Event #61: $500 No-Limit Holdem Freezeout | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-24-2025 14:43 UTC-8

Mhatre's Turn Jam Gets Through Fan

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Erick Torres

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The hand began when Ben Fan raised to 400,000 under the gun and was called by Abhishek Mhatre in the big blind.

Mhatre checked the J♠J♣4♥ flop before Fan fired 200,000. Mhatre came along with a call.

The K♠ turn is where the hand ended when Mhatre checked, and Fan fired 550,000. Mhatre took time before he opted to go all-in for 2,625,000. Fan folded, leaving 1,500,000 behind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abhishek Mhatre	4,750,000 1,325,000	1,325,000
Ben Fan	1,500,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Abhishek Mhatre Ben Fan

06-24-2025 14:41 UTC-8

Recent Bust Outs

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Sava Krink

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rittie Chuaprasert	Busted
Vito Abramov	Busted
Daniel Trianaruiz	Busted
Taro Miura	Busted
Michael Hunsucker	Busted
Joseph Brumpacheco	Busted
Louis Faraldo	Busted
Sherwin Basti	Busted
Jean Pasqualini	Busted
Jeremy Brown	Busted
Shuaiyan Tan	Busted
Juan Lucena	Busted

06-24-2025 14:39 UTC-8

Abramov Snap-Calls and Sends Bolton Out

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Sava Krink

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Action folded to the blinds, where Gary Bolton shoved from the small blind. Vito Abramov didn’t hesitate and snap-called in the big blind to put Bolton at risk.

Gary Bolton: Q♦4♣ All in
Vito Abramov: K♦2♣

The flop came 5♣2♦K♥, giving Abramov two pair right away and leaving Bolton with few outs. The A♥ turn brought a glimmer of hope for a miracle straight, but the 9♥ river sealed his fate, sending Bolton to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vito Abramov	1,600,000 900,000	900,000
Gary Bolton	Busted

Tags: Gary Bolton Vito Abramov

06-24-2025 14:37 UTC-8

Futai Finds the Double Up

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Nick Becker

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Action folded around to Brian Stonoff in the small blind who moved all in. Yudai Futai made the call in the big blind for 1,675,000 to put himself at risk.

Yudai Futai: A♣4♥ All in
Brian Stonoff: K♠Q♥

Both players made a pair on the A♠Q♣3♦ flop but Futai remained in the lead. The board ran out 5♦, 5♣ and Futai earned the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yudai Futai	3,550,000 2,150,000	2,150,000
Brian Stonoff	1,800,000 1,675,000	1,675,000

Tags: Brian Stonoff Yudai Futai

06-24-2025 14:31 UTC-8

Top Ten Chip Counts at Last Break

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Myles Phago

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

These are the latest top ten in the chip counts according to the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hai Nguyen	6,750,000 600,000	600,000
Marco Caruso	5,225,000 2,215,000	2,215,000
Mark Evangelista	5,025,000 825,000	825,000
Stephen Hubbard	5,025,000 1,595,000	1,595,000
Edwin Chang	4,900,000 3,250,000	3,250,000
Kevin Okeefe	4,825,000 2,455,000	2,455,000
Alexander Gittings	4,750,000 455,000	455,000
Jeanie Pak	4,300,000 3,665,000	3,665,000
Brian Stonoff	3,475,000 2,115,000	2,115,000
Abhishek Mhatre	3,425,000 1,535,000	1,535,000

Level: 31

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

06-24-2025 14:15 UTC-8

Break Time

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Sava Krink

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The remaining 52 players were sent on a 15-minute break.

06-24-2025 14:14 UTC-8

Sidky Exits; Nguyen Continues to Build

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Nick Becker

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Action went three-ways to a flop of 2♥7♥4♠ with the under-the-gun Sammy Sidky all in and at risk. Arthur Morris in late position and Hai Nguyen in the hijack had a small side pot going.

Morris and Nguyen both checked to the Q♣ turn where Morris led out with a bet of 300,000. Nguyen made the call, bringing the 5♣ river.

Morris thought for a moment before electing to check and Nguyen checked back, tabling A♣K♥. Morris turned over A♥8♦ and Sidky showed J♦10♠.

Nguyen's ace-king proved to be best and the pot was pushed his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hai Nguyen	6,150,000 925,000	925,000
Arthur Morris	2,275,000 675,000	675,000
Sammy Sidky	Busted

Tags: Arthur Morris Hai Nguyen Sammy Sidky

06-24-2025 14:12 UTC-8

Karlins Pulls the Trigger, Shows the Bluff

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Sava Krink

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Alexander Gittings opened the action with a raise to 320,000 from the hijack, and Marvin Karlins defended his big blind with a call.

The flop came Q♣2♥3♠, and Gittings continued for 205,000. Karlins responded with a check-raise to 600,000, prompting Gittings to double-check his cards before making the call.

Before the dealer even revealed the 7♠ turn, Karlins was already preparing to shove. He followed through with an all-in of around 600,000, and Gittings didn’t take long to fold.

Karlins grinned and tabled Ax8x for a stone-cold bluff, drawing laughs and cheers from the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Gittings	5,205,000 1,515,000	1,515,000
Marvin Karlins	2,680,000 1,960,000	1,960,000

Tags: Alexander Gittings Marvin Karlins

06-24-2025 14:09 UTC-8

Chudapal At It Again

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Myles Phago

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Siarhei Chudapal again raised to 700,000 from the button, leaving himself just 50,000 behind. Ben Fan in late position then raised all-in to force Chudapal to put his last 50,000 in, he obliged.

Siarhei Chudapal A♥3♥ All in
Ben Fan:A♦J♥

The flop came 8♠Q♦K♠, and it was looking like Fan was going to take out Chudapal. The 8♥ didn't give anything to scare Fan, but then the lovely(for Chudapal) 3♦ came off on the river and gave Chudapal a pair and a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Siarhei Chudapal	1,900,000 970,000	970,000
Ben Fan	1,800,000 925,000	925,000