'Crowning moment': Benny Glaser scoops PPC for career-defining 9th WSOP braceletplay'Crowning moment': Benny Glaser scoops PPC for career-defining 9th WSOP bracelet

It's Day 32 at the WSOP: Happy Friday, let's get to it. 

From a field of 1,375 partnerships, the $1,000 Tag Team NLH is down to just 27 duos remaining – Day 3 play continues today. 

The $10,000 Limit 2-7 Championship restarts at 1:00PM with 11 players still in the bracelet hunt. Amongst them: Todd Brunson, Nick Schulman, Billy Baxter, Naoya Kihara, and Brandon Shack-Harris. 

Nick Schulman Nick Schulman has a shot at a second bracelet of the summer.
Hayley Hochstetler

Maria Konnikova bagged up a top ten stack in the $1,000 Ladies Championship. Day 2 play resumes at 12:00PM with 338 players remaining. 

The $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better is down to 146 players following Day 1 play. Daniel Negreanu bagged up one of the biggest stacks in play and will be well-supplied when Day 2 resumes later today. 

Finally, the $10,000 PLO Championship – often seen as the four-card version of the Main Event – starts at 2:00PM. Michael Wang stands as the reigning champion after taking home the $1,394,579 first-place prize in 2025. 

Ladies Event caps Day 1. Who will make a run at the money on Day 2? Our story:

Eelis Parssinen wins $25K PLO/NLH! In the late-night hours of the WSOP, Parssinen won his second high roller bracelet of the summer after an earlier win in the $25K PLO event. 

Eelis Parssinen Eelis Parssinen
Hayley Hochstetler

Results:

  1. Eelis Parssinen - $1,172,296
  2. Juha Helppi - $781,500
  3. Sean Winter - $540,754
  4. Edward Leonard - $381,950
  5. Sergio Martinez Gonzalez - $275,509
  6. AP Garza - $203,041
  7. Daniel Negreanu - $152,954
  8. Dylan Linde - $117,835

France takes the Super Seniors! Our full story:

Glaser wins the PPC! Check out our full interview: 

Ivey out. The 11-time champ busted in third place, leaving only Josh Arieh and Benny Glaser to play for the PPC title. 

Our story on Ivey's demise:

Negreanu out. Dylan Linde bounced from the $25K PLO/NLH in eighth, and Negreanu followed in seventh. But not before a big straight flush. 

Our full story, with video:

Hello out there, we're on the air! The PPC final table is now LIVE on the WSOP YouTube channel. 

YouTube video

Negreanu reaches $25K final table. The final nine players are in place for the $25K High Roller PLO/NLH mix. 

  1. Juha Helppi - 6.7M
  2. Eelis Paerssinen - 6.2M
  3. AP Garza - 3.8M
  4. Sergio Martinez-Gonzalez - 3.6M
  5. Dylan Linde - 2.9M
  6. Edward Leonard - 2.9M
  7. Sean Winter - 1.7M
  8. Daniel Negreanu - 1.3M
  9. Yang Wang - 1.2M
Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu
Jared Bleznick (@harrington25)

Not only will I be in the booth today to commentate the PPC, the cherry on top will be the cut-ins to the $1k Super Seniors FT. Tune in @WSOP

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