2025 World Series of Poker

Event #61: $500 No-Limit Holdem Freezeout
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$229,628
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$2,109,030
Entries
5,082
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
5,082
Players Left
211
Players Left 1 / 5,082
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Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

Early Eliminations

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Josef Schneider
Busted
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Keagan Mataele
Busted
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Ted Muraoka
Busted
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Walter Peddy
Busted
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Mikhail Buslau
Busted
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Mark Miller
Busted
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Vinicius Lafuente
Busted
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Jessica Curtis
Busted
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Roshan Rodrigues
Busted
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Rahul Rastogi
Busted
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Amit Agarwal
Busted
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Dustin Pierce
Busted
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Jinha Park
Busted
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Hagai Dayani
Busted
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Christopher Lee
Busted
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Theunus Watkins
Busted
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Gregory Tetreault
Busted
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Dustin Smith
Busted
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Bryan Frantz
Busted
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Ronald Sykes
Busted

Bottom Set for De Michele

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The hand was picked up on the flop, where there was approximately 6,000 in the pot on the board of 972.

Matthew Pang bet the flop for 3,200. It was then raised by Douglas Lee to 10,300.

Alessandro De Michele wanted to play for more and jammed all in. Pang folded, and while Lee was thinking about his decision, De Michele accidentally showed 22 for bottom set. Lee folded, and De Michele dragged in the healthy pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Alessandro De Michele
41,000
41,000
41,000
Profile photo of Matthew Pang ca
Matthew Pang
22,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of Douglas Lee us
Douglas Lee
7,600
7,600
7,600

Tags: Alessandro De MicheleDouglas LeeMatthew Pang

Davila Chipping Up Courtesy of Gunn

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

With the pot at over 7,000 and the board reading KKA68 Alejandro Davila tossed out a bet of 3,000, which sent Joseph Gunn into the tank, and he eventually called, asking "Chop?"

No such luck as Davila tabled Q9 for a turned flush, and Gunn tossed his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Alejandro Davila
42,000
42,000
42,000
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Joseph Gunn
16,000
16,000
16,000

Tags: Joseph GunnAlejandro Davila

Haghdoust Flops Flush

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Martin Miller began the hand with a raise to 500 from early position. The table folded around to Mohammad Haghdoust on the button, who called. Kelley Embree and Zijing Cheng also called from the small and big blind, respectively.

Embree bet 1,000 on the A69 flop. Cheng and Miller folded, but Haghdoust came along with a call.

The 2 turn led to a check from Embree. Haghdoust fired 5,000 and was called by Embree.

Embree checked again on the J river. Haghdoust put out a 5,000 chip again, and Embree called.

Haghdoust showed 87 for a flopped flush. Embree mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Zijing Cheng
53,000
Profile photo of Martin Miller us
Martin Miller
25,200
Profile photo of Mohammad Haghdoust us
Mohammad Haghdoust
24,200
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Kelley Embree
11,100

Tags: Kelley EmbreeMartin MillerMohammad HaghdoustZijing Cheng

Horseshoe & Paris: Your Guide to the Home of the World Series of Poker (WSOP)

Horseshoe Las Vegas
Horseshoe Las Vegas

The 2025 World Series of Poker is underway, and poker’s biggest and most prestigious festival is back in its now-familiar home on the Las Vegas Strip.

For the fourth consecutive summer, the great and good of the poker world will descend on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, a venue that, despite being a relatively recent change, already feels like home for the game’s biggest names and dream-chasers.

PokerNews is here to give you a guide on things like:

  • Parking at Horseshoe and Paris
  • WSOP Tournament Rooms
  • Las Vegas Hotels During the WSOP
  • Where to eat at the WSOP
  • and much more...

Find the Guide Here

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

More Eliminations

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Rhoda Abramowitz
Busted
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Aidan Hayat
Busted
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Minhyun Ku
Busted
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Michel Leibgorin
Busted
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John Lombardo
Busted
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Derek Hammonds
Busted
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Walker Butin
Busted
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Bj Talusik
Busted
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Brett Feder
Busted
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Kenneth Natal
Busted
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David Karnafel
Busted
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Michael Zucchet
Busted
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Hucksung Lee
Busted
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Alexander Anderson
Busted
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Mitchell Coakley
Busted
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Alexander Neumann
Busted
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Felipe Leme
Busted
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Anoop Randhawa
Busted
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Michael Sandwick
Busted
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Adrian Diaz
Busted
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Aaron Kant
Busted
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Denny Lee
Busted
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Gilberto Amaral
Busted
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Tim Mattox
Busted
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Wayne Levy
Busted

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Players Not Hanging Around

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Even though the event is a freezeout, players are not taking their time to take chances and build some healthy stacks.

With the pot at over 13,000 and board reading 10757 Blain Jordan moved all in for 17,300, which sent Francois Russo and then Rigo Vangarell into the tank before they both folded. Jordan tabled A7 to show he wasn't at it.

In another all-in situation, the board read 2QQ7A, and Xing Wei bet 3,200, only to see Paul Osley come over the top and move all in for 16,000. Wei knew he was beat and mucked his (apparent) queen to see Paul Osley show AxQx for a full house.

Player Chips Progress
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Paul Osley
33,000
33,000
33,000
Profile photo of Blain Jordan us
Blain Jordan
31,500
31,500
31,500
Profile photo of Xing Wei us
Xing Wei
31,000
31,000
31,000
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Francois Russo
22,000
22,000
22,000
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Rigo Vangarell
12,500
12,500
12,500

Tags: Blain JordanFrancois RussoPaul OsleyRigo VangarellXing Wei

Goodman Doubles Through Gray

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

James Gray opened the hand with a raise to 600 from middle position before Samuel Goodman shoved for his last 2,900 from the button. Gray called to send the two to a showdown.

Samuel Goodman: A9All in
James Gray: KQ

Goodman held on the runout of 7283A to double and stay alive.

Player Chips Progress
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James Gray
65,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Samuel Goodman gb
Samuel Goodman
6,600
6,600
6,600

Tags: James GraySamuel Goodman