Event #12: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout
Day 3 Started
Event #12: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout
Day 3 Started
Welcome to the third and final day of Event #12: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Freezout. The initial field of 735 players has dwindled down to just 16 hopefuls — of which Jeremy Eyer holds the chip lead after bagging 4,420,000 last night.
Eyer will face some stiff competition as many seasoned pros are also in the hunt. Among them are GG Poker Team Pro Felipe Ramos (4,155,000), two-time bracelet winner Yuval Bronshtein (1,355,000), and Jesse Lonis (2,335,000), who in the past year has won both a WSOP bracelet and more recently, the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,200 Warm-up for a cool $367,400.
Also still in contention are Christina Gollins (2,965,000) and former pro StarCraft player turned poker pro Jinho Hong (1,280,000).
Gollins made a few deep runs in last year's WSOP, including a third-place finish in the Ladies Championship for $73,604, while Hong won the Poker Hall of Fame Bounty Event for $276,067 and his first bracelet last year.
Cards will be back in the air at 2 p.m. local time and play will begin on Level 26, which features 40,000/80,000 blinds with a 80,000 big blind ante. Levels will last 60 minutes and players will have a 15-minute break after every two levels. Any extended breaks for dinner will be determined by the players and tournament staff.
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Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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677 | 1 | Ivan Galinec | Croatia | 3,190,000 | 40 |
677 | 2 | Ronald Minnis | United States | 3,215,000 | 40 |
677 | 3 | Jinho Hong | South Korea | 1,280,000 | 16 |
677 | 4 | James Vecchio | United States | 2,050,000 | 26 |
677 | 5 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | 1,355,000 | 17 |
677 | 6 | Jeffrey Halcomb | United States | 2,825,000 | 35 |
677 | 7 | Shiva Dudani | United States | 2,645,000 | 33 |
677 | 8 | Adekunle Olonoh | United States | 670,000 | 8 |
678 | 1 | Aaron Kirshenberg | United States | 1,820,000 | 23 |
678 | 2 | Henrik Brockmann | Germany | 305,000 | 4 |
678 | 3 | Felipe Ramos | Brazil | 4,155,000 | 52 |
678 | 4 | Christina Gollins | United States | 2,965,000 | 37 |
678 | 5 | Jeremy Eyer | United States | 4,420,000 | 55 |
678 | 6 | Nathan Russler | United States | 1,405,000 | 18 |
678 | 7 | Jesse Lonis | United States | 2,335,000 | 29 |
678 | 8 | Nozomu Shimizu | Japan | 2,450,000 | 31 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
The final 16 players have taken their seats and cards are now in the air!
Henrik Brockmann jammed for 305,000 from the cutoff and was called by Christina Gollins from the button.
Henrik Brockmann: Q♥9♥
Christina Gollins: A♥10♥
Brockmann sighed as the cards were tabled but was delighted to see the K♠Q♦Q♣ flop. The 9♠ turn improved him to a full house turn and the 5♣ river was irrelevant. Brockmann bagged an early double.
"First one," Brockmann gestured to his rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christina Gollins |
2,620,000
-345,000
|
-345,000 |
Henrik Brockmann |
770,000
465,000
|
465,000 |
Aaron Kirshenberg opened to 175,000 from early position and chip leader Jeremey Eyer called from the button.
Eyer called bets of 110,000 and 325,000 on the flop and turn for the final board to show A♥Q♣4♦J♥10♦.
Kirshenberg thought for around 30 seconds before checking. Eyer then fired for 550,000 and after some elongated thinking time, Kirshenberg called despite agonizing over the spot he found himself in.
Eyer turned over his K♥Q♥ for Broadway and his opponent mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeremy Eyer |
5,400,000
980,000
|
980,000 |
|
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Aaron Kirshenberg |
695,000
-1,125,000
|
-1,125,000 |
James Vecchio raised to 160,000 from the cutoff and was called by Shiva Dudani in the big blind.
Dudani check-called a 85,000 bet from Vecchio on the 7♥4♥4♦ flop and then Dudani led out for 240,000 on the 5♦ turn. Vecchio called.
The 3♣ completed the board and Dudani fired 425,000 into the middle. Vecchio quickly folded and Dudani took down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Shiva Dudani |
3,400,000
755,000
|
755,000 |
James Vecchio |
1,500,000
-550,000
|
-550,000 |
After getting an early double up, Henrik Brockmann was all in and at risk from the small blind with his last 670,000 in the middle. Felipe Ramos, in the big blind, called the shove.
Henrik Brockmann: K♦2♥
Felipe Ramos: A♥9♦
Brockmann had the worst of it once again and he had one foot out of the door following the 6♣6♥4♦ flop and 8♠ turn. However, the 2♠ river paired up Brockmann and confirmed another double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Felipe Ramos |
3,350,000
-805,000
|
-805,000 |
Henrik Brockmann |
1,460,000
690,000
|
690,000 |
Nathan Russler jammed for 840,000 from the small blind and pushed out Jesse Lonis from the big blind.
The following hand, Christina Gollins opened to 160,000 from the hijack and quickly folded after Russler moved in from the button for 1,000,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nathan Russler |
1,320,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |