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

06-10-2025 16:12 UTC-8

Some Chip Updates

Roxanne Johnson

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Jacobson	85,900 85,900	85,900

Thomas Eychenne	83,000 83,000	83,000
Michael Berk	77,200 30,200	30,200
Myles Mullaly	62,000 62,000	62,000
Rafael Reis	55,000 55,000	55,000

Victoria Livschitz	42,000 42,000	42,000
Allen Shen	36,000 36,000	36,000
Adam Friedman	35,900 35,900	35,900

Craig Varnell	33,000 33,000	33,000

Nick Palma	15,300 15,300	15,300

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

06-10-2025 16:05 UTC-8

Chung Gets Doubled With the Rockets

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Chang Yu Chung moved all in from early position for 14,400, and Aram Oganyan made the call from the cutoff and wished his opponent good luck.

Chang Yu Chung: A♣A♦ All in
Aram Oganyan: 8♣8♦

The board was 5♠K♥A♥K♣Q♦, and Chung doubled up with his full boat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chang Yu Chung	30,300
Aram Oganyan	25,200

Tags: Aram Oganyan Chang Yu Chung

06-10-2025 16:02 UTC-8

Benton Doubles Through Stein

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Josh Noy

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Daniyal Gheba opened to 2,000 in the cutoff and Adrian State called on the button. Evan Benton moved all in for 19,000 in the small blind before Marcus Stein shoved for more in the big blind.

Gheba and State folded, leaving Benton at risk heads up.

Evan Benton: K♦10♠ All in
Marcus Stein: A♣Q♦

Benton found help right away on the 10♠J♣6♥7♥7♠ runout, making two pair to double up through Stein.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniyal Gheba	79,000
Evan Benton	44,000 10,000	10,000

Adrian State	41,000
Marcus Stein	9,000

Tags: Adrian State Daniyal Gheba Evan Benton Marcus Stein

06-10-2025 15:58 UTC-8

Casale Comes Up Short

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Josh Noy

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was four-way to the 9♥5♣8♦ flop, where three players checked to James Leonard on the button. Leonard fired 4,200 into the middle, and Anthony Casale moved all in from the big blind.

Julian Lozano shoved his larger stack from under the gun, with Remy Murcia folding in middle position and Leonard also getting out of the way.

Anthony Casale: 9♠3♠ All in
Julian Lozano: A♦9♦

Both players flopped top pair, with Lozano's kicker in the lead. The J♥ turn and 8♥ river missed Casale, who was sent to the rail as Lozano raked in the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julian Lozano	98,000
Remy Murcia	79,000
James Leonard	42,000

Anthony Casale	Busted

Tags: Anthony Casale James Leonard Julian Lozano Remy Murcia

06-10-2025 15:49 UTC-8

Ronconi Scoops with Trips

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Darryl Ronconi limped from the small blind, and Sergi Reixach raised to 3,000 from the big blind. Ronconi made the call. The flop was K♥8♠Q♠, and Ronconi checked, while Reixach bet out 2,500. Ronconi came along to see the turn.

The turn was the 5♠, and Ronconi continued down the checking line, while Reixach placed a bet of 10,500. Ronconi called again.

The river Q♦ saw another check from Ronconi, and Reixach checked behind. Ronconi admitted, "I have the queen", and turned over Q♣2♠, and Reixach mucked. Ronconi won with trip queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darryl Ronconi	48,600
Sergi Reixach	20,600

Tags: Darryl Ronconi Sergi Reixach

06-10-2025 15:31 UTC-8

Top Chip Counts

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

According to the WSOP+ app, here are the top counts in the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonardo Rizzo	200,000 200,000	200,000
Carlos Leiva	182,000 182,000	182,000

Johnny Bromberg	171,200 171,200	171,200
David Pham	165,000 165,000	165,000

Hongru Zhang	153,900 153,900	153,900

Simon Wilson	150,000 150,000	150,000
Brian James	150,000 150,000	150,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

06-10-2025 15:16 UTC-8

Break Time

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Josh Noy

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Players have reached the second break, with action resuming in 15 minutes.

06-10-2025 15:12 UTC-8

Duan Takes from Twomley

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Josh Noy

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Jonathan Twomley raised to 1,600 from under the gun and Bin Duan was the lone caller in the hijack.

Twomley continued for 2,500 on the A♦Q♠6♠ flop and Duan made the call. The A♥ turn saw both players check.

Another pair of checks followed the J♦ river, with Twomley showing 6♥5♥ for aces and sixes. Duan tabled Q♣10♥ for aces and queens, taking down the pot as Twomley tapped the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Twomley	101,000 101,000	101,000
Jesse Lonis	42,000 42,000	42,000

Bin Duan	37,000 37,000	37,000

Tags: Bin Duan Jonathan Twomley