Event #62: $50,000 Poker Players Championship (6-Handed) Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

07-02-2017 14:15 UTC-8

Start-of-Day Field

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Level 1 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

These players have taken their seats directly at the start of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship. Unsurprisingly, it's a stacked field, with two six-time WSOP bracelet winners (Jeff Lisandro and Daniel Negreanu) among them.

Matthew Ashton (winner in 2013) and Mike Gorodinsky (winner in 2015) have also sat down at the start of level 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Talal Shakerchi	250,000 250,000	250,000
Brock Parker	250,000 250,000	250,000
Ian Johns	250,000 250,000	250,000

David Benyamine	250,000 250,000	250,000

Chris George	250,000 250,000	250,000
Mike Sexton	250,000 250,000	250,000

Daniel Negreanu	250,000 250,000	250,000

Alex Luneau	250,000 250,000	250,000
Jeff Lisandro	250,000 250,000	250,000

Mike Wattel	250,000 250,000	250,000

Phil Hui	250,000 250,000	250,000
Mike Gorodinsky	250,000 250,000	250,000

Scott Seiver	250,000 250,000	250,000

Bruno Fitoussi	250,000 250,000	250,000
Isaac Haxton	250,000 250,000	250,000

Harry Madoff	250,000 250,000	250,000
Matthew Ashton	250,000 250,000	250,000

Abe Mosseri	250,000 250,000	250,000

Level: 1

Stud Games: Ante 200 - Bring-In 200 - Completion 800
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: Ante 100 - SB 200 - BB 400

07-02-2017 14:04 UTC-8

Play Will Begin Shortly

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Mickey Doft

The cards will be in the air shortly for the $50,000 Poker Players Championship.

07-02-2017 02:02 UTC-8

The $50,000 Poker Players Championship Begins at 3 p.m.

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Mickey Doft

One of the most anticipated events of the 2017 World Series of Poker is upon us as the $50,000 Poker Players Championship begins Sunday at 3 p.m.

Many of the biggest names in the game consider this their main event, as winning in the eight-game format against the best in the world is what many believe to be the toughest challenge the WSOP schedule presents.

With a combined 26 bracelets won by the nine winners of this event, luck is certainly not what comes to the forefront in the PPC. The skill required to defeat the toughest tournament field of the summer by being proficient in each variant is what is consistently echoed by players and past champions.

David "Chip" Reese, the first champion of this event and for whom the Memorial Trophy is named, was long considered by his peers to be the best all-around poker player. After his win in 2006, Reese said, "It's not just one day or two days. It's every day." The past winners of this event have certainly proved in one way or another that they have withstood the test of time.

Defending champion Brian Rast is a two-time winner of this event, having won it the first time in 2011. The other player with multiple PPC titles is Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, who earned top honors in 2010 and 2012. Coupled with his fourth-place finish last summer, Mizrachi is the only player with three PPC final tables under his belt.

Here is a look at the past entries, prize pool, champions, and first-place prizes:

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

The schedule for Day 1 calls for six 100-minute levels to be played, which should have players bagging and tagging at about 2:15 a.m. Registration remains open until the start of Day 2.

Be sure to keep it here for live updates on all of the action, as the quest to crown the 2017 Poker Players Champion begins!

Tags: Brian Rast Chip Reese Michael Mizrachi

Event #62: $50,000 Poker Players Championship (6-Handed)

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