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

19 hours 36 minutes ago

Lonis, Tong Exchange Raises

David Salituro

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 25,000/35,000 Ante, 10,000-25,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Kristopher Tong raised in the cutoff and Jesse Lonis called in the small blind.

Both players drew two and Tong bet. Lonis then raised, and Tong called.

Lonis stood pat and bet, while Tong took one. Tong then raised, and Lonis called.

Tong drew one on the last draw, while Lonis stood pat. Both players checked, and Lonis turned over 9x7x6x5x2x to win the pot.

Tags: Jesse Lonis Kristopher Tong

19 hours 36 minutes ago

Brewer Gets Coleman to Fold

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 25,000/35,000 Ante, 10,000-25,000 Blinds

Razz

Maxx Coleman: XxXx / Ax8x3x7x / Xx
Chris Brewer: XxXx / 4xKx7x6x / Xx

Chris Brewer limped in, as did Chris Hunichen, and Maxx Coleman then completed. Phil Hellmuth folded from the bring-in. Brewer then raised and Coleman called. Both checked fourth street before Coleman bet fifth and sixth street, picking up calls from Brewer.

On seventh street, Coleman checked and Brewer bet to send his opponent deep into the tank. Ultimately, Coleman folded and Brewer claimed the pot without showdown.

Tags: Chris Brewer Chris Hunichen Maxx Coleman Phil Hellmuth

19 hours 43 minutes ago

Bryce Yockey Bubbles the $50,000 Poker Players Championship

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David Salituro

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 25,000/35,000 Ante, 10,000-25,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Bryce Yockey raised to 85,000 under the gun, leaving himself just 15,000 behind, and Phil Ivey called in the cutoff, as did Roy Thung and Jason Mercier in the blinds.

Action checked to Ivey on the 9♥10♥7♥ flop, and he bet 50,000. All three opponents quickly folded.

Yockey was forced all in from the big blind the next hand, the 47th since going hand-for-hand, as four opponents limped in to see the J♥3♠10♦ flop. Ivey then bet 50,000 from the hijack, and Nick Guagenti called in the cutoff.

Ivey checked the 6♠ turn and Guagenti bet 110,000. Ivey called, and Guagenti bet another 155,000 on the 10♠ river. Ivey again called.

Guagenti turned over K♠J♦J♣5♠ for a full house and Ivey mucked, while Yockey also tossed 9♦8♦6♥5♦ into the muck as he made his way to the exit on the money bubble.

Tags: Bryce Yockey Jason Mercier Nick Guagenti Phil Ivey Roy Thung

19 hours 49 minutes ago

Tough Thung Takes From Mercier; Yockey Leaves Himself Chip and Chair

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Frank Visser

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 25,000/35,000 Ante, 10,000-25,000 Blinds

Razz

Roy Thung: Jx8x8x/Ax4xAx3x
Jason Mercier: XxXx/6x6x3x5x

Roy Thung completed, Jason Mercier two-bet, and Thung called. Both players checked fourth street, and Thung kept checking on fifth street. Mercier tossed in a bet, which Thung called.

Thung check-called again on sixth street, after which seventh street was checked to showdown. Thung sheepishly tabled a jack-low, but it was good enough for the pot as Mercier mucked his cards after carefully studying them.

Pot-Limit Omaha

The next hand, the game switched. Bryce Yockey made it 85,000 in the hijack, seeing Nick Guagenti three-bet to 260,000 from the small blind. Yockey called, leaving 100,000 behind.

Guagenti put in the rest on the 5♥2♠J♦ flop. A pained Yockey spent several minutes in the tank before deciding to fold and preserve the last of his chips.

Tags: Bryce Yockey Jason Mercier Nick Guagenti Roy Thung

19 hours 55 minutes ago

Hunichen Takes a Chop Against Hellmuth

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 25,000/35,000 Ante, 10,000-25,000 Blinds

Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Chris Hunichen raised and Phil Hellmuth defended the big blind after which Hellmuth check-called the A♦Q♦7♠ flop. Hellmuth bet the 3♦ turn, Hunichen raised and Hellmuth instantly three-bet. The raising and subsequent calling chips of Hunichen came within a second.

Hellmuth's bet on the 5♠ river was called and he tabled the K♦6♦5♣4♦ for the nut flush and a low. Hunichen had 10♣4♥3♥2♦ for the wheel and they chopped the pot.

Both talked about the hand right after and Hunichen admitted that his turn raise was likely a mistake, and that he should have flatted instead.

"It almost cost me, I would have been sick to my stomach if you had the flush and wheel".

Tags: Chris Hunichen Phil Hellmuth

20 hours 2 minutes ago

Hunichen Scoops; Coleman Raises Pisarenko on the River

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David Salituro

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 25,000/35,000 Ante, 10,000-25,000 Blinds

Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Benny Glaser raised in the small blind and Chris Hunichen called in the big blind.

Glaser continued with a bet on the 10♥2♦5♣ flop and Hunichen called. Glaser then checked the 7♦ turn, Hunichen bet, and Glaser called.

Both players checked the 6♠ river, and Hunichen showed A♣9♥7♠2♥ for two pair and a low. Glaser mucked A♠K♦10♠8♦, and Hunichen scooped the pot.

The next hand at this table, Maxx Coleman raised under the gun and Maksim Pisarenko called in the big blind.

Coleman continued with bets on the 4♦8♣2♦ flop and J♣ turn. Pisarenko called both times to see the A♥ river, where he led out with a bet. Coleman then raised, and Pisarenko folded.

Tags: Benny Glaser Chris Hunichen Maksim Pisarenko Maxx Coleman

20 hours 6 minutes ago

Volpe Adds More

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Frank Visser

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 25,000/35,000 Ante, 10,000-25,000 Blinds

Razz

Paul Volpe: XxXx/3x7x4x
Phil Ivey: XxXx/3xJx10x - folded on fifth street
Roy Thung: XxXx/5x7xQx

Paul Volpe completed, Phil Ivey two-bet, and Roy Thung called cold. Volpe also called, and he led out when he caught best on fourth street.

Ivey and Thung both called to fifth street, but neither of them wanted to continue the hand as they folded to another one of Volpe's bets.

Tags: Paul Volpe Phil Ivey Roy Thung

20 hours 10 minutes ago

Near Double Without Showdown for Glantz

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 25,000/35,000 Ante, 10,000-25,000 Blinds

Limit Hold'em

Josh Arieh won the first pot after the break when he raised from the small blind into the big blind of Kristopher Tong, who folded.

Arieh then raised the next hand on the button into the big blind of the shortest stack Matt Glantz, picking up a call. Glantz check-called the J♥J♠8♠ flop and then bet the 2♠ turn with 10,000 behind. Arieh jokingly asked, "Will you call if I raise," and Glantz replied, "I am still thinking about it".

Arieh folded and said he had king-queen, Glantz raked in the pot.

Tags: Josh Arieh Kristopher Tong Matt Glantz

Level: 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 25,000/35,000 Ante, 10,000-25,000 Blinds

20 hours 30 minutes ago

Bubble Break

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Frank Visser

Level 17

Limit Flop/Draw: 20,000-40,000 Blinds, 40,000-80,000 Limits
Stud Games: 10,000 Ante, 10,000 Bring-In, 40,000 Completion, 40,000-80,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 20,000/30,000 Ante, 10,000-20,000 Blinds

The 18 remaining players have been sent on their last scheduled break of the night.

They will return in 15 minutes, with one more level of 100 minutes scheduled for Day 3.