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

06-17-2025 19:55 UTC-8

Some Last Minute Notable Entries into the Field

Laura Fryer

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Held	25,000 25,000	25,000

Shannon Shorr	25,000 25,000	25,000

Giuseppe Pantaleo	25,000 25,000	25,000

Samuel Stranak	25,000 25,000	25,000

Chris Moorman	25,000 25,000	25,000

John Monnette	25,000 25,000	25,000

Max Neugebauer	25,000 25,000	25,000

Asher Conniff	25,000 25,000	25,000

Pedro Rodriguez	25,000 25,000	25,000

Mark Darner	25,000 25,000	25,000

Joe Cada	25,000 25,000	25,000

Maxim Lykov	25,000 25,000	25,000

Adam Hendrix	25,000 25,000	25,000
David Baker	25,000 25,000	25,000

Adam Owen	25,000 25,000	25,000
Yueqi Zhu	25,000 25,000	25,000

Jerry Wong	25,000 25,000	25,000

Arthur Morris	25,000 25,000	25,000
Uri Reichenstein	25,000 25,000	25,000
Michael Moncek	25,000 25,000	25,000

06-17-2025 20:04 UTC-8

Jumalon Doubles Blind Vs Blind

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

It folded to Lucas Jumalon in the small blind and he raised to 5,000. Gerardo Benitez responded with an all in and Jumalon beat him in the pot with a quick call.

Gerardo Benitez: A♠2♥ All in
Lucas Jumalon: A♥K♠

The board ran out clean for Jumalon with the 6♠J♥5♥6♣6♥ as he dispatched Benitez.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Jumalon	90,000
Gerardo Benitez	Busted

Tags: Gerardo Benitez Lucas Jumalon

06-17-2025 20:04 UTC-8

Updated Counts After the Break According to the WSOP+ App

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Laura Fryer

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Johnson	320,000
Roman Nuraev	237,500
Connor Rash	210,000
Joshua Palmer	207,500

Vinicius Lima	207,000 69,000	69,000
Nicholas Barksdale	205,500
Brady Born	200,000
Gurpreet Lubana	190,000 190,000	190,000
Julio Belluscio	188,800

Hajime Watanabe	188,000

06-17-2025 20:15 UTC-8

Stroke Slow Plays Kings and Wins Max

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Wei Zhang started the action with a raise to 4,000 and Shawn Stroke flatted on his left. Won Lee raised it up to 12,500 and Wei Zhang went all in for 47,500.

Stroke asked for a count and made the call once the accounting had been done. Lee folded.

Wei Zhang: Q♣Q♠ All in
Shawn Stroke: K♥K♦

Stroke had Zhang pipped and when the A♠10♠J♥ rolled off the deck, he only had to dodge the other kings in the deck. When the board finished with the 5♦ and 5♥, he was awarded a healthy pot as Zhang left the tournament area.

"Thanks for the extra 10,000.", Stroke said to Lee as he stacked his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Stroke	227,000 81,600	81,600
Won Lee	18,000
Wei Zhang	Busted

Tags: Shawn Stroke Wei Zhang Won Lee

06-17-2025 20:25 UTC-8

Texas Mike Meets His Hero

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Zach Thompson

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

https://twitter.com/TexasMike2014/status/1935191439199322163

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

06-17-2025 20:37 UTC-8

Many Eliminations

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitriy Uskach	Busted
Luis De Faria	Busted
Jason James	Busted

Dean Blatt	Busted
Noel Rodriguez	Busted

Todd Lewis	Busted
Alexander Kartveli	Busted
Michael Marder	Busted
Amir Mirrasouli	Busted
Matthew Cote	Busted
Massimo Dirienzo	Busted
Kevin Naegelen	Busted
Scott Herz	Busted
Khoi Nguyen	Busted
Troy Acton	Busted
Stavros Petychakis	Busted
Sinead Davenport	Busted
Gerardo Iniguez	Busted
Paul Johnson	Busted
Fan Zhang	Busted
Maxim Lykov	Busted

Alban Juen	Busted
Peter Ventrella	Busted
Michael Lo	Busted
Fernando Garay	Busted

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06-17-2025 20:45 UTC-8

Prize Pool Confirmed

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Laura Fryer

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

A total of 2,318 players entered the tournament, creating a total prize pool of $3,077,145. Just 348 of the remaining players in the field will reach the money and first place will take home $410,426.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$410,426	27-35	$12,762
2	$273,545	36-44	$10,603
3	$200,173	45-53	$8,910
4	$147,952	54-62	$7,574
5	$110,463	63-71	$6,513
6	$83,318	72-80	$5,667
7	$63,494	81-89	$4,990
8	$48,892	90-98	$4,447
9	$38,047	99-125	$4,012
10	$29,923	126-161	$3,664
11	$29,923	162-197	$3,388
12-13	$23,788	198-233	$3,173
14-17	$19,117	234-348	$3,022
18-26	$15,533