Event #60: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 3 | 2026 World Series of Poker

2 days 9 hours ago

Tate Runs Into Pisarenko's Aces

David Salituro

Level 15

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-30,000 Blinds, 30,000-60,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 10,000 Bring-In, 30,000 Completion, 30,000-60,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 15,000/25,000 Ante, 10,000-15,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Maksim Pisarenko raised to 55,000 on the button, Brian Tate moved all in for 115,000 in the big blind, and Pisarenko snap-called.

Brian Tate: A♥K♥10♥5♠ All in
Maksim Pisarenko: A♣A♠6♠2♥

Tate picked up some outs on the 3♥10♦8♣ flop with top pair, but he couldn't catch up on the Q♣ turn or 7♣ river as Pisarenko's aces held up to earn him the pot and send Tate to the rail.

Tags: Brian Tate Maksim Pisarenko

2 days 10 hours ago

Thung Hits Quads to Knock Out Johnson

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-30,000 Blinds, 30,000-60,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 10,000 Bring-In, 30,000 Completion, 30,000-60,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 15,000/25,000 Ante, 10,000-15,000 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Roy Thung: 8♦7♦ / 8♣7♠6♥8♠ / 8♥
Luke Schwartz: XxXx / K♥J♦A♣ folded on fifth street
Marco Johnson: J♣9♠ / J♥3♥9♣6♣ / 5♠

Five ways on fourth street, Paul Volpe and Gus Hansen folded when Marco Johnson bet. Roy Thung and Luke Schwartz called with the latter then checking fifth street. Johnson bet again and Thung went into a brief tank before he raised, which forced out Schwartz.

Johnson checked his stack behind carefully and then moved all-in for another 40,000 on top, which Thung called.

"Do you have a straight?" Johnson asked before the cards were flipped over but then discovered that he was actually ahead with jacks and nines against the eights and sevens of Thung. On sixth street, Thung improved to eights full and Johnson failed to improve himself.

While Johnson was sweating his last card, Thung had already flipped over his last card which happened to be the case eight for quads to leave Johnson drawing dead.

Tags: Gus Hansen Luke Schwartz Marco Johnson Paul Volpe Roy Thung

2 days 10 hours ago

Lin Gives Up in Battle of Aces

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Frank Visser

Level 15

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-30,000 Blinds, 30,000-60,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 10,000 Bring-In, 30,000 Completion, 30,000-60,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 15,000/25,000 Ante, 10,000-15,000 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Nick Guagenti: XxXx/A♥3♦2♦8♦
David Lin: XxXx/A♠7♥3♣10♠ - folded on sixth street

Nick Guagenti completed and called a raise from David Lin. Lin then fired bets on fourth and fifth street, both of which Guagenti called.

Lin bet again on sixth street, but this time Guagenti raised. Lin did not need long before saying goodbye to his hand. He left himself just under two big bets, which he lost in the next few minutes to become the next elimination.

Tags: David Lin Nick Guagenti

2 days 11 hours ago

Monnette Falls to Ivey

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14

Limit Flop/Draw: 13,000-25,000 Blinds, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 8,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Marco Johnson pushed all-in for 146,000 from an early position and Roy Thung in the big blind was the last player to fold.

One hand later, Phil Ivey raised to 27,000 and then called the shove by John Monnette in the big blind for 123,000.

John Monnette: A♥7♣ All in
Phil Ivey: K♥Q♦

The J♣9♥7♠ flop kept Monnette in the lead but Ivey added four outs with his gutshot. Nothing changed on the 9♦ turn but the Q♠ river gave Ivey the superior two pair, sending Monnette to the rail near the end of the second level.

Tags: John Monnette Marco Johnson Phil Ivey Roy Thung

2 days 11 hours ago

Triple Draw Costs Kostritsyn All

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Frank Visser

Level 14

Limit Flop/Draw: 13,000-25,000 Blinds, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 8,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

Gus Hansen raised in the cutoff, Alexander Kostritsyn three-bet on the button, and Roy Thung tossed in a four-bet from the small blind. Hansen folded before the draw, while Kostritsyn called.

Thung and Kostritsyn each tossed one on the draw, then checked it to the second draw. They threw in one card each again, but this time Thung bet after. Kostritsyn called to the final draw, where he took one card after Thung had remained pat.

Thung bet, and Kostritsyn tabled a pair before he folded.

Kostritsyn was left with just 26,000, which he committed the next hand from the cutoff. Thung raised on the button, getting the pot heads up. Thung remained pat throughout the three draws, with Kostritsyn taking two, then one, and finally one again on the last draw.

Alexander Kostritsyn: 8x6x3x2x All in
Roy Thung: 9x7x6x3x2x

Kostritsyn's final card was a Jx, eliminating him from the PPC. A few seconds later, Yosuke Miki was also knocked out at another table.

Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn Gus Hansen Roy Thung Yosuke Miki

2 days 11 hours ago

Tong Cracks Van Ravenswoud's Aces

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David Salituro

Level 14

Limit Flop/Draw: 13,000-25,000 Blinds, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 8,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

In a battle between the blinds, Carlo van Ravenswoud led out for 55,000 on a flop of 9♠K♥5♦ and Kristopher Tong called.

Van Ravenswoud checked the 9♦ turn, and Tong bet 120,000. Van Ravenswoud called to see the 5♠ river, where Tong slid forward 600,000.

Van Ravenswoud tanked for several minutes before he called for his last 500,000. Tong turned over 10♥9♥ for trips, and Van Ravenswoud tossed A♠A♦ into the muck as he made his way to the rail.

"All the games I never play. Hold'em. No-Limit deuce. I won a big Hold'em hand on Day 1, played it like shit," Tong said.

Bryn Kenney was eliminated at the same time on another table.

Tags: Bryn Kenney Carlo van Ravenswoud Kristopher Tong

2 days 12 hours ago

Coleman Hits the River to Finish Off Racener

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David Salituro

Level 14

Limit Flop/Draw: 13,000-25,000 Blinds, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 8,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Benny Glaser raised to 32,000 under the gun and was called by Maxx Coleman on the button and John Racener in the big blind.

The flop came 9♥3♦6♠ and Racener bet 110,000, leaving only a few chips behind. Glaser folded, while Coleman then moved all in. Racener called.

John Racener: K♠J♣9♦8♠ All in
Maxx Coleman: A♦8♦6♥5♠

Racener was ahead with top pair as the turn came the 7♦, giving Coleman a straight. Coleman improved to a flush on the K♦ river, and Racener was sent to the rail.

Tags: Benny Glaser John Racener Maxx Coleman

2 days 12 hours ago

Miller Falls to Day 3 Nemesis

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Frank Visser

Level 14

Limit Flop/Draw: 13,000-25,000 Blinds, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 8,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw

Ryan Miller got his 400,000 remaining chips in from the hijack against Jesse Lonis in middle position. Lonis stood pat on the draw, sending Miller into the tank.

Eventually, he drew one card, and the players tabled their hands.

Ryan Miller: 10x5x3x2x All in
Jesse Lonis: 10x8x6x5x4x

Miller also made a ten-low with the 9x, but his ten-nine did not beat the ten-eight of Lonis, sending him to the rail.

Tags: Jesse Lonis Ryan Miller

2 days 12 hours ago

Tilton Eliminated by Pisarenko

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14

Limit Flop/Draw: 13,000-25,000 Blinds, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 8,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

Razz

Maksim Pisarenko: 7x8x / 5x6x9xAx / 5x
James Tilton: 9x6x / 3x9x2x4x / 6x
Benny Glaser: XxXx / 5x9x5x folded on fifth street

Maksim Pisarenko completed and James Tilton raised, Benny Glaser then made it three bets and Pisarenko called. Tilton moved all-in for another 9,000 on top and picked up two callers.

Pisarenko bet fourth street for Glaser to call and Glaser then check-folded on fifth street.

Pisarenko revealed a nine-high straight and then improved to an eighty-seven on sixth. Tilton was still alive especially when he picked up a four, but he then paired his six on the final street to bow out.

Tags: Benny Glaser James Tilton Maksim Pisarenko

2 days 14 hours ago

Bleznick Falls to Volpe

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David Salituro

Level 13

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 Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Jared Bleznick: XxXx/9♣4♣J♣6♣/Xx
Paul Volpe: XxXx/5♦5♣2♠10♦/Xx
Chris Brewer: XxXx/2♦2♣A♠3♠/Xx

Jared Bleznick was already all in by fifth street as Paul Volpe and Chris Brewer checked to sixth. Brewer then bet, and Volpe called.

Both players also checked on seventh. Volpe turned over 8♦6♠5♥ for trips. "This is so tilting," Brewer said as he mucked. Bleznick also tapped the felt and tossed his cards away as Volpe took the pot to send Bleznick to the rail.

Tags: Chris Brewer Jared Bleznick Paul Volpe