Poker Players Championship Down to Final 12; Michael Mizrachi Again On Top
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Day 3 of the Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship has come to a conclusion at the 2018 World Series of Poker.
For the second consecutive day, two-time Poker Players Champions Michael Mizrachi holds the chip lead, leading the remaining 12 players.
Mizrachi held steady for the first two levels of the day, but really kicked it into high gear in Level 15 when he eliminated Justin Bonomo in 30th place. Mizrachi held five-three suited and called a Bonomo preflop raise, flopping a flush in the process. Bonomo bet the flop, bet the turn and bet the river, but wasn't able to fold to Mizrachi's river shove. Bonomo's overpair came up empty and "The Grinder" was off and running, punishing the competition en route to bagging a chip-leading stack of 4,232,000, more than double average.
The day began with 42 players remaining from the original 87 starters, with Mizrachi and Phil Ivey starting out on top. Once play was underway, eliminations came at a fast pace as about half the field fell in the first three levels. Among those who busted include Jason Mercier (28th), Daniel Negreanu (26th) and defending champion Elior Sion (23rd). Another former champion of this event fell on Day 3 as Mike Gorodinsky bubbled in devastating fashion, running kings into Mike Leah's aces in No-Limit Hold'em.
Once the final 14 players were in the money, Yehuda Buchalter (14th - $72,500) and Randy Ohel (13th - $72,500) were eliminated, earning a min-cash for their efforts.
Here is the Day 4 seating chart:
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 1 | 1 | Chris Vitch | United States | 1,160,000 | 48 | 12 |
| Amazon | 1 | 2 | Aaron Katz | United States | 2,480,400 | 103 | 25 |
| Amazon | 1 | 3 | Phil Ivey | United States | 2,146,000 | 89 | 21 |
| Amazon | 1 | 4 | Dan Smith | United States | 1,816,000 | 76 | 18 |
| Amazon | 1 | 5 | Jean-Robert Bellande | United States | 213,000 | 9 | 2 |
| Amazon | 1 | 6 | John Hennigan | United States | 1,458,000 | 61 | 15 |
| Amazon | 2 | 1 | Mike Leah | Canada | 3,139,000 | 131 | 31 |
| Amazon | 2 | 2 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 533,000 | 22 | 5 |
| Amazon | 2 | 3 | Michael Mizrachi | United States | 4,232,000 | 176 | 42 |
| Amazon | 2 | 4 | Brian Rast | United States | 1,164,000 | 49 | 12 |
| Amazon | 2 | 5 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 1,967,000 | 82 | 20 |
| Amazon | 2 | 6 | Greg Mueller | Canada | 1,439,000 | 60 | 14 |
Play is set to resume at 2 p.m. (PDT) on Monday, June 18, and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to provide continuous live updates of all the Poker Players Championship action.
, Mueller led out for 80,000, Ohel raised all in for about 300,000, Glaser folded and Mueller called with 
. Ohel was ahead with 
.
turn kept Ohel ahead, but the 
river gave Mueller two pair to eliminate Ohel in 13th place.
indicating an ace low while Glaser fanned his 
. Bellande took a hard look at Glaser's cards then mucked his hand and Ohel mucked as well, so Glaser raked in the big pot.
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to render Buchalter drawing dead as Buchalter found the 
.
on seventh, and Leah revealed his 
to improve him to a full house.
. Gorodinsky was in rough shape with 
.
to give both players a set. Down to one out, Gorodinsky stood from his seat and watched the 
turn and 
and John Hennigan (button) got the remainder of his chips into the middle with 
against Ben Yu (big blind) with 
.
, giving Hennigan eights full of jacks to double up and leave Yu with just about 30,000.
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board where Deeb bet 150,000. Mizrachi folded.
and Mike Gorodinsky called. Yehuda Buchalter called after bringing in with his 
for a pair of nines and a straight draw, but Buchalter already had him drawing dead with 
for a full house. Gorodinsky picked up a 
