Brian Breck: XxXx/4♠Q♠4♦K♥/Xx
Maximilian Schindler: XxXx/7♣3♠10♣3♥/Xx
Justin Liberto: XxXx/9♦7♦5♣10♠/Xx
Dario Alioto: XxXx/Q♦10♦5♦ - folded on fifth street
Justin Liberto bet on fourth street and was called by Maximilian Schindler, Brian Breck, and Dario Alioto.
Breck then bet on fifth and Schindler and Liberto called, while Alioto got out of the way. Breck bet again on sixth and both opponents called.
Breck bet on seventh and Liberto folded, but Schindler came back with a raise. Breck then reraised and Schindler called.
Breck showed K♠7♠4♦ for a full house and Schindler mucked.
At another table, Mike Gorodinsky and Brian Yoon were still discussing their earlier No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw hand where Gorodinsky folded to Yoon's raise.
"Ever since he found out I folded an eight he's been wilting in his seat," Gorodinskky said.
"You're still going to be talking about it on Day 4," Daniel Negreanu added.
"Brian is going to be yelling at me from the rail," Gorodinsky said.
"I don't think I've ever made Day 3 of this event," Yoon replied.
"I think I've done everything in this event. I've been the first to bust, twice. I've bubbled. I've bubbled the final table. And I've won," Gorodinsky added.
Brian Yoon opened the cutoff to 3,500 and was called by Cary Katz on the button and David Benyamine in the small blind. In the big blind, Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 15,500 and was called by all three opponents to create a pot of 64,000.
On the 7♦4♠4♥ flop, Negreanu continued for 16,000 and was called in no less than three spots as the four players went to a turn.
"Is this limit?" joked tablemate Mike Gorodinsky.
The 3♦ turn checked through to the 8♥ river which saw Benyamine lead for 25,000. Negreanu quickly folded, Yoon called, and Katz got out of the way. Benyamine tabled 6♦5♦ for a straight to drag the largest pot of the day so far.
Cary Katz raised on the button, Scott Seiver reraised in the big blind, and Katz called.
"I'm definitely going to beat you in this hand," Katz said as he drew two. Seiver took one.
"You better not fold, then," Seiver replied, putting out a bet. Katz called and they both stood pat on the second draw.
"I'm trapping," Katz said as action was checked around and they stood pat again. Seiver then checked and Katz bet. Seiver called and Katz showed 8x6x4x3x2x to win the pot.
"Never a doubt in my mind. I manifested it," Katz said as he took the pot.
Chad Eveslage took his seat at this table while this hand was in progress. "Chad is destined to win this tournament. He registered but it didn't click, and it showed he had busted. What kind of omen is that?" tablemate Mike Gorodinsky said.
Bruno Fitoussi raised to 4,000 on the button. "Let's gamble," stated Erick Lindgren as he tossed in a call from the big blind.
Lindgren tossed out two cards on the draw, while Fitoussi only needed one new card. After the draw, Lindgren led out for 11,000, which Fitoussi raised to 32,000.
Lindgren then bumped it up to 80,000, which sent Fitoussi into a small tank. Eventually, the Frenchman let his hand go, and Lindgren tabled 7x6x4x3x2x to show he was not bluffing.
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today, Event #66: $50,000 Poker Players Championship will start at 2 p.m. local time here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, with starting stacks of 300,000.
Day 1 will play for 6 levels with a 15-minute break following each 100-minute level. There will not be a dinner break.
Days 2 (June 25) and 3 (June 26) will have the same schedule of six 100-minute levels and 15-minute breaks following each level, except for the end of the third level of the day, which will have a 60-minute dinner break starting at around 6:30 p.m. Day 4 (June 27) will play down to five players with a dinner break after Level 21. June 28’s Day 5 session is the final table, and action starts at a TBD time.
Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu ended an 11-year bracelet drought by winning this prestigious event last summer. Negreanu took home $1,178,703 and his seventh bracelet, first since 2013.
$50,000 Poker Players Championship Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Daniel Negreanu
Canada
$1,178,703
2
Bryce Yockey
United States
$768,467
3
Chris Brewer
United States
$519,158
4
Dylan Smith
United States
$363,914
5
David Benyamine
France
$265,054
6
Jeremy Ausmus
United States
$200,896
7
Phil Ivey
United States
$158,719
Winner's Reaction
“A lot of relief, really. I have a lot of anxiety about coming heads-up because I’ve had so many seconds. And it was just nice for things to feel like they went my way at this final table,” Negreanu said after defeating Bryce Yockey heads-up.
Since this event was first introduced to the WSOP calendar in 2006, poker pros have regarded it as the ultimate test of skill and endurance. Negreanu played the first event and has come back every year since. It’s become his favorite event, and the fact that his bracelet drought came to an end here, with Negreanu back atop the poker world, was all the more meaningful.
“There is one event in the world I want to play more than any, and I wanted to win more than any, and it’s this one. This is the one,” Negreanu said. “Obviously, the Main Event is special in a different way. But this one is all the best players in the world, pro-heavy field, playing 100-minute levels, days and days of grind, 12 hours a day. So to come out on top, you can’t fluke that.”
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