Welcome to Event #59: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Welcome to Event #59: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em, which will take place today at 10 a.m. in the white section at Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas.
A great warm-up for the main event, last year’s contest attracted 1,359 entrants and created a total prize pool of $3,628,530, with the eventual winner capturing $598,173 and the coveted gold bracelet.
It was a star-studded affair in 2022, with the likes of Maria Ho, Daniel Negreanu, and Justin Bonomo all contributing to the prize pool, as well as former main event winners Koray Aldemir, Hossein Ensan, and Phil Hellmuth, with Hellmuth being denied his 17th bracelet in heads-up play to eventual champ and now two-time bracelet winner, David Jackson.
Jackson earned his first WSOP bracelet after taking down Event #25: $777 LUCKY SEVENS as part of the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events. Jackson made it through a field of 2,014 entries to win the bracelet and $194,178.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Jackson | United States | $598,173 |
| 2 | Phil Hellmuth | United States | $369,698 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Lo | Hong Kong | $266,559 |
| 4 | Justin Saliba | United States | $194,525 |
| 5 | Timothy Sullivan | United States | $143,699 |
| 6 | Renan Bruschi | Brazil | $107,472 |
| 7 | Onur Unsal | Turkey | $81,390 |
| 8 | Richard Scardina | United States | $62,423 |
| 9 | Anton Wigg | Sweden | $48,494 |
Players will start with 40,000 chips and play 17 40-minute levels today, with 20-minute breaks coming after every three levels and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 12 (approx. 7:30).
Late registration will be open for the first 12 levels.
As always, keep following along with PokerNews for up-to-the-minute live coverage of this championship event.