Event #12: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout
Day 1 Completed
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #12: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,381,000
Entries
735
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
735
Players Left
148
Artem Metalidi Bags Chip Lead in Day 1 of $5,000 Freezeout
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
After 15 levels of play, Day 1 of the 2023 World Series of Poker Event #12: $5,000 Freezeout No Limit Hold’em closed with 148 advancing from a field of 735 players at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas
A $3,381,000 prize pool was generated from the entries, with the winner walking away with $649,550 and a gold bracelet. The top 111 players will see a return on their investment, with the min-cash being confirmed at $8,011
The money bubble is expected to burst in the early goings of Day 2, which begins at 1 p.m. local time on Monday, June 5. The plan for Day 2 is to play ten 60-minute levels, with the winner being crowned the day after. Players return to the battle on Level 16, meaning blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an 8,000 big blind ante.
End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artem Metalidi | Ukraine | 796,000 | 100 |
| 2 | Julio Delgado | United States | 728,000 | 91 |
| 3 | Adekunle Olonoh | United States | 709,000 | 89 |
| 4 | Ruan Zhuang | United States | 597,000 | 75 |
| 5 | Matthew Hunt | United Kingdom | 519,000 | 65 |
| 6 | Michael Rodrigues | Portugal | 508,000 | 64 |
| 7 | Masaya Hayami | Japan | 505,000 | 63 |
| 8 | Nathan Russler | United States | 494,000 | 62 |
| 9 | Andrew Ostapchenko | United States | 486,000 | 61 |
| 10 | Orson Young | United States | 480,000 | 60 |
In pole position to claim the winner’s spoils is Artem Metalidi, after they bagged big from the opening session. The Ukrainian poker player ended Day 1 with a stack of 796,000, which is good for 100 big blinds. You may remember Metalidi from the 2018 WSOP Main Event where he finished in eighth place for $1,250,000. The seven-figure payday five years ago makes up just more than a third of his impressive $3,653,788 in live tournament earnings.
Other players with a solid chance of a deep run include 2021 WSOP Player of the Year Josh Arieh (436,000), Adekunle Olonoh (709,000) and Michael Rodrigues (508,000)
As expected with a $5,000 buy-in event, poker’s biggest names turned out in force with the likes of Daniel Negreanu, Chance Kornuth and Alex Foxen all hopping into the event. However, neither player could rustle up some magic on their solitary bullet.
Defending champion Mo Arani had a fruitful session and has a stack of 321,000. The 2021 winner of this event, Alexandre Reard, also has the chance to capture this bracelet for a second time after ending the day with 285,000.
Other notables who navigated the first hurdle include Robbi Jade Lew (102,000), Kristen Foxen (151,000) and movie producer Randall Emmett (200,000).
As always, keep it locked in with PokerNews to find out who makes the money and advances through to the final day.
Seat Draw for Day 2
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe | 653 | 5 | Zachary Grech | United States | 322,000 | 40 |
| Horseshoe | 653 | 6 | Orson Young | United States | 480,000 | 60 |
| Horseshoe | 653 | 8 | Johann Ibanez | Colombia | 408,000 | 51 |
| Horseshoe | 655 | 1 | Gabriel Moura | United States | 315,000 | 39 |
| Horseshoe | 655 | 2 | Ian Landsman | United States | 91,000 | 11 |
| Horseshoe | 655 | 3 | Scott Watson | United States | 339,000 | 42 |
| Horseshoe | 655 | 4 | Shiva Dudani | United States | 474,000 | 59 |
| Horseshoe | 655 | 5 | James Chen | Taiwan | 437,000 | 55 |
| Horseshoe | 655 | 6 | Brandon Hall | United States | 255,000 | 32 |
| Horseshoe | 655 | 7 | Ariel Mantel | Argentina | 145,000 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 655 | 8 | Ivan Deyra | France | 209,000 | 26 |
| Horseshoe | 656 | 1 | Garrett Greer | United States | 140,000 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 656 | 2 | Martin Carnero | United States | 224,000 | 28 |
| Horseshoe | 656 | 3 | Nozomu Shimizu | Japan | 451,000 | 56 |
| Horseshoe | 656 | 4 | Logan Raskin | United States | 228,000 | 29 |
| Horseshoe | 656 | 5 | James Vecchio | United States | 413,000 | 52 |
| Horseshoe | 656 | 6 | Jarod Einsohn | United States | 162,000 | 20 |
| Horseshoe | 656 | 7 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | 114,000 | 14 |
| Horseshoe | 656 | 8 | Mans Montgomery | United States | 371,000 | 46 |
| Horseshoe | 657 | 1 | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | 480,000 | 60 |
| Horseshoe | 657 | 2 | Benjamin Miner | United States | 145,000 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 657 | 3 | Upeshka De Silva | United States | 169,000 | 21 |
| Horseshoe | 657 | 4 | William Stanford | United States | 288,000 | 36 |
| Horseshoe | 657 | 5 | Frank Brannan | United States | 188,000 | 24 |
| Horseshoe | 657 | 6 | Masaya Hayami | Japan | 505,000 | 63 |
| Horseshoe | 657 | 7 | Euan Mcnicholas | United Kingdom | 102,000 | 13 |
| Horseshoe | 657 | 8 | Hans Bosman | Netherlands | 148,000 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 658 | 1 | Christopher Basile | United States | 221,000 | 28 |
| Horseshoe | 658 | 2 | Yong Wang | China | 282,000 | 35 |
| Horseshoe | 658 | 3 | Jordan Spurlin | United States | 168,000 | 21 |
| Horseshoe | 658 | 4 | Axel Hallay | France | 124,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 658 | 5 | Julien Sitbon | France | 106,000 | 13 |
| Horseshoe | 658 | 6 | Tzur Levy | Israel | 211,000 | 26 |
| Horseshoe | 658 | 7 | Dylan Destefano | United States | 151,000 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 658 | 8 | Michael Wang | United States | 368,000 | 46 |
| Horseshoe | 659 | 1 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 301,000 | 38 |
| Horseshoe | 659 | 2 | Ivan Galinec | Croatia | 343,000 | 43 |
| Horseshoe | 659 | 3 | Felipe Ramos | Brazil | 274,000 | 34 |
| Horseshoe | 659 | 4 | Jaswinder Lally | Canada | 296,000 | 37 |
| Horseshoe | 659 | 5 | Richard Bai | United States | 45,000 | 6 |
| Horseshoe | 659 | 6 | Dan Smith | United States | 128,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 659 | 7 | Julio Delgado | United States | 728,000 | 91 |
| Horseshoe | 659 | 8 | Ruan Zhuang | United States | 597,000 | 75 |
| Horseshoe | 660 | 1 | Kristen Foxen | United States | 151,000 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 660 | 2 | Nick Pupillo | United States | 321,000 | 40 |
| Horseshoe | 660 | 3 | Rafael Da Silva Moraes | Brazil | 267,000 | 33 |
| Horseshoe | 660 | 4 | Junhao Wu | Singapore | 102,000 | 13 |
| Horseshoe | 660 | 6 | Ran Ilani | Israel | 160,000 | 20 |
| Horseshoe | 660 | 7 | David Coleman | United States | 349,000 | 44 |
| Horseshoe | 660 | 8 | Anthony Spinella | United States | 214,000 | 27 |
| Horseshoe | 661 | 3 | Cherish Andrews | United States | 240,000 | 30 |
| Horseshoe | 661 | 5 | Joshua Smith | United States | 221,000 | 28 |
| Horseshoe | 663 | 1 | Viliyan Petleshkov | Bulgaria | 289,000 | 36 |
| Horseshoe | 663 | 2 | Misael Iadisernia | United States | 115,000 | 14 |
| Horseshoe | 663 | 3 | Michael Rodrigues | Portual | 508,000 | 64 |
| Horseshoe | 663 | 4 | Anthony Hu | United States | 237,000 | 30 |
| Horseshoe | 663 | 5 | Jared Hemingway | United States | 234,000 | 29 |
| Horseshoe | 663 | 6 | Miguel Capriles | Venezuela | 78,000 | 10 |
| Horseshoe | 663 | 7 | Artem Metalidi | Ukraine | 796,000 | 100 |
| Horseshoe | 663 | 8 | Aaron Ogus | United States | 111,000 | 14 |
| Horseshoe | 664 | 1 | Barry Hutter | United States | 165,000 | 21 |
| Horseshoe | 664 | 2 | Wayne Nowak | United States | 149,000 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 664 | 3 | Tamon Nakamura | Japan | 168,000 | 21 |
| Horseshoe | 664 | 4 | Adekunle Olonoh | United States | 709,000 | 89 |
| Horseshoe | 664 | 5 | Andre Akkari | Brazil | 71,000 | 9 |
| Horseshoe | 664 | 6 | Chad Himmelspach | United States | 311,000 | 39 |
| Horseshoe | 664 | 7 | Fabrice Bigot | France | 229,000 | 29 |
| Horseshoe | 664 | 8 | Daniel Buzgon | United States | 373,000 | 47 |
| Horseshoe | 665 | 1 | Ryan Remington | United States | 223,000 | 28 |
| Horseshoe | 665 | 2 | Ryan Julius | United States | 246,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 665 | 3 | Yake Wu | China | 140,000 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 665 | 4 | Devon Morgan | Canada | 59,000 | 7 |
| Horseshoe | 665 | 5 | Mike Sowers | United States | 72,000 | 9 |
| Horseshoe | 665 | 6 | Arash Ghaneian | United States | 424,000 | 53 |
| Horseshoe | 665 | 7 | Logan Vogt | United States | 309,000 | 39 |
| Horseshoe | 665 | 8 | Ralph Perry | United States | 216,000 | 27 |
| Horseshoe | 666 | 1 | Randall Emmett | United States | 200,000 | 25 |
| Horseshoe | 666 | 2 | Steven Buckner | United States | 250,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 666 | 3 | Stanton Tentnowski | United States | 211,000 | 26 |
| Horseshoe | 666 | 4 | Lawrence Brandt | United States | 200,000 | 25 |
| Horseshoe | 666 | 5 | Aaron Kirshenberg | United States | 173,000 | 22 |
| Horseshoe | 666 | 6 | Joseph Desimone | United States | 154,000 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 666 | 7 | Nikolai Mamut | United States | 65,000 | 8 |
| Horseshoe | 666 | 8 | Rabia Lew | United States | 102,000 | 13 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 1 | Josh Arieh | United States | 436,000 | 55 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 2 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 48,000 | 6 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 3 | David Bullinger | United States | 364,000 | 46 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 4 | Clemen Deng | United States | 175,000 | 22 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 5 | Joshua Reichard | United States | 183,000 | 23 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 6 | Timothy Tenpas | United States | 92,000 | 12 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 7 | Ian Steinman | United States | 259,000 | 32 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 8 | Ian Matakis | United States | 389,000 | 49 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 1 | Espen Jorstad | Norway | 142,000 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 2 | Alex Livingston | Canada | 271,000 | 34 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 3 | Andrew Ostapchenko | United States | 486,000 | 61 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 4 | Thomas Eychenne | France | 242,000 | 30 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 5 | Samuel Laskowitz | United States | 260,000 | 33 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 6 | Michael Gagliano | United States | 390,000 | 49 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 7 | Tyler Gaston | United States | 316,000 | 40 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 8 | Quang Vu | United States | 111,000 | 14 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 1 | Josue Aguirre | Mexico | 203,000 | 25 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 2 | Alexandre Reard | France | 255,000 | 32 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 3 | Rayo Kniep | Germany | 328,000 | 41 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 4 | Justin Lapka | United States | 243,000 | 30 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 5 | Samy Dubonnet | FranceFrance | 131,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 6 | Yi Klassen | United States | 90,000 | 11 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 7 | Jeremy Eyer | United States | 63,000 | 8 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 8 | Anton Morgenstern | Germany | 200,000 | 25 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 1 | Johnathon Gilliam | United States | 168,000 | 21 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 2 | Brian Yoon | United States | 127,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 3 | Jesse Lonis | United States | 132,000 | 17 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 4 | Brandon Sheils | United Kingdom | 299,000 | 37 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 5 | Roger Teska | United States | 286,000 | 36 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 6 | John Marino | United States | 259,000 | 32 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 7 | Gregor Sverko | Croatia | 169,000 | 21 |
| Horseshoe | 672 | 8 | Matthew Perez | United States | 64,000 | 8 |
| Horseshoe | 675 | 1 | Jeremy Becker | United States | 251,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 675 | 2 | Mohammad Arani | United States | 321,000 | 40 |
| Horseshoe | 675 | 3 | Dongui Chi | China | 192,000 | 24 |
| Horseshoe | 675 | 4 | Brekstyn Schutten | United States | 297,000 | 37 |
| Horseshoe | 675 | 5 | Benjamin Sai | Singapore | 153,000 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 675 | 6 | Ankit Ahuja | United States | 154,000 | 19 |
| Horseshoe | 675 | 7 | Peter Mugar | United States | 188,000 | 24 |
| Horseshoe | 675 | 8 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | 228,000 | 29 |
| Horseshoe | 676 | 1 | Arian Stolt | United States | 63,000 | 8 |
| Horseshoe | 676 | 2 | Steven Touitou | United States | 202,000 | 25 |
| Horseshoe | 676 | 3 | Ting-Yi Tsai | Taiwan | 225,000 | 28 |
| Horseshoe | 676 | 4 | Jacob Cohen | United States | 360,000 | 45 |
| Horseshoe | 676 | 5 | Nathan Russler | United States | 494,000 | 62 |
| Horseshoe | 676 | 6 | Jacques Dermegreditchian | France | 81,000 | 10 |
| Horseshoe | 676 | 7 | Scott Ko | United States | 143,000 | 18 |
| Horseshoe | 676 | 8 | Jeffrey Halcomb | United States | 261,000 | 33 |
| Horseshoe | 677 | 1 | Brent Hanks | United States | 336,000 | 42 |
| Horseshoe | 677 | 2 | Matthew Hunt | United Kingdom | 519,000 | 65 |
| Horseshoe | 677 | 3 | Christina Gollins | United States | 245,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 677 | 4 | Jason Marshman | United States | 440,000 | 55 |
| Horseshoe | 677 | 5 | Ronald Minnis | United States | 403,000 | 50 |
| Horseshoe | 677 | 6 | Jamey Mckay | United States | 65,000 | 8 |
| Horseshoe | 677 | 7 | Brian James | United States | 339,000 | 42 |
| Horseshoe | 677 | 8 | Taylor Black | United States | 292,000 | 37 |
| Horseshoe | 678 | 1 | Jinho Hong | South Korea | 112,000 | 14 |
| Horseshoe | 678 | 2 | Justin Chu | China | 251,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 678 | 3 | Jim Collopy | United States | 342,000 | 43 |
| Horseshoe | 678 | 4 | Maximiliano Gallardo | Argentina | 90,000 | 11 |
| Horseshoe | 678 | 5 | Michael Rossitto | United States | 258,000 | 32 |
| Horseshoe | 678 | 6 | Henrik Brockmann | Germany | 288,000 | 36 |
| Horseshoe | 678 | 7 | Ryan Riess | United States | 124,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 678 | 8 | Cedric Schwaederle | United States | 205,000 | 26 |
Official End of Night Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
796,000 | 796,000 |
|
728,000 | 214,000 |
|
709,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
597,000 | 597,000 |
|
519,000 | 487,000 |
|
508,000 | 38,000 |
|
505,000 | 505,000 |
|
494,000 | 44,000 |
|
486,000 | 486,000 |
|
480,000 | 480,000 |
|
480,000 | 480,000 |
|
474,000 | 474,000 |
|
451,000 | 451,000 |
|
|
440,000 | 440,000 |
|
437,000 | 437,000 |
|
436,000 | 71,000 |
|
424,000 | |
|
413,000 | 413,000 |
|
408,000 | 48,000 |
|
403,000 | 403,000 |
|
390,000 | 390,000 |
|
389,000 | -11,000 |
|
373,000 | 373,000 |
|
371,000 | 371,000 |
|
368,000 | 268,000 |
Day 1 Closes
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Day 1 has come to an end with 152 players advancing through to Day 2. End of Night chip counts and a recap from today will follow shortly.
Sheils Puts Emmett into the Blender
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Brandon Sheils opened to 12,000 from early position and was called by Randall Emmett from the button. The big blind also called.
Action checked to Emmett on the 8♥8♦6♦ flop and he bet 30,000. Only Sheils called.
The 3♣ turn checked through to the 3♠ river. Sheils fired out 115,000 which sent Emmett into the tank. With around 186,000 behind, he opted to fold and the pot went to Sheils.
"Ace-king?" asked Emmett.
"Maybe," replied Shiels.
After some more talk between the two, Sheils said he had ace-eight but Emmett appeared to be skeptical.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
445,000 | 225,000 |
|
186,000 | -149,000 |
Arieh Wins at Showdown
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
David Bullinger opened to 12,000 from early position, and Josh Arieh defended his big blind to see the Q♠J♦9♠ flop. Arieh check-called for 18,000 before the J♠ turn, and 7♥ river checked through to showdown.
Arieh tabled his Q♦7♣ for queens and jacks which prompted Bullinger to muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000 | -80,000 |
|
|
365,000 | 235,000 |
Ramos Frustrates Hallay
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
With 47,000 in the pot on the 10♦7♠4♥2♦4♦ completed board, Axel Hallay bet 36,000 from the big blind. His opponent was Felipe Ramos, and he then raised to 110,000 from the hijack which visibly frustrated Hallay.
Hallay, who finished fourth in the $25,000 High Roller earlier in the series, started gesturing to himself while replaying the hand in his head. After about two minutes, he conceded the pot and Ramos added to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000 | 115,000 |
|
220,000 | 20,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Lapka Chips Up
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The cutoff jammed for 70,000 before Justin Lapka rejammed as the bigger stack from the small blind. Michael Rodrigues folded in the big blind and the cards went on their backs.
Cutoff: A♣9♣
Justin Lapka: 10♠10♣
Lapka's pair held to scoop the pot as the board ran out with the J♠7♣7♦J♦8♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
225,000 |
Last Day 1 Level Begins
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The final level of Day 1 has now been reached and as it stands 192 players remain.