The $50,000 Poker Players Championship is the most prestigious tournament of the World Series of Poker and the G.O.A.T. Phil Ivey was chip leader for a long time before finishing in the Top 5 with only 12 players left. 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Cada made the final table in the Monster Stack.
Phil Ivey Crushing In The $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Phil Ivey, the G.O.A.T. in Poker, has definitely arrived at the 2023 WSOP. Ivey is chip leader in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, the most prestigious event at the World Series of Poker.
Watch Phil Hellmuth making crazy folds in the $50K PPC here:
What kind of #WHITEMAGIC is going on in this hand between @phil_hellmuth and @philivey in the @WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship??? pic.twitter.com/r0q1hcJEIL
— PokerGO (@PokerGO) June 21, 2023
Ray Dehkharghani gets away with murder in this INSANE Pot-Limit Omaha hand against @phil_hellmuth.
📺 – Watch the $50,000 Poker Players Championship LIVE here: https://t.co/9PzzO9RtQf pic.twitter.com/3buJs2ANGi
— PokerGO (@PokerGO) June 21, 2023
Folding Pocket Tens to a single raise in Texas Hold’em and Kings Full in Pot-Limit Hold’em looks absolutely crazy and it fired back as Phil Hellmuth busted in 14th place.
Further big names, who are still in include Brian “trarrast” Rast, James “Andy McLEOD” Obst, Josh Arieh, Talal “raidalot” Shakerchi, Matthew “MUSTAPHABET” Ashton and Johannes Becker.
Chip Counts after Day 3 of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship:
| Matthew Ashton | 4,450,000 |
| Hal Rotholz | 3,900,000 |
| Talal Shakerchi | 3,430,000 |
| Brian Rast | 3,365,000 |
| Phil Ivey | 3,135,000 |
| Josh Arieh | 2,360,000 |
| Ray Dehkharghani | 2,285,000 |
| Daniel Alaei | 1,885,000 |
| James Obst | 1,805,000 |
| Johannes Becker | 1,520,000 |
| Kristopher Tong | 1,190,000 |
| Marco Johnson | 375,000 |
Former WSOP Main Event Winner Joe Cada makes Monster Stack Final Table
There is another big name, who is making the headlights and it is 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Cada by making the final table in the Monster Stack.
Cada has some work to do though as he is entering today’s final table as the short stack.
Chip leader is US poker pro Nicholas Gerrity with 112,300,000 chips, followed by fellow countryman Jesse Rockowitz.
The seven remaining players have already secured at least $186,149, but they are all gunning for the bracelet and the staggering $1,162,681 up top.
Monster Stack Final Table Chip Counts:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 2 | Jesse Rockowitz | United States | 94,500,000 | 47 |
| 4 | Nicholas Gerrity | United States | 112,300,000 | 56 |
| 5 | Loic Dobrigna | France | 47,100,000 | 24 |
| 6 | Colin Robinson | United States | 47,400,000 | 24 |
| 7 | Joshua Adcock | United States | 43,200,000 | 22 |
| 8 | Braxton Dunaway | United States | 54,900,000 | 27 |
| 10 | Joe Cada | United States | 16,600,000 | 8 |
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