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Event #45: The Poker Players Championship is now down to a final table with 8 players. Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi (2 WSOP bracelets) has the lead with 3,648,000 chips, and Andy Bloch (1 WSOP bracelet) is in second place with 3,598,000. 

The tournament attracted a field of 108 players who could afford the very expensive buy-in of $50,000! Now, after 4 days of play, the remaining 8 players are guaranteed at least 169k each! The winner will take home amazing $1,451,527 and the gold coveted WSOP bracelet!

Final Table Seat Draw

1 Bill Chen 1,293,000
2 Luke Schwartz 1,494,000
3 Andy Bloch 3,598,000
4 Stephen Chidwick 2,026,000
5 Michael Mizrachi 3,648,000
6 Chris Klodnicki 3,276,000
7 Bruno Fitoussi 188,000
8 Roland Israelashvili 694,000

Andy Bloch is the name of the winner of Event 7: $1,500 buy-in Seven Card Stud($126,363). Bloch, 43, has been taking part in the World Series of Poker since 1995 but never won a single event. In other words, it took Bloch 18 years to get his very first gold bracelet. Bloch now has 28 cashes, 8 final table appearances, and more than $2.3 million in WSOP earnings.

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