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

07-04-2025 23:57 UTC-8

Finkelberg Takes Some from Hasson

Myles Phago

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

In a blind versus blind battle, Roberto Finkelberg limped in the small blind only for Gary Hasson to raise to 175,000. Finkelberg thought for a while and debated his options, then opted to flat call.

The flop came 8♣6♠Q♣. Finkelberg checked, and Hasson continued for 100,000. Finkelberg called.

The turn brought the 7♣ and not without too much deliberation, Finkelberg stacked up his chips, slid them out, and announced he was all in for approximately 420,000. This sent Hasson deep into the tank for a few minutes, and he finally released his hand, and the pot was pushed to Finkelberg with no showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Hasson	1,900,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Roberto Finkelberg	1,100,000

Tags: Gary Hasson Roberto Finkelberg

07-04-2025 23:52 UTC-8

Brzeski Continues to Surge

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Erick Torres

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Pawel Brzeski opened to 100,000 from the button, and was called in the big blind by Michael Jozoff.

Jozoff checked the K♦2♠3♠ flop before Brzeski slid out 80,000. Jozoff responded with a raise to 275,000, and Brzeski responded with a call.

The 9♥ river saw Jozoff continue his aggression with a bet of 425,000. Brzeski came along with a call.

Jozoff slowed down with a check on the 5♥ river, and Brzeski chose to put out a bet of 1,300,000. Jozoff quickly folded to end the hand as Brzeski continues a hot start after the redraw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pawel Brzeski	5,120,000 170,000	170,000

Michael Jozoff	2,400,000 680,000	680,000

Tags: Michael Jozoff Pawel Brzeski

07-04-2025 23:46 UTC-8

Nimer Cracks Aces to Survive

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Boris Kolev raised to 100,000 from an early position and Jefferson Guerrero called in the cutoff. Ahmed Nimer in the big blind glanced over at the stack of Kolev and also called as they headed to the three-way flop of Q♥6♠3♠. Nimer open-jammed his short stack and Kolev called with the covering stack, Guerrero folded.

Ahmed Nimer: Q♠8♠ All in
Boris Kolev: A♦A♥

Nimer's top pair and flush draw had plenty of equity and improved with the 8♥ turn, the 10♥ river secured his double for 565,000 to leave Kolev short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmed Nimer	1,505,000 900,000	900,000
Jefferson Guerrero	1,220,000 20,000	20,000
Boris Kolev	305,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Ahmed Nimer Boris Kolev Jefferson Guerrero

07-04-2025 23:45 UTC-8

Lehner Exerting Max Pressure

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

In a blind-on-blind battle, Nicholas Verderamo limped in from the small blind, and Stefan Lehner checked his option from the big blind. The flop arrived with 4♥Q♦K♠, and Verderamo checked, while Lehner bet out 60,000. Verderamo called.

On the turn K♣, Verderamo checked again, and Lehner bet out 275,000. Verderamo called.

The river 6♠ saw Verderamo check again to the aggressor, who moved all in for effective 720,000.

Verderamo took a considerable amount of time to decide and ultimately folded to save his tournament life for another battle.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Lehner	3,000,000 1,610,000	1,610,000

Nicholas Verderamo	725,000 605,000	605,000

Tags: Nicholas Verderamo Stefan Lehner

07-04-2025 23:42 UTC-8

Brzeski Wins Without Showdown

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Erick Torres

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Razvan Belea raised to 100,000 under the gun. Pawel Brzeski called from the hijack to create a heads-up pot heading to a flop.

Brzeski checked the Q♣K♦4♣ flop, and Belea opted to bet 210,000. Brzeski called.

The 5♠ turn was checked by both players, which brought the J♣ river. Brzeski chose to fire 425,000, and Belea folded to award the pot to Brzeski.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pawel Brzeski	4,950,000 70,000	70,000

Razvan Belea	2,400,000 1,125,000	1,125,000

Tags: Pawel Brzeski Razvan Belea

07-04-2025 23:34 UTC-8

Baek Is Back in Action

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Yu Zhang raised to 100,000 in the cutoff and Jaehoon Baek defended his big blind to a flop of J♣10♠2♣. The check by Baek led to a continuation-bet worth 75,000 and Zhang then faced a check-raise to 205,000 shortly after. Two minutes of consideration later, Zhang sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaehoon Baek	1,475,000 75,000	75,000
Yu Zhang	825,000 275,000	275,000

Tags: Jaehoon Baek Yu Zhang

Level: 25

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

07-04-2025 23:16 UTC-8

Redraw of the Final Three Tables (full)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

There are only three minutes left in the level and the blinds will go up shortly after the action for the final three tables has resumed.

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
408	1	Mihai Manole	Romania	2,200,000	55
408	2	Simon Lindell	Sweden	1,950,000	49
408	3	Jaehoon Baek	South Korea	1,400,000	35
408	4	Vitor Dzivielevski	Brazil	1,850,000	46
408	5	Abhishek Paul	Canada	630,000	16
408	6	Cary Katz	United States	2,700,000	68
408	7	Roberto Finkelberg	United States	1,100,000	28
408	8	Gary Hasson	Belgium	2,900,000	73
408	9	Yu Zhang	China	1,100,000	28

409	1	Nicholas Verderamo	United States	1,330,000	33
409	2	Stefan Lehner	Austria	1,390,000	35
409	3	Ahmed Nimer	United States	605,000	15
409	4	Justin Zaki	United States	540,000	14
409	5	Boris Kolev	Bulgaria	705,000	18
409	6	Preston McEwen	United States	2,330,000	58
409	7	Michel Molenaar	Netherlands	600,000	15
409	8	Demetrius Campbell	United States	1,440,000	36
409	9	Jefferson Guerrero	Colombia	1,240,000	31

410	1	Roger Perez	Spain	635,000	16
410	2	Filipp Khavin	United States	700,000	18
410	3	Pawel Brzeski	Poland	5,020,000	126
410	4	[Removed:548]	Austria	750,000	19
410	5	Michael Jozoff	United States	3,080,000	77
410	6	Breno Drumond	Brazil	3,355,000	84
410	7	Razvan Belea	Romania	3,525,000	88
410	8	Ran Ilani	Israel	2,140,000	54
410	9	Ben Fan	China	700,000	18

Player	Chips	Progress
Pawel Brzeski	5,020,000 30,000	30,000

Razvan Belea	3,525,000 775,000	775,000
Breno Drumond	3,355,000 240,000	240,000

Michael Jozoff	3,080,000 120,000	120,000
Gary Hasson	2,900,000 2,690,000	2,690,000
Cary Katz	2,700,000 8,000	8,000

Preston McEwen	2,330,000 70,000	70,000
Mihai Manole	2,200,000 220,000	220,000
Ran Ilani	2,140,000 25,000	25,000
Simon Lindell	1,950,000 150,000	150,000
Vitor Dzivielevski	1,850,000 510,000	510,000

Demetrius Campbell	1,440,000 400,000	400,000
Jaehoon Baek	1,400,000 500,000	500,000
Stefan Lehner	1,390,000 285,000	285,000

Nicholas Verderamo	1,330,000 220,000	220,000
Jefferson Guerrero	1,240,000 40,000	40,000
Roberto Finkelberg	1,100,000 320,000	320,000
Yu Zhang	1,100,000 120,000	120,000
[Removed:548]	750,000 150,000	150,000
Boris Kolev	705,000 335,000	335,000

Filipp Khavin	700,000 150,000	150,000
Ben Fan	700,000 425,000	425,000
Roger Perez	635,000 185,000	185,000
Abhishek Paul	630,000 70,000	70,000
Ahmed Nimer	605,000 315,000	315,000

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07-04-2025 23:14 UTC-8

Katz Gets the Muck

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Michel Molenaar raised to 80,000 from the cutoff, Cary Katz called from the button, and Filipp Khavin called from the small blind. The flop came out with K♥7♥6♥ and all the players checked.

On the K♦ turn, and Khavin took a stab and bet out 100,000, Molenaar folded, and Katz made the call.

On the A♠ river, Khavin checked and Katz threw out 150,000 and received a call.

Katz turned over Q♥10♥ for the flush, and Khavin mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cary Katz	2,708,000 828,000	828,000

Filipp Khavin	850,000 375,000	375,000
Michel Molenaar	575,000 475,000	475,000

Tags: Cary Katz Filipp Khavin Michel Molenaar

07-04-2025 23:14 UTC-8

McEwen Eliminates Kershaw

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Erick Torres

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The blinds duked it out when Preston McEwen put enough to put Andrew Kershaw all in. Kershaw called off his remaining stack, and the pair went to a showdown with Kershaw at risk.

Andrew Kershaw: A♣Q♦ All in
Preston McEwen: 5♥5♠

The flop did not help Kershaw as it came 7♥2♦8♥.

The A♠ was just what Kershaw was looking for, but the river was a disappointment for Kershaw as it came the 5♦ to give Mcewen a set.