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Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #83: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,890,275
Total Entries
1,299
Level
38
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
1,299
Players Left
247
Players Left 1 / 1,299
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Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
The first break of the day will be 15 minutes long, with 508 players returning to level 4 at 200/400/400 blinds.
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
In the 904th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are joined by Grosvenor Poker Pro Jamie Nixon at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about the latest from the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP). That includes the WSOP's controversial decision regarding the alleged Millionaire Maker chip dumping between Jesse Yaginuma and James Carroll, which may or may not include lifetime bans. It's a lively debate that examines the situation from multiple angles, including the likely involvement of the Nevada Gaming Commission.
They then take a look at a controversial hand posted by Lexy Gavin-Mather where a dealer error that may have brought a much-needed seven out of the muck had the poker world talking. From there, the trio highlight the historic win by Shiina Okamoto, who successfully defended her Ladies Event title after finishing runner-up three years ago. She also had to put up with Phil Hellmuth Jr., for better or worse, as the crew debated. That wasn't the only historic win, as Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi won the prestigious $50,000 Poker Players Championship for an unbelievable fourth time. Toss in the first gold bracelet won by Darren Elias, and there were some big winners to be celebrated.
Jamie Nixon then talks about Grosvenor Poker and the upcoming Goliath in Coventry, how his buddy is running a daily bracket of funny poker names, and then Chad explains why there's a giant cutout of Espan Jorstad's head on the set (Hint: it came from the recent GTOWizard party).
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Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Francisco Duart opened from an early position to 1,900. April Facey next to him reraised to 4,500. The rest of the table folded except Alexandre Arantes in the big blind.
The dealer revealed the flop 5♥3♥K♣. Arantes and Duart both check-folded the bet of Facey to 8,000. She smiled while taking all the chips from the middle of the table.
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Action was picked up on a completed board, reading K♥A♠K♦J♥3♦. Nadav Bitton in the big blind bet to 500 and got raised by James Girouard on the button. Bitton took a bit of time, but decided to make the call with only 6,800 behind.
Girouard turned his cards A♥A♣ and Bitton mucked his cards with disbelief, saying, "You can have anything on the button, but that is a nice hand."
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Edgar Varas raised from the hijack position to 800 and received a call from Tu Tran in the big blind. The flop was 2♦6♣9♥, and Tran pulled the check-raise of 2,400 after Varas continued with 700. Varas stayed for the turn.
Both players checked the turn 10♠.
On the river 3♥, Tran took a stab and bet out 6,500, and Varas made the call.
Tran turned over K♥4♥ for king high, and Varas tabled K♠9♣ for a pair of nines and the win.
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Michael Faterkowski raised to 600 from late position, and Sebastien Aube three-bet to 2,000 from the cutoff. Hirotaka Kondo called from the small blind as did Faterkowski.
The flop came 4♥3♣6♣, Kondo and Faterkowski both checked, and Aube continued for 2,700. Kondo checked-raised to 7,000 and Faterkowski now got out of the way to leave the other two players to it.
Aube re-raised enough to put Kondo all in, who snap called.
Hirotaka Kondo: A♣9♣
Sebastien Aube: J♣J♥
Kondo was way behind but had plenty of outs. The 4♦ on the turn wasn't one of them, but when the A♦ peeled off on the river, it made him a better pair, and the pot was shipped his way for a full double up and more.
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Brian Luo raised from late position to 800, Edgar Varas called from the cutoff position, and Merijn Van put in a squeeze three-bet to 3,200 from the button. Luo four-bet to 8,320, Varas folded, and Van made the call. The flop was 2♣K♠Q♠, and Luo put in a continuation bet of 4,000 and received the fold from Van.
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
With the board reading 8♣A♣K♥9♣3♥ Hirotaka Kondo had led out for 5,000 from the big blind only to face a three-bet to 15,000 from Michael Faterkowski in late position.
Kondo went into the tank for a good 2-3 minutes and eventually tossed in the call, quickly followed by tossing his cards into the muck when Faterkowski tabled K♠K♣ for a set.
