Registration has closed in the 2014 $50,000 Poker Players' Championship, and the 102 entrants generated a total prize pool of $4,896,000. The top 14 players will earn a minimum of $99,388, each member of the seven-handed final table will earn at least $165,435. The winner will walk away with $1,517,767, the gold bracelet, and a spot on the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy.
We caught Gus Hansen firing 4,100 at a flop and Ben Yu coming along for the ride. Hansen fired again, making it 16,000 after the turn. Yu called.
After the dealer turned over the river, Hansen sat contemplating his next move for a minute before announcing a 45,000-chip bet. Yu took a little less time to make the call, but quickly mucked when Hansen showed for the full house.
Phil Hellmuth was doing his best to claw his way back into contention here in Event #46: $50,000 Poker Players' Championship, but a big pot-limit Omaha hand put an end to his comeback.
In what would be Hellmuth's final hand, Michael Mizrachi raised and Brandon Shack-Harris called. David Steicke then three-bet the size of the pot, and Hellmuth four-bet pot. Mizrachi called, Shack-Harris folded, and Steicke called. The flop saw Steicke get his remaining chips all in, Hellmuth did the same, and Mizrachi called to put both players at risk.
Steicke:
Hellmuth:
Mizrachi:
Steicke was ahead with two pair, and it held as the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river. Steicke took down the pot while Hellmuth was eliminated from the tournament.
"Good luck, everyone," Hellmuth mustered before exiting the tournament area.
Still playing out of the rack he brought to the table, Gus Hansen appears as interested in the three games of Open Face Chinese he has going on his iPad as he is on the game at hand.
He completed from the small blind and David Bach checked his option before a flop came down. Both players checked, but when Hansen bet 1,400 on the turn, Bach sheepishly turned over the and folded.
A hand later, Hansen fired a 3,000-chip button raise at the blinds and picked them up.
Over the next two weeks, WSOP.com is giving players in Nevada the chance to turn small tournament buy-ins into large cash prizes with the Mini Fest tournament series. With 16 events offering $40,000 in guaranteed prize money, you don't want to miss a second of the action when the cards go in the air at 5:30 p.m. each day from June 22 though July 7.
Today's tournament is Event #2: $11 No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On with a $1,500 guarantee. The tournament kicks off in less than an hour, so don't miss out!
Here's a full look at the WSOP.com Mini Fest schedule:
Event
Date
Time
Tournament
Buy-in
Guarantee
1
June 22
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$16.50
$2,500
2
June 23
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,500
3
June 24
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,000
4
June 25
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
5
June 26
5:30 p.m.
Omaha 8 or Better - Re-Entry
$33
$750
6
June 27
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
7
June 28
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$55
$5,000
8
June 29
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$109
$7,500
9
June 30
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
10
July 1
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
11
July 2
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$600
12
July 3
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Knockout
$7.70 + $7
$750
13
July 4
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$2,000
14
July 5
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$55
$4,500
15
July 6
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$27.50
$5,500
16
July 7
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Re-Entry
$33
$3,000
For complete information regarding WSOP.com's Mini Fest series, please click here.
Bryn Kenney was nursing a short stack, and he got it all in preflop after a three-way raising war in a hand of Omaha hi-low. The other two players in the hand, David "ODB" Baker and Richard Ashby, played a side pot, and when all was said and done the board read .
Ashby:
Baker:
Kenney:
Ashby had a straight for the high, while Baker had the nut low to chop up Kenney's chips and send him to the rail.
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flop and Ben Yu coming along for the ride. Hansen fired again, making it 16,000 after the 
turn. Yu called.
river, Hansen sat contemplating his next move for a minute before announcing a 45,000-chip bet. Yu took a little less time to make the call, but quickly mucked when Hansen showed 
for the full house.
when we arrived on the scene, as Sergey Rybachenko had put Andrey Zaichenko all in for his tournament life.
and Zaichenko erupted in a huge cheer as he stayed alive in this event.
blanked on the turn followed by the 
on the river. Steicke took down the pot while Hellmuth was eliminated from the tournament.
and folded.
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