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

06-17-2025 14:52 UTC-8

More Eliminations

Claudio Elizalde

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Pearlman	Busted
Ben Miller	Busted
Mason Vieth	Busted
Ramiro Yranek	Busted
Marvin Flores	Busted
Yifu He	Busted
Thomas Hopkins	Busted
Ryuta Nakai	Busted
Daniel Lazrus	Busted

Casey Carroll	Busted
Ryan Hunsinger	Busted
Daniel Lefebvre	Busted
Richard Neururer	Busted
Harry Wong	Busted
Arish Nat	Busted
Ryan Hutchinson	Busted
Caryn Barab	Busted
Mark Edwards	Busted
Konstantinos Tsikopoulos	Busted
Sims White	Busted
Gaston Catzman	Busted
William Hawk	Busted
Joey Weissman	Busted

Travis To	Busted
Lukas Hafner	Busted

Read full

06-17-2025 14:55 UTC-8

South American Royalty in the Freezeout

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Eliot Thomas

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Brazil's Rodrigo Portaleoni and Argentina's Ezequiel Waigel are currently playing at the same table as we approach the first break of the day.

Portaleoni, who sits 39th on Brazil's all-time money list, holds one WSOP ring and has played a variety of events so far this summer. He was last seen finishing in 624th place in Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK for $3,957, which is playing down to a winner today.

Waigel, 7th on Argentina's all-time money list, has amassed over $2.7m in live earnings and has garnered a reputation within the game as an impressive force on both the live and online scene.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ezequiel Waigel	35,500 35,500	35,500
Rodrigo Portaleoni	17,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Ezequiel Waigel Rodrigo Portaleoni

06-17-2025 15:03 UTC-8

First Break of the Day

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Claudio Elizalde

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Players have gone on a 15-minute break.

Blinds will be 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante when they return.

06-17-2025 15:03 UTC-8

Doug Polk Kills Tony Stand-Up Comedy; Michael Kaplan’s Final Stu Ungar Story | PokerNews Podcast #898

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

In the 898th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are back at Level 9 Studio to offer their thoughts on Doug Polk's recent appearance on Kill Tony, the popular Austin-based stand-up comedy program. How did Doug do in front of Tony Hinchcliffe and company? Let's just say you might be surprised.

Mike, who made a recent appearance in Daniel Negreanu's vlog, then sounds off on the cancelled WSOP Online bracelet event, the crew discusses the recently-announced changes to the WSOP Circuit, Chad goes to the world's largest casino collectibles show, and Matt Savage offers his thoughts as a special guest speaker.

Other topics include bracelet wins by Nick Schulman, Jason Koon, and John Racener, highlights from recent Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) events, and an exclusive interview with famed poker author Michael Kaplan, who recently released a new book, Advantage Players. The veteran scribe shares several poker stories, including Phil Ivey and Kelly Sun's baccarat edge sorting, the legendary Billy Baxter, and what it was like working with Stu Ungar in what was one of the final, if not THE final, interviews before he passed in 1998.

Learn about all those stories and more in the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast!

A new PokerNews Podcast will drop twice a week during the 2025 WSOP every Thursday and Sunday at 8a PT / 11a ET / 4p UK time. Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you do not miss an episode!

Click here to listen to the new PN Podcast!

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

06-17-2025 15:21 UTC-8

Some Recent Additions to the Field

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Laura Fryer

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Renan Bruschi	25,000 25,000	25,000

Lei Yu	25,000 25,000	25,000

Lexy Gavin-Mather	25,000 25,000	25,000

Didier Guerin	25,000 25,000	25,000

Jason Somerville	25,000 25,000	25,000

Brian Hastings	25,000 25,000	25,000

Jaspal Brar	25,000 25,000	25,000

Kenneth O'donnell	25,000 25,000	25,000

Jonathan Tamayo	25,000 25,000	25,000

06-17-2025 15:22 UTC-8

Good Luck Jonathan!

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Kasey Taormino

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

https://twitter.com/JonathanLittle/status/1935110644887609722

06-17-2025 15:29 UTC-8

A Frustrating Misunderstanding

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Claudio Elizalde

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Just Before the Break:

Heads up to a river of J♣10♠4♣J♦8♥ saw Justin Green crane across the dealer, lifting his hands, and asking "Can I have a peek?".

The dealer misunderstood what Green had said and he said, "Check.". Matias Gabrenja then asked the dealer, "Did he check?" and the dealer affirmed he had. Gabrenja tabled a pair of nines in the hole but the interaction had happened so quickly Green hadn't had the time to object. All Green had done was request to look at Gabrenja's stack.

At this point, the floor was called and the first floor's ruling was that Green would still have the option to act, despite Gabrenja prematurely tabling his hand. Gabrenja asked the floor to call their superiors, effectively asking for a new ruling. The new floor approached the table and after getting Gabrenja and the dealer's side of the story he said that the action would be a check. At that point the rest of the table chimed in that it was clear Green was asking for a chip count and the only two people who misread the situation were the dealer and Gabrenja.

The floor then used the new information to agree with the previous floor's ruling, allowing Green to act, as he was in position.

Green went all in, covering Gabrenja, who was visibly upset about the series of events. Eventually, he threw his hand into the muck, disgusted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Green	65,000 65,000	65,000
Matias Gabrenja	6,500 6,500	6,500

Tags: Justin Green Matias Gabrenja

06-17-2025 15:33 UTC-8

Shawn "The Cannon" Buchanan Firing

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Eliot Thomas

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Online bracelet winner Shawn Buchanan is in the building. With over $7m in live earnings to his name, the Canadian will be hoping for another deep run in this event, just days after final-tabling Event #31: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack, finishing 4th for $128,100.

Buchanan, whose bracelet win came in the $800 WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed in 2019, is no stranger to an impressive Vegas summer, having made a strong bid for the 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year fourteen years ago.