Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Dia 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship

Dia 1 Começado

2018-06-15 07:53 UTC-7

It's Time for the Best to Showcase Their Skills; The $50,000 Poker Players Championship is Here!

Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino and the 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP) for Day 1 of the Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship!

Always one of the most anticipated events on the WSOP schedule, the Poker Players Championship pits the best-of-the-best against each other in an 8-game mix across five days of intense poker action. Mixed game tournament regulars will see players emerge from the darkness that is the high-stakes cash game worlds located in Bobby's Room and Ivey's Room located at Bellagio and Aria respectively in an attempt to be crowned the next Poker Players Champion.

Many of the world's best consider this tournament their main event as winning in this 8-game format against these players is believed to be one of the toughest challenges on the WSOP schedule. A roll call of previous winners sees a serious who's-who of the poker world capturing WSOP gold. Two players have won this event twice with Brian Rast (2016 and 2011) and Michael Mizrachi (2012 and 2010) ascended to the top to capture their third WSOP gold bracelet with each of their second wins.

Three other high-stakes cash game regulars have been spending plenty of time frequenting the mixed games in Bobby's Room already this WSOP, and three of them are also previous winners. Mike Gorodinsky (2015), John Hennigan (2014), and Matthew Ashton (2013) all won this event in consecutive years, and are all considered in a group of the world's best and most talented mixed game players.

In 2017, it would be a relative unknown compared to the list of previous winners emerging victorious over the 100-player field when the United Kingdom's Elior Sion defeated Johannes Becker heads-up for the $1,395,767 first prize, his first WSOP gold bracelet, and the David "Chip" Reese Memorial Trophy. Also making an appearance at the final table included Isaac Haxton, Daniel Negreanu, and Paul Volpe, while the likes of Shaun Deeb, Ashton, Scott Seiver, Mike Matusow, and James Obst registered an in-the-money finish.

$50,000 Poker Players Championship Past Results

Year	Champion	Country	Players	Prize Pool	First Prize
2017	Elior Sion	United Kingdom	100	$4,800,000	$1,395,767
2016	Brian Rast	United States	91	$4,176,000	$1,296,097
2015	Mike Gorodinsky	United States	84	$3,696,000	$1,270,086
2014	John Hennigan	United States	102	$4,896,000	$1,517,767
2013	Matthew Ashton	United Kingdom	132	$6,336,000	$1,774,089
2012	Michael Mizrachi	United States	108	$5,184,000	$1,451,527
2011	Brian Rast	United States	128	$6,144,000	$1,720,328
2010	Michael Mizrachi	United States	116	$5,568,000	$1,559,046
2009	David Bach	United States	95	$4,560,000	$1,276,806
2008	Scotty Nguyen	United States	148	$7,104,000	$1,989,120
2007	Freddy Deeb	United States	148	$7,104,000	$2,276,832
2006	David "Chip" Reese	United States	143	$6,864,000	$1,716,000

Note: The Poker Players Championship was played as H.O.R.S.E. from 2006 to 2009 before switching to the current 8-Game format from 2010 onward. The final table was played as No-Limit Hold'em from 2010-2011.

The schedule for the Poker Players Championship will see players begin with 250,000 in starting chips with each day playing six 100-minute levels with a 15-minute break after each level. Late registration is open for ten levels, or approximately until Day 2 (Saturday June 16th), at 10:20 p.m. (PDT).

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to provide continuous live updates of every wheel, scoop, and outdraw live from Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship. Action is underway from 3:00 pm (PDT), so stay tuned right here to PokerNews.com for all your live reporting needs.

Tags: Elior Sion

2018-06-15 14:10 UTC-7

Poker Players Championship Rewind: 2006 - David "Chip" Reese

Back at the 37th World Series of Poker in 2006, a new event was added to the schedule, and at the time it was called the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship.

The event attracted 143 entrants at the time, and created a prize pool of $6,864,000 that saw some of the world's best poker players take a seat in this inaugural event.

The likes of Cong Do, Ralph Perry, David Levi, Joe Cassidy, Barry Greenstein, Gavin Smith, Robert Williamson III, and Patrick Antonius all registered an in-the-money finish but fell short of the final table.

The final table would be one of the longest in history at the time lasting 12 hours, however it would be the heads-up battle between David "Chip" Reese and Andy Bloch that set the record at the time of lasting 7 hours and 10 minutes. Eventually it would be Reese claiming victory over Bloch for his third WSOP bracelet; and unfortunately last after he passed away in 2007.

Posthumously, the WSOP named the David "Chip" Reese Memorial Trophy after him, and awards it every year to the winner of the Poker Players Championship.

2006 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	David "Chip" Reese	United States	$1,784,640
2nd	Andy Bloch	United States	$1,029,600
3rd	Phil Ivey	United States	$617,760
4th	Jim Bechtel	United States	$549,120
5th	T.J. Cloutier	United States	$480,480
6th	David Singer	United States	$411,840
7th	Dewey Tomko	United States	$343,200
8th	Doyle Brunson	United States	$274,560

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Nível: 1

Limit Flop / Draw: 400/800
Stud Games: 200 (ante), 200 (bring-in), 800 (completion)
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/400/100-ante

2018-06-15 15:03 UTC-7

Play Underway

Nível 1 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

The cards are now in the air for the Poker Players Championship.

The game has been drawn, and each table will begin with No-Limit Hold'em.

Players begin with 250,000 in starting chips and will endure six 100-minute levels with a 15-minute break after each level. Late registration is open for ten levels, or approximately until Day 2 (Saturday June 16th), at 10:20 p.m. (PDT).

2018-06-15 15:05 UTC-7

First Arrivals

Nível 1 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Chris Vitch	250,000	250,000
Andrew Kelsall	250,000	250,000
Naseem Salem	250,000	250,000
Matthew Ashton	250,000	250,000
Dan Cates	250,000
Talal Shakerchi	250,000	250,000
Daniel Alaei	250,000	250,000
Ralph Perry	250,000	250,000
Ian Johns	250,000	250,000
Jared Bleznick	250,000	250,000
Mike Leah	250,000	250,000
Yehuda Buchalter	250,000	250,000
Robert Mizrachi	250,000	250,000
Scott Seiver	250,000	250,000
David Benyamine	250,000	250,000

2018-06-15 15:15 UTC-7

Benyamine Pays Off Mizrachi

MrCleverFox

Nível 1 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

David Benyamine opened with a raise to 1,000 on the button and he was called by Robert Mizrachi in the blinds.

The flop came down and Mizrachi checked over to Benyamine continued with a bet of 1,000 again. Mizrachi called.

Both players checked on the turn and the came on the river. There, Mizrachi took initiative and led out for 3,000. Benyamine called but mucked instantly when Mizrachi turned up his for three of a kind, so Mizrachi took down the pot.