Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship

Day 2 Completed

06-17-2018 01:15 UTC-8

Michael Mizrachi Leads Final 42 Players in Poker Players Championship

tRaMSt0p

Level 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Day 2 of the Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship has come to a conclusion with Michael Mizrachi leading the remaining 42 players.

The opening day of the Poker Players Championship saw 77 players take a seat throughout the day as only 74 would survive until the bagging and tagging process at the end of the night. Leading those players would be three-time WSOP bracelet winner Benny Glaser who was sitting slightly ahead of previous Poker Players Championship winners Brian Rast and John Hennigan.

Late registration was open through dinner break, and an additional ten players would enter the tournament as the likes of Ben Lamb, Bryn Kenney, Gus Hansen, Aaron Ogus, Sergii Baranov, Luke Schwartz, Cary Katz, Tommy Hang, and Chris Klodnicki all found themselves in the field, while defending champion Elior Sion would enter as the buzzer sounded after dinner break.

Once registration closed, and the 87-player field was set, a prize pool of $4,176,000 would be created that would pay the final 14 players a guaranteed $72,500. Those fortunate enough to make the final table would each be guaranteed a $191,234 payday, while the eventual winner of the Poker Players Championship would collect the $1,239,126 first prize, the coveted WSOP bracelet, and the David "Chip" Reese Memorial Trophy.

Once play concluded, just 42 players would remain for Day 3 play. Leading those players would be two-time Poker Players Championship winner Michael Mizrachi who amassed a chip stack of 1,274,000. Right behind Mizrachi is Phil Ivey (1,131,000), Shaun Deeb (933,000), Eli Elezra (917,000), and Dan Smith (901,500). Previous champions Mike Gorodinsky (519,000), Elior Sion (344,000), Brian Rast (304,500), and John Hennigan (289,000) are also still in contention, along with a multitude of mixed game crushers and WSOP bracelet winners.

Play is set to resume at 2pm (PDT) on Sunday, 17 June, with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates of all the Poker Players Championship action. So stay tuned right here to d9y.shop for all the Event #33 updates, along with all the continued coverage from the 2018 World Series of Poker.

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Counts	Big Blinds	Big Bets
Amazon	429	1	Michael Mizrachi	United States	1,274,000	212	106
Amazon	429	2	Brian Rast	United States	304,500	51	25
Amazon	429	3	James Obst	Australia	599,500	100	50
Amazon	429	4	Randy Ohel	United States	383,000	64	32
Amazon	429	5	David "ODB" Baker	United States	84,000	14	7
Amazon	429	6	Justin Bonomo	United States	712,000	119	59

Amazon	430	1	David Benyamine	United States	467,500	78	39
Amazon	430	2	David "Bakes" Baker	United States	513,000	86	43
Amazon	430	3	Mike Leah	Canada	176,000	29	15
Amazon	430	4	Michael Glick	United States	480,500	80	40
Amazon	430	5	Anthony Zinno	United States	396,000	66	33
Amazon	430	6	Eli Elezra	United States	917,000	153	76

Amazon	431	1	Jason Mercier	United States	339,000	57	28
Amazon	431	2	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	422,000	70	35
Amazon	431	3	Ryan Miller	United States	306,000	51	26
Amazon	431	4	Ben Lamb	United States	160,000	27	13
Amazon	431	5	Jean-Robert Bellande	United States	716,000	119	60
Amazon	431	6	Tommy Hang	United States	560,000	93	47

Amazon	438	1	Mike Gorodinsky	United States	519,000	87	43
Amazon	438	2	Jared Bleznick	United States	192,500	32	16
Amazon	438	3	Chri Vitch	United States	843,500	141	70
Amazon	438	4	John Monnette	United States	361,500	60	30
Amazon	438	5	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	330,500	55	28
Amazon	438	6	Aaron Katz	United States	787,500	131	66

Amazon	439	1	Ian Johns	United States	165,000	28	14
Amazon	439	2	Jesse Martin	United States	763,500	127	64
Amazon	439	3	Shaun Deeb	United States	933,000	156	78
Amazon	439	4	Isaac Haxton	United States	346,000	58	29
Amazon	439	5	Phil Ivey	United States	1,131,500	189	94
Amazon	439	6	Phil Galfond	United States	513,500	86	43

Amazon	446	1	Dan Smith	United States	901,000	150	75
Amazon	446	2	Yehuda Buchalter	United States	418,000	70	35
Amazon	446	3	Eric Wasserson	United States	257,000	43	21
Amazon	446	4	Elior Sion	United Kingdom	344,000	57	29
Amazon	446	5	Greg Mueller	Canada	595,000	99	50
Amazon	446	6	Alexander Kostritsyn	Russia	122,000	20	10

Amazon	447	1	Chris Klodnicki	United States	454,000	76	38
Amazon	447	2	Luke Schwartz	United Kingdom	485,000	81	40
Amazon	447	3	Naseem Salem	United States	602,000	100	50
Amazon	447	4	Sergii Baranov	Ukraine	717,000	120	60
Amazon	447	5	Ben Yu	United States	678,500	113	57
Amazon	447	6	John Hennigan	United States	289,000	48	24

Tags: Michael Mizrachi

06-17-2018 01:13 UTC-8

End-of-Day 2 Chip Counts

Yori Epskamp

Level 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	1,274,000 74,000	74,000

Phil Ivey	1,131,000 -94,000	-94,000

Shaun Deeb	933,000 -37,000	-37,000

Eli Elezra	917,000 -3,000	-3,000

Dan Smith	901,500 71,500	71,500

Chris Vitch	843,500 343,500	343,500
Aaron Katz	787,500 -10,500	-10,500

Jesse Martin	763,500 23,500	23,500

Sergii Baranov	717,000 282,000	282,000
Jean-Robert Bellande	716,000 96,000	96,000

Justin Bonomo	712,500 -27,500	-27,500

Ben Yu	678,500 108,500	108,500

Naseem Salem	602,000 -8,000	-8,000
James Obst	599,500 -35,500	-35,500

Greg Mueller	595,000 15,000	15,000

Tommy Hang	560,000 135,000	135,000
Mike Gorodinsky	519,000 -101,000	-101,000

Phil Galfond	513,500 215,500	215,500

David "Bakes" Baker	513,000 -197,000	-197,000

Luke Schwartz	485,000 25,000	25,000

Michael Glick	480,500 125,000	125,000
David Benyamine	467,500 -7,500	-7,500

Chris Klodnicki	454,000 169,000	169,000

Daniel Negreanu	422,000 64,000	64,000

Yehuda Buchalter	418,000 211,500	211,500

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06-17-2018 00:55 UTC-8

Schulman Eliminated by Elezra

Mickey Doft

Level 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

As recapped to us by Eli Elezra, Nick Schulman raised all in from under the gun for 67,500 and Elezra called from the button. Michael Mizrachi called from the big blind and the flop came down .

Mizrachi checked, Elezra bet 100,000 and Mizrachi folded.

Elezra showed for a set of queens, well ahead of Schulman's .

Schulman was unable to catch up, securing the pot for Elezra to increase his stack past the million mark.

However, a few hands later Elezra lost about 200,000 to Mizrachi.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	1,200,000 280,000	280,000

Eli Elezra	920,000 60,000	60,000

Nick Schulman	Busted

Tags: Eli Elezra Nick Schulman

06-17-2018 00:53 UTC-8

Four More Hands

tRaMSt0p

Level 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

The clock has been paused, and there will be four more hands remaining in the day.

06-17-2018 00:51 UTC-8

Bellande Bets Out Smith on River

tRaMSt0p

Level 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Limit Hold'em

Dan Smith opened the cutoff to 20,000 and Jean-Robert Bellande three-bet the button to 30,000. Smith called, and the flop landed .

Smith checked, Bellande bet 10,000, and Smith called.

Both players checked the on the turn as the completed the board on the river.

Smith checked, Bellande bet 20,000 and Smith folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	830,000 -22,000	-22,000

Jean-Robert Bellande	620,000 -54,000	-54,000

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande Dan Smith

06-17-2018 00:37 UTC-8

Smith Secures Big Double

Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

John Hennigan opened and Yehuda Buchalter called. Dan Smith raised the pot from the big blind to 52,000. Hennigan called and Buchalter folded.

The flop came . Smith announced pot and Hennigan slid a stack of 25,000 chips forward. Smith called.

Dan Smith:
John Hennigan:

The turn was the and the river was the and Smith secured a big double up through Hennigan.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	852,000 192,000	192,000

John Hennigan	455,000 -305,000	-305,000

Tags: Dan Smith John Hennigan Yehuda Buchalter

06-17-2018 00:37 UTC-8

Ivey vs. Negreanu

Mickey Doft

Level 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Phil Ivey raised to 13,000 from the cutoff and Daniel Negreanu called from the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Negreanu bet 10,000. Ivey called, the river completed the board and Negreanu bet 27,000. Ivey called.

Negreanu showed for a missed straight draw, while Ivey tabled for tens and treys to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	1,225,000 80,000	80,000

Daniel Negreanu	358,000 -267,000	-267,000

Tags: Phil Ivey Daniel Negreanu

06-17-2018 00:31 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

tRaMSt0p

Level 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	1,145,000 5,000	5,000

Shaun Deeb	970,000 240,000	240,000

Michael Mizrachi	920,000 50,000	50,000

John Hennigan	760,000 120,000	120,000

Justin Bonomo	740,000 -48,000	-48,000

Jesse Martin	740,000 135,500	135,500

David "Bakes" Baker	710,000 -90,000	-90,000

Naseem Salem	610,000 500,000	500,000
Ben Yu	570,000 338,000	338,000

John Monnette	400,000 25,000	25,000

Ben Lamb	210,000 -360,000	-360,000

Mike Leah	165,000 -45,000	-45,000

Eric Wasserson	110,000 -30,000	-30,000

Nick Schulman	75,000 -183,000	-183,000

Mike Matusow	45,000 -45,000	-45,000

06-17-2018 00:23 UTC-8

Bakes Up Among Chip Leaders with Double Elimination

Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

On a flop Jesse Klein checked to Marco Johnson who potted to 40,000 off of an 80,000 chip stack. David "Bakes" Baker just called and Klein raised all in for 120,000. Johnson put the rest of his stack in the middle and Baker called, putting two players at risk.