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

06-17-2025 18:10 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Davis	Busted
Patrick Reilly	Busted
Michael Chan	Busted
Florian Ribouchon	Busted
Marc Laureano	Busted
Eric Baldwin	Busted

Michael Aman	Busted
Oscar Rodriguez	Busted
Joon Kim	Busted
Vadzim Lipauka	Busted
Barret Noble	Busted
Nicholas Verderamo	Busted
Mark England	Busted
Rodrigo Zouvi	Busted
Terrell Deen	Busted
Shiina Okamoto	Busted

Sven Rahmsdorf	Busted
Joseph Labiosa	Busted
Brett Shaffer	Busted

Corbin Neumann	Busted
Timur Margolin	Busted

Colin Robinson	Busted

Takashi Taniguchi	Busted
Aaron Gunn	Busted
James Casement	Busted

Fantin Chips Up

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Julio Fantin raised to 1,600 under the gun and Jefferson Montejo defended his big blind.

The flop fanned out A♣J♦8♠ and Montejo check-called a bet of 2,000.

The 4♥ came on the turn and Montejo checked again but he folded to Fantin's all in of 7,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jefferson Montejo	29,000 29,000	29,000
Julio Fantin	14,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Jefferson Guerreromontejo Julio Fantin

06-17-2025 17:51 UTC-8

Bayer Busts after Yong Boats up on the River

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Laura Fryer

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action was followed from the 2♥A♥3♠ flop, with Mark Evangelista in the small blind and Mathias Bayer in the big blind.

Both the blinds checked the flop and Cassandra Yong bet 3,000. Evangelista mucked his hand and Bayer raised to 8,500. Yong made the call.

The 9♠ was turned and Bayer bet out 15,500. Yong called behind and the players were taken to the 2♣ river.

Bayer took some time before moving his stack in, but Yong snap called and covered Bayer.

Mathias Bayer: 8♥4♥ All in
Cassandra Yong: 3♣3♦

Yong showed pocket three's, and she took down the pot, having made a set on the flop and a boat on the river.

Bayer was eliminated in the hand just before the break and another player at the table commented to Yong, "You've got piles of chips now.". Yong responded with "I was not folding that, when he went all in I was so excited.". Another friend passed the table and also remarked, saying "Wow, that's a lot of chips."

Yong accelerated into the top five chip counts after the hand, after only just jumping into the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cassandra Yong	165,000
Mark Evangelista	44,000 44,000	44,000
Mathias Bayer	Busted

Tags: Cassandra Yong Mark Evangelista Mathias Bayer

06-17-2025 17:47 UTC-8

Moura and Ko Switch Places in the Counts

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Gabriel Moura opened the button and Dongwoo Ko put in a raise to 7,000. Moura responded with another raise to 14,000. Ko made the call.

Heads up to a bloated pot, the Q♦8♦7♠ scrolled across the felt.

Ko checked and Moura continued with a bet of 6,000. Ko responded with an all in that covered Moura. After some time in the take, Moura made the call.

Gabriel Moura: J♦J♣ All in
Dongwoo Ko: A♦4♣

Ko tapped the table, indicating that Moura made a good call and they saw the 3♠ and 8♠ snap off the deck. Ko pushed out the bulk of his big denomination chips, doubling Moura up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriel Moura	74,000
Dongwoo Ko	33,000

Tags: Gabriel Moura Ko Switch Places

06-17-2025 17:33 UTC-8

Updated Counts After the Break According to the WSOP+ App

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Laura Fryer

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Oliveira	198,000
William Wilkinson	189,800
Conor Orourke	168,000
Jeffrey Milkey	165,000
Cassandra Yong	165,000 165,000	165,000
Shawn Stroke	145,400
Tyler Warken	141,000
Di Liu	130,000
Anthony Ditaranto	128,000 128,000	128,000
Renji Mao	125,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

06-17-2025 17:18 UTC-8

Second Break of the Day

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

The remaining field has gone on a 15-minute break.

New registrants have three more levels to enter the fray.

Blinds will be 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante when players return.

06-17-2025 17:05 UTC-8

Eliminations in the Field; Late Registration Still Open

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Arron Pointon	Busted
Alexander Carr	Busted
Monika Zukowicz	Busted
Johan Schultz	Busted
Shawn Daniels	Busted

Aliaksandr Shylko	Busted
Wesley Huff	Busted
Brad Kibel	Busted
Spencer Champlin	Busted
Anthony Denove	Busted

David Wintersberger	Busted
Adam Sherman	Busted
George Kavorkian	Busted
Gabriel Schroeder	Busted

Pedro Madeira	Busted
Nikolai Mamut	Busted
Jason Young	Busted

Jared Koppel	Busted
Daniel Jones	Busted
Brandon Zuidema	Busted
Leandro Bianchini	Busted
Tomislav Glamuzina	Busted
Dingxiang Ong	Busted
Stephen Ma	Busted
David Ballestero	Busted

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06-17-2025 17:04 UTC-8

Benitez Doubles, Noh and Rogers Bust

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Laura Fryer

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Gerardo Benitez was all in for his remaining 5,500 and at risk of elimination against Jonathan Laloum who had him well covered.

Gerardo Benitez: 4♣4♣ All in
Jonathan Laloum: A♠J♦

Benitez flopped a set on the A♣Q♣4♥8♣7♥ runout and secured a double up.

A few tables over, Seungjun Noh was eliminated from the small blind by Hedi Boussetta in the big blind after Boussetta rivered the straight against Noh's pocket Jacks.

Seungjun Noh: J♣J♦ All in
Hedi Boussetta: A♣K♦

The board came 5♦3♥2♥3♠4♠ and Noh walked away from the table, handing his remaining stack to Boussetta.

Robert Rodgers was also eliminated after running into Ryan Wolfson pocket kings which held on the low runout. Wolfson was talking to his neighbor Rafael Reis after the hand, who was looking short stacked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hedi Boussetta	152,200 127,200	127,200
Ryan Wolfson	59,500 59,500	59,500
Jonathan Laloum	18,800 18,800	18,800
Gerardo Benitez	11,000 11,000	11,000
Rafael Reis	9,800 15,200	15,200

Seungjun Noh	Busted
Robert Rodgers	Busted

Tags: Gerardo Benitez Hedi Boussetta Jonathan Laloum Rafael Reis Robert Rodgers Ryan Wolfson Seungjun Noh

06-17-2025 16:50 UTC-8

The Gold Standard

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Eliot Thomas

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Iconic 2006 Main Event Champion Jamie Gold is here and has built a sizeable stack in today's early proceedings, to around double the current average.

Gold has recorded two cashes so far in the 2025 WSOP in Event #16: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack & Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK, finishing 339th and 1279th respectively.

The former champ will be one to keep an eye on as the action progresses over the next few days...