Event #34: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #34: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2022 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
1,774
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
1,774
Players Left
158
Event #34: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Begins Today
The 53rd annual World Series of Poker at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas continues with Event #34: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em. This is a three-day event that will kick off today at 11:00 a.m. PDT.
Chad Himmelspach is the current defending champion, having won $207,877 in last year's event along with his first WSOP bracelet. HImmelspach bested a field of 1,191 entries that ended in an intense three-hour heads-up battle against Stefan Reiser before being crowned as champion.
Players will start the day with a stack of 25,000 in chips and Level 1 blinds will be 100/100 with 100 big blind ante. For Day 1, levels will be 40 minutes, with a 20-minute break every three levels. There will be a 75-minute dinner break after Level 9, at approximately 5:40 p.m. and the players will complete 17 levels before they call it a night and bag their chips for Day 2.
Late registration will be open until the end of the dinner break after Level 9 which should be around 6:55 p.m. if things kick off in time. As this event is a freezeout, reentries will not be possible for players who fail to win their final all-in.
Stay tuned in to PokerNews at 11:00 a.m. today and throughout the rest of the tournament for all of the live updates on the action.
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Cards are in the air and play is now underway for Event #34: $1,500 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Daigle Takes Four-Bet Pot Off Platt
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
Action started when Marshall Daigle opened from under the gun to 300. Middle position called and Jeff Platt three-bet to 1,300 on the button. It folded back to Daigle who four-bet to 2,500 and only Platt made the call.
The flop came 
and Daigle continued for 2,200 which was enough to fold out Platt and take down the early pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000 | |
|
|
22,000 |
Hough Rivers Full House
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
About 30 minutes into Level 1 in the big blind position, Alaska's Chris Hough was all in for 15,000 with a board of 
showing.
The pot was around 17,000 and Hough's opponent on the button was contemplating whether or not to call and sat in the tank before finally shoving his chips all in for less than Hough's.
Hough showed 
for eights full of sevens and his opponent chucked his cards into the muck as he left the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,500
47,500
|
47,500 |
Desimone Flops Two Pair, Gets Paid
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
With 3,400 already already in the pot on the 
board, John Desimone fired for 600 from the button. A middle position player called.
The 
came on the river and the middle opted to bet 3,000. Desimone called and his opponent begrudgingly turned over 
.
Desimone tabled 
for a flopped two pair and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,300
28,300
|
28,300 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Fortini Scores Early Double-Up
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
The player under the gun opened for 1,100 and Hayden Fortini three-bet to 3,300 from the cutoff. Under the gun called and they were heads up.
The flop came and Fortini continued for 3,500. His opponent called.
On the 
turn, the under-the-gun player lead for 11,000, Fortini moved all in for his last 22,500 chips, and got called.
Hayden Fortini: 
Under the gun: 
The 
completed the board and Fortini enjoyed his early double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
A Few Notables In The Field
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
39,000 | |
|
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
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|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
||
|
|
22,000 | |