Event #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-07-2023 22:03 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian O'Hara	600,000 600,000	600,000

Adrian Mateos	355,000 65,000	65,000

Ludovic Geilich	340,000 210,000	210,000

Sriharsha Doddapaneni	330,000 230,000	230,000
Cord Garcia	320,000 85,000	85,000

Tony Miles	190,000 115,000	115,000
Josh Arieh	160,000 95,000	95,000

Ankit Ahuja	140,000 140,000	140,000
Lander Lijo	120,000 120,000	120,000
Greg Mueller	120,000 120,000	120,000

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	110,000 105,000	105,000
Francis Anderson	100,000 25,000	25,000

Jeremy Eyer	90,000

Esther Taylor	90,000 30,000	30,000

Jesse Lonis	90,000 52,000	52,000

Nicholas Palma	85,000 20,000	20,000
Nick Pupillo	70,000 70,000	70,000

Chino Rheem	Busted
Dylan Wilkerson	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Koller	102,000 102,000	102,000

Tilton Doubles Through Farrell

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Down to just 45,000 in chips, James Tilton got it in with the K♠10♠. He was looked up by Niall Farrell with the A♣Q♠ and spiked an open-ender on the Q♦J♥6♦ flop. Nothing changed with the J♦ turn but the A♠ on the river improved Tilton to broadway.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	230,000 50,000	50,000

James Tilton	95,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: James Tilton Niall Farrell

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

06-07-2023 22:26 UTC-8

No Score for Kruse This Time

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Max Kruse recalled a fortunate triple up when he had a very short stack earlier on but one of the players involved then finished him off. Kruse was at risk for around seven blinds with the A♥10♠ and Lucien Silveira looked him up with the K♦6♠.

The board ran out 8♥7♦6♦J♣5♣ and the pair of sixes for Silveira dealt the final blow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucian Silveira	230,000 230,000	230,000
Max Kruse	Busted

Tags: Lucien Silveira Max Kruse

06-07-2023 22:33 UTC-8

Catela Takes Another Hit

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The stack of Jose Catela has been swinging up and down throughout the day and he just suffered another setback.

On a heads-up flop of 4♦3♣2♥, the big blind check-called a bet worth 15,000 by Catela. Both checked down the 5♣ turn and K♦ as Catela was shown the 5♥4♣ for two pair. That was good enough to win the pot since Catela sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Catela	75,000 127,000	127,000

Tags: Jose Catela

06-07-2023 22:40 UTC-8

Pupillo Scores Double Up

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Herbie Teope

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Nick Pupillo woke up with a hand in the big blind and made a move.

After a player in late position raised to 12,000, Pupillo moved all in for his remaining 70,000 and was called. To his surprise, Pupillo was ahead when the cards were tabled.

Pupillo: 6♠6♦
Opponent: 4♠4♦

The dealer fanned 6♣8♣K♥ on the flop, giving Pupillo a set and having his opponent drawing thin. The turn produced 10♠, which now had Pupillo’s opponent drawing dead, and 4♥ on the river did nothing to change the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Pupillo	148,000 78,000	78,000

Tags: Nick Pupillo

06-07-2023 22:45 UTC-8

Late Night Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	600,000 245,000	245,000

Jared Jaffee	550,000 220,000	220,000

Ori Hasson	500,000 275,000	275,000

Paul Berger	500,000 330,000	330,000

Stephen Song	420,000 50,000	50,000

Philip Shing	370,000 165,000	165,000
Ryan Messick	300,000 22,000	22,000
Romain Lewis	140,000 116,000	116,000

Jorge Ufano	130,000 85,000	85,000
Ryan Leng	80,000 75,000	75,000

Javier Gomez Zapatero	80,000
Scott Eskenazi	Busted

06-07-2023 22:52 UTC-8

Payout Information Released

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

A total of 1,137 entries generated a prize pool worth $2,529,825, surpassing the 752 entries of the previous by a significant margin. The top 171 finishers will receive at least $4,011for their efforts and reaching the ten-handed final table comes with a payday worth $26,926.

A significantly higher cash prize awaits the eventual champion, who will walk away with $435,924 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet. All payout steps can be found in the payout tab.

06-07-2023 22:57 UTC-8

Wantman Knocked Out

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jeremy Eyer got it in for 60,000 before the flop and Matthew Wantman pushed in his near even stack out of the big blind.

Jeremy Eyer: 10♦8♦
Matthew Wantman: A♦Q♦

Wantman had diamonds covered and hit the superior pair on the A♣8♠5♠ flop. However, the 8♣ turn gave Eyer trips and the 9♣ river changed nothing anymore. Wantman had 2,000 chips left and was forced all-in from the small blind to bow out in the next hand.