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Event #45: $50k Players Championship

This prestigious event attracted a field of 108 players (most of them well-known poker pros) that generated a massive prize pool of $5,184,000! After a five-day battle, Michael Mizrachi was the last man standing and received his 3rd gold bracelet and stunning $1,451,527! Mizrachi is now in fourth place on the all-time money leader board!

Final table results:
1 Michael Mizrachi United States $1,451,527
2 Chris Klodnicki Unites States $896,935
3 Andy Bloch United States $561,738
4 Luke Schwartz United Kingdom $604,736
5 Roland Israelashvili United States $317,882
6 Stephen Chidwick United Kingdom $253,497
7 Bill Chen United States $205,856
8 Bruno Fitoussi France $169,879

Read more » 2012 WSOP: Recent Bracelet Winners

It came to be a tough battle when Steve Sung and Panayote Vilandos played heads-up on the final table. Steve had 10 million chips and Panayote 8 million chips. But everything came to a sudden end after that Steve picked up KK and got his money in against Panayote's pocket 8's.

Read more » WSOP Event #4: Steve Sung grabs the 1st prize of $771,106