Philip Hui joins a stellar cast as a winner of the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship, and Team Israel take down the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Tag Team contest during the 50th anniversary of the World Series of Poker. 

Philip Hui joins the hallowed hall of fame belonging to people who have won the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship (PPC), one of the most sought after titles in the world of poker.

Hui paced himself well, allowing Josh Arieh and Phil Ivey to lead from the front as he waited patiently, like mould beneath the floorboards, and when the time was right, he rose, and the rest couldn’t breathe.

Humble Hui conquered a field of 74-entrants to bank the $1,099,311 first prize, his most significant score to date. He came into the PPC feeling the heat after finishing seventh in the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship 6-Handed, and third in the $2,500 Mixed Big Bet, putting him in a prime position for a run at Shaun Deeb’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year crown.