Event #60: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 2 | 2026 World Series of Poker

1 day 2 hours ago

Pisarenko Trips Up Arieh

Frank Visser

Level 12

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-20,000 Blinds, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 20,000 Completion, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 10,000/15,000 Ante, 5,000-10,000 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Maksim Pisarenko: 4♣Q♦J♠/4♥3♦4♦10♠
James Tilton: XxXx/5♣2♠10♦2♦ - folded on sixth street
Josh Arieh: 4♠XxXx/Q♣K♦J♥J♣

Maksim Pisarenko paired his door card on fifth street and led out with a bet. James Tilton called, and so did Josh Aireh. Arieh then paired up on sixth street, prompting him to toss in a bet. Pisarenko raised, folding out Tilton.

Arieh called to seventh street, where he checked it over. Pisarenko bet, seeing Arieh call to showdown. Pisarenko tabled three fours, and Arieh tossed Pisarenko the last four in the deck before he mucked his remaining cards.

Tags: James Tilton Josh Aireh Josh Arieh Maksim Pisarenko

1 day 2 hours ago

Brannan Bows Out to Tong

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-20,000 Blinds, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 20,000 Completion, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 10,000/15,000 Ante, 5,000-10,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

With the flop showing 8♣5♣2♠, Kristopher Tong had checked in the big blind and Frank Brannan bet 85,000 from under the gun, which left the table short stack with exactly 1,000 behind. Brian Rast on the button reluctantly folded, whereas Tong called.

Christopher Vitch pointed out that Brannan had one chip behind. Brannan replied, "Sorry, I wasn't angling" to Tong. They headed to the 4♦ turn on which Tong bet and Brannan called all-in.

Frank Brannan: A♥A♣6♣3♦ All in
Kristopher Tong: K♠7♣7♠6♠

"Wow," Brannan could all but gasp when he was shown the bad news and he needed another club to avoid elimination. However, the river was the blank 4♠ and that spelled the end for him.

Tags: Brian Rast Christopher Vitch Frank Brannan Kristopher Tong

1 day 2 hours ago

Updated Counts After Level 11

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-20,000 Blinds, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 20,000 Completion, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 10,000/15,000 Ante, 5,000-10,000 Blinds

According to the WSOP live.

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Level: 12

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-20,000 Blinds, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 20,000 Completion, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 10,000/15,000 Ante, 5,000-10,000 Blinds

1 day 2 hours ago

Final Break of Day 2

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Frank Visser

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000 Blinds, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 4,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

The 45 remaining players have been sent on their final 15-minute break of the night.

When they return, they will play one more 100-minute level before Day 2 concludes.

1 day 2 hours ago

Brewer on Piles; Hui Heads Home

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Frank Visser

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000 Blinds, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 4,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw

Ryan Hoenig raised his button to 16,000. Chris Brewer responded with a three-bet to 90,000 from the small blind, which Hoenig called.

Both players remained pat after the draw. Brewer then fired a sizable bet of 225,000. Hoenig called after much debate, but he could not beat the 8x6x5x4x2x of Brewer and mucked in defeat.

Earlier, 2019 champion Phil Hui had gotten short-stacked before he was eliminated with only a few minutes to play in the day's penultimate level.

Tags: Chris Brewer Phil Hui Ryan Hoenig

1 day 3 hours ago

Kostritsyn Out Pips Van Ravenswoud

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Tyler Boyer

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000 Blinds, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 4,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

Limit Hold'em

Alexander Kostritsyn opened with a raise from the cutoff, before Carlo van Ravenswoud three-bet on the button. It folded back to Kostritsyn, who made the call.

Kostritsyn then check-called a bet from Van Ravenswoud on every street, as the board ran out A♦9♦4♦Q♣6♥.

Van Ravenswoud turned over A♣10♣ but Kostritsyn had him out kicked when he tabled A♥K♥ to take the pot.

Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn Carlo van Ravenswoud

1 day 3 hours ago

Fireworks Fail to Take Off in Three-Bet Pot

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Calum Grant

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000 Blinds, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 4,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Jared Bleznick opened to 20,000 second to act and called when Josh Arieh made it 52,000 from the button.

It checked through to the river for the board to read 10♣4♥2♦A♣Q♦. Bleznick check-folded to a bet of 75,000.

Tags: Jared Bleznick Josh Arieh

1 day 3 hours ago

Shak Shows Lonis a Wheel

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Frank Visser

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000 Blinds, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 4,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

Razz

Jesse Lonis: XxXx/5x5x8x9x/Xx
Dan Shak: 5x3xAx/3x4x10x2x

Jesse Lonis completed, and Dan Shak called. Shak bet on fourth street as Lonis paired, and Lonis called to fifth street. Shak then checked before calling a bet from Lonis.

Shak went back to leading on sixth street, with Lonis calling to seventh street. Shak fired another bet, but Lonis gave up on his hand after some time in the tank.

Shak tabled a wheel, showing Lonis he had made a good fold.

Tags: Dan Shak Jesse Lonis

1 day 3 hours ago

Mantel Takes a Small One from Glaser

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Calum Grant

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000 Blinds, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 4,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

Benny Glaser opened to 18,000 from under the gun and Ariel Mantel called on his direct left.

Both players drew one, and Glaser checked. Mantel bet 26,000 and received a quick call.

Mantel tabled 10x9x8x5x4x and Glaser mucked.