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Event #83: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #83: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
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
247
Players Left
25
Players Left 1 / 1,299
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Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Entrants played a total of 10 levels on Day 2 of Event #83: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em at the 2025 World Series of Poker held at the Horseshoe and Paris. Las Vegas. A total of 247 players returned for Day 2, vying for a piece of the $2,890,275 prize pool with their eyes set on the $449,245 top prize. By the end of the day, only 25 remained with their hopes alive to snag the WSOP bracelet.
Successful online grinder Pawel Brzeski finished atop the standings with a strong finish to the evening, bagging a total of 5,555,000. Brzeski entered the final three-table redraw with a mountain of chips after he busted Dohyeok Kim to cross the five-million mark. He continued to surge after the redraw, winning several skirmishes to separate himself from the rest of the pack. Brzeski is one of many players in the field still searching for their first WSOP bracelet.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pawel Brzeski | Poland | 5,555,000 | 111 |
| 2 | Breno Drumond | Brazil | 3,955,000 | 79 |
| 3 | Vitor Dzivielevski | Brazil | 2,820,000 | 56 |
| 4 | Cary Katz | United States | 2,495,000 | 50 |
| 5 | Simon Lindell | Sweden | 2,445,000 | 49 |
| 6 | Michael Jozoff | United States | 2,420,000 | 48 |
| 7 | Razvan Belea | Romania | 2,175,000 | 44 |
| 8 | Preston McEwen | United States | 2,055,000 | 41 |
| 9 | Jaehoon Baek | Korea, Republic of | 1,975,000 | 40 |
| 10 | Gary Hasson | Belgium | 1,965,000 | 39 |
Breno Drumond is one of two Brazilian players in the top three of the chip counts, as he finished second in chips with 3,955,000. Drumond also had a successful final push towards the end of the evening, picking up several small pots to continue to chip up.
Fellow Brazilian Vitor Dzivielevski finished Day 2 with the third-most chips, concluding play with 2,820,000. Dzivielevski already has one WSOP bracelet to his name and is looking to add more hardware to his resume. Dzivielevski punctuated his evening when he knocked out Abhishek Paul to climb up the charts.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $449,245 | 8 | $48,860 |
| 2 | $298,690 | 9 | $37,860 |
| 3 | $213,800 | 10-11 | $29,750 |
| 4 | $155,010 | 12-13 | $23,710 |
| 5 | $113,860 | 14-17 | $19,170 |
| 6 | $84,730 | 18-25 | $15,720 |
| 7 | $63,910 |
Notable Cary Katz was not to be denied a Day 3 as he finished Day 2 fourth in chips with 2,495,000. Katz is still searching for his first WSOP title, but he has been no stranger to the high roller scene, amassing over $40,000,000 in career earnings. Katz has twelve WSOP final table appearances and earned a second-place finish in 2023 in the $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed event. Katz will look to finish the deal this time as he enters the final day.
The tournament began with unexpected festivities as Duncan Horst, clad in American flag apparel, sang the National Anthem to the crowd before he sat down to play. Horst's antics did not end there, as he continued to sing various famous songs and danced his way to an 86th-place finish, which earned a payout of $6,000.
Notables Alex Keating ($9,490), Phil Hui ($5,580), and Shawn Daniels ($8,490) all made it to the money, but were unable to make it to the final day of play.
Play will resume at 1 p.m. local time with Level 36, with blinds at 30,000/60,000 and 60,000 big blind ante. Levels remain sixty-minutes long and the plan is to play until a winner is determined.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for updates on this and all bracelet events at the 2025 WSOP!
Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe | 669 | 1 | Nicholas Verderamo | United States | 1,645,000 | 27 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 2 | Stefan Lehner | Austria | 1,800,000 | 30 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 3 | Ahmed Nimer | United States | 1,255,000 | 21 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 4 | Justin Zaki | United States | 945,000 | 16 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 6 | Preston McEwen | United States | 2,055,000 | 34 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 7 | Michel Molenaar | Netherlands | 860,000 | 14 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 8 | Demetrius Campbell | United States | 1,475,000 | 25 |
| Horseshoe | 669 | 9 | Jefferson Guerrero | Colombia | 1,245,000 | 21 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 1 | Mihai Manole | Romania | 1,455,000 | 24 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 2 | Simon Lindell | Sweden | 2,445,000 | 41 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 3 | Jaehoon Baek | South Korea | 1,975,000 | 33 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 4 | Vitor Dzivielevski | Brazil | 2,820,000 | 47 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 6 | Cary Katz | United States | 2,495,000 | 42 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 7 | Roberto Finkelberg | United States | 665,000 | 11 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 8 | Gary Hasson | Belgium | 1,965,000 | 33 |
| Horseshoe | 670 | 9 | Yu Zhang | China | 795,000 | 13 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 1 | Roger Perez | Spain | 1,605,000 | 27 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 2 | Filipp Khavin | United States | 855,000 | 14 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 3 | Pawel Brzeski | Poland | 5,555,000 | 93 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 4 | [Removed:548] | Austria | 265,000 | 4 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 5 | Michael Jozoff | United States | 2,420,000 | 40 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 6 | Breno Drumond | Brazil | 3,955,000 | 66 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 7 | Razvan Belea | Romania | 2,175,000 | 36 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 8 | Ran Ilani | Israel | 1,865,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | 671 | 9 | Ben Fan | China | 810,000 | 14 |
Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,555,000
435,000
|
435,000 |
|
||
|
3,955,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
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|
2,820,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
2,495,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
|
||
|
2,445,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
2,420,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
2,175,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
2,055,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
1,975,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
1,965,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
1,865,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
1,800,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
|
1,645,000
920,000
|
920,000 |
|
1,605,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
1,475,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
1,455,000
745,000
|
745,000 |
|
1,255,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
1,245,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
945,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
860,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
855,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
810,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
795,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
665,000
435,000
|
435,000 |
![Profile photo of [Removed:548]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
265,000
485,000
|
485,000 |
Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Day 2 has concluded for the night with 25 players remaining. Stay tuned for the recap.
Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Stefan Lehner raised the button into two shorter stacks and made it 150,000 to go. Justin Zaki jammed from the big blind for 335,000 and Lehner called.
Justin Zaki: A♥4♥ 
Stefan Lehner: 2♥2♠
The 7♦7♥5♥ flop was a big sweat and Zaki grimaced "too many outs, man". He improved with the 4♣ turn and the 9♣ river confirmed Zaki's double during the final minutes of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,650,000
1,350,000
|
1,350,000 |
|
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|
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745,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Boris Kolev opened the hand with a raise from early position to 250,000 as he left only 75,000 behind. Michel Molenaar responded by going all-in for 850,000 from middle position. Jefferson Guerrero got into the mix when he also went all-in two seats over and had both covered to create a three-way showdown.
Boris Kolev: J♣J♦
Michel Molenaar: A♥Q♥
Jefferson Guerrero: A♣Q♣
Kolev held the edge with his pocket pair against two players with the same hand, but the flop did give them a couple of additional outs as it fanned out K♦10♣6♦.
The 7♥ turn was safe for Kolev, but the river gave him his jack at an untimely moment as it peeled the J♣ to give both Molenaar and Guerrero a straight.
Kolev was eliminated in 26th place for $15,720.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
1,010,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Action was folded around to Vitor Dzivielevski in the small blind, who moved all-in on Abhishek Paul in the big blind, who already had half his remaining chips in the pot.
"Comon man!" exclaimed Paul as he peeked at his cards and then made the call.
Abhishek Paul: K♥5♠
Vitor Dzivielevski: Q♠3♣
The dealer rolled out the 9♣4♣7♣ as the flop, which gave Dzivielevski more outs but then the 3♥ peeled off on the turn to send him into the lead and when the A♦ dropped on the river it helped neither player and Paul was sent to the rail in 27th spot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,900,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
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Busted | |
Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Breno Drumond went on a streak of winning several smaller pots and he then called a raise to 100,000 by Michael Jozoff, Roger Perez also called in the big blind. On the K♦6♦2♣ flop, it checked to Drumond and his bet of 100,000 was called only by Drumond.
After the 5♦ turn, Perez check-called another 295,000 and then jammed the 8♣ river. Drumond went into the tank for a short while without asking for an exact count and folded the K♣Q♠ face-up.
"Good fold," [Removed:548] said.
"Would you fold pocket kings, disregarding the preflop action?" Jozoff asked Drumond thereafter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,600,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
|
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|
|
2,375,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
1,700,000
1,065,000
|
1,065,000 |
Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Vitor Dzivielevski raised to 100,000 from early position, and Simon Lindell called from the big blind. The flop came out with 2♠J♣2♣ and Lindell checked, while Dzivielevski bet out 75,000.
On the turn 7♦, both players checked.
The river 10♣ had Lindell take action with a bet of 225,000, which was enough to get Dzivielevski to concede.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,300,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
|
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|
|
2,290,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
