No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw
Naoya Kihara opened to 6,000 on the button and Josh Arieh three-bet to 20,000 from the small blind. Dan Cates folded the big blind and Kihara asked how much Arieh was playing.
Arieh had less than 150,000 behind and Kihara moved all in. Arieh muttered an expletive, contemplated his decision, before eventually folding.
Omaha Hi-Lo
Blind on blind Andrew Brown raised and Ben Diebold three-bet. Brown called. Players both checked the 
flop and Brown bet the 
turn. Diebold folded.
Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo
Yuval Bronshtein: 
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Matthew Ashton: / 
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Bryn Kenney: 
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Lyle Berman: / 
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On fourth street, Yuval Bronshtein bet with a ten-high heart draw and Matthew Ashton raised for Bryn Kenney and Lyle Berman to call.
On fifth street, Ashton paired his eight and bet, Kenney raised and was called by Berman and Bronshtein. Ashton then made it three bets and received three calls.
Sixth street was checked by Ashton, Kenney bet and two calls later it was Ashton who raised in order to receive three calls and go four ways to seventh street. Ashton checked once more and Kenney bet, Berman called and Bronshtein folded.
Ashton vaulted out of his chair to study the board of Berman, who instantly said "obvious straight" after which Ashton reluctantly folded. Kenney announced aces and queens to show and a somewhat stunned Berman mentioned "he played the hand like a donkey" towards Kenney before he flashed jacks up and mucked.
Omaha Hi-Lo
Yuri Dzivielevski raised from under the gun and Matthew Gonzales called out of the big blind. Gonzales then check-called the 
flop and turn before he check-raised the 
river. Dzivielevski made it three bets and called a four-bet with the 
for the nut low and a flush. Gonzales had the nut flush and second nut-low as the chopped it up.
Razz
Jean-Robert Bellande: / 
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Matthew Gonzales: / 
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The game variant then changed and Jean-Robert Bellande completed, then bet his lead on every street. Gonzales called it down until sixth and folded on seventh for Bellande to flash the 
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The 2019 Poker Players Championship winner Phil Hui is the latest player to join this year's field.
He is one of seven former champions in the field today, including Freddy Deeb who won the second-ever $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. in 2007, the precursor to the Poker Players Championship.
Omaha Hi-Lo
Matthew Gonzales raised and Jesse McGinty defended his big blind. McGinty check-called a bet on and then both players checked the 
runout.
McGinty opened a and Gonzales mucked, with McGinty tabling the rest of his hand 
and taking down the pot.
Stud Hi-Lo
Dan Cates: / /
Matthew Schreiber: / 
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Dan Cates completed and called a raise from Matthew Schreiber. Schreiber bet on fourth street and Cates called. The pair both checked fifth street and Schreiber bet on sixth street. Again, Cates called.
On seventh street Schreiber checked and then announced "Eight low and two sevens" briefly exposing 
"I didn't check yet," said Cates, but he checked behind nevertheless with 
for a better low and secured himself half the pot.
The 2022 edition of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship is certainly aiming to also surpass the attendance of 2019 and only needs to gather another four new entries to do so. With the additions of Andrew Brown and Yuval Bronshtein, Day 1 now features at least 72 entries.
No-Limit Hold'em
Only Joey Couden had folded preflop and a five-way flop of emerged in which it was checked all the way to Ben Lamb in the cutoff. He bet 12,500 and David Prociak in the small blind check-called while all other players folded.
The fell on the turn and Prociak checked once more. Lamb now took around one minute before he bet 30,000 and the call by Prociak followed. Both ended up checking down the 
on the river and Prociak exposed the 
, which Lamb had beat with for the superior pocket pair.
Niveau: 4
Limit Flop / Draw: 2,000/4,000, Limits 4,000/8,000
Stud Games: Ante 1,000, Bring-In 1,000, Completion 4,000 - Limits 4,000/8,000
NL and PL: Ante 2,000/3,000, Blinds 1,000 / 2,000
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