Poker legend Eli Elezra leads the final five of the PPC After four hard-fought days of mixed nine-game action, the initial 63-player field of Event #60: $50,000 Poker Players Championship has been reduced to just five.
Today at 2 p.m. local time, Eli Elezra , Paul Volpe , Dan “Jungleman” Cates , Chris Brewer , and Ryan Leng will battle it out on the green felt for the $954,020 first-place prize and right to have their name engraved on the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy as the next Poker Players Champion.
Final Table Lineup 1 Dan Cates United States 3,875,000 2 Paul Volpe United States 4,360,000 3 Eli Elezra Israel 4,620,000 4 Chris Brewer United States 4,325,000 5 Ryan Leng United States 1,625,000 Elezra enters the final table in prime position to seal his poker legacy with a win today. Elezra was able to secure his current chip lead on the final hand of Day 4, in which he eliminated Arieh — who finished runner-up in the 2019 Poker Players Championship.
Elezra, who is a current Poker Hall of Fame nominee, has four WSOP bracelets, a World Poker Tour title, and over four million dollars in combined live-tournament earnings. The Israeli-born Vegas resident has been playing poker since he moved to Las Vegas in the eighties and has been featured on televised cash games such as High-Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark .
Volpe enters the final table second in chips and will be seeking his fourth WSOP gold bracelet. The Pennsylvania native and mixed-game specialist has racked up 59 WSOP cashes prior to this event and amassed more than $8.5 million in tournament earnings.
Rounding out the top three is Brewer, who enters as the third and final player with over four million in chips. Brewer, a former collegiate runner, has had something of a breakout year in 2021 after winning multiple tournaments — including an an online WPT High Roller event for $249,791 and a Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Super High Roller for $420,670. Brewer will be seeking his first WSOP bracelet.
Cates, who enters fourth in chips, is well-known for his […]
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