Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$3,342,840
Entries
1,252
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
1,252
Players Left
187
Players Left 1 / 1252
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Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
This three-day event gets underway at 12 p.m. local time, with late registration open for nine levels. There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels, with a 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 9 (~6:30 p.m.).
The starting stack is 40,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play 15 40-minute levels or down to 15 percent of the field, whichever is later. Day 2 resumes at 12 p.m. Thursday for the surviving players and closes after ten more levels of play. Day 3 is when a winner will be crowned.
Last year’s winner Robert Schulz overcame a hard-fought final table which lasted almost seven hours. The German defeated Julien Sitbon in the finale to top the 1,598 entry field and collected his maiden bracelet and $675,275 from the $4,266,660 prize pool.
This is only the fourth installment of this event, with 2022 victor David Jackson famously beating Phil Hellmuth in a one-sided heads-up battle.
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,598 | Robert Schulz | Germany | $675,275 |
| 2022 | 1,359 | David Jackson | United States | $598,173 |
| 2021 | 720 | Harvey Mathews | United States | $371,914 |
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What Else is Happening at the 2024 WSOP?
- Phil Hellmuth narrowly missed out on winning his 18th bracelet, finishing fourth in the $1,500 Mixed Omaha event, which requires an unscheduled Day 4.
- One of the toughest fields ever assembled at the WSOP is battling away in the $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em event.
- Another all-star cast makes up the final 17 of the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship.
Play has started in the $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em with 288 players registered at the very start.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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40,000
40,000
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40,000
40,000
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Action was caught on the turn on the board 3♣5♣Q♦2♠. Fangxiao Zhang checked in the big blind. Eric Stangel bet 2,000 on the cutoff, and Zhang raised to 5,000. Stangel called.
The river was the 8♠ and Zhang now bet 12,000, which was about the size of the pot. After some thinking Stangel called and saw the bad news, his opponent had turned the set with 2♣2♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Action was already on the river with a board that showed 8♦8♥4♠7♦A♣. Jared Griener made a bet and Eric Afriat quickly called.
Griener tabled the JxJx but that was no good up against the Q♠Q♦ of Afriat who took down the pot with the superior pocket pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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46,000 | |
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34,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the eighth episode, Connor speaks with legendary UFC ring announcer Bruce Buffer in an exclusive in-depth interview after Buffer's deep run in the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $50,000 High Roller. Buffer, a longtime poker player, finished in eighth place for a career-best $212,423 after kicking off Day 3 with his trademark "it's time" introduction.
Buffer talked about finding his long-lost half-brother, Michael Buffer, and becoming his manager, the early days of the UFC, the similarities between poker and martial arts, his relationships with Joe Rogan and Dana White and the time he injured himself in a poker tournament before announcing the biggest UFC fight in history.
This interview was filmed at the 2024 WSOP inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
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Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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