The $50,000 Poker Players Championship 8-game finale was held on Event Day 5, with 2010 champion Michael ‘The Grinder’ Mizrachi in the chiplead, accompanied by some of the greatest names in the industry:
A double elimination, executed by Mizrachi, was the first of the final table: in a NLHE hand he railed shortstack Bruno Fitoussi and Bill Chen. Stephen Chidwick was his next victim in a PLO hand, followed by Roland Israelashvili and Luke ‘FullFlush’ Schwartz. The heads-up was set when Andy Bloch got eliminated.
Michael Mizrachi: 10,500,000
Chris Klodnicki: 5,700,000
‘The Grinder’ dominated their clash and they shoved preflop in the final Omaha-8 hand:
Mizrachi:
Q 
J 
9 8
Klodnicki:
A J 9 2
Board:T T 7 6 A
Mizrachi had a straight that won him his 3rd bracelet and 2nd $50,000 Players Championship title.
Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi
The end results are as follows:
Among the 25 players who returned on Day 3 of the $2,500 NLHE event were William Reynolds, Vanessa Selbst and Joey Weissman, the latter already in the chiplead. He still had the biggest stack when the 9-handed final table was set:
Konstantin Puchkov finished in 9th place, followed by Joshua Pedraza, Michael Gagliano, Joe Gualtieri, Bradley Lipsey and Philip ‘meuli4’ Meulyzer. Fernando Brito’s elimination set the heads-up.
Joey Weissman: 8,400,000
Jeremy Quehen: 3,600,000
In the 3 hours long play, Jeremy Quehen managed to come back but lost the lead again to Weissman, who started the last hand with a minor edge. He opened to 240,000, Quehen called, the flop cameQ 5 3 . Quehen bet 350,000, Weissman called. On the 7 turn, Quehen pushed in 800,000, Weissman called again. They shoved on the J river, where Weissman showed an unbeatable A Q .
Taking down smaller US events in the past, Joey Weissman has now won his first WSOP bracelet ever.
Joey Weissman
The end results are as follows:
A double elimination, executed by Mizrachi, was the first of the final table: in a NLHE hand he railed shortstack Bruno Fitoussi and Bill Chen. Stephen Chidwick was his next victim in a PLO hand, followed by Roland Israelashvili and Luke ‘FullFlush’ Schwartz. The heads-up was set when Andy Bloch got eliminated.
Michael Mizrachi: 10,500,000
Chris Klodnicki: 5,700,000
‘The Grinder’ dominated their clash and they shoved preflop in the final Omaha-8 hand:
Mizrachi:
Q J 9 8 Klodnicki:
A J 9 2 Board:
T T 7 6 A Mizrachi had a straight that won him his 3rd bracelet and 2nd $50,000 Players Championship title.
Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi
The end results are as follows:
Among the 25 players who returned on Day 3 of the $2,500 NLHE event were William Reynolds, Vanessa Selbst and Joey Weissman, the latter already in the chiplead. He still had the biggest stack when the 9-handed final table was set:
Konstantin Puchkov finished in 9th place, followed by Joshua Pedraza, Michael Gagliano, Joe Gualtieri, Bradley Lipsey and Philip ‘meuli4’ Meulyzer. Fernando Brito’s elimination set the heads-up.
Joey Weissman: 8,400,000
Jeremy Quehen: 3,600,000
In the 3 hours long play, Jeremy Quehen managed to come back but lost the lead again to Weissman, who started the last hand with a minor edge. He opened to 240,000, Quehen called, the flop came
Q 5 3 . Quehen bet 350,000, Weissman called. On the 7 turn, Quehen pushed in 800,000, Weissman called again. They shoved on the J river, where Weissman showed an unbeatable A Q .Taking down smaller US events in the past, Joey Weissman has now won his first WSOP bracelet ever.
Joey Weissman
The end results are as follows:
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