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Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Completed
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$3,342,840
Total Entries
1,252
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
187
Players Left
13
Players Left 1 / 1,252
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Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Day 2 of Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em of the 2024 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas began with 188 players and ended with only 13 after a long day of intense action between some of the best players in the game. Those remaining players advance to Day 3, which starts Friday at noon, where they will take their shot at what remains of the $3,342,840 prize pool, including a $523,195 grand prize.
Ending Day 2 with the best shot at that top prize was Ben Hoy, who bagged up the chip lead with 7,300,000. Hoy caught fire late in the day as he started to take every chip within his grasp after the final break. At one point he had close to 11 million, but dropped a few hands in the final level to sink back down closer to the pack.
Right behind him in second is Joseph Carden (6,300,000), who likewise had a strong end to the day to land himself near the top of the leaderboard.
End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Hoy | United States | 7,300,000 | 61 |
| 2 | Joseph Carden | United States | 6,300,000 | 53 |
| 3 | Erlend Melsom | Norway | 4,980,000 | 42 |
| 4 | Nikolay Yosifov | Bulgaria | 4,635,000 | 39 |
| 5 | Uri Reichenstein | Israel | 4,480,000 | 37 |
| 6 | David Stamm | United States | 4,300,000 | 36 |
| 7 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 4,105,000 | 34 |
| 8 | Ivan Ruban | Russia | 3,445,000 | 29 |
| 9 | Clemen Deng | United States | 3,260,000 | 27 |
| 10 | Morgan Petro | United States | 2,560,000 | 21 |
After the top two stacks, there is a jumble of stacks, all within just 500,000 chips of each other, fighting for the third-highest stack. Erlend Melsom just pipped that distinction with 4,980,000, edging out Nikolay Yosifov Uri Reichenstein , David Stamm and Maxx Coleman.
During the day's action, some of the notables who fell by the wayside include Martin Zamani (126th), Ben Keeline (45th), Punnat Punsri (36th) and Sami Bechahed (29th).
The day finally came to a close after 12 hours and the final elimination of the night ended up being David Kaufmann, who went out in 14th place.
Action will resume on June 21 at 12 p.m. in Level 28 with blinds at 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 big blind ante.
PokerNews will be there to provide all of the updates once again.
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Play has ended for the night, and the 13 remaining players have bagged up, and will return tomorrow at 12 p.m. for Day 3.
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Action folded to Erlend Melson in the hijack, who raised to 200,000. Ivan Ruban then three-bet to 1,010,000, leaving 100,000 chips behind. When it got to the small blind Nikolay Yosifov, he four-bet all in. The big blind and Melson folded, and Ruban put in his last 100,000.
Ivan Ruban: A♠Q♠ 
Nikolay Yosifov: A♦K♦
Ruban was dominated, would need to improve to keep his tournament life alive. The 7♥2♥3♥ flop was no help, but the Q♣ on the turn flipped the switch, and it was Yosifov looking for one of three outs, with only one card to come. But the river was the 4♥ to secure Ruban the double up.
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
David Kaufmann moved all in preflop and was called by Maxx Coleman.
David Kaufmann: A♥8♦
Maxx Coleman: Q♦Q♥
The board would not do any favors for Kaufmann as it ran out 2♠K♦3♦J♦6♥ and he was eliminated in 14th place.
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Oleksii Mezhenkov raised all in from under the gun for 960,000 and when it folded to David Stamm in the hijack, he made the call. The rest of the players folded, leaving the two heads up, with Mezhenkov at risk.
Oleksii Mezhenkov: A♣J♥
David Stamm: K♥K♣
Mezhenkov would need help stay in the tournament, but when the board ran out 9♠8♠10♣6♠5♣ Stamm's pocket kings were still best, and Mezhenkov was eliminated in 15th place.
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
| Casino | Table | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe | 1 | 1 | Nikolay Yosifov | Bulgaria | 4,635,000 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 3 | Ben Hoy | United States | 7,300,000 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 4 | David Stamm | United States | 4,300,000 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 5 | Joseph Carden | United States | 6,300,000 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 6 | Andjelko Andrejevic | United States | 730,000 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 7 | Erlend Melsom | Norway | 4,980,000 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 8 | Ivan Ruban | Russia | 3,445,000 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 3 | Uri Reichenstein | Israel | 4,480,000 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 5 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 4,105,000 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 6 | Jonathan Schwartz | United States | 1,690,000 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 7 | Neil Warren | United States | 2,335,000 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 8 | Clemen Deng | United States | 3,260,000 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 9 | John Morgan Petro | United States | 2,560,000 |
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
It folded to Kristofer Kneale in the hijack, who raised all in for 730,000. It folded to Maxx Coleman in the small blind who also announced all in. The big blind folded, leaving the two players heads up, with Kneale at risk.
Kristofer Kneale: A♣8♣
Maxx Coleman: K♣Q♦
Kneale was ahead with his ace high, but when the board ran out 8♦2♠K♦J♠9♣ Coleman had the best hand with a pair of kings, eliminating Kneale in 16th place.
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Joao Barroso Valli was the short stack at the table and he open-raised from early position for all of his 665,000 chips. Action folded to Ben Hoy in the big blind, who called.
Joao Barroso Valli: 3♦3♥
Ben Hoy: A♣5♦
Hoy out-flopped Valli on Q♦5♥A♠, the turn 4♥ brought four more outs with the gutshot for Valli, but the river Q♥ meant the end of his tournament.
