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

07-04-2025 17:04 UTC-8

Sole Doubles Through Tomescu

Erick Torres

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

George Tomescu opened the action with a raise to 32,000 from the cutoff, which led to a call from Ignacio Sole from the big blind with not much left behind.

Sole checked the flop of 4♣K♠2♥ before Tomescu fired 16,000. Sole raised to 41,000 and was snap called by Tomescu.

Ignacio Sole: K♦4♦ All in
George Tomescu: A♣K♣

Sole was in trouble preflop, but he managed to not only outflop Tomescu, but do so in a way where Tomescu had a strong piece of the board.

The 2♠ turn and the 8♥ river were safe for Sole as he found a double against Tomescu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ignacio Sole	154,000 201,000	201,000
George Tomescu	130,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: George Tomescu Ignacio Sole

07-04-2025 17:14 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Cary Katz	855,000 480,000	480,000

Richard Pyne	380,000 203,000	203,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Marwan Salamoun	Busted
Surminder Singh	Busted
Duncan Horst	Busted
Andrew Ostapchenko	Busted

Matthew Davenport	Busted

Juan Duenas	Busted
Isaac Escobar	Busted
Zelin Wang	Busted
Phillip Hui	Busted

Ken Oberlieben	Busted
Jianfeng Sun	Busted
Nikolai Fal	Busted

Montejo Bests Mcewen

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Erick Torres

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Jefferson Montejo raised to 35,000 from the button, but Preston McEwen wanted to play for more and raised it to 110,000. Montejo gave it some thought and eventually decided on a call to send them to a flop.

McEwen bet 85,000 on the Q♠9♠8♥ flop. Montejo chose to raise the price and went all in, which garnered a fold from McEwen to end the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Preston McEwen	890,000 680,000	680,000
Jefferson Guerrero	640,000 640,000	640,000

Tags: Jefferson Montejo Preston Mcewen

07-04-2025 17:33 UTC-8

A Few More Bite the Dust

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Myles Phago

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Mathis	Busted
Ricardo Eyzaguirre	Busted
Ignacio Sole	Busted
Anthony Piacquadio	Busted
George Tomescu	Busted
Leo Soma	Busted

Roman Korenev	Busted

Dylan Lambe	Busted

07-04-2025 17:34 UTC-8

Paul Scoops a Small Pot from Keating

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Abhishek Paul raised from late position to 33,000 and received a call from Alex Keating in the small blind, and Noel Rodriguez also called from the big blind. The flop came out with J♥A♥9♠ and both blinds checked to the preflop raiser, who bet out 50,000. Keating called, and Rodriguez folded.

Both players checked the turn K♠.

On the river 3♠, Keating made a move for the pot and bet out 25,000. Paul raised 150,000, and Keating took some time and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	650,000 10,000	10,000

Noel Rodriguez	410,000 130,000	130,000

Abhishek Paul	92,000 738,000	738,000

Tags: Abhishek Paul Alex Keating Noel Rodriguez

07-04-2025 17:38 UTC-8

Tough Couple Hands Send Sole Out

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Erick Torres

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Ignacio Sole had a rough go of it over the course of two hands that led to his exit.

The first hand began when Ignacio Sole got it all in preflop against Casey Hatmaker with Hatmaker at risk.

Casey Hatmaker: A♣10♦ All in
Ignacio Sole: A♦K♦

Sole had Hatmaker dominated as they headed to the runout, but the flop did not preserve his lead as it fanned out 10♥4♥2♣ to reverse their position. The 9♣ turn and the 10♣ river only served to help Hatmaker as Sole was left with 83,000.

The very next hand Sole shipped it for his remaining chips from early position and was called from middle position by Frederik Reinert to put Sole at risk.

Ignacio Sole: A♠4♠ All in
Casey Hatmaker: A♣10♣

In a cruel twist of fate, Sole was up against the same hand, but this time he held the worst of it with the inferior ace.

The flop came out 6♥5♦9♥, which was of no help to Sole.

The 9♦ turn presented some chop outs, but the river did not convert on any of Sole's outs as it came the J♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederik Reinert	578,000 429,000	429,000
Casey Hatmaker	236,000 98,000	98,000
Ignacio Sole	Busted

Tags: Casey Hatmaker Frederik Reinert Ignacio Sole

07-04-2025 17:45 UTC-8

Zhang Eliminates Lambe

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Dylan Lambe raised to 61,000 from early position, and Yu Zhang three-bet to 115,000 from the big blind. Lambe moved all in for the last 321,000, and Zhang called.

Dylan Lambe: 9♠9♣ All in
Yu Zhang: A♣K♥

The dealer laid out 7♦Q♥5♦A♦7♣, and Zhang won the hand with the better two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yu Zhang	980,000 275,000	275,000
Dylan Lambe	Busted

Tags: Dylan Lambe Yu Zhang

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

07-04-2025 17:50 UTC-8

Zaki Gets Whacky with Daniels

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Myles Phago

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Justin Zaki raised to 38,000 from the cutoff, and Shawn Daniels then three-bet all in from the big blind, and he had Zaki covered. Zaki went into the tank for a while and then made the call for his tournament life.

Justin Zaki: A♦9♣ All in
Shawn Daniels: 5x5x

A near-perfect flop of A♣9♠Q♠ came for Zaki, and when the A♠ peeled off on the turn Daniels was drawing dead. The irrelevant 9♦ sealed the deal on the river, and Zaki was shipped the pot for a full double-up.