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

06-18-2025 18:41 UTC-8

Borst Sends Collins to the Rails

Nataly Sopacuaperu

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

This was just a no brainer for Ben Collins. He pushed all in in the cutoff and Brian Borst on the button decided to call. All the blinds went out of the way.

Ben Collins: 9♣6♣ All in
Brian Borst K♣K♥

The dealer ran out the board K♦Q♦10♠2♦3♠.

Unfortunately for Collins, the board didn't help to improve his hand; Borst's set of Kings was too strong. Borst mentioned that he would take Collins for a drink.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Borst	1,260,000 254,000	254,000
Ben Collins	Busted

Tags: Ben Collins Brian Borst

06-18-2025 18:42 UTC-8

Keisling Falls To Snead

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Liam Gannon

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

Jagdeep Bal raised to 40,000 in early position and Paul Snead called in the hijack. In the big blind Charles Keisling moved all in for 197,000 and both Bal and Snead called after some thought.

Action in the side pot checked down on a board of A♠9♦8♦8♠6♠.

Charles Keisling: Q♦10♠ All in
Jagdeep Bal: K♥Q♠
Paul Snead: 7♥7♦

The eights and sevens were good for Snead to take down the pot as he clapped his hands while Keisling was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Snead	890,000 350,000	350,000
Jagdeep Bal	385,000 295,000	295,000
Charles Keisling	Busted

Tags: Charles Keisling Jagdeep Bal Paul Snead

06-18-2025 18:47 UTC-8

Liu Stalls For the Pay Jump; Stammen Triples Up

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Laura Fryer

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

Keven Stammen moved all in from middle position for his remaining 15,000. Stoyan Madanzhiev raised to 55,000 from the hijack and Shijia Liu re-raised to 145,000 on the button. The decision was on Madanzhiev and he asked Liu how much he had left in his stack. The clock was called and after the 30 second count down ended, he jammed, covering Liu’s stack.

Liu went into the tank and said “Sorry guys, I am going to take a bit more time.” And he pointed at the clock. Players were stood from the table as the hand had taken over 4 minutes to play without seeing any cards. Liu continued “I am going to take one more minute then I will decide.”

There were two calls from the dealers at nearby tables saying “Payout” and Liu knew he had made the pay jump so he made the call.

Keven Stammen: 8♥8♣ All in
Shijia Liu: 9♠9♦ All in
Stoyan Madanzhiev: A♣K♠

Stammen was looking weak and not much changed on the Q♣5♥5♦ flop.

Stammen soared ahead on the 8♦ turn, and he kept the lead on the A♥ river, although it also improved Madanzhiev.

Stammen walked away with the triple up and Madanzhiev took the huge side pot, leaving Liu to take his pay jump.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stoyan Madanzhiev	1,110,000 350,000	350,000

Keven Stammen	106,000 93,000	93,000

Shijia Liu	Busted

Tags: Keven Stammen Shijia Liu Stoyan Madanzhiev

06-18-2025 18:48 UTC-8

Some Recent Eliminations

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Laura Fryer

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Eliyahu Saado	Busted
Brady Born	Busted
Jhonathan Meneses	Busted
Joshua Palmer	Busted

Harrison Plott	Busted
Casey Hatmaker	Busted
Vinicius Lima	Busted
Aaron Massey	Busted
Raymond Eifler	Busted

06-18-2025 18:53 UTC-8

Cuff Finds a Spot to Double Up on Jaka

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

In a raised pot with a flop 7♣3♦7♦, Faraz Jaka checked to Charlie Cuff who bet 60,000. Jaka tanked and raised it to 150,000, which was quickly called by Cuff.

Things heated up on the J♥ turn. Jaka checked and Cuff announced all in for 488,000. Jaka thought for a minute and eventually called:

Charlie Cuff: A♦A♥ All in
Faraz Jaka: K♦J♠

The K♣ river didn't change anything and Cuff took down the pot and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charlie Cuff	880,000 470,000	470,000
Faraz Jaka	660,000 405,000	405,000

Tags: Charlie Cuff Faraz Jaka

06-18-2025 18:54 UTC-8

Gazzola Sends Out Stammen

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Liam Gannon

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

Ben Gazzola raised to 40,000 from early position which saw action fold around to Keven Stammen in the big blind who moved all in for 140,000 and Gazzola called.

Keven Stammen: A♦4♦ All in
Ben Gazzola: Q♥8♥

The board ran out 8♠K♣K♠9♣10♠ and the eight on the flop gave Gazzola kings and eights to eliminate Stammen from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Gazzola	1,390,000 75,000	75,000
Keven Stammen	Busted

Tags: Ben Gazzola Keven Stammen

06-18-2025 18:58 UTC-8

Nikzad Takes from Gottlieb

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

In a heads-up pot, the flop was Q♣9♠9♥ when Jon Gottlieb cheked in the small blind to Ashton Nikzad in the cutoff who bet 40,000. Gottlieb called.

The 8♥ turn brought no action and a 3♣ landed on the river. Gottlieb checked again and Nikzad bet 80,000, which was called by Gottlieb. Nikzad tabled Q♠7♠ for two pair with the queens and Gottlieb quickly mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashton Nikzad	860,000 649,000	649,000
Jon Gottlieb	780,000 370,000	370,000

Tags: Jon Gottlieb Ashton Nikzad

06-18-2025 19:00 UTC-8

Gold Still Glimmering; Chop Chop on the Pay Jump

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Jamie Gold was seen winning a small pot blind vs blind when he check-raised a Q♥6♦5♣ board, Gold showed top two pair to Alejandro Herrera after he folded.

A Few Hands Later:

There was a slight mix up when Alejandro Herrera three-bet Sanghoon Choi to 200,000 with about 30,000 behind. Choi declared a call, thinking he was all in and tabled his Ace-Queen but quickly realized what was happening and turned it over. It's unclear if Herrera saw the revealed hand.

The table drew attention to the pay jump and told Choi to take his time when the 4♥5♣2♣ hit the flop. Herrera took a little time to check the flop and after a few moments, Choi slid forward a bet that covered Herrera's chip behind.

"I won't call the clock," Cho said and one of his tablemates told him he could have tanked longer.

Herrera took a minute before shrugging and putting his chips in as a call.

Alejandro Herrera: A♠K♣ All in
Sanghoon Choi: A♣Q♦

The turn made the whole interaction a moot point when the 3♠ snapped off and the board completed with the 5♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sanghoon Choi	1,705,000 545,000	545,000
Tanupat Punjarojanakul	1,158,000 1,006,000	1,006,000
Kevin Abecassis	780,000 195,000	195,000
Jai Vallurupalli	537,000 273,000	273,000
David Daneshgar	510,000 10,000	10,000

Jamie Gold	362,000 128,000	128,000

Zachary Hall	300,000 75,000	75,000
Antonios Poziadis	285,000 95,000	95,000
Alejandro Herrera	274,000 51,000	51,000

Tags: Alejandro Herrera Jamie Gold Sanghoon Choi

06-18-2025 19:00 UTC-8

Lei Doubles Up, Thanks to Wheeler

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

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

Jason Wheeler opened from middle position to 38,000. Yang Lei in the big blind pushed all in for 330,000. Wheeler called the clock and got 30 seconds to make a decision. He decided to call.

Yang Lei: 3♠5♠ All in
Jason Wheeler: K♠J♦

After the dealer revealed the board 4♠Q♥2♠A♠J♥, it was Lei who won the pot with a straight flush. Wheeler got busted a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Lei	720,000 355,000	355,000
Jason Wheeler	Busted

Tags: Jason Wheeler Yang Lei

06-18-2025 19:01 UTC-8

Rosborough Cracks Coloma's Aces

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Laura Fryer

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

Gonzalo Coloma opened the button to 35,000 and Samuel Rosborough moved all in for his remaining 160,000 stack. Coloma called quickly, and the players flipped their hands.

Gonzalo Coloma: A♣A♠ All in
Samuel Rosborough: A♦Q♣

Coloma was ahead, but things got more uncomfortable on the 3♦K♥Q♠ flop.

Rosborough stole the lead when the dealer placed the Q♦ turn and the whole table gasped.

Rosborough covered Coloma without realising and after the 4♦ river was placed, the chips were counted and Colomas stood from the table.

Rosborough remarked to the table "I was extreamly lucky. It could have happened the opposite you know - thats poker."