Event #66: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 4 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-27-2025 17:52 UTC-8

Small Pots for Kenney and Vieira

Josh Noy

Level 20

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

2-7 Single Draw

Marco Johnson raised to 100,000 on the button, with Bryn Kenney calling in the small blind. Esther Taylor folded in the big blind, and both players asked for one card.

Kenney checked to Johnson, who checked back to showdown. Johnson turned over a Kx, but Kenney tabled Qx9x7x6x3x to claim the pot.

On the next hand, Joao Vieira opened to 110,000 from under the gun, finding a lone call from Andrew Yeh in the big blind. Yeh asked for two cards, while Vieira stood pat.

Both players checked it down, and Vieira showed Jx10x6x5x3x to take it down as Yeh mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Yeh	6,600,000 200,000	200,000

Bryn Kenney	4,720,000 30,000	30,000

Joao Vieira	3,100,000 200,000	200,000

Marco Johnson	2,200,000 300,000	300,000

Esther Taylor	1,020,000 480,000	480,000

Tags: Andrew Yeh Bryn Kenney Esther Taylor Joao Vieira Marco Johnson

06-27-2025 18:01 UTC-8

Two Pots for Johnson

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Calum Grant

Level 20

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

No Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Joao Vieira raised to 110,000 from the button and Marco Johnson called from the small blind.

Johnson drew two, while Vieira stood pat. Action checked through, and Johnson tabled Qx8x4x3x2x. Vieira couldn't beat the queen low and conceded the pot.

Johnson then raised to 100,000 on the button and Bryn Kenney called from the small blind.

Both players drew two, and again action checked through to showdown.

"Ace," said Kenney but it was no good as Johnson had Jx10x8x7x2x for a jack-low to win another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Yeh	6,600,000

Bryn Kenney	4,800,000 80,000	80,000

Joao Vieira	2,870,000 230,000	230,000

Marco Johnson	2,800,000 600,000	600,000

Esther Taylor	1,000,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Bryn Kenney Joao Vieira Marco Johnson

06-27-2025 18:11 UTC-8

Updated Counts on Outer Table

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Calum Grant

Level 20

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

Ben Yu just crossed the 2,000,000 chip mark after making a flush in Stud Hi-Lo against Ben Lamb. It was good for the entire pot as Lamb couldn't show a low, and his open pair of fours were no match for Yu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	4,220,000 180,000	180,000

Albert Daher	3,800,000 200,000	200,000
Ben Lamb	3,600,000 850,000	850,000

Ben Yu	2,150,000 650,000	650,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Ben Yu

06-27-2025 18:18 UTC-8

Vieira Shows Kenney Number Two

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Josh Noy

Level 20

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Joao Vieira raised in the cutoff before Bryn Kenney slid out a three-bet from the small blind. Vieira replied with a four-bet, and Kenney tossed out a five-bet. Vieira called.

Both players took one card, with Kenney leading out and Vieira calling. Kenney asked for one again and checked, while Vieira also took one and bet.

Kenney called and drew one last card, while Vieira stood pat and bet. Kenney made the call.

"Number two," Vieira said while tabling 7x6x4x3x2x. Kenney could only shake his head while mucking his cards, as Vieira took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryn Kenney	4,200,000 450,000	450,000

Joao Vieira	3,440,000 490,000	490,000

Tags: Bryn Kenney Joao Vieira

06-27-2025 18:24 UTC-8

Lamb Takes from Yu

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 20

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Ben Lamb: A♥A♦/2♠Q♠3♣10♦/5♦
Ben Yu: 6♥7♦/8♠8♥Q♦K♣/9♣
Albert Daher: XxXx/7♣J♦ - folded on fourth street

With three players seeing fourth street and around 300,000 in the middle Ben Yu bet, showing a pair of eights. Ben Lamb called while Albert Daher folded.

Both players checked fifth street. On sixth street Lamb called a bet from Yu before both players checked seventh.

Neither player had a low. Yu had just the pair of eights for the high while Lamb had a pair of aces to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lamb	3,550,000 50,000	50,000

Albert Daher	3,400,000 400,000	400,000
Ben Yu	2,040,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Albert Daher Ben Lamb Ben Yu

06-27-2025 18:27 UTC-8

Daher Gets Lamb to Fold on Seventh Street

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 20

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Albert Daher: XxXx/J♥5♠9♣K♠/Xx
Ben Lamb: XxXx/A♣7♠3♣8♣/Xx - folded on seventh street
Michael Mizrachi: XxXx/9♣/Xx - folded bring in

Ben Lamb completed and Albert Daher called. Lamb then bet fourth through sixth street with Daher calling each time.

On seventh street Lamb checked and Daher bet.

"This is sick" Lamb commented before mucking his hand and conceding the pot to Daher.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	4,200,000 20,000	20,000

Albert Daher	3,800,000 400,000	400,000
Ben Lamb	3,150,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Albert Daher Ben Lamb Michael Mizrachi

06-27-2025 18:30 UTC-8

Kenney Gets Value from Yeh

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Josh Noy

Level 20

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Bryn Kenney raised on the button, and Andrew Yeh made the call in the big blind.

Yeh slid two cards forward, while Kenney also asked for two. Yeh led out with a bet, and Kenney called.

Both players drew one card, with Yeh leading again and Kenney making another call. Yeh stood pat, and Kenney tapped the table behind.

Yeh check-called a bet from Kenney, who showed 8x5x4x3x2x. That was good to take down the pot, as Yeh mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Yeh	6,250,000 550,000	550,000

Bryn Kenney	5,530,000 1,330,000	1,330,000

Tags: Andrew Yeh Bryn Kenney

06-27-2025 18:40 UTC-8

Chips Being Passed Around in 2-7 Triple Draw

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Calum Grant

Level 20

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Hand One

Ben Lamb raised from the button and Ben Yu called in the big blind. Both players discarded two on the first draw, with Yu check-calling Lamb’s bet. On the second draw, Yu took two again while Lamb drew one. Yu check-called another bet.

For the final draw, Yu drew one and Lamb stood pat. The action checked through to showdown, where Lamb revealed a ten, but it wasn’t good enough as Yu tabled 9-8-7-5-2 to take the pot.

Hand Two

Albert Daher raised from the button and Yu called in the small blind. Yu drew two on the first two draws and one on the final draw. Daher took three on the first draw and stood pat for the remaining two.

Yu check-called bets after the first and second draws but check-folded to Daher’s final bet.

Hand Three

Daher raised from the cutoff and Michael Mizrachi three-bet from the small blind. Daher made the call.

Mizrachi drew one on the first two draws and stood pat on the final draw, while Daher took two each time.

Daher called bets after the first and second draws but gave up the pot after facing Mizrachi's bet following the final draw.

Hand Four

Lamb raised from the small blind and called when Daher reraised out of the big blind.

Lamb drew two on the first draw and stood pat on the second and third, while Daher took one each time.

After the first draw, Lamb check-raised and Daher called. Lamb fired again after the second draw, with Daher calling once more.

The action checked through on the final street, and Lamb tabled 8-7-5-4-3, good enough to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	5,000,000 800,000	800,000

Albert Daher	3,400,000 400,000	400,000
Ben Lamb	3,300,000 150,000	150,000

Ben Yu	2,200,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Albert Daher Ben Lamb Ben Yu Michael Mizrachi

06-27-2025 18:45 UTC-8

More for Mizrachi

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 20

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Michael Mizrachi opened to 100,000 from the cutoff and Ben Lamb called from the button.

The flop came K♣4♠8♠. Mizrachi bet 175,000 and Lamb called.

Both players checked the A♥ turn leading to the J♣ river. Mizrachi bet 450,000 and Lamb folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	5,700,000 700,000	700,000

Ben Lamb	2,975,000 325,000	325,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Michael Mizrachi

06-27-2025 19:59 UTC-8

Daher Bets Out Yu

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Josh Noy

Level 21

Limit Flop/Draw: 50,000-100,000, 100,000-200,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 30,000 Bring-In, 100,000 Completion, 100,000-200,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 50,000/75,000 Ante, 25,000-50,000 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Albert Daher: XxXx / K♦7♦7♠
Ben Yu: XxXx / 6♣A♣Q♠ - folded on fifth street