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

07-04-2025 18:08 UTC-8

Another Round of Bust Outs

Myles Phago

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Kunze	Busted
Paulo Villena Gini	Busted
Tomoyuki Yoshimiya	Busted
Frederic Delval	Busted
Tamer Kamel	Busted
Dustin Wills	Busted
Cheng-Jyun Yang	Busted
Graeme Newman	Busted
Casey Hatmaker	Busted
Victor Canaple	Busted

07-04-2025 18:06 UTC-8

Quads Cracks Top Set in Epic Three-Way Pot in 2025 WSOP Main Event

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Eliot Thomas

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

Poker's World Championship never disappoints when it comes to wild hands, and this year’s $10,000 Main Event is already living up to the reputation. From Aces over Kings just minutes into Day 1c to bracelet winner Faraz Jaka busting with seven-deuce, the action has been nonstop.

And if you were hoping for July 4th fireworks, look no further, because PokerNews reporter Stewart Morrison caught what might be one of the worst bad beats you'll see in this or any Main Event.

Goasdoue Hits Straight to Stay Alive

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Myles Phago

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

Alan Goasdoue raised to 40,000 from late position but then faced a three-bet from Pawel Brzeski on the button to 100,000. He countered with a cold four-bet jam all in for 270,000, which Brzeski snap called.

Alan Goasdoue: A♠J♠ All in
Pawel Brzeski: 9♦9♥

A tasty flop of 7♦10♦9♣ came for Brzeski, and it wasn't looking good for Goasdoue, but when the Q♣ came on the turn, it gave him additional outs. The dealer peeled off the 8♣ on the river to make Goasdoue a gutshot straight and keep him alive in the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pawel Brzeski	1,100,000 932,000	932,000

Alan Goasdoue	460,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Alan Goasdoue Pawel Brzeski

07-04-2025 18:00 UTC-8

Lombardozzi's Aces Cracked by Mcewen

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Erick Torres

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

Preston Mcewen opened the hand with a raise to 55,000 from early position. Leo Lombardozzi chose to raise it to 140,000 from the big blind.

This raise sent Mcewen into the tank, as he thought over his situation. Mcewen eventually opted to raise all-in for 675,000 total. Lombardozzi could not get the chips in quickly enough to send them to a showdown with Mcewen at risk.

Preston Mcewen: A♠Q♥ All in
Leo Lombardozzi: A♦A♣

Lombardozzi had the best starting hand in the game and had Mcewen on the ropes for piles of chips.

Mcewen was given some life when the flop came J♣Q♠8♠.

The turn was an ominous one as it came the 9♠ to give Mcewen flush outs as well as the remaining queens in the deck.

Lombardozzi's opportunity at building a huge stack was shattered when the 6♠ hit the river to save Mcewen and gash Lombardozzi.

Player	Chips	Progress
Preston McEwen	1,385,000 495,000	495,000
Leo Lombardozzi	379,000 881,000	881,000

Tags: Leo Lombardozzi Preston Mcewen

07-04-2025 17:50 UTC-8

Some Chip Updates

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Roxanne Johnson

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Sinishtaj	1,800,000 557,000	557,000
Vitor Dzivielevski	1,540,000 262,000	262,000

Stefan Lehner	720,000 445,000	445,000

[Removed:548]	660,000 551,000	551,000
Nicola Karl	442,000 32,000	32,000
Diego Emperador	340,000 40,000	40,000
Roger Perez	340,000 400,000	400,000
Jaehoon Baek	340,000 20,000	20,000
Javier Barral	290,000 207,000	207,000
Congya Zhang	220,000 230,000	230,000

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Daniels	1,120,000 330,000	330,000

Justin Zaki	740,000 644,000	644,000

Tags: Justin Zaki Shawn Daniels

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

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

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 17:34 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.