2019 World Series of Poker

Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 5
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9x5x4x3x2x
Prize
$1,099,311
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$3,552,000
Entries
74
Level Info
Level
27
Limits
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
0

Hui Raises Yockey

Level 22 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

Limit Hold'em

Bryce Yockey raised in the small blind, and Phil Hui called in the big blind.

Both players checked the {j-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} flop, and the {2-Hearts} fell on the turn. Yockey bet, and Hui quickly raised. Yockey thought for about a minute, mumbling to himself in contemplation before folding, to the delight of Hui's enthusiastic rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Bryce Yockey
4,800,000
-500,000
-500,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Phillip Hui
4,600,000
400,000
400,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Bryce YockeyPhillip Hui

Yockey Bets Out Arieh

Level 22 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

Limit Hold'em

Bryce Yockey raised, Josh Arieh reraised from the small blind and Yockey called.

Arieh bet on the {4-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} flop, Yockey raised and Arieh called.

The {6-Diamonds} hit the turn and Arieh check-called a bet from Yockey.

Yockey fired again on the {q-Spades} river and Arieh gave it a brief thought before he folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Josh Arieh
7,400,000
-700,000
-700,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
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Bryce Yockey
5,300,000
600,000
600,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Bryce YockeyJosh Arieh

Hui Takes It with Continuation-Bet

Level 22 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

Limit Hold'em

Phil Hui raised the button to 200,000 and John Esposito and Josh Arieh called from the small and big blinds respectively.

Both Esposito and Arieh checked the {2-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} flop and folded when Hui continued for 100,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Josh Arieh
8,100,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
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Phillip Hui
4,200,000
300,000
300,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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John Esposito
2,600,000
-300,000
-300,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: John EspositoJosh AriehPhillip Hui

Esposito Can't Get There

Level 22 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

John Esposito raised to 100,000 from the cutoff, and Josh Arieh three-bet to 225,000 on the button. Bryce Yockey called in the big blind, and Esposito made the call as well.

Action checked through the {8-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} flop, and the {3-Hearts} fell on the turn. Action checked to Arieh, who bet 375,000. Yockey quickly folded, and Esposito called.

The {3-Diamonds} fell on the river, and Esposito checked. Arieh eventually checked behind, and after Esposito showed his {a-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{6-Spades} for a myriad of busted draws and a pair of nines, Arieh showed his {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{3-Clubs} for trip threes and the winner.

Player Chips Progress
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Josh Arieh
8,100,000
900,000
900,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
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John Esposito
2,900,000
-800,000
-800,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Bryce YockeyJohn EspositoJosh Arieh

Deeb Wins on Flop

Level 22 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Josh Arieh raised to 125,000, Shaun Deeb called on his left, Bryce Yockey called on the button and Phil Hui joined from the big blind.

The four players went to the {3-Spades}{j-Clubs}{q-Spades} flop where Deeb fired 350,000. Three folds followed and Deeb took it down right there.

Player Chips Progress
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Josh Arieh
7,200,000
-200,000
-200,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
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Bryce Yockey
4,700,000
-200,000
-200,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Phillip Hui
3,900,000
-200,000
-200,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Shaun Deeb
2,700,000
400,000
400,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner

Tags: Bryce YockeyJosh AriehPhil HuiShaun Deeb

Dan Cates Eliminated in 6th Place ($168,305)

Level 22 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Dan Cates
Dan Cates

Pot-Limit Omaha

John Esposito raised to 130,000 from the hijack, Josh Arieh called in the cutoff, and Dan Cates came along in the big blind.

On the {7-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{6-Hearts} flop, Cates potted it for 415,000, and Esposito folded. Arieh raised the pot, and Cates called off his last 1.33 million.

Dan Cates: {j-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades}
Josh Arieh: {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Diamonds}

Both players had flopped flush and straight draws, but Cates had the lead at the time with his pair of sevens, although Arieh was actually a 60/40 favorite to eliminate Cates. The {2-Clubs} turn gave Arieh the nut flush and ended Cates' run before the {7-Spades} could fall on the river.

Player Chips Progress
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Josh Arieh
7,400,000
1,600,000
1,600,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
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Dan Cates
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Dan CatesJohn EspositoJosh Arieh

Off to PLO

Level 22 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

Neither of the remaining hands of razz made it past fourth street and the players are now moving on to a round of pot-limit omaha.

Player Chips Progress
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Josh Arieh
5,800,000
100,000
100,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Bryce Yockey us
Bryce Yockey
4,900,000
-200,000
-200,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Phillip Hui
4,100,000
-35,000
-35,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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John Esposito
3,700,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Shaun Deeb
2,300,000
-185,000
-185,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
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Dan Cates
1,500,000
240,000
240,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Yockey Takes the First Hand of Day 5

Level 22 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

Razz

Bryce Yockey: {x-}{x-} / {a-}{6-}{q-}{7-}
Josh Arieh: {x-}{x-} / {3-}{4-}{9-}{3-} - folded on sixth street

Dan Cates brought it in with the {5-}, and Josh Arieh completed. Bryce Yockey made it two bets, and after Cates folded, Arieh called. Arieh check-called a bet on fourth street, then took the lead on fifth street. Yockey called, and when he reclaimed the lead on sixth street, he bet, and Arieh folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Josh Arieh
5,700,000
-520,000
-520,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Bryce Yockey us
Bryce Yockey
5,100,000
635,000
635,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Bryce YockeyDan CatesJosh Arieh

Level: 22

Limit Flop / Draw: 50,000/100,000
Stud Games: 20,000 (ante), 30,000 (bring-in), 100,000 (completion)
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 25,000/50,000/75,000 ante

Seat 6: Josh Arieh (6,220,000 in chips)

Josh Arieh
Josh Arieh

A former law firm courier, Day 4 chip leader Arieh comes to the final table with two WSOP gold bracelets to his credit and 6,220,000 in chip to work with, more than quarter of the remaining chips in play. In 1999, he shipped the $3,000 Limit Hold'em event for $202,800, while in 2005, he added a $2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha bracelet and $381,600 to his $4,840,393 in lifetime WSOP earnings.

He may be best known for his third-place performance in the 2004 WSOP Main Event, taking home $2.5 million after finishing just behind champ Greg Raymer and runner-up David Williams.

So far during this year's WSOP, Arieh's notched two cashes, including a tenth-place performance in Event #10: $1,500 Dealer's Choice for $10,101, which gives Arieh some recent experience in playing many of the games offered in the Poker Players Championship. Arieh also boasts top ten finishes in WSOP $10,000 PLO and PLO8 events, as well as $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw and Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo events, making Arieh a dangerous, well-versed foe going into the final day of play.

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