Event #60: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 1 | 2026 World Series of Poker

8 hours 25 minutes ago

Deeb Down to Less Than Half of Start

Frank Visser

Level 6

Limit Flop/Draw: 3,000-6,000 Blinds, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 6,000 Completion, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 3,000/4,500 Ante, 1,500-3,000 Blinds

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Shaun Deeb: XxXx/J♣10♥10♠3♣/Xx
Dario Sammartino: K♦8♦4♠/2♦K♣2♠3♠

Shaun Deeb checked fifth street to Dario Sammartino, who bet. Deeb called, and check-called Sammartino's bet on sixth street as well.

Sammartino fired one more time on seventh street, with Deeb reluctantly check-calling to showdown.

Sammartino tabled kings-up, and a frustrated Deeb sent his cards into the muck.

Tags: Dario Sammartino Shaun Deeb

8 hours 37 minutes ago

Obst Takes From Lonis

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6

Limit Flop/Draw: 3,000-6,000 Blinds, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 6,000 Completion, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 3,000/4,500 Ante, 1,500-3,000 Blinds

Razz

Jesse Lonis: XxXx / Ax10x4xKx / Xx
James Obst: XxXx / 8xJx2x3x / Xx

Jesse Lonis completed and James Obst called. Lonis bet fourth for Obst to call, who then called another bet on fifth as well. The lead changed on sixth and Obst bet for Lonis to come along. Obst also bet seventh and Lonis mulled it over for a few seconds before he tossed in calling chips.

The 7x4xAx of Obst were good enough for a seventy-four to win the pot and he narrowly pulled ahead of Lonis.

Tags: James Obst Jesse Lonis

8 hours 38 minutes ago

Kornuth Trending Down

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Frank Visser

Level 6

Limit Flop/Draw: 3,000-6,000 Blinds, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 6,000 Completion, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 3,000/4,500 Ante, 1,500-3,000 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Brian Tate: 10♥9♦8♥/10♦J♥9♠4♣
Chance Kornuth: XxXx/J♠10♠3♠10♣/Xx

Brian Tate completed, Chance Kornuth raised, and Tate called. Kornuth fired bets on fourth, fifth, and sixth street, all of which Tate called.

Seventh street then checked to showdown, where Tate tabled two pair to win the pot.

Tags: Brian Tate Chance Kornuth

8 hours 39 minutes ago

Nine Good for Van Ravenswoud

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Connor Richards

Level 6

Limit Flop/Draw: 3,000-6,000 Blinds, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 6,000 Completion, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 3,000/4,500 Ante, 1,500-3,000 Blinds

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Naoya Kihara raised to 9,000 in the hijack and Esther Taylor called on the button as Carlo van Ravenswoud called in the small blind. Van Ravenswoud drew one, Kihara drew two and Taylor drew one.

Van Ravenswoud led out for 26,500 after the draw and only Kihara called. Van Ravenswoud showed 9x7x5x4x3x and Kihara nodded to concede defeat as he surrendered his cards to the dealer.

Tags: Carlo van Ravenswoud Esther Taylor Naoya Kihara

8 hours 47 minutes ago

Dzivielevski Cannot Get Brewer to Fold

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6

Limit Flop/Draw: 3,000-6,000 Blinds, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 6,000 Completion, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 3,000/4,500 Ante, 1,500-3,000 Blinds

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Yuri Dzivielevski: XxXx / A♠7♥5♥9♦ | Xx
Chris Brewer: XxXx / 2♦Q♣10♠J♠ / Xx

Yuri Dzivielevski bet from fourth street until the very end with just a brief peek at his card once the last card was dealt. Chris Brewer called the final bet without much hesitation and was shown the 8♦5♠4♣ in the hole for a low and missed gutshot straight draw. That was enough for Brewer's A♥A♦Q♥ to earn the high with aces and queens.

Tags: Chris Brewer Yuri Dzivielevski

8 hours 50 minutes ago

Lonis Bets Into Obst

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Frank Visser

Level 6

Limit Flop/Draw: 3,000-6,000 Blinds, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 6,000 Completion, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 3,000/4,500 Ante, 1,500-3,000 Blinds

Razz

James Obst: 5x3x2x/6x2x10x6x
Jesse Lonis: 5x5x3x/7xQx4xJx

James Obst checked fifth street over to Jesse Lonis, who bet. Obst called, and the same betting sequence occurred on sixth street.

Seventh street was then checked to showdown, where Obst's ten-low bested the jack-low of Lonis to take the pot.

Tags: James Obst Jesse Lonis

8 hours 52 minutes ago

Liberto Rivers a Boat

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Brett Slezak

Level 6

Limit Flop/Draw: 3,000-6,000 Blinds, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 6,000 Completion, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 3,000/4,500 Ante, 1,500-3,000 Blinds

Limit Hold'em

Justin Liberto raised from the hijack, Matthew Beinner three-bet from the small blind, and Liberto called.

On the J♣10♥8♥ flop, Beinner led and Liberto put in the call.

Beinner led again on the K♠ turn and Liberto called once more.

On the 10♠ river, Beinner led for a final time before Liberto put out a raise. After a small tank, Beinner tossed in the call but he got the bad news as Liberto tabled K♥10♣ for a full house.

Tags: Justin Liberto Matthew Beinner

8 hours 55 minutes ago

The Reigning Champ is Ground to Dust

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Connor Richards

Level 6

Limit Flop/Draw: 3,000-6,000 Blinds, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 6,000 Completion, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 3,000/4,500 Ante, 1,500-3,000 Blinds

Razz

After tangling in a Razz pot with Chino Rheem, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi found himself down to about 20,000 and played a pot against Brad Ruben, getting all of his chips in on fifth street.

Michael Mizrachi: Ax4x / Jx7x2x All in
Brad Ruben: 8x3x / 10x2x6x

Mizrachi paired up a pair on seventh street with a 7x as Ruben also paired up with a 3x. Ruben was then dealt the Kx on seventh street as the reigning champ turned over a Qx to be sent to the rail in the final level of the day.

"Say goodbye to the cameras," said Chino Rheem as the half-dozen-deep camera crew rolled away with the recently busted champion.

Tags: Brad Ruben Chino Rheem Michael Mizrachi

8 hours 59 minutes ago

Yu Leaves Anderson Critically Short

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Frank Visser

Level 6

Limit Flop/Draw: 3,000-6,000 Blinds, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 6,000 Completion, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 3,000/4,500 Ante, 1,500-3,000 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Calvin Anderson: XxXx/2♥K♣6♣A♣/Xx
Ben Yu: 10♥8♠8♥/9♠8♣2♠2♣

Calvin Anderson brought in and called when Ben Yu completed the bet. Anderson then check-called Yu's bet on fourth street before check-raising him on fifth street.

Yu responded with a three-bet, which Anderson called. Anderson went on to call Yu's bets on sixth and seventh street as well, but he could not beat the full house Yu showed and mucked his cards at showdown.

Tags: Ben Yu Calvin Anderson

9 hours ago

Glaser Near the Top; Krela Near the Bottom

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6

Limit Flop/Draw: 3,000-6,000 Blinds, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 6,000 Completion, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 3,000/4,500 Ante, 1,500-3,000 Blinds

2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

Jonathan Krela check-called two times before and after the last draw when he discarded one against the pat of Benny Glaser. The latter was paid off and showed his 8x7x5x4x3x as the winning hand.

Glaser then raised for Max Kruse to call on the button. Both discarded one and Glaser's bet was called. On the second draw, Glaser took one while Kruse needed two once again, and the betting action repeated.

Glaser patted on the final draw and Kruse took one new card. Once Glaser checked, Kruse bet and was called to declare, "you win, pair", flashing pocket sixes. Glaser indeed had the winning hand with the 9x7x5x4x2x.

Tags: Benny Glaser Jonathan Krela Max Kruse