Event #52: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-18-2025 18:04 UTC-8

Power Poker Preflop; Gheba Gets is Through

Claudio Elizalde

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Daniyal Gheba raised on the button to 35,000 and Felipe Ramos put in a raise of his own to 115,000 from the small blind.

Michael Wasserman took some time charging up before putting in a cold four-bet to 240,000. Gheba decided to go all in, covering Wasserman but not by much.

Ramos folded and Wasserman looked pained before eventually mucking and awarding Gheba the pot.

"Show a card below a jack!"

"Show the bluff."

"What did you fold?"

"Two high cards."

"It was a cooler for sure."

"It was an ace and a five the same suit."

"Yeah, right..."

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniyal Gheba	1,150,000 920,000	920,000
Julio Belluscio	1,000,000 5,000	5,000

Michael Wasserman	545,000 74,000	74,000
Vinicius Lima	485,000 316,000	316,000
Felipe Ramos	425,000 95,000	95,000

Asher Conniff	330,000 95,000	95,000

Alex Lindop	310,000 70,000	70,000

Jeremy Saderne	300,000 10,000	10,000

Brandon Sowers	190,000 225,000	225,000

Tags: Daniyal Gheba Felipe Ramos Michael Wasserman

06-18-2025 18:04 UTC-8

Cao Grabs Chips from Wolf

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

William Wolf raised under the gun to 34,000 and Yuanzhi Cao three-bet to 78,000. It folded back to Wolf who called.

The flop revealed 4♥4♠5♥ and Cao continued to 60,000 after a check. Wolf didn't take long to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuanzhi Cao	740,000 676,000	676,000
William Wolf	385,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: William Wolf Yuanzhi Cao

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

06-18-2025 18:10 UTC-8

Punjarojanakul Doubles Through Herrera

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Laura Fryer

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Tanupat Punjarojanakul was all in from the big blind and at risk for his remaining 70,000. Alejandro Herrera covered him from the hijack and the players were already passing the chips.

Tanupat Punjarojanakul: 4♠5♦ All in
Alejandro Herrera: A♥K♠

The runout had secured Punjarojanakul the pot after he picked up trip fives on the 2♠9♠5♠8♥5♣ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Herrera	325,000 115,000	115,000
Tanupat Punjarojanakul	152,000 58,000	58,000

Tags: Alejandro Herrera Tanupat Punjarojanakul

06-18-2025 18:14 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Stroke	Busted
Qing You	Busted
Margaret Fox	Busted
Yaniv Peretz	Busted
Sebastian Toro Henao	Busted
Richard Dombek	Busted
Samuel Dray	Busted
Chofungalan Wong	Busted
Yang Zhang	Busted

Ezequiel Waigel	Busted

Borst Doubles Through Stammen

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Liam Gannon

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action was picked up preflop with Brian Borst having moved all in for 478,000 from the late position in response to raising behind him. Keven Stammen called in the cutoff and after having already put 140,000 in the middle from the button, Stoyan Madanzhiev mucked after spending two minutes thinking about it.

Brian Borst: 8♦8♠ All in
Keven Stammen: A♠K♠

The board ran out 7♠6♣3♥2♠10♦ and the eights held up for Borst to double while Stammen was left with less than a big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Borst	1,006,000 445,000	445,000
Stoyan Madanzhiev	760,000 625,000	625,000

Keven Stammen	13,000 672,000	672,000

Tags: Brian Borst Keven Stammen Stoyan Madanzhiev

06-18-2025 18:22 UTC-8

Wolf Takes His Chips Back from Cao

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

In a new confrontation between Yuanzhi Cao and William Wolf, Wolf raised from the hijack and faced a three-bet to 100,000 from Yuanzhi Cao next to him. It folded back to Wolf who announced all in for 341,000 and Cao quickly called.

William Wolf: 10♥10♣ All in
Yuanzhi Cao: K♦K♥

Wolf was in terrible shape for his tournament's life but a board of Q♠9♠3♦J♣8♦ gave him a miracle runner-runner straight to double his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuanzhi Cao	760,000 20,000	20,000
William Wolf	700,000 315,000	315,000

Tags: William Wolf Yuanzhi Cao

06-18-2025 18:27 UTC-8

Lagodich Collects Chips from Jukich

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The board showed 6♠K♦J♠3♠ when the action was picked up. Frank Lagodich in the big blind and Mike Jukich from the cutoff both checked to see the river 7♦. Lagodich bet 140,000 and Jukich called.

Once Lagodich turned his card K♥3♥, Jukich threw away his cards. All chips moved Lagodich his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Jukich	1,175,000 931,000	931,000
Frank Lagodich	690,000 182,000	182,000

Tags: Frank Lagodich Michael Jukich

06-18-2025 18:34 UTC-8

Gazzola Wins a Small One

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Heads up to a flop of K♠4♦9♣ and Ben Gazzola check-called a bet of 25,000 from Johnnie Moreno.

The turn peeled the 9♠ and both players checked.

The river completed with the 2♦ and both players checked again. Gazzola tabled A♥4♥ and Moreno mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Rendon	1,350,000 276,000	276,000
Ben Gazzola	1,315,000 365,000	365,000
Johnnie Moreno	620,000 106,000	106,000
Bing Li	517,000 23,000	23,000
Murat Aras	485,000 205,000	205,000
Ru Mao	455,000 99,000	99,000
Matan Mesika	336,000 194,000	194,000
Jhonathan Meneses	290,000 721,000	721,000

Tags: Ben Gazzola Johnnie Moreno

06-18-2025 18:35 UTC-8

Kinil Forces a Fold from Nugent

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The board 4♣3♦Q♠2♣ was already dealt in a heads-up pot between Justin Nugent and Carlos Kinil when Kinil check-called a bet worth 50,000 from Nugent.

The Q♦ paired the board on the river and after another check from Kinil, Nugent bet 75,000. Kinil thought about his move and sent 205,000 in the middle. Nugent ended up folding his cards.