Event #46: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout Dia 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-06-21 01:19 UTC-7

Preston McEwen Leads Event #46: $500 NLH Freezeout Day 1

ClaudioElizalde

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

Day 1 of Event #46: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout at the 2023 World Series of Poker hosted at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas battled down from 5,342 unique entries to 238 hopefuls. All returning competitors will be guaranteed a cash of $1,611, but it will be the coveted bracelet and the $262,526 first-place purse that everyone will be after.

Preston McEwen, the popular RunGood enthusiast, ended the night leading the field. PokerNews had a chance to speak with him back in March after a very successful WSOPC season. Plenty of big stacks battled to set themselves up for Day 2, including the likes of Yita Choon (1,840,000) from Australia and Filcioni Pollermann (1,690,000), representing Brazil.

End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Preston McEwen	United States	2,040,000	68
2	Nicholas Ronalds	United States	1,960,000	65
3	Yita Choong	Australia	1,840,000	61
4	Kenneth Hernandez	United States	1,800,045	60
5	Filcioni Pollermann	Brazil	1,690,000	56
6	Marc Desantis	United States	1,600,000	53
7	Derek Brumbaugh	United States	1,585,000	53
8	Spencer Champlin	United States	1,580,000	53
9	Russell Koch	United States	1,495,000	50
10	Enjamin Mirsaidi	Germany	1,490,000	50

Other notables to make it through Day 1 include popular poker personalities Robert Kuhn (830,000) and Jamie Kerstetter (495,000)

Three previous Main Event winners were seen in the field in the form of Chris Moneymaker, Jamie Gold, and Jerry Yang, all of whom failed to find a bag for Day 2.

Plenty of female players in the field made a strong showing including Ebony Kenney, Tiffany Michelle, Maria Ho, Marle Spragg, and Farah Galfond who were all eliminated before the day ended. Veronica Brill was going great until she took a tough beat to lose a 700,000 pot that often would have chopped.

Players will return at 10 a.m. local time on June 21 in Level 23, where blinds are 15,000/30,000 and a 30,000 big blind ante.

Keep your browsers locked to PokerNews as our live reporting team rides this event down to the crowning of its champion.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Cristina Lopez Derek Brumbaugh Ebony Kenney Ediberto Pilotin Farah Galfond Jamie Gold Jamie Kerstetter Jerry Yang LoriAnn Persinger Maria Ho Marle Spragg Muaaz Gani Paris Las Vegas Patrick Liang Preston McEwen Robert Kuhn Spencer Champlin Tiffany Michelle Veronica Brill Yita Choon Yita Choong

2023-06-21 00:10 UTC-7

Persinger Hits a Triple

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

On a board of 3♣5♥6♠7♥ an late position player moved all in for 300,000, with a player in early position already in preflop. LoriAnn Persinger steeled her will, and made the call from the cutoff.

The early position player tables Q♣3♠, the middle position player K♦Q♦, and 9♦9♣. The river rolled off an 6♣ and Persinger had executed the triple up, busting the early position player in the process.

"What a call!" a tablemate exclaimed.

"I didn't like it," said Persinger, "But I asked myself, 'How am I not good here?'"

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
LoriAnn Persinger	1,275,000 907,000	907,000

Tags: LoriAnn Persinger

2023-06-20 23:52 UTC-7

Brill Gets Runnered; Here Come The Brazillions

ClaudioElizalde

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

Veronica Brill and Luis Dornerles had a raising war on a flop that read 10♥9♠3♣ and it appeared both players were tied when their hands were put in play.

Veronica Brill: A♦10♦
Luis Dornerles: A♣10♣

Brill had well over 300,000 as her effective stack and it appeared it was a lock for a chop, but when the K♣ came on the turn Dorneles picked up the nut flush draw. When the the 8♣ peeled the river, Brill could be heard saying, "Oh my god...", as she was forced to accept her payout slip.

At an outer table, Alcioni Pollermann had a shorter stack at risk on a board that read J♦10♦5♥.

Opponent: K♦Q♦
Alcioni Pollermann: Q♥10♥

The board was as nice as his opponent could hope for without making a pair, as they had the open-ended royal flush draw but the J♠ and 10♣ left Pollermann with checkmark and he soared well over a million chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Alcioni Pollermann	1,350,000 575,000	575,000
Luis Dorneles	840,000 840,000	840,000
Veronica Brill	Eliminado

Tags: Alcioni Pollermann Luis Dornerles Veronica Brill

2023-06-20 21:41 UTC-7

Bubble Burst After Two Hands; 796 Left

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

Once the dealers completed the hand they were on, three players had busted. Hand for hand started with three players still to eliminate. On the first hand, there were five all-ins called with two eliminations.

On the second hand, they were several all-ins and calls with seven eliminations.

One situation was Table 179.
Player at risk: K♣9♣
Opponent: 10♠10♣

The board ran out 6♥7♠9♥8♣J♣ and we lost a contestant.

Another player busted in a huge pot with pocket kings against aces. So seven players are spliting the last payouts.

2023-06-20 21:38 UTC-7

Hinkle Eliminated as the Bubble Bursts

Nível 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Radoslav Stoyanov moved all in from late position and Grant Hinkle called from the button, with his life on the line, as the tournament was being played in hand-for-hand until the bubble could be reached.

Grant Hinkle: A♥K♦
Radoslav Stoyanov: J♦5♦

The flop gave Stoyanov some outs for the upset, 10♦4♦8♥. The turn looked like it might save Hinkle from elimination, but a gut-wrenching 6♦ hit the river, and after the other hands around the room were completed it was announced that the bubble had burst.

A player at Stoyanov's table said, partly with relief at making the money, partly in fear, "If you're going to have that kind of luck, I don't want to be at this table."

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Radoslav Stoyanov	415,000
Grant Hinkle	Eliminado

Tags: Grant Hinkle Radoslav Stoyanov

2023-06-20 21:13 UTC-7

Persinger With Big Double as Bubble Looms

ClaudioElizalde

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

Only a dozen or so away from the money, LoriAnn Persinger was able to get all her chips in the middle holding aces on a paired board against an inferior pair of tens. When she made aces full on the turn, she locked up the hand.

Just a couple of tables over, a tournament director gave an entire table a warning for slow play, as the table joked about the nature of the bubble.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
LoriAnn Persinger	368,000 198,000	198,000

Tags: LoriAnn Persinger

2023-06-20 20:46 UTC-7

Texier Among Big Stacks

Nível 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With less than fifty players to eliminate to reach the money, Jean-Michel Texier opened to 15,000 in early position and the blinds called.

On the flop 3♥Q♥9♥, Texier continuation-bet to 10,000 and it was enough to take the pot. With a 500,000 stack, he can put pressure on his opponents.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jean-Michel Texier	500,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Jean-Michel Texier

2023-06-20 20:17 UTC-7

5,342 Players, 802 In The Money, $262,526 On Top

Nível 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The tournament had a total of 5,342 entrants, a record figure for the second edition of this event, generating a prize pool of $4,632,450. A total of 802 players will be in the money for a $800 mincash. And the winner will receive $262,526 and, of course, a WSOP bracelet.

WSOP Event #46 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout Payout

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$262,526	54-62	$4,549
2	$162,207	63-71	$3,823
3	$121,085	72-80	$3,240
4	$91,066	81-89	$2,769
5	$69,007	90-98	$2,387
6	$52,690	99-152	$2,076
7	$40,540	153-206	$1,821
8	$31,433	207-260	$1,611
9	$24,562	261-314	$1,438
10-11	$19,344	315-368	$1,296
12-13	$15,355	369-422	$1,178
14-17	$12,286	423-476	$1,080
18-26	$9,909	477-530	$1,000
27-35	$8,057	531-666	$875
36-44	$6,605	667-802	$800
45-53	$5,459

2023-06-20 18:33 UTC-7

Even More Chip Counts - Kuhn Takes The Lead

ClaudioElizalde

Nível 15 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Robert Kuhn	510,000 510,000	510,000
Ediberto Pilotin	242,000 4,000	4,000
Preston McEwen	240,000 118,000	118,000

Marle Spragg	155,000
Ebony Kenney	151,000 96,000	96,000
LoriAnn Persinger	103,000 23,000	23,000
Jeff Sluzinski	78,000 78,000	78,000
Chris Da-Silva	63,000 -89,000	-89,000

2023-06-20 18:20 UTC-7

Some Updated Chip Counts

Nível 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
David Kang	300,000 300,000	300,000
Francois Russo	180,000 180,000	180,000
Erwann Pecheux	165,000 111,000	111,000
Chris Moneymaker	90,000 90,000	90,000

Ren Lin	65,000 65,000	65,000
Camille Brown	40,000 -28,000	-28,000
Niall Farrell	Eliminado

Nicolas Plantin	Eliminado