Event #52: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem
Day 1 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #52: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,077,145
Entries
2,320
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
2,320
Players Left
354
Players Left 1 / 2320
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Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #52: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em here at Horseshoe and Paris Las, Vegas. Since this is a freezeout, no reentries are permitted. Starting stacks are 25,000 and blinds begin at 100/100 with 100 big blind ante.
Day 1 of the three-day event kicks off at 2 p.m. local time and will play 15 40-minute levels with 15-minute breaks every three levels. No dinner break is scheduled for Day 1, and late registration will remain open for the first nine levels (until about 8:30 p.m.).
Day 2 will pick up on Wednesday, June 18, at 1 p.m. and will play ten levels as the level length increases to 60 minutes for the duration of the tournament.
Last year, Evan Benton won his first bracelet and $412,484 as he bested the field of 2,317 players.
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,317 | Evan Benton | United States | $412,484 |
| 2023 | 2,046 | Benjamin Ector | United States | $406,403 |
| 2022 | 1,773 | Justin Pechie | United States | $365,899 |
| 2021 | 1,191 | Chad Himmelspach | United States | $270,877 |
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Cards are in the air for the 682 players already registered for this event.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Last year's champion, Evan Benton, sifted through a whopping 2,317 unique entries in this very event at 2024 World Series of Poker.
He sat down right at the start of the day to get to work on defending his title. With nearly 700 entries to start the day, only time will tell if this field will rival last summers. Either way, it would be quite the accomplishment to wade through such a large field again.
Only time will tell but you can follow along with the action here at PokerNews to see what becomes of the defending champ.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
A number of well known faces have jumped into Day 1 of the $1,500 NLH Freezeout. Maria Konnikova was in the counts, but was within the first three people to bust just 10 minutes in to the start of the day.
Olga Iermolcheva joined the field, as well as Jennifer Lin. Iermolcheva is no stranger to the WSOP circuit and has an impressive record of $795,000 in live earnings. Fellow Ukrainian Anzhela Vasylenko has also been seen at the tables in Paris this morning.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
Cole Uvila started the action with a raise to 300 and Shundan Xiao responded with a raise to 800. Uvila called.
The flop fanned out the J♥4♥2♦ and Uvila check-called a bet of 700.
The turn paired the board with the J♦ and Uvila checked once more, but folded when Xiao pushed forward a bet of 2,200.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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27,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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23,500
23,500
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23,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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