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2026 World Series of Poker
Event #60: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 4
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Final Table
Level 19
Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000-60,000 Blinds, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Limit Hold’em
Chris Brewer raised from under the gun and Kristopher Tong called in the big blind. Tong check-called a bet on the K♥J♦4♥ flop before they checked down the 7♣ turn and 6♥ river, Tong won the pot with the J♠10♠.
Jason Mercier then raised in the cutoff and Tong three-bet in the small blind, Brewer forfeited the big blind and Mercier called. The flop came 10♥8♣7♦ and Tong bet, Mercier raised and Tong made it three bets to pick up a call. Tong bet the 10♠ turn and K♠ river to get called and his 7♠7♥ for sevens full scooped another nice pot.
Tong then took a minor hit when one street of betting on the Q♠J♣3♥9♥4♥ board saw Maxx Coleman in the big blind win the pot with the K♣3♠.
Level 19
Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000-60,000 Blinds, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Pot-Limit Omaha
Benny Glaser limped in from the hijack. Phil Ivey then raised to 135,000 in the cutoff, and Jesse Lonis joined the pot with a call on the button. Glaser wanted to see a flop as well, calling before checking on 4♣2♣6♦.
Ivey also checked, prompting Lonis to bet 240,000. Glaser called before Ivey folded. Lonis and Glaser then both checked the J♣ turn. Lonis checked again on the 10♦ river, but Glaser barreled 650,000 into the pot.
Lonis instantly mucked his hand, seeing Glaser cross the five-million mark again.
Level 19
Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000-60,000 Blinds, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Razz
Benny Glaser: XxXx / 9♠9♣ - folded on fourth street
Chris Hunichen: XxXx / 7♠5♦
Chris Hunichen completed, and it folded to Benny Glaser, who was the bring-in. He wanted to call, but accidentally raised as he threw in two T-100,000 chips. Hunichen capitalized by reraising. Glaser reluctantly called.
Glaser paired up on fourth street and folded to a bet.
Paul Volpe: XxXx / 8♣J♥9♠ - folded oon fifth street
Phil Ivey: XxXx / 6♣9♦4♦2♥ / Xx
Jesse Lonis: XxXx / 7♥Q♦5♦J♣ / Xx
Phil Ivey completed and was called by Jesse Lonis and Paul Volpe.
Ivey bet on fourth street, and was called by both players. Ivey continued betting on fifth street and only Lonis called. Lonis called bets on sixth and seventh street, and Ivey pointed to him to gesture that Lonis had the winner.
Lonis showed down A♥8♦2♣ for 8-7-5-2-A and took in the pot.
Level 19
Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000-60,000 Blinds, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Pot-Limit Omaha
Jason Mercier raised in the cutoff to 85,000 and Kristopher Tong called out of the small blind to see a flop of J♦7♣6♣. Tong check-called for 105,000 before they checked the 8♥ turn and 7♦ on the river.
"Queens," Tong announced but mucked when Mercier tabled the K♠K♦K♥Q♣ for kings up.
"I wish you had limped ... make eights fold," Alex Livingston on the button said in the table chat.
Level 19
Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000-60,000 Blinds, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Pot-Limit Omaha
Jason Mercier raised to 105,000 on the button, and Kristopher Tong defended his big blind. The duo checked through the 8♣K♠10♦ flop before Tong led out for 225,000 on the 7♠ turn.
Mercier called to the 3♦ river. where Tong sized up to 650,000. Mercier spent some moments in the tank before he slid in a tower of chips to call.
Tong tabled J♥9♠9♦7♥ for the nut straight, and Mercier mucked his cards in response.
Level 19
Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000-60,000 Blinds, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Paul Volpe raised from the cutoff and Jesse Lonis came along from the big blind.
Lonis check-raised on the K♣10♦9♥ flop, and Volpe called. Lonis fired out another bet on the 4♠ turn, and Volpe stuck around.
A final bet came from Lonis on the 2♣ river, which folded out Volpe.
"That one was a bluff," Lonis told Volpe after he was done stacking his chips.
Level 19
Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000-60,000 Blinds, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
The turn showed Q♦4♣3♦8♦ and Benny Glaser had checked when the dealer already burned and was about to flip over the river card. Josh Arieh instantly asked him to stop because he had not checked yet and the floor was called. The A♣ was exposed as that would have been the river card, which was now shuffled back into the deck.
No burn card was needed and the second river came with the K♥. Glaser check-called a bet and mucked when Arieh tabled the A♦Q♣7♠2♠ for the nut low and a pair of queens.
Level 19
Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000-60,000 Blinds, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Razz
Kristopher Tong: XxXx / 2x10x5x3x / Xx
Maxx Coleman: XxXx / 9x7x9x7x / Xx
Nick Guagenti had just folded in three-way action on fifth street when Kristopher Tong bet and Maxx Coleman called. Tong had another bet called on sixth and then bet again seventh to force out Coleman, who lost some of the profit accumulated with the previous elimination of Roy Thung.
Level 19
Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000-60,000 Blinds, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Maxx Coleman raised it up on the button and Roy Thung three-bet in the small blind, which Coleman reluctantly called. On the A♦9♠2♥ flop, Thung bet and that left him with a mere 15,000 in chips behind. Coleman went into the tank before he came along.
The final three chips went in after the 10♦ turn and Coleman called.
Roy Thung: A♣6♣4♦3♠ 
Maxx Coleman: K♣J♥10♣9♥
Coleman was in the lead but Thung had plenty of outs to make a low or even scoop. None of them came with the K♦ river which only improved Coleman further to kings and tens.
Level 19
Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000-60,000 Blinds, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds
Seven Card Stud
Chris Hunichen: XxXx/Q♥A♥5♦ -folded on fifth street
Benny Glaser: XxXx/J♣J♦7♠
Chris Hunichen completed, Benny Glaser put in a second bet, and Hunichen called. Glaser paired his door card on fourth street and bet, seeing Hunichen call. Glaser kept firing on fifth street, but Hunichen had seen enough and mucked.
Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
On the next hand, Hunichen raised in the hijack in Omaha hi-lo. Phil Ivey three-bet from the small blind, and Hunichen called. Ivey barreled three times on the A♥3♦K♣9♣3♠ board, with Hunichen calling to showdown.
Ivey tabled A♠Q♠4♦3♣ for a full house, earning him the pot as Hunichen mucked.
A few hands later, Jesse Lonis raised in the cutoff. Hunichen called in the small blind, and check-raised when Lonis bet the 5♥9♦6♦ flop. Lonis called to the 2♠ turn, where another bet and call were added to the pot.
The 10♥ river then checked to showdown. Hunichen tabled A♦8♠4♥2♦, but he only received a quarter of the pot as Lonis had A♠J♥10♠4♠ for a higher pair and the same low.
