WSOP Legend: 3-Time Poker Players Championship Winner Michael Mizrachi
The World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship (PPC), which was created in 2006, is considered the tournament where the best of the best take on one another and duke it out in a variety of poker games, a reflection of all-around poker skill. Imagine playing the likes of Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, and Daniel Negreanu five days in a row in a short-handed mixed format.
Needless to say, the hefty price tag coupled with a small, elite field created a legacy for the PPC where champions are considered among the greatest overall poker players. A quick glance at its 14-year history shows nothing but greatness among champions, from John Hennigan to Mike Gorodinsky, and with the late David "Chip" Reese as perhaps the event's most fitting inaugural winner back in 2006.
Winning once is the poker professional's dream. Winning two? You're in a league of your own. But winning the toughest event with poker's best three times? Only one man achieved that improbable feat on this day back in 2018, after winning his first two titles in 2010 and 2012: Michael Mizrachi.
flop that gave her the straight flush draw. 
turn was no help to Liebert as it gave Laplante the spade draw which he completed with the 
on the river. 
and that left "DOL026" forking over another $400 to re-enter back up to the 15,000 starting stack.
flop. 
turn however, paired Negreanu and the 
river secured his double-up. 
runout as he doubled-up Lawhun and re-entered the tournament after losing his final 400 the very next hand. 