Event #66: $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-28-2025 15:28 UTC-8

Four-Bet Pot Goes to Taylor

Calum Grant

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 100,000-200,000, 200,000-400,000 Limits
Stud Games: 50,000 Ante, 50,000 Bring-In, 200,000 Completion, 200,000-400,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 100,000/150,000 Ante, 50,000-100,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Bryn Kenney raised from the cutoff before Albert Daher three-bet from the button. Esther Taylor four-bet, which folded out Kenney. Daher called.

Both players drew one on first draw and action checked through to the second draw, where both players took one again. Taylor bet and Daher called.

Taylor stood pat on the final draw, while Daher took one. Both players checked.

Taylor tabled 8x7x5x3x2x, which bested Daher's 10x8x6x4x3x.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryn Kenney	7,300,000 200,000	200,000

Esther Taylor	3,625,000 800,000	800,000

Albert Daher	2,450,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Albert Daher Bryn Kenney Esther Taylor

06-28-2025 15:23 UTC-8

Counts After Stud Hi-Lo; 2-7 Triple Draw Next

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Calum Grant

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 100,000-200,000, 200,000-400,000 Limits
Stud Games: 50,000 Ante, 50,000 Bring-In, 200,000 Completion, 200,000-400,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 100,000/150,000 Ante, 50,000-100,000 Blinds

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	11,150,000 850,000	850,000

Bryn Kenney	7,500,000 750,000	750,000

Andrew Yeh	4,525,000 175,000	175,000

Joao Vieira	3,150,000 250,000	250,000

Albert Daher	2,950,000 100,000	100,000
Esther Taylor	2,825,000 345,000	345,000

06-28-2025 15:21 UTC-8

Kenney Scoops Daher

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Calum Grant

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 100,000-200,000, 200,000-400,000 Limits
Stud Games: 50,000 Ante, 50,000 Bring-In, 200,000 Completion, 200,000-400,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 100,000/150,000 Ante, 50,000-100,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Bryn Kenney: 5♦3♥ / 4♦7♥7♦2♠ / 7♠
Albert Daher A♠6♣ / A♦K♣3♦3♠ / 4♠

Albert Daher completed with split aces and Bryn Kenney called from the bring-in with his three low cards.

Kenney picked up the low draw on fourth and bet, Daher called. On fifth, Kenney then made open sevens and bet, Daher called again.

Kenney locked up the low after catching a deuce on sixth, while Daher made aces up. Daher called another one of Kenney's bets.

Kenney then sealed the checkmark for both pots after making trip sevens on seventh. Kenney bet and was snapped off by Daher, who saw his newly gained chips depart his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryn Kenney	6,750,000 1,705,000	1,705,000

Albert Daher	3,050,000 1,650,000	1,650,000

Tags: Albert Daher Bryn Kenney

06-28-2025 15:15 UTC-8

Daher Takes From Mizrachi

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Josh Noy

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 100,000-200,000, 200,000-400,000 Limits
Stud Games: 50,000 Ante, 50,000 Bring-In, 200,000 Completion, 200,000-400,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 100,000/150,000 Ante, 50,000-100,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Albert Daher: 6♠3♣ / 3♦7♥8♥6♦ / 6♥
Michael Mizrachi: Q♠J♦ / J♣10♠5♥8♣ / Q♣
Andrew Yeh: Q♦3♥ / A♥7♠J♠ - folded on fifth street

Michael Mizrachi checked fifth street, with Albert Daher firing a bet. Andrew Yeh got out of the way and Mizrachi made the call.

Another check-call from Mizrachi on sixth led to each player receiving their final down card. Mizrachi checked after making two pair, but Daher fired one last bet with trip sixes.

Mizrachi called to see the bad news, as Daher took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	12,000,000 2,275,000	2,275,000

Albert Daher	4,700,000 3,575,000	3,575,000
Andrew Yeh	4,700,000 585,000	585,000

Tags: Albert Daher Andrew Yeh Michael Mizrachi

06-28-2025 15:11 UTC-8

Ben Lamb Eliminated in 7th Place ($175,096)

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Calum Grant

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 100,000-200,000, 200,000-400,000 Limits
Stud Games: 50,000 Ante, 50,000 Bring-In, 200,000 Completion, 200,000-400,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 100,000/150,000 Ante, 50,000-100,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Ben Lamb: A♥2♦ / 5♥8♣10♦Q♣ / 2♠ All in
Michael Mizrachi: 6♥5♠ / 4♣7♠K♠J♠ / 8♠
Albert Daher: K♦10♠ K♥4♠6♣6♠ / 8♦
Joao Vieira: A♦Q♦ / Q♠ - folded on third street

Joao Vieira completed with split queens before Michael Mizrachi raised. Ben Lamb three-bet with his three wheel cards and then Albert Daher four-bet with his split kings. Vieira got out of the way while Mizrachi and Lamb called.

On fourth, Mizrachi bet, Lamb and Daher called. The same action took place on fifth, with Lamb committing his last 75,000.

Daher made kings up and sixth. Mizrachi called Daher's bet with his low, straight and flush draws, swelling the pot to 5,275,000.

On seventh street, Mizrachi made his flush, while Lamb missed his low draw. Daher's kings and sixes were now defunct.

Daher check-called a bet to see Mizrachi scoop the entire pot, with Lamb being sent to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	14,275,000 3,835,000	3,835,000

Joao Vieira	3,400,000 240,000	240,000

Albert Daher	1,125,000 2,235,000	2,235,000
Ben Lamb	Busted

Tags: Albert Daher Ben Lamb Joao Vieira Michael Mizrachi

06-28-2025 15:03 UTC-8

Play Gets Underway

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Calum Grant

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 100,000-200,000, 200,000-400,000 Limits
Stud Games: 50,000 Ante, 50,000 Bring-In, 200,000 Completion, 200,000-400,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 100,000/150,000 Ante, 50,000-100,000 Blinds

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Stud Hi-Lo kicks off today's games.

Level: 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 100,000-200,000, 200,000-400,000 Limits
Stud Games: 50,000 Ante, 50,000 Bring-In, 200,000 Completion, 200,000-400,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 100,000/150,000 Ante, 50,000-100,000 Blinds

06-28-2025 15:00 UTC-8