Five ways to the 5♣4♣2♣ flop, Billy Sharrak in the small blind led out for 2,000 and three of his opponents folded. Tolga Ural was the only caller but then folded the Q♠ on the turn when Sharrak bet another 6,000.
On a board of 8♥A♣9♠6♦, Christoph Csik bet 800 from the big blind and was met by a raise to 2,500 from Jarred Graham on the button. After a few moments, Csik called.
When the Q♣ appeared on the river, Csik began to bet, prompting a snap-fold from Graham.
After a couple of preflop limps, Ivan Starostin raised to 1,100 on the button. Michael Wang three-bet to 3,900 from the small blind and only Starostin called. The flop came 8♠5♠4♥ and Wang continued with a bet of 3,800 which Starostin called.
The turn was the Q♦ and Wang checked this time. Starostin tossed in a bet of 10,000 and Wang called to see the 7♠ on the river. Wang checked again and Starostin checked it back this time. Wang flipped over A♠A♣9♠5♣ for a rivered flush to claim the pot.
Michael Mizrachi could be just hours away from pulling off what many will likely consider the greatest accomplishment in poker history.
"The Grinder" enters Day 5 on Saturday as the chip leader in Event #66: $50,000 Poker Players Championship at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP). He's among the seven remaining players out of the original 107 chasing the gold bracelet and the $1,331,322 first-place prize.
Mizrachi could win his seventh bracelet, something only 12 others have accomplished. But there's more at stake for the poker legend who wasn't even nominated as a Poker Hall of Fame finalist this year.
Following a raise to 700 and a call by Calen McNeil, Cody Rich bumped it up to 2,100. Both John Connors and McNeil called and they checked the K♠8♣2♠ flop. Rich announced a pot-sized bet of 9,800, and that won the pot right there.
On the river of a K♠9♦4♠2♣A♦ board, John Dapkus check-called a bet worth 7,800 by Robert Mizrachi and was shown the A♠A♥3♥2♦ for the rivered set of aces by Mizrachi, which ended up winning the pot.
Chance Kornuth raised the hijack to 700 before Manuel Fischer three-bet to 3,200 from the cutoff. Kornuth made the call.
Kornuth check-called a bet of 2,500 from Fischer on the 7♥Q♥2♦ flop.
The 4♥ turn checked through, as did the K♠ river. Kornuth announced "top two", which caused Fischer to flip up A♦K♦2♥2♣ for a set of deuces.
2013 WSOP bracelet winner and co-owner of Big Wheel Burger, located in various cities in BC, Canada, Calen McNeil is off to a hot start in one of his favorite events of the summer. McNeil was heads-up with John Connors on a flop of J♠8♦4♦ where both players committed 2,500 to the pot.
The turn was the 9♣ and Connors checked to McNeil who sized up a bet of 8,500. Connors called and the 10♥ peeled off on the river. Connors checked again and McNeil checked it back, showing A♣Q♠10♣3♦ for a queen-high straight. Connors flashed his J♥J♦ before sending his hand into the muck.
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