of 340,230 on the ![]()
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flop.
Alan "TheCockroach" Schein limped under the gun, Ludovic "Gr4vyB0at" Geilich limped the button, Michiel "Easterdamz" Van Elsacker raised to 160,000 in the big blind, Schein called and Geilich called as well.
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flop, Van Elsacker bet 214,900, Schein shoved for 621,707, Geilich folded and Van Elsacker called.
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The turn
remained safe for the streamer but the
on the river gave Schein the winner. "This is so ridiculous," Van Elsacker repeated multiple times on his stream.
Urmo "PidrPan" Velvelt raised under the gun to 100,000 and Davidi Kitai shoved the middle for 518,125 and got called.
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The classic race went to the pair, and Kitai had to settle for $33,199 for 12th place
Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 6,000