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Event #56: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day 1 Completed
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #56: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
2022 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$5,362,000
Total Entries
112
Level
28
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
91
Players Left
80
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$50,000 Poker Players Championship Nears 100 Entrants; Schwartz, Kenney and Deeb Among Day 1 Leaders
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Trying to guess how many entries the $50,000 Poker Players Championship will get is always a lottery. But amid the whisperings of which high-stakes cash game players would join the field in pursuit of WSOP glory, talk was that the number of entries could surpass 100 for the first time since 2014.
It didn't quite get that far, with 90 entries on Day 1, but all signs point to a healthy field with late registration open for another five levels on Day 2 Monday.
All the big names you would expect to see in a tournament of this magnitude were in attendance, including eight former champions, six Poker Hall of Famers, and five WSOP Players of the Year.
After six levels on Day 1 it is Luke Schwartz (893,000) who bags the overnight chip lead after winning a last-minute hand against Julien Martini to overtake the Frenchman. Bryn Kenney, Shaun Deeb and Bryce Yockey are the only other players above 700,000.
$50,000 Poker Players Championship End of Day 1 Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Schwartz | United Kingdom | 893,000 |
| 2 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 802,000 |
| 3 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 718,500 |
| 4 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 715,000 |
| 5 | Aaron Katz | United States | 695,500 |
| 6 | David Benyamine | France | 651,000 |
| 7 | Dan Cates | United States | 617,000 |
| 8 | Ben Yu | United States | 601,000 |
| 9 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | 583,000 |
| 10 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 547,000 |
Day 1 Recap
The action was typical for Day 1 of this prestigious tournament, with slow and deep-stacked mixed game play across all nine games in the format.
What was atypical was the arrival of defending champion Dan Cates. Why? Because he was dressed like Randy "Macho Man" Savage. And talking like him as well.
The costume didn't seem to hinder "Jungleman" as he bagged a healthy stack ahead of Day 2.
Despite the 100-minute levels, there were some casualties on Day 1. Jens Lakemeier was the first elimination after a hand of Pot-Limit Omaha against Shaun Deeb. He was joined on the rail by Eli Elezra, Felipe Ramos, David Prociak and Ben Diebold.
Fireworks were in short supply, but several players did manage to chip up considerably from the 300,000 starting stack. Julien Martini registered midway through the day and soon made his way up the chip counts. Naoya Kihara and Bryn Kenney were equally active as they looked to add second bracelets to their collection.
The tournament continues at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 27 with six more 100-minute levels scheduled. Late registration closes prior to the start of Level 11 at approximately 10:20 p.m. Stay tuned to PokerNews for full updates from the $50,000 Poker Players Championship.
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Please note, late registration remains open for the first five levels of Day 2.
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris | 129 | 1 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 203,500 |
| Paris | 129 | 2 | Erik Seidel | United States | 155,000 |
| Paris | 129 | 3 | Matthew Schreiber | United States | 84,500 |
| Paris | 129 | 4 | Elior Sion | United Kingdom | 397,000 |
| Paris | 129 | 5 | Paul Volpe | United States | 221,500 |
| Paris | 129 | 6 | Daniel Weinman | United States | 405,500 |
| Paris | 130 | 1 | Phil Ivey | United States | 362,000 |
| Paris | 130 | 2 | Luke Schwartz | United Kingdom | 893,000 |
| Paris | 130 | 3 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 454,000 |
| Paris | 130 | 4 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 192,500 |
| Paris | 130 | 5 | Daniel Negreanu | Toronto, ON, CA | 429,000 |
| Paris | 130 | 6 | Adam Friedman | United States | 391,000 |
| Paris | 131 | 1 | Dan Shak | United States | 443,000 |
| Paris | 131 | 2 | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | 406,500 |
| Paris | 131 | 3 | Ismael Bojang | Austria | 74,000 |
| Paris | 131 | 5 | Mike Noori | United States | 90,500 |
| Paris | 131 | 6 | Matthew Ashton | United Kingdom | 333,000 |
| Paris | 132 | 2 | David Moskowitz | United States | 181,000 |
| Paris | 132 | 3 | Dan Cates | United States | 617,000 |
| Paris | 132 | 4 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 344,500 |
| Paris | 132 | 5 | Mike Gorodinsky | United States | 75,500 |
| Paris | 132 | 6 | Alex Rocha | United States | 411,000 |
| Paris | 133 | 1 | Mike Wattel | United States | 109,000 |
| Paris | 133 | 2 | Phil Hui | United States | 501,000 |
| Paris | 133 | 5 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | 583,000 |
| Paris | 133 | 6 | Julien Martini | France | 440,000 |
| Paris | 134 | 1 | Nicholas Julia | United States | 236,500 |
| Paris | 134 | 2 | Michael Moncek | United States | 366,500 |
| Paris | 134 | 4 | Roy Thung | United States | 210,000 |
| Paris | 134 | 5 | Peter Gelencser | Hungary | 305,500 |
| Paris | 134 | 6 | Chad Eveslage | United States | 304,500 |
| Paris | 135 | 1 | Andrew Brown | United States | 91,000 |
| Paris | 135 | 2 | Aaron Katz | United States | 695,500 |
| Paris | 135 | 3 | Scott Seiver | United States | 113,500 |
| Paris | 135 | 4 | Brian Hastings | United States | 468,000 |
| Paris | 135 | 5 | Ben Lamb | United States | 353,000 |
| Paris | 136 | 1 | John Racener | United States | 414,000 |
| Paris | 136 | 2 | Philip Sternheimer | United States | 208,500 |
| Paris | 136 | 4 | Jesse McGinty | United States | 465,500 |
| Paris | 136 | 5 | Chris Brewer | United States | 344,000 |
| Paris | 136 | 6 | Nick Schulman | United States | 125,000 |
| Paris | 137 | 2 | Brandon Shack-Harris | United States | 86,000 |
| Paris | 137 | 3 | Dave Rogers | United States | 179,000 |
| Paris | 137 | 4 | Ali Eslami | United States | 492,000 |
| Paris | 137 | 5 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 345,500 |
| Paris | 137 | 6 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 547,000 |
| Paris | 138 | 1 | Chino Rheem | United States | 405,500 |
| Paris | 138 | 2 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 477,000 |
| Paris | 138 | 3 | Koray Aldemir | Austria | 546,000 |
| Paris | 138 | 5 | Jean-Robert Bellande | United States | 377,000 |
| Paris | 138 | 6 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 715,000 |
| Paris | 139 | 2 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 718,500 |
| Paris | 139 | 3 | Albert Daher | Lebanon | 196,000 |
| Paris | 139 | 4 | Randy Ohel | United States | 437,500 |
| Paris | 139 | 5 | Michael Mizrachi | United States | 435,500 |
| Paris | 139 | 6 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 262,500 |
| Paris | 140 | 1 | David Williams | United States | 285,500 |
| Paris | 140 | 2 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 242,000 |
| Paris | 140 | 3 | Johannes Becker | Germany | 216,500 |
| Paris | 140 | 4 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | 279,500 |
| Paris | 140 | 5 | Ian O'hara | United States | 421,500 |
| Paris | 141 | 1 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 88,500 |
| Paris | 141 | 3 | Matthew Gonzales | United States | 191,000 |
| Paris | 141 | 4 | Christopher Chung | United States | 70,000 |
| Paris | 141 | 5 | David Benyamine | France | 651,000 |
| Paris | 141 | 6 | Dan Smith | United States | 280,000 |
| Paris | 142 | 1 | David Bach | United States | 292,000 |
| Paris | 142 | 2 | Rob Hollink | Netherlands | 308,500 |
| Paris | 142 | 3 | Brian Rast | United States | 160,500 |
| Paris | 142 | 4 | Chris Fraser | United Kingdom | 108,500 |
| Paris | 142 | 6 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 802,000 |
| Paris | 143 | 3 | Lyle Berman | United States | 459,000 |
| Paris | 143 | 4 | Ray Dehkharghani | United States | 182,000 |
| Paris | 143 | 5 | Marco Johnson | United States | 339,500 |
| Paris | 143 | 6 | Ben Yu | United States | 601,000 |
| Paris | 144 | 1 | Matt Glantz | United States | 71,000 |
| Paris | 144 | 2 | Jen Harman | United States | 104,000 |
| Paris | 144 | 3 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 540,000 |
| Paris | 144 | 5 | Freddy Deeb | United States | 512,500 |
| Paris | 144 | 6 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 246,000 |
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
According to our French colleagues, Julien Martini lost the chip lead in one of the last hands of the night against Luke Schwartz.
Martini raised to 7,000 and Schwartz called. Josh Arieh was in the big blind and announced pot and was all in. Martini re-potted and Schwartz also raised pot. At this point the bet was 195,000. Martini called.
The flop came 
. Martini announced pot and Schwartz snap-called all in.
Julien Martini: 
Luke Schwartz: 
The turn and river bricked with Schwartz' aces holding and Arieh also sent to the rail (hand unknown).
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
No-Limit Hold'em
On a 
board Ben Yu had checked to Matt Glantz who had bet 40,000. Yu tanked and eventually had the clock called on him.
He eventually called and Glantz showed 
offsuit. Yu held 
and wont he pot.
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
Joey Couden was getting to his feet having lost his last chips in Pot-Limit Omaha against Elior Sion. Couden held 
against the 
of Sion.
Meanwhile at a neighbouring table, the seat formerly occupied by John Esposito was also empty.
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo
Jen Harman: 
/ 
Paul Volpe: 
/ 
/
As of fifth street, Jen Harman was spotted betting versus Paul Volpe. The same action repeated on the final two streets and Volpe reluctantly called. Harman revealed a flush and that won the entire pot as Volpe had no qualifying low.
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Omaha Hi-Lo
In a battle cutoff versus button, the flop came 
and Lyle Berman check-called a bet by Joao Vieira. The very same action repeated on the 
on the turn. Last but not least, the fell on the river and Berman checked once more. Vieira emptied the clip with a third bet and that forced out Berman.
Level 6
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Former PPC champion David Bach opted to enter very late on Day 1 and increased the overall field size to 91 entries. At least five players have been eliminated and the tournament is drawing to an end very soon for tonight.
