Event #61: $500 No-Limit Holdem Freezeout
Day 1 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #61: $500 No-Limit Holdem Freezeout
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$2,109,030
Entries
5,082
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Entries
5,082
Players Left
211
Players Left 1 / 5,082
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Today will see the start of Event #61: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout at 10 a.m. local time here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with starting stacks of 25,000 and blinds of 100/100/100 with 30-minute levels throughout. This is scheduled as a two-day event.
Day 1 will play for 22 levels, with 20-minute breaks after Levels 4, 8, 11 and 19, and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 15 around 6:30 p.m. Registration will close at the start of Level 12, at about 4:30 p.m.
Day 2 will pick back up at 11 a.m. Tuesday and will play down to a winner. There will be 15-minute breaks every four levels and the dinner break that has yet to be determined.
This is not a new event for the 2025 WSOP, it just found a new location on the schedule. In 2024, it served as the series kickoff (Event #3). It drew 3,485 players, who created a $1,442,960 prize pool. It also required a third day for the final table to play out. Daniel Willis of the United Kingdom came out on top and took home his first bracelet plus $175,578 in prize money.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Players are scheduled to play 22 levels in the $500 No-Limit Hold 'em Freezeout event. Blinds begin at 100/100 with a starting stack of 25,000. Late registration will take place through 11 levels.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Hubert Molina raised to 400 from middle position, then Stephen Meinke three-bet to 1,000. Molina called and players both checked the K♣10♥3♣ flop and 3♠ turn.
On the 5♥ river, Molina check-called Meinke's 1,000 bet, only to see him flip over Q♣Q♠ and get pushed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,500
26,500
|
26,500 |
|
|
22,700
22,700
|
22,700 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Phuoc Nguyen began the hand with a raise to 300 from under the gun and was called by Duncan Hutchison on the button and Julian Mann in the big blind.
The three saw the flop of 5♦K♥7♣ and checked to see a free turn.
The 3♣ turn was met with a check from Mann before Nguyen fired 900. Hutchison called and Mann called to take it three-handed to a river.
All three players checked the 7♦ river. Hutchison showed A♣5♣ to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,300
26,300
|
26,300 |
|
23,900
23,900
|
23,900 |
|
|
23,900
23,900
|
23,900 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
David Childs raised from middle position to 400 and was called by Josef Schneider, who had limped from early position.
The flop came 3♠2♠5x and in a raising war, all the money ended up in the middle.
Josef Schneider: Ax4x
David Childs: 3♥3♣
Schneider had flopped a wheel to crush the set of treys flopped by Childs. The 10♥ was safe for Schneider on the turn, but when the 2♦ came on the river, it gave Childs a full house and sent Schneider to the rail in a nasty way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
The action folded to Brandon Hall on the button, who called. Gary Klein chose to raise to 400 from the small blind and garnered calls from Jeffrey Mcintosh in the big blind, and Hall.
The board fanned out K♠7♦3♠, which led to a bet of 400 from Hall. Mcintosh called, and Hall folded.
Klein kept up the pressure by betting 1,100 on the 4♠ turn. Mcintosh folded as Klein scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,800
25,800
|
25,800 |
|
24,600
24,600
|
24,600 |
|
|
24,200
24,200
|
24,200 |
