Event #52: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-17-2025 13:52 UTC-8

Some Notables Jumping in at Level 2

Laura Fryer

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	25,000 25,000	25,000

Agharazi Babayev	25,000 25,000	25,000
Rafael Reis	25,000 25,000	25,000

Stefan Dimitrov	25,000 25,000	25,000
Hugues Girard	25,000 25,000	25,000
Joey Weissman	25,000 25,000	25,000

06-17-2025 13:52 UTC-8

Those Frozen Out Early

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Namhyung Kim	Busted
David Fhima	Busted
Kevin Rand	Busted
Trung Pham	Busted
Zach Sterzenbach	Busted
Doug Trabulsi	Busted
Adam Rothschild	Busted
Terry Kim	Busted
Andrew Kang	Busted
Caio Sobral	Busted
Aleksandr Gofman	Busted
Joseph Demattei	Busted
Mikhail Petrov	Busted
Robert Griffin	Busted
Matthew Swiatek	Busted
Thomas Eychenne	Busted
Justin Arnwine	Busted
Damon Summers	Busted
Reiji Kono	Busted
Rudy Cervantes	Busted

Kevin Schulz	Busted
Ankit Ahuja	Busted
David Crafti	Busted
Peter Placey	Busted
Tony Herring	Busted

06-17-2025 14:07 UTC-8

Bifarella Doubles with Pocket Aces; End of Hobday

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Laura Fryer

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Samuel Bifarella moved all in on the button for his entire 24,000 stack. Jacob Hobday covered him by only 600 chips in the big blind but made the call.

Samuel Bifarella: A♠A♣ All in
Jacob Hobday: A♦K♦

Hobday had run into pocket aces and the uneventful Q♠9♠4♥ flop, 6♥ turn and 9♥ river couldn't save him.

Hobday was left with 600 chips and was seen walking away from the tournament area around 5 minutes later, having been eliminated in the freezeout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Bifarella	48,500
Jacob Hobday	Busted

Tags: Jacob Hobday Samuel Bifarella

06-17-2025 14:08 UTC-8

Three Kings Good For Jung in Big Early Pot

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Eliot Thomas

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

We joined the action with Jason Jung all-in for 36,100 in the cutoff. Blaine Smith in the small blind announced a call with Jung covered, before the action folded round to Paul Lozano in the middle position, who also moved all-in, putting his tournament life at risk.

Jason Jung: K♦K♣ All in
Paul Lozano: J♣J♦ All in
Blaine Smith: K♠A♠

The flop came out K♥4♥6♣, giving Jung the trips, and when the turn came 4♠ and the river 10♣, he scooped a massive early pot. Paul Lozano was sent to the rail, while Blaine Smith's stack took a big hit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Jung	76,700
Blaine Smith	25,000
Paul Lozano	Busted

Tags: Blaine Smith Jason Jung Paul Lozano

06-17-2025 14:13 UTC-8

The Fox and a Wyatt

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Maggie Fox started the action off with a raise, George Wyatt put in a third bet, and Fox responded with a four-bet. Wyatt called.

The flop scrolled across the Q♣J♦9♣ and Fox continued for 3,000. Wyatt called.

The turn paired the board with the J♣ and Fox slowed down with a check. Wyatt took the opportunity to bet 4,000 but was soon faced by an all in from Fox. Wyatt's hand found the muck and Fox was awarded the pot.

Jasmine Lee requested that the record show three powerful women were sat at this particular table. Content creator, Ashley Frank, was sat on her direct right with Fox two seats to her left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Margaret Fox	37,000 12,000	12,000
Ashley Frank	25,000
Jasmine Lee	25,000 25,000	25,000
George Wyatt	13,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Ashley Frank George Wyatt Jasmine Lee Maggie Fox

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

06-17-2025 14:22 UTC-8

Friends on the Felt

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Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Jason Hunter and Hedi Boussetta have entered the tournament and were sat on adjacent tables.

The pair were caught in conversation with Boussetta saying "I think I have played with you before", with Hunter responding "Oh yeah, you were the Kings against Aces hand". The pair re-took their seats and wished each other luck for the upcoming day of play.

WSOP brings together players and friends from all over the world, some of which will be sure to take part in the upcoming infamous WSOP Event #65: $1,000 Tag Team event taking place Jun 24-27, 2025.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Hunter	25,000 25,000	25,000
Hedi Boussetta	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Hedi Boussetta Jason Hunter

06-17-2025 14:45 UTC-8

Caitlin Comeskey in the House

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Eliot Thomas

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Caitlin Comeskey is here at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas as we move into Level 3 of the day. The two-time Global Poker Awards winner will be looking to add to her current live earnings of around $300,000.

Comeskey's last recorded live cash came earlier in the series as she placed 92nd in Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. for a score of $3,017

Player	Chips	Progress
Caitlin Comeskey	36,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Caitlin Comeskey Jason Koon

06-17-2025 14:46 UTC-8

Spasov Doubles Through Reid; Palma Has Opinions

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Joseph Sommer started off the action with a raise to 600 and Simeon Spasov put in a third bet to 2,700.

Terrance Reid was deep in the tank and the ever-opinionated Nick Palma chimed in, "He's thinking really hard, I think he's gonna have a brain aneurysm... it's just a game."

A good-natured Reid paid no heed to Palma and put in a fourth bet to 5,200. Sommer folded and Spasov went all in .

Again Reid took his time mulling over his decision and Palma remarked, "Oh... he didn't think about what he was going to do if the guy went all in last time?"

Reid responded, "I hadn't decided yet..." before eventually putting in the call.

Simeon Spasov: K♦K♥ All in
Terrance Reid: Q♥Q♦

Reid was pipped and couldn't improve when the board ran out 6♦6♠2♠10♥10♣.

"That's why god created rebuys... but this is a freezeout." was Palma's last needle. Reid, who recently started a YouTube channel, was unbothered by the antics of Palma, as he likely knows him from various poker stops.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simeon Spasov	47,000 47,000	47,000

Nick Palma	25,000 25,000	25,000
Joseph Sommer	23,300 23,300	23,300
Terrance Reid	6,100 6,100	6,100

Tags: Joseph Sommer Nick Palma Simeon Spasov Terrance Reid

06-17-2025 14:50 UTC-8

Hulme is in the Mix

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Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Andrew Hulme entered the tournament along with a number of notable players from the United Kingdom.

2025 has already been a great year for Hulme as he has had some huge scores. Within the past year he secured first place in the £1,500 Grosvenor UK Poker Open 2025 for £219,720 ($277,880), and he shipped the £2,000 Nottingham UK Poker Championships High Roller for £49,340 ($66,830).

His biggest score was just last year in the £5,000 Main Event at the European Poker Tour in Barcelona, where he made the final table and finished in second for €1,165,614 ($1,287,800).

He has already had two cashes in this year's WSOP, but eyes will be on Hulme to see how the rest of the summer plays out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Hulme	25,000 25,000	25,000
Sachin Joshi	25,000 25,000	25,000
Joshua Boulton	25,000 25,000	25,000

Ben Collins	25,000 25,000	25,000

Brandon Sheils	25,000 25,000	25,000
Oliver Bithell	25,000 25,000	25,000
Philippe Souki	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Andrew Hulme