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

06-17-2025 21:17 UTC-8

Goldberg Gets Glaser

Laura Fryer

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Fred Goldberg was all in and at risk from the big blind, with 12,000 in the middle. Benny Glaser covered him from middle position.

Fred Goldberg: A♥2♣ All in
Benny Glaser: A♠K♣

Glaser was ahead on the 6♣Q♦6♦ flop, but Goldberg hit a 2♠ on the turn.

A pair of deuces was enough to take the pot and double up Goldberg as the J♠ river didn't change anything.

The pair shared some talk after the hand, with Glaser asking Goldberg, "You only looked at one?".
Goldberg responded "It was the ace of hearts my friend, you want me to look at everything?....I had 12,000."

Glaser was left short after the hand and was seen leaving the tournament area soon after.

Although Glaser was out of this bracelet event, he already shipped two events this summer, the $1,500 Mixed Games: Dealers Choice 6-Handed (Bracelet Event #8) and the $ 1,500 Mixed Omaha 8 or Better 7-Handed (Bracelet Event #15) for a combined win of $408,439.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fred Goldberg	27,000 27,000	27,000
Benny Glaser	Busted

Tags: Benny Glaser Fred Goldberg

06-17-2025 21:40 UTC-8

Aronowitz Has Too Many Outs; Ji Doubles

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Chunhui Ji and Matthew Aronowitz were all in with cards on their back preflop.

Chunhui Ji: 8♥8♣ All in
Matthew Aronowitz: A♦Q♣

The flop was a sweat for both parties as it fanned out J♠4♦10♦, adding to Aronowitz's outs. The 9♦ added even further to them as he picked up the flush draw but Ji secured the full double when the 6♣ fell.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Aronowitz	95,000
Chunhui Ji	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Chunhui Ji Matthew Aronowitz

06-17-2025 21:46 UTC-8

Ivanov Flushes Bevilacqua out on the River

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Laura Fryer

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was followed after Carl Bevilacqua on the button had jammed for his remaining stack of 11,500. Stanislav Ivanov was the only other player in the hand and deliberated before making a call from the cutoff.

Carl Bevilacqua: 7♠7♥ All in
Stanislav Ivanov: 10♣9♣

Bevilacqua was looking to hold, and he even improved on the K♥7♣4♣ flop.

There were some signs of what was to come, as Ivanov had picked up a club flush draw.

The 3♥ was turned and Ivanov's chances to steal went down, but the Q♣ river put him right back in, and he knocked out Bevilaqua from the freezeout.

Bevilaqua is relatively new to the WSOP, having only a few recorded cashes in Las Vegas dating back to 2021. Ivanov has been playing in the WSOP each year since 2023 and has already cashed three WSOP bracelet events this summer alone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanislav Ivanov	108,000 108,000	108,000
Carl Bevilacqua	Busted

Tags: Carl Bevilacqua Stanislav Ivanov

06-17-2025 21:50 UTC-8

Players Take a Short Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The remaining 590 players are on the final 15-minute break of the evening.

06-17-2025 21:51 UTC-8

Here's How to Best Sweat Your 25K & ODB Fantasy Team in the PokerNews Live Updates!

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Elijah Farrow

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

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Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

06-17-2025 22:08 UTC-8

Updated Top Ten Counts After the Break According to the WSOP+ App

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Laura Fryer

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Rendon	390,000
Jasthi Kumar	380,000
Seamus Cahill	350,000 350,000	350,000
Connor Rash	325,000 115,000	115,000
Chofungalan Wong	302,000
Anthony Ditaranto	293,000 165,000	165,000
Anthony Ruberto	275,000
Roman Nuraev	275,000 37,500	37,500
Georgios Sotiropoulos	273,000

Brian Borst	272,000

06-17-2025 22:17 UTC-8

Benton Will Not Be Defending Title; Fouchardiere Gets Max

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Evan Benton, the defending champion of this event, was heads up to a river reading 8♠4♠Q♥9♦9♠ and he placed a small bet of 6,000 on the river.

Hugo Fouchardiere responded for an all in that was effectively 43,000. Benton went into the tank, counting his stack twice before eventually making the call.

Fouchardiere tabled the Q♠10♠ for the rivered flush and Benton tabled his Q♦J♦ in defeat before congratulating his table mates on a good game.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hugo Fouchardiere	235,000
Evan Benton	Busted

Tags: Evan Benton Hugo Fouchardiere

06-17-2025 22:21 UTC-8

A Cascade of Elimination

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Laura Fryer

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bjorn Gravlien	Busted
Ervin Brafford	Busted
Simon Wilson	Busted
William Koenig	Busted
Vincent Riggi	Busted
Jason Klapman	Busted
Udo Erlei	Busted
Gustavo Machado	Busted
Anthony Merlo	Busted
Daniele Sunzeri	Busted
Vanessa Kade	Busted
Christopher Csik	Busted
Pratik Patel	Busted
Glen Gaines	Busted
Kenneth Jackson	Busted
Marijan Rankic	Busted
Julian Lozano	Busted
Simeon Spasov	Busted

Emery Martinez	Busted
Jacob Naumann	Busted
Fabian Bernhauser	Busted
Mitzy Oliver	Busted
Sasha Mahabir	Busted
Luka Bojovic	Busted
Joshua Boulton	Busted

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06-17-2025 22:38 UTC-8

Hutchinson Cuffed on the Turn

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

A short-stacked Dean Hutchison was all in preflop against the slightly covering stack of Charlie Cuff.

Dean Hutchison: K♣J♣ All in
Charlie Cuff: A♣A♦

The flop was clean for cuff as the dealer presented the 2♥8♥6♠ and when the 6♥ came off the deck, Hutchinson was already out of his chair with his backpack equipped when the meaningless Q♦ fell.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charlie Cuff	87,000
Dean Hutchison	Busted

Tags: Charlie Cuff Dean Hutchison