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 17:56 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Faraz Jaka	1,065,000 980,000	980,000

Jagdeep Bal	680,000 245,000	245,000
Samuel Rosborough	610,000 285,000	285,000

Olga Iermolcheva	565,000 60,000	60,000
Charles Keisling	560,000 100,000	100,000
Paul Snead	540,000 35,000	35,000
Felipe Ramos	520,000 430,000	430,000

Frank Lagodich	508,000 32,000	32,000
Jamie Gold	390,000

Gonzalo Coloma	305,000 175,000	175,000
Jeremy Saderne	290,000 40,000	40,000

Gazzola Forces Two Folds

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

In three-way raised pot, the flop read 6♣10♦7♦ when Ben Gazzola checked and William Wolf bet 60,000. Matan Mesika called on the button and Gazzola thought about his move for some time before raising it to 215,000. Wolf folded and after some time, Mesika also let it go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Gazzola	950,000 236,000	236,000
Matan Mesika	530,000 65,000	65,000
William Wolf	430,000 113,000	113,000

Tags: Ben Gazzola Chris Lawson Matan Mesika

06-18-2025 17:44 UTC-8

Some More Recent Eliminations

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Laura Fryer

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

Player	Chips	Progress
William Berry	Busted
Andreas Kniep	Busted
Yuchi Han	Busted
Nischal Colluru	Busted
Brett Apter	Busted

Ivan Poroliev	Busted
Liu Yang	Busted
Georgios Sotiropoulos	Busted

Todd Lockhart	Busted
Jiawei Mao	Busted
Tommy Townsend	Busted

06-18-2025 17:41 UTC-8

Achille's Jacks Hold, Kao Still With Plenty

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Kuowei Kao had just been moved to table and had already raised to 32,000 before getting his chips out of the rack. Ezequiel Waigel called and Jacopo Achille went all in. Kao called and Waigel folded.

Jacopo Achille: J♣J♠ All in
Kuowei Kao: A♦K♥

A classic flip, it was Achille's turn to win it as it ran out 7♥5♠J♦Q♥4♦, further improving him to a set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kuowei Kao	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Patricia Moore	630,000 310,000	310,000
Kimberly Durham	474,000 374,000	374,000

Richard Dombek	370,000 287,000	287,000
Andreas Kniep	262,000 34,000	34,000
Ezequiel Waigel	260,000 97,000	97,000
Margaret Fox	250,000 82,000	82,000
Jacopo Achille	195,000
Yuanzhi Cao	64,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Ezequiel Waigel Jacopo Achille Kuowei Kao

06-18-2025 17:39 UTC-8

End of the Road for Worthington-Leese

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Laura Fryer

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

Leo Worthington-Leese was all in for his remaining few big blinds from the hijack. He was called and covered by Joseph Schreck on the button.

Leo Worthington-Leese: J♥7♣ All in
Joseph Schreck: A♠K♣

Schreck only improved on the K♠5♥7♦ flop.

Worthington-Leese couldn't see a way forward after the 3♠ turn and 3♣ river was placed, and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Schreck	341,000 962,000	962,000
Leo Worthington-Leese	Busted

Tags: Joseph Schreck Leo Worthington-Leese

06-18-2025 17:32 UTC-8

Mao Doubles Through Gozzola

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Laura Fryer

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

Johnnie Moreno opened to 35,000 from under the gun and Jhonathan Meneses called from middle position. Ben Gazzola raised to 120,000 from the hijack and Ru Mao moved all in for 158,000. Gazzola was the only caller and the players were heads-up at showdown.

Ru Mao: J♣J♠ All in
Ben Gazzola: A♠J♦

The low 8♦4♠7♠ flop didn't change much, and this continued on the 3♦ turn and 3♠ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Gazzola	714,000 284,000	284,000
Ru Mao	356,000 231,000	231,000

Tags: Ben Gazzola Jhonathan Meneses Johnnie Moreno Ru Mao

06-18-2025 17:31 UTC-8

Fitzgerald Busts Lopes

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

The board showed J♣5♥3♣4♣A♠ in a hand between Kurt Fitzgerald and Miguel Lopes, who was at risk for a stack around 330,000.

Lopes had tabled 7♦7♠ while Fitzgerald held J♠J♥ for a flopped set of jacks and Lopes was sent to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kurt Fitzgerald	820,000 348,000	348,000
Miguel Lopes	Busted

Tags: Miguel Lopes Kurt Fitzgerald

06-18-2025 17:20 UTC-8

Brown Takes from Phan

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

The board 5♠6♦A♥A♠6♠ was already dealt with a pot containing more than 200,000 when Minh Phan checked to Robert Brown who bet 150,000.

Phan went deep into the tank and eventually released his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Brown	780,000 477,000	477,000
Minh Phan	435,000 277,000	277,000

Tags: Robert Brown Minh Phan

06-18-2025 17:19 UTC-8

Wang Hates the Run Outs; Simila Climbs the Counts

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Guofeng Wang and Matthew Simila went all in preflop with Simila at risk.

Matthew Simila: 10♠10♦ All in
Guofeng Wang: K♣K♦

Wang had Simila dominated when the 8♣3♣7♥ hit the felt but the pair of tens picked up straight outs with the J♥ and when the 9♠ fell, Wang was left to match Simila's stack.

The Very Next Hand:

Guofeng Wang went all in for his last 62,000 and Kenneth Quattrocchi made the call.

Guofeng Wang: A♦8♦ All in
Kenneth Quattrocchi: A♣J♦

Wang pulled ahead when the flop came 8♣Q♥4♦ but the 10♥ and K♥ quickly completed the board and Quattrocchi's straight, sending Wang to the payouts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth Quattrocchi	542,000 22,000	22,000
Gregory Katayama	440,000 244,000	244,000
Charlie Cuff	410,000 217,000	217,000
Itay Kimhi	335,000 54,000	54,000
Matthew Simila	298,000 138,000	138,000
Joshua Palmer	190,000 6,000	6,000

Eric Berman	141,000 279,000	279,000
Guofeng Wang	Busted