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

07-04-2025 14:10 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Barak Wisbrod	Busted

Jacob Gil	Busted
Matthias Auer	Busted
Mohamed Benohod	Busted
Beihao Wang	Busted
Carlos Serrano	Busted
Bijan Shapouri	Busted
Jakob Miegel	Busted
Malcolm Trayner	Busted

Jens Ullrich	Busted
Tyler Chabolla	Busted
Udo Erlei	Busted
Dong Meng	Busted

Ripper Spins it Up

Erick Torres

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Wagner Ripper just doubled up the hand before and decided to stick his chips in yet again when he jammed for 44,000 from early position. Andrew Soehnlen opted to shove for more to isolate Ripper. The rest of the table folded to send Soehnlen and Ripper to a showdown.

Wagner Ripper: A♦10♠ All in
Andrew Soehnlen: Q♣Q♥

Ripper needed help to stay in the tournament, and the flop brought none as it came 3♣K♣2♠.

Ripper's prospects were looking bleak when the A♠ rolled off on the turn to save the day. The J♠ river did not aid Soehnlen as Ripper doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Soehnlen	91,000 2,000	2,000
Wagner Ripper	64,000 69,000	69,000

Tags: Andrew Soehnlen Wagner Ripper

07-04-2025 14:05 UTC-8

Early Post Bubble Eliminations

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Myles Phago

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Putz	Busted
Ronald Sullivan	Busted
Michael Holtz	Busted

Amir Turkzadeh	Busted
Angela Defoe	Busted
Blaise Dsylva	Busted
Jesse Rockowitz	Busted

Leon Sturm	Busted

Fabiano Kovalski	Busted
Aubrey Williams	Busted
Yulian Bogdanov	Busted
Zachary Reinbold	Busted
Renan Bruschi	Busted

Maxwell Young	Busted
Siegfried Kapeller	Busted
Anthony Ruberto	Busted

07-04-2025 14:02 UTC-8

Okamoto Takes Out Bogdanov

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Myles Phago

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Kiyokazu Okamoto raised to 16,000 from the button only for Yulian Bogdanov to three-bet all in from the big blind. Okamoto snap called.

Yulian Bogdanov: A♥J♦ All in
Kiyokazu Okamoto: 10♦10♠

The board ran out 7♠6♦8♦2♦9♦ and made Okamoto a straight, not that it was needed, to send Bogdanov packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kiyokazu Okamoto	270,000 168,000	168,000
Yulian Bogdanov	Busted

Tags: Kiyokazu Okamoto Yulian Bogdanov

07-04-2025 14:00 UTC-8

Double Trouble on the Bubble

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Erick Torres

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Two players will be splitting a minimum cash as the bubble bursted with two eliminations in the $2,500 Freezeout.

Anthony Ruberto chose to ship his final 106,000 from early position on the bubble and was called by Gary Hasson from the hijack to put Ruberto at risk.

Anthony Ruberto: A♣K♣ All in
Gary Hasson: Q♥Q♠

It was the classic race between big slick and pocket queens, and it was the queens that prevailed this time as Ruberto was unable to find his outs on the 3♦2♠5♠9♦9♠ board to eliminate Ruberto.

At another table, an all-in also occurred when Nicola Karl from the small blind Siegfried Kapeller in the big blind battled in an all-in pot with Kapeller at risk.

Siegfried Kapeller: Q♦Q♥ All in
Nicola Karl: 8♦5♠

Kapeller held a significant lead over Karl, but the flop was disastrous for Kapeller as it fanned out A♦8♣5♣.

The 9♦ did not help Kapeller's chances of staying alive, and the 7♦ river sealed his fate as Kapeller shared the bubble with Ruberto.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Hasson	550,000 456,000	456,000
Nicola Karl	410,000 48,000	48,000
Anthony Ruberto	Busted
Siegfried Kapeller	Busted

Tags: Anthony Ruberto Gary Hasson Siegfried Kapeller Nicola Karl

07-04-2025 13:54 UTC-8

McEwen Hits Quads Before Bubble Pops and Cracks Aces

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Justin Lapka raised from under the gun to 40,000, and Preston McEwen put most of his chips in, except it was deemed an illegal raise. He then deposited the entire amount of $87,000 from the cutoff. Lapka made the call.

Preston McEwen: K♠K♥ All in
Justin Lapka: A♣A♥

The board worked out exceptionally well for McEwen with 2♦9♥K♦4♦K♣, and quads would crush the aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Lapka	240,000 22,000	22,000
Preston McEwen	210,000 82,000	82,000

Tags: Justin Lapka Preston McEwen

07-04-2025 13:28 UTC-8

Hand-for-Hand Now in Play

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Myles Phago

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The floor have just instructed the dealers to complete the hand they are on and then stop dealing and stand up.

Everybody knows what this means! Stone bubble time!

Two minutes will be deducted per hand dealt once the clock has officially been paused.

07-04-2025 13:26 UTC-8

Newman Dodges Bullet on Cusp of Bubble

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Alan Goasdoue raised to 50,000 from the cutoff, and Graeme Newman moved all in from the button for 157,000. Malcolm Trayner was in the small blind with 4,000 chips and folded. Goasdoue called.

Graeme Newman: K♥K♦ All in
Alan Goasdoue: A♥Q♣

The board ran out safe for Newman with 7♥10♣5♠9♥2♣, and Newman's pair of kings held.

Player	Chips	Progress
Graeme Newman	320,000 161,000	161,000
Alan Goasdoue	250,000 173,000	173,000
Malcolm Trayner	4,000 56,000	56,000

Tags: Alan Goasdoue Graeme Newman Malcolm Trayner

07-04-2025 13:19 UTC-8

Queen for Kim

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Erick Torres

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Wagner Ripper began with an open under the gun for 16,000. It folded to Dohyeok Kim on the button, who chose to call. Anthony Ruberto came along from the big blind to send them to a flop three-handed.

The flop came 3♥10♠Q♠, which led to checks from Ruberto and Ripper. Kim chose to fire 16,000 and was met with a call from Ruberto and a fold from Ripper.

Both remaining players checked the 5♠ turn.

The 7♥ river led to another check from Ruberto, but Kim chose to bet 57,000. Ruberto thought for some time before he put out a call.

Kim showed Q♣J♥, which was good enough as Ruberto mucked his hand.