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

06-27-2025 20:10 UTC-8

Kenney Shows Quads

Ryan Lashmar

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

Bryn Kenney: XxXx/10♥J♦10♦7♣/Xx
Marco Johnson: XxXx/9♣5♣9♦A♠/Xx - folded on seventh street
Esther Taylor: XxXx/7♥ - folded bring in

Marco Johnson completed and Bryn Kenney raised. Johnson called.

Kenney bet fourth through seventh street and Johnson called on fourth through sixth street. On seventh street Johnson folded, showing that he had started with Q♣4♣ and had a flush draw on fourth street before completely bricking.

Kenney also showed two of his downcards, revealing 10♣10♠ for quads before taking the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryn Kenney	5,900,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Esther Taylor	1,850,000 50,000	50,000

Marco Johnson	575,000 985,000	985,000

Tags: Bryn Kenney Esther Taylor

06-27-2025 20:15 UTC-8

Mizrachi Leaves Yu Short

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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

Michael Mizrachi: 10♥7♦3♣ / 7♥K♥10♣Q♠
Ben Yu: 9♠8♣4♣ / 8♥5♥A♥4♥

Ben Yu completed and was called by Michael Mizrachi on his left. Both players declined to bet on fourth street, while Yu led out with a bet on fifth.

Mizrachi raised, and the call was made. Yu led out again on sixth, with Mizrachi tossing in a call. Yu checked his final card and bet again. Mizrachi did not take long to make the call.

Yu showed down two pair, eights and fours. Mizrachi tabled a better two pair, holding tens and sevens to earn the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	7,300,000 1,470,000	1,470,000

Ben Yu	505,000 965,000	965,000

Tags: Ben Yu Michael Mizrachi

06-27-2025 20:21 UTC-8

Yu Nearly Doubles Through Daher

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Ben Yu: XxXx/6♣6♠7♦
Albert Daher: XxXx/A♦10♣5♥ - folded on fifth street

Albert Daher completed and Ben Yu raiseed. Daher called.

Yu bet on fourth street and Daher went into the tank for nearly two minutes before calling. On fifth street Yu bet again, committing his remaining stack of 190,000.

Daher folded, showing the 6♦ from his hand as he did so before Yu took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Albert Daher	2,900,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Ben Yu	1,175,000 670,000	670,000

Tags: Albert Daher Ben Yu

06-27-2025 20:27 UTC-8

Marco Johnson Eliminated in 9th Place ($142,720)

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Calum Grant

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

Razz

Marco Johnson: 8x2x / 6x9x9x7x / 10x All in
Andrew Yeh: 7x3x / 2x10x4x8x / Jx

Marco Johnson completed and called off the 70,000 more he had behind after Andrew Yeh raised.

The two were off to the races, and it was Yeh who got to the finish line first, making an 8-7-4-3-2 by seventh to leave Johnson drawing dead ahead of seventh street.

With Johnson's departure, the final table for the PPC has been set. Chip counts and seat draw to follow shortly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Yeh	6,350,000 350,000	350,000

Marco Johnson	Busted

Tags: Andrew Yeh Marco Johnson

06-27-2025 20:37 UTC-8

Final Table Seat Draw

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds	Big Bets
1	Esther Taylor	United States	1,870,000	37	9
2	Joao Vieira	Portugal	3,810,000	76	19
3	Andrew Yeh	United States	6,225,000	125	31
4	Michael Mizrachi	United States	7,705,000	154	39
5	Bryn Kenney	United States	6,090,000	122	30
6	Ben Lamb	United States	3,365,000	67	17
7	Albert Daher	Lebanon	2,130,000	43	11
8	Ben Yu	United States	905,000	18	5

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	7,705,000 405,000	405,000

Andrew Yeh	6,225,000 125,000	125,000

Bryn Kenney	6,090,000 515,000	515,000

Joao Vieira	3,810,000 90,000	90,000

Ben Lamb	3,365,000 545,000	545,000

Albert Daher	2,130,000 770,000	770,000
Esther Taylor	1,870,000 280,000	280,000

Ben Yu	905,000 270,000	270,000

Tags: Albert Daher Andrew Yeh Ben Lamb Ben Yu Bryn Kenney Esther Taylor Joao Vieira Michael Mizrachi

06-27-2025 21:46 UTC-8

Kenney Moves Up the Counts After Stud

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Calum Grant

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

Stud

Albert Daher completed with Q♣6♣ / J♥, and took the pot with no resistance.

Esther Taylor completed with Q♥J♠ / 9♣ and folded out the remaining players.

Bryn Kenney completed with J♦10♦ / 9♣. Taylor called from the bring-in with 7♣3♥ / 3♦. Taylor caught the 6♣ on fourth, and folded after Kenney bet, making open nines after getting the 9♣.

Ben Lamb completed with A♠4♠ / 4♥ and received no action.

Kenney raised with Q♣10♦ / 9♣ and another pot was won without going to fourth street.

Andrew Yeh: 10♣4♦8♣9♥4♣K♦ - folded on sixth street
Bryn Kenney: Q♥10♥ / 5♥3♥4♠6♣

Andrew Yeh completed with 10♣4♦ / 8♣. Kenney called from the bring-in with Q♥10♥5♥. Yeh caught the 9♥ on fourth, with Kenney getting the 3♥ to have a flush draw. Yeh bet and Kenney called. On fifth street, Yeh made split fours when he picked up the 4♣. Kenney received the 4♠. Yeh check-called a bet.

The K♦ arrived for Yeh on sixth, with Kenney being dealt the 6♣ to have an open-ended straight draw along with his flush draw. Yeh's fours were still the best hand. However, Yeh check-folded after Kenney bet.

Yeh got some chips back the following hand, completing with 5♥4♥ / 8♥ and folding out the table.

Kenny picked up split aces (A♠10♦ / A♣ ) on the final stud hand. He completed and found no customers, so he dragged in the antes and bring-in instead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	7,535,000 170,000	170,000

Bryn Kenney	6,960,000 870,000	870,000

Andrew Yeh	5,875,000 350,000	350,000

Joao Vieira	3,640,000 170,000	170,000

Ben Lamb	3,415,000 50,000	50,000

Albert Daher	2,150,000 20,000	20,000
Esther Taylor	1,790,000 80,000	80,000

Ben Yu	735,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: Albert Daher Andrew Yeh Ben Lamb Bryn Kenney Esther Taylor

06-27-2025 22:00 UTC-8

Daher Scoops Yeh

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Omaha Hi-Lo

Albert Daher opened from under the gun and received calls from Andrew Yeh in the cutoff and Ben Lamb in the big blind.

The flop came A♠K♣J♠. Lamb checked, Daher bet, Yeh called and Lamb folded.

Yeh check-called two more bets from Daher on the A♥ turn and Q♠ river. Yeh had A♣J♣3♦3♣ for a aces full of jacks but Daher had him beat with A♥Q♥2♦2♣ for a higher full house to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Yeh	5,580,000 295,000	295,000

Albert Daher	3,115,000 965,000	965,000

Tags: Albert Daher Andrew Yeh Ben Lamb

06-27-2025 22:15 UTC-8

Vieira Takes One from Kenney

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Razz

Joao Vieira: Ax5x/7x4x2x5x7x/3x
Bryn Kenney: 6x3x/2x5x8x9x/Kx
Ben Lamb: 8x5x/Ax9x - folded on fourth street

Bryn Kenney completed and received calls from Joao Vieira and Ben Lamb.

Kenney bet fourth street and only Vieira called. Vieira then bet fifth and Kenney called.

On sixth street Kenney bet after Vieira paired his seven. Kenney then check-called a bet from Vieira on seventh. Kenney had an eight while Vieira had a wheel to win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryn Kenney	5,090,000 940,000	940,000

Joao Vieira	4,520,000 950,000	950,000

Ben Lamb	2,775,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Bryn Kenney Joao Vieira

06-27-2025 22:35 UTC-8

Kenney Takes Three-Way Pot

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Calum Grant

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

Pot-Limit Omaha

Albert Daher Q♣J♥9♥9♣ raised to 150,000 from early position. Joao Vieira K♣Q♠Q♥9♠ and Bryn Kenney A♠A♥3♦3♣ called from the cutoff and big blind respectively.

The action checked through to the river where the board read 2♦7♦7♣8♦4♦. Kenney bet 100,000 into 525,000, folding out both opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	5,610,000 100,000	100,000

Albert Daher	4,905,000 200,000	200,000
Bryn Kenney	4,745,000 275,000	275,000

Tags: Albert Daher Bryn Kenney Joao Vieira

06-27-2025 22:43 UTC-8

Ben Yu Eliminated in 8th Place ($142,720)

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Calum Grant

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

Joao Vieira raised to 110,000 from the big blind and Ben Yu called from the big blind, leaving 65,000 behind.

The chips when in on the J♥10♠5♣ flop and the cards were tabled.

Ben Yu: K♣Q♦9♥6♠ All in
Joao Vieira: A♠K♥Q♥10♣

Vieira had a pair and a superior wrap to Yu, and remained ahead after the 6♣ turn. The J♠ river offered no help to Yu and he exited the final table in eighth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	5,860,000 250,000	250,000

Ben Yu	Busted

Tags: Ben Yu Joao Vieira