Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout
Day 3 Started
Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout
Day 3 Started
Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas will be played today to its conclusion on Day 3 as we crown a winner. These extraordinary 17 players are sure to provide an action-packed day.
After an initial field of 2,046 was whittled down to 188 players on the first day of play, Day 2 saw only 17 players reach the final day as they all remain in the running for the prestigious bracelet.
Of those, Matthew Hunt solidified his place as an overwhelming chip leader bagging 9,380,000 for the restart today, and his closest competitors are Benjamin Ector (5,690,000), Jean Lhuillier (5,165,000) and Dean Hutchison (4,000,000).
The elusive bracelet will add to Matthew Hunt's impressive poker career as this would be his first. Unlike Dietrich Fast who is also in the running but is seeking his second bracelet which he won in 2015 at The Oktoberfest €550 No Limit Hold'em Event. Fast also won first place in a World Poker Tour event in the same year.
Each remaining player is guaranteed a payout of $17,996 but all have their eyes on the $406,403 for first place, as well as the all-important gold bracelet of the 2023 WSOP.
Day 3 will take place on the feature tables in the Horseshoe Event Center at Noon PDT as we play down to a winner through 60-minute levels. Alongside breaks of 15 minutes every two levels, today's structure will also include a dinner break of which the time and length is to be determined.
Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Matthew Hunt | United Kingdom | 9,380,000 | 94 |
2 | Benjamin Ector | United States | 5,690,000 | 57 |
3 | Jean Lhuillier | France | 5,165,000 | 52 |
4 | Dean Hutchison | United Kingdom | 4,000,000 | 40 |
5 | Santiago Plante | Canada | 3,990,000 | 40 |
6 | Rocco Iati | United States | 3,460,000 | 35 |
7 | Dietrich Fast | Germany | 2,595,000 | 26 |
8 | Peter Nigh | United States | 2,470,000 | 25 |
9 | Samuel Roussy-Majeau | Canada | 2,190,000 | 22 |
10 | Rene Lazaro | United States | 2,165,000 | 22 |
11 | Robel Andemichael | United States | 2,025,000 | 20 |
12 | Nick Palma | United States | 1,595,000 | 16 |
13 | Adam Swan | United States | 1,585,000 | 16 |
14 | Clyde Maliauka | United States | 1,540,000 | 15 |
15 | Jonathan Kramer | United States | 1,440,000 | 14 |
16 | Divyam Satyarthi | United States | 1,355,000 | 14 |
17 | Jorge Ufano | Spain | 1,175,000 | 12 |
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Level: 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Cards are in the air and action is underway in Day 3 of Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout.
Adam Swan opened to 200,000 in the cutoff and Robel Andemichael three-bet jammed a stack of around 2,000,000 from the small blind. Jean Lhuillier then four-bet jammed a bigger stack from the big blind to bring a fold from Swan.
Robel Andemichael: 7♠7♥
Jean Lhuillier: A♦J♣
Andemichael couldn't stay ahead with sevens as the board ran out Q♦10♦5♣8♦9♦ to give Lhuillier a flush and mark Andemichael's elimination in 17th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jean Lhuillier |
7,000,000
1,835,000
|
1,835,000 |
Adam Swan |
1,400,000
-185,000
|
-185,000 |
Robel Andemichael | Busted |
As told by the players Jorge Ufano was eliminated in 16th place when he went all in for all his chips about 1,175,000 and Nick Palma called.
Jorge Ufano: Ax6x
Nick Palma: AxKx
Big slick held up for Palma and Ufano was eliminated in 16th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nick Palma |
2,500,000
905,000
|
905,000 |
Jorge Ufano | Busted |
In a heads-up pot between Nick Palma on the button and Benjamin Ector in the big blind, Ector checked on the flop of 6♠A♥5♦ and Palma bet 125,000. Ector called.
Ector checked again on the Q♥ turn and Palma checked back. Ector checked once more on the 7♦ river and Palma bet 300,000. Ector called.
Palma tabled A♦Q♠ for two pair and Ector mucked in defeat.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Benjamin Ector |
5,000,000
-690,000
|
-690,000 |
|
||
Nick Palma |
3,000,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Adam Swan opened to 200,000 on the button and Samuel Roussy-Majeau called in the big blind.
Roussy-Majeau checked on the flop of K♦6♣8♦ and Swan continued for 175,000. Roussy-Majeau called. Roussy-Majeau checked again on the J♣ turn and Swan checked back.
Roussy-Majeau checked once more on the 9♣ river and Swan bet 650,000. Roussy-Majeau called, only to muck as Swan tabled Q♣10♦ for a rivered straight.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adam Swan |
4,500,000
3,100,000
|
3,100,000 |
Samuel Roussy-Majeau |
2,500,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
Jonathan Kramer has been eliminated in 15th place and has won $17,996. Kramer shoved all of his chips in for 490,000 in middle position and Matthew Hunt on the big blind called.
Jonathan Kramer: A♣J♦
Matthew Hunt: 9♥9♦
The board was 6♥Q♦K♣7♠K♦ and Kramer couldn't improve and added to Hunt's growing stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matthew Hunt |
14,100,000
4,720,000
|
4,720,000 |
|
||
Jonathan Kramer | Busted |