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

07-04-2025 18:37 UTC-8

It's a Race, Nope it's a Straight

Roxanne Johnson

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

Alex Keating raised to 50,000 from the button, and Jaehoon Baek moved all in from the big blind for 206,000. Keating contemplated his options and made the call.

Jaehoon Baek: 6♥6♣ All in
Alex Keating: K♦Q♥

Keating announced, "It's a race", but after the board was dealt, the dealer stated, "It's a straight".

The board was 9♣7♠5♣8♠A♣, and Baek was rewarded with double his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	1,805,000 505,000	505,000

Jaehoon Baek	422,000 82,000	82,000

Tags: Alex Keating Jaehoon Baek

07-04-2025 18:41 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Drory	Busted
Nicola Karl	Busted
Alex Livingston	Busted

Alan Goasdoue	Busted
Natalie Teh	Busted
Alexander Ja Smith	Busted
Frederik Reinert	Busted
Javier Barral	Busted
Jason Pritchard	Busted
Jiho Lam	Busted
Gerardo Rodriguez	Busted

Straight Flush for Olivetti

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Erick Torres

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

Nicholas Olivetti began the action with a raise to 40,000 from the button and was called from the big blind by Jiho Lam.

The flop fanned out 6♠10♦Q♣, which led to a check from Lam. Olivetti chose to bet 60,000 and was called by Lam to send them to a turn.

Lam checked the K♣ turn and faced a bet of 100,000 from Olivetti. Lam responded with an all-in and was called by Olivetti.

Nicholas Olivetti: 10♣9♣ All in
Jiho Lam: K♥9♠

Olivetti held a pair plus a flush draw, but it was Lam that had the best of it with top pair.

Olivetti was stunned by the river as it came the J♣ to give him a straight flush, which caused him to stand up in disbelief.

Jiho Lam was left with 167,000 following the hand, but he was seen leaving the tournament area shortly after the hand as he busted from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Olivetti	662,000 523,000	523,000
Jiho Lam	Busted

Tags: Jiho Lam Nicholas Olivetti

07-04-2025 18:50 UTC-8

Dinner Time

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Myles Phago

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

The remaining 54 players are now on a 60-minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 8:50 p.m. local time.

07-04-2025 19:09 UTC-8

Defending Champ Jonathan Tamayo Wins Lucky Flip for WSOP Main Event Seat

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Lyle Bateman

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

Reigning World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Jonathan Tamayo flipped his way into this year's championship event, meaning he won't even have to put up the $10,000 buy-in to defend his title.

Tamayo announced on Sunday that he won a WSOP Online $160 All-In Flipament, a flip-and-go-style event that puts players all-in blind and that needs 64 players to run, according to Kevin Mathers.

Tamayo demonstrated his luck a year ago when he navigated the largest WSOP Main Event field in history to win $10 million. The longtime poker pro from Texas proved luck is still on his side in 2025.

"I won the 3pm one it seems," Tamayo wrote on X.

Read About Tamayo's Satellite Win!

07-04-2025 19:56 UTC-8

Latest Chip Counts at the Dinner Break (full)

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Myles Phago

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Pawel Brzeski	2,500,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Preston McEwen	2,240,000 855,000	855,000
Simon Lindell	2,170,000 1,426,000	1,426,000
Michael Jozoff	2,150,000 1,058,000	1,058,000
Alex Keating	1,805,000

Gary Hasson	1,700,000 390,000	390,000
Yu Zhang	1,550,000 370,000	370,000
Ran Ilani	1,530,000 610,000	610,000
Dohyeok Kim	1,525,000 781,000	781,000
Justin Zaki	1,525,000 785,000	785,000
Demetrius Campbell	1,425,000 1,145,000	1,145,000
Ahmed Nimer	1,420,000 610,000	610,000
Vitor Dzivielevski	1,340,000 200,000	200,000

Diego Emperador	1,320,000 900,000	900,000
Tudor Purice	1,145,000 66,000	66,000
Breno Drumond	1,060,000 51,000	51,000

Stefan Lehner	1,015,000 405,000	405,000

Nicholas Olivetti	985,000 323,000	323,000
Razvan Belea	975,000 165,000	165,000
Tony Sinishtaj	965,000 835,000	835,000
Jefferson Guerrero	900,000 260,000	260,000
Leo Lombardozzi	870,000 491,000	491,000
Mariano Balfagon	870,000 708,000	708,000

Christian Nilles	820,000 413,000	413,000
Nicholas Verderamo	810,000 335,000	335,000

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Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

07-04-2025 20:13 UTC-8

Rodriguez Eliminates Zhang

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Erick Torres

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

It was a cooler as Noel Rodriguez and Congya Zhang got the chips in preflop with Zhang at risk for 360,000.

Congya Zhang: Q♣Q♥ All in
Noel Rodriguez: A♥A♠

Zhang had a premium hand, but ran into the aces of Rodriguez, and needed help as they went to a runout.

The flop was clean for Rodriguez as it came 3♣7♠4♥. The 6♣ turn and the 3♥ river offered no drama as Zhang was sent to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Rodriguez	860,000 360,000	360,000

Congya Zhang	Busted

Tags: Congya Zhang Noel Rodriguez

07-04-2025 20:13 UTC-8

Hasson Takes Out Keating

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Myles Phago

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Action was joined with a bloated pot, and the flop read 3♠4♥5♣. Gary Hasson had bet out for 40,000 only to face a raise from Alex Keating to 200,000, which sent Hasson deep into the tank before he announced that he was all-in. Keating snap called.

Alex Keating: 6♠5♠ All in
Gary Hasson: A♠2♦

Keating had outs, and when the 6♦ dropped on the turn, he was given even more. However, the Q♥ that bricked out on the river wasn't one of them, and he was sent to the cage.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Hasson	2,800,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Alex Keating	Busted

Tags: Alex Keating Gary Hasson

07-04-2025 20:17 UTC-8

Latest Post-Dinner Bust Outs

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Myles Phago

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Daniels	Busted

Congya Zhang	Busted
Alex Keating	Busted

Kiyokazu Okamoto	Busted

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It's a Race, Nope it's a Straight

Pre-Dinner Bust Outs

Straight Flush for Olivetti

Dinner Time

Defending Champ Jonathan Tamayo Wins Lucky Flip for WSOP Main Event Seat

Latest Chip Counts at the Dinner Break (full)

Rodriguez Eliminates Zhang

Hasson Takes Out Keating

Latest Post-Dinner Bust Outs