Event #35: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-10-2025 18:33 UTC-8

Eliminations Before the End of Registration

Claudio Elizalde

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dejuante Alexander	Busted

Cherish Andrews	Busted
Michael Jukich	Busted

Somasekhar Sanampuri	Busted
Krasimir Yankov	Busted
Biao Ding	Busted
Chinwei Lim	Busted

Andreas Kniep	Busted
Tzur Levy	Busted
Greg Robert Ostrander	Busted
Sameer Chaturvedi	Busted
Nikola Gunchev	Busted
Jack Sinclair	Busted

Yuya Kita	Busted
Gualter Fortuna	Busted
Dawn Mougel	Busted
Connor Gibson	Busted
Jacob Mendelsohn	Busted
Brandon Mitchell	Busted
Scott Hammett	Busted
Albert Riccobono	Busted

Mohammad Siddiqui	Busted
Colin Dentan	Busted
Nicholas Verderamo	Busted
Dusti Smith	Busted

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06-10-2025 18:39 UTC-8

Fresh Stacks; All Those That Max Late Reg

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kanishka Reddy	25,000 25,000	25,000
Baldomero Cleves	25,000 25,000	25,000
Baoqiang Ho	25,000 25,000	25,000
Philip Li	25,000 25,000	25,000
Michael Lavin	25,000 25,000	25,000

Aaron Kupin	25,000 25,000	25,000
Michael Jozoff	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jason Blodgett	25,000 25,000	25,000
Naoya Kihara	25,000 25,000	25,000

Honcheong Lee	25,000 25,000	25,000
Cameron Storto	25,000 25,000	25,000
Florian Ribouchon	25,000 25,000	25,000
Casey Sandretto	25,000 25,000	25,000
Mitchell Hynam	25,000 25,000	25,000
Alan Sternberg	25,000 25,000	25,000

Dimitre Dimitrov	25,000 25,000	25,000
Wayne Harmon	25,000 25,000	25,000
William Foxen	25,000 25,000	25,000

Matthew Schulte	25,000 25,000	25,000
Ethan Yau	25,000 25,000	25,000

Casey Hatmaker	25,000 25,000	25,000
Martin Sedlak	25,000 25,000	25,000
Daewoong Song	25,000 25,000	25,000
Kyle Edward Julius	25,000 25,000	25,000
Dale Roesel	25,000 25,000	25,000

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06-10-2025 18:41 UTC-8

Melogno Sends O'Connell Out

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Josh Noy

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Pablo Melogno opened to 4,000 in early position before Drew O'Connell moved all in for 30,000 on his immediate left. Action folded back around to Melogno, who made the call.

Drew O'Connell: K♦Q♥ All in
Pablo Melogno: 8♠8♦

Melogno found a set on the 2♦K♥8♥ flop, while the 7♥ turn brought O'Connell some additional outs. The J♠ river was clean for Melogno, sending O'Connell to the rail shortly after dinner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Melogno	112,000 112,000	112,000
Michael Lavin	62,000 37,000	37,000

Scott Bohlman	31,000 31,000	31,000

Drew O'Connell	Busted

Tags: Drew O'Connell Pablo Melogno

06-10-2025 18:54 UTC-8

Moncek Loses a Flip

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Josh Noy

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Bart Lybaert raised to 4,000 from under the gun and was called by Chase Reagan in middle position. Michael Moncek then announced all in for 35,000.

Lybaert shoved and Reagan folded, leaving Moncek at risk heads up.

Michael Moncek: 6♣6♦ All in
Bart Lybaert: A♦J♦

Lybaert found a pair on the 2♦J♣Q♦4♦3♥ runout, winning the flip and eliminating Moncek.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bart Lybaert	147,000
Chase Reagan	75,000 27,000	27,000
Michael Moncek	Busted

Tags: Bart Lybaert Chase Reagan Michael Moncek

06-10-2025 19:08 UTC-8

Buckenmayer Folds to Foxen's Shove

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Josh Noy

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Alex Foxen raised to 5,000 in the small blind, with Robert Buckenmayer defending his big blind to see the A♥J♣4♣ flop.

Foxen continued for 2,000 and the call was made. The 10♥ turn brought another lead from Foxen, this time for 5,000. Buckenmayer called again and the 5♥ river hit the felt.

After picking up his remaining chips, Foxen announced all in for 11,000. Buckenmayer quickly slid his cards into the muck and Foxen raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Buckenmayer	51,000
Alex Foxen	38,000

Andrew Kelsall	38,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Robert Buckenmayer

06-10-2025 19:10 UTC-8

A Few Chip Updates

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hongru Zhang	254,000 46,900	46,900

Chance Kornuth	173,500

Martin Jacobson	136,000 50,100	50,100

Ian Matakis	86,000

Victoria Livschitz	65,000 23,000	23,000

06-10-2025 19:12 UTC-8

Foxen's Check-Raise Pays

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John Avelino

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The action was picked up on a board of 9♥7♣9♣ and a pot in the middle of 35,000. Foxen in middle position checked. Jared Jaffee bet 7,500. Foxen then check-raised to 17,000 and Jaffee made the call.

The turn card came 10♥ and Foxen led for 27,000. Jaffee took a short moment before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristen Foxen	132,000 88,000	88,000

Jared Jaffee	64,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Jared Jaffee Kristen Foxen

06-10-2025 19:36 UTC-8

Double Knockout for Foxen

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Josh Noy

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Kristen Foxen turned over her cards, covering shoves from both Yayun Liu and Corey Brass.

Yayun Liu: 6♥6♦
Corey Brass: A♥10♦ All in
Kristen Foxen: A♠J♠

Liu was not able to fade the 2♦J♣2♥ flop, as Foxen found a jack to take the lead. The 9♥ turn and 10♠ river were no help for Liu or Brass, as Foxen scored the double knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristen Foxen	212,000 80,000	80,000

Yayun Liu	Busted
Corey Brass	Busted

Tags: Corey Brass Kristen Foxen Yayun Liu

06-10-2025 20:13 UTC-8

Foxen Doubles Through Hirose

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John Avelino

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The action was picked up as Alex Foxen bet 24,000 from the hijack and got raised from the cutoff by Daniel Hirose to 56,000. Foxen made the call.

The flop came 10♣5♦2♣ and Foxen checked. Hirose put a large stack of red 5k chips in front of him essentially putting Foxen all in. Foxen snap-called and immediately the hands were revealed.

Alex Foxen: J♥J♠ All in
Daniel Hirose: 9♥9♣

Foxen had Hirose drawing dead as the dealer placed the turn card of the J♦.

A 3♥ peeled off on the river and Foxen doubled up.