$50,000 Poker Players Championship (Event #58)

The 2019 Poker Players Championship final table has been set as the 74-player field dwindled to the last six contenders. They will battle it out on Friday, June 28, at 12 p.m. local time with the $1,099,311 top-prize and the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy on the line.

Josh Arieh is leading the final six with 6,220,000. Arieh led the tournament after Day 1, stayed in top five after Day 2 and trailed only Phil Ivey coming into Day 4. While Ivey's today's session at the table was a Thursday to forget, Arieh controlled the action on the outer feature table.

Final table lineup:

Arieh first approached the 6-million mark when he picked off Dario Sammartino in pot-limit omaha in which he'd flopped threes full of eights. Bryce Yockey took over the chip lead for a brief stint but Arieh would soon reestablish himself as the leader.

Meanwhile, Ivey took a beat after beat on the TV table and his stack kept plummeting. The 10-time bracelet winner eventually bubbled the final redraw, adding the eighth-place finish to his collection of PPC cashes (this was his fourth).

The play resumed for another two hours with the field spread into two groups. Arieh, Yockey, and John Esposito were all flirting the lead while Shaun Deeb, Phil Hui, Dan Cates, and David Oppenheim oscillated between 10 and 15 big bets.

Hui was able to hit a streak of winning hands to separate himself from the bottom stacks and even eclipse Esposito in the standings. Oppenheim, on the other hand, started to slip. He fell under five bets and, unfortunately for him, couldn't recover.

The end of Oppenheim's run would come in a three-way clash in omaha hi-lo. Following a four-bet action on a flop, the turn filled a king-high straight for Esposito and Yockey. Oppenheim put in his last chips, holding top two pair and a Broadway draw, but the river bricked and the other two players chopped his stack as they both held king-queen in their respective hands.

Oppenheim's elimination brought Day 4 to its conclusion and the final six players will continue in a set of razz hands. There are 57 minutes left to play in level 22 with the 100,000/200,000 limits.

Neither of the final six players had previously made it this far. Deeb had notched two PPC cashes in his career with a 7th place from 2017 being his better one. Arieh had made money once, finishing 13th back in 2011 and tomorrow will bring a debut PPC payday for the remaining four finalists.

Come back to PokerNews on Friday at 12 p.m. to follow the live updates from the final table with one of the most prestigious poker tournaments on the planet about to crown its 2019 champion.

Omaha Hi-Lo

David Oppenheim limped in from the hijack, and John Esposito raised from the cutoff. Bryce Yockey called in the big blind, and Oppenheim added the extra bet as well.

Yockey bet the     flop, and Oppenheim raised. Esposito made it three bets, Yockey called, and Oppenheim raised to four bets. Both Esposito and Yockey called.

Yockey led out again on the   turn, and Oppenheim called. Esposito raised, Yockey called, and Oppenheim called off his last 175,000.

Yockey checked the   river, and Esposito bet. Yockey raised, Esposito made it three bets, and Yockey called.

Yockey tabled      and Esposito showed      for the nuts for both players, while Oppenheim's      left him one spot short of the official final table.

David Oppenheim

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-1,200,000

Omaha Hi-Lo

Phil Hui raised from the button and David Oppenheim three-bet from the small blind. Hui called and the flop came    . Oppenheim fired a continuation-bet and Hui called.

The turn was   and Oppenheim continued. Hui stuck around and the dealer turned over the river  . Oppenheim fired once more and Hui raised. Oppenheim called.

Hui tabled      for a set of sixes with a low and Oppenheim took a few moments to look back at his hand before mucking.

Phillip Hui	4,100,000	1,000,000
David Oppenheim	975,000	-1,425,000

Stud

Josh Arieh completed with the   and he called when Phil Hui raised with the  .

Arieh bet on fourth, earning a call and he fired again on fifth, having three spade cards on his board. Hui figured it was time to give up.

Hui:    /     - folded on fifth
Arieh:    /    

Josh Arieh	6,100,000	300,000
Phillip Hui	2,600,000	-100,000

Stud

Phil Hui:    /    
Josh Arieh:    /     - folded on fifth street

Josh Arieh brought it in with the  , and Phil Hui completed. Arieh called, then called another bet on fourth street, before giving up on fifth street.

Josh Arieh	5,800,000	-300,000
Phillip Hui	2,300,000	295,000

No-Limit Hold'em

Shaun Deeb opened with a raise to 120,000 from under the gun. Bryce Yockey called on his left from middle position and action then folded around to Josh Arieh, who defended his big blind. The flop came     and all three players checked.

The turn was   and Arieh bet 225,000. Deeb and Yockey both folded and Arieh took down the pot, surpassing the six-million chip mark along the way.

Josh Arieh	6,100,000	460,000
Bryce Yockey	4,400,000	0
Shaun Deeb	2,000,000	-230,000

2-7 Triple Draw

John Esposito raised from middle position and Bryce Yockey called from the cutoff. David Oppenheim defended his big blind. All three players drew one card. After the draw, Oppenheim checked and Esposito made a continuation-bet. Yockey raised, Oppenheim folded, and Esposito made the call.

Both players took one card on the second draw and checked afterward. Each player again drew one on the final card, with Esposito flashing  . On the river, Esposito checked and Yockey bet. Esposito made the call.

Yockey tabled       and Esposito flashed     while mucking his hand as Yockey took down the pot.

Bryce Yockey	4,500,000	600,000
John Esposito	3,400,000	-500,000
David Oppenheim	1,900,000	-100,000

Stud Hi-Lo

David Oppenheim completed with an ace and John Esposito called on his left.

Oppenheim hit another wheel card on fourth and he bet again. Esposito called.

Fifth street saw Esposito pair a five and he bet, receiving a call.

Oppenheim called again on sixth and they checked the river. Oppenheim finished with a seven-five low and he chopped the pot with Esposito who had fives up.

Esposito:     /     
Oppenheim:     /     

John Esposito	3,900,000	-100,000
David Oppenheim	2,000,000	100,000

Stud Hi-Lo

Dan Cates:    /    
David Oppenheim:    /    

David Oppenheim brought it in with the  , and Dan Cates completed. Oppenheim called, then called one more bet from Cates on fourth street. Cates bet fifth street and Oppenheim gave it up.

Dan Cates	2,700,000	200,000
David Oppenheim	1,900,000	-200,000