Event #83: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-03-2025 18:39 UTC-8

Chen Pays Off Cen

Myles Phago

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Yu Cen raised from the cutoff to 2,100, and Brandon Sheils in the small blind and Xi Chen in the big blind both called.

The flop came 5♥9♠4♠, and action was checked to Cen, who continued for 2,100. Sheils folded, and Chen called, and both players then checked the 3♦ turn.

The 5♦ dropped on the river, and Chen bet out for 2,100 only for Cen to raise to 7,500. Chen didn't take long to toss in the call and mucked his cards when he saw Cen table K♣K♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xi Chen	72,000 72,000	72,000
Yu Cen	52,000 52,000	52,000
Brandon Sheils	30,600 30,600	30,600

Tags: Brandon Sheils Xi Chen Yu Cen

07-03-2025 18:31 UTC-8

Roberts Wins the Race

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Rosen Apostolov raised from under the gun to 2,000, and Christian Roberts moved all in from late position for 17,900. Everyone else folded, and Apostolov made the call.

Christian Roberts: A♠5♠ All in
Rosen Apostolov: 7♦7♠

The board heavily favored Roberts with 8♦9♠A♦5♣K♦, and two pair was golden for Roberts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Roberts	38,300 38,300	38,300

Rosen Apostolov	25,400 25,400	25,400

Tags: Christian Roberts Rosen Apostolov

07-03-2025 18:19 UTC-8

No Bone Thrown to Save Osso

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Myles Phago

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was joined on the 4♥3♥6♠ flop, and all the money had ended up in the middle between Rizziero Osso and Kyuhyung Jung, and Osso was at risk.

Rizziero Osso: 4♦4♠ All in
Kyuhyung Jung: 5♠7♥

Jung's flopped straight was crushing Osso's flopped set, and Osso needed the board to pair to keep him alive. No joy when the J♠ came on the turn and when the 5♣ peeled off on the river, Osso's bone was buried deeply and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyuhyung Jung	32,000 3,000	3,000
Rizziero Osso	Busted

Tags: Rizziero Osso Kyuhyung Jung

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

07-03-2025 18:06 UTC-8

Some Chip Updates

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Shelok Wong	169,000 169,000	169,000
Clement Kerrien	85,300 85,300	85,300
[Removed:548]	84,000 84,000	84,000
Marcia Kuntz	79,200 13,000	13,000
Joseph Cheong	75,400 75,400	75,400

Jongchan Lee	44,000 44,000	44,000
Joey Senescu	36,200 36,200	36,200
Adam Tolander	35,000 35,000	35,000
Matthias Auer	35,000 35,000	35,000
Noel Rodriguez	31,000 31,000	31,000

Jin Lee	31,000 31,000	31,000
Jason Johnson	28,000 28,000	28,000
Kosaku Akashi	26,400 26,400	26,400
Jaegeol Cho	17,000 45,500	45,500

07-03-2025 18:05 UTC-8

Stevens Pays Off Magdan

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Myles Phago

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On the 5♠9♠6♣5♣ board, Alec Magdan bet out 4,000 from the cutoff and was called by Kevin Stevens in the big blind.

The river brought the 3♠ and now Magdan bet out for 10,000. Stevens thought for a while and then tossed out the call and instantly mucked his cards when Magdan tabled K♣9♣ for two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Stevens	68,000 68,000	68,000
Alec Magdan	64,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: Alec Magdan Kevin Stevens

07-03-2025 17:58 UTC-8

Moolhuizen Wins the Pot

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The action was picked up when the fop showed 6♣7♦6♠. Vijay Ramani check-called Mateusz Moolhuizen for 2,000 and Lear Mccoy decided to move out of the way. The dealer showed the turn 3♦.

Ramani decided to check-fold Moolhuizen's bet of 3,500, leaving the chips in the middle of the table for Moolhuizen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mateusz Moolhuizen	100,000
Vijay Ramani	82,000
Lear Mccoy	25,000

Tags: Mateusz Moolhuizen Vijay Ramani

07-03-2025 17:58 UTC-8

He Scoops Multi Way Pot

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Myles Phago

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Xing He raised to 1,600 from under the gun and found calls from Xixiang Luo in early position, Arron Woodcock in late position and Jakob Miegel and Paulina Loeliger in the blinds.

The flop came 8♥2♥J♠ and it was checked around to Woodcock, who took a stab at the pot and bet out for 3,000. He was called by He and Luo. All players checked the K♣ when it came on the turn and saw the 8♣ peel off on the river.

Now He led out for 11,500, all other players folded, and he was pushed the pot with no showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	82,000 54,000	54,000

Jakob Miegel	72,000 16,000	16,000
Xing He	58,000 58,000	58,000

Paulina Loeliger	35,000 19,900	19,900
Arron Woodcock	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Arron Woodcock Jakob Miegel Paulina Loeliger Xing He Xixiang Luo

07-03-2025 17:56 UTC-8

Madan Hits the Straight

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Kohei Arai raised from late position, and both the blinds came along for the ride. Manish Madan called from the small blind, and Stefan Ivanov called from the big blind. The flop arrived with J♦5♦7♥, and both blinds checked to Arai, who bet out 1,600; only Madan called.

Both players checked the turn 7♣.

On the river 10♠, Madan took the lead and bet out 4,500, and Arai quickly called to see the bad news. Madan turned over 9♦8♠ for a straight, and Arai mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manish Madan	144,000 109,900	109,900
Kohei Arai	25,000 25,000	25,000
Stefan Ivanov	12,500 12,500	12,500

Tags: Kohei Arai Manish Madan

07-03-2025 17:35 UTC-8

Top Ten Chip Counts at Last Break

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Myles Phago

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

These are the latest top ten chip counts as per the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Schulz	252,000 252,000	252,000
Jean-Robert Autran	231,000
Adrien Favre Felix	200,000 200,000	200,000
Andrew Ostapchenko	164,000 14,000	14,000

Paul Runcan	146,000 146,000	146,000
Guilherme De Castro	144,700 144,700	144,700
Renat Bohdanov	133,600 133,600	133,600

Eduardo Mendoza	128,000 128,000	128,000
Kenneth Coleman	127,600 64,600	64,600
Adekunle Olonoh	126,000