Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2024 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$3,342,840
Entries
1,252
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
1,252
Players Left
187
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Day 1 of Event #49 $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em attracted a whopping 1,252 entries at the World Series of Poker (WSOP).
A total prize pool of $3,342,840 was generated by 1,252 entrants. The remaining 187 players are officially in the money. Players have locked up $6,024, but they are hoping for more, especially the top prize of $523,195.
Action concluded in Level 17 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and 12 minutes remaining on the clock. Sami Bechahed bagged one of the top stacks, accumulating 927,000 over the course of the day. Bechahed has earned over $1,300,000 in live tournaments, but the coveted WSOP bracelet has so far escaped him. He will look to make a deep tournament run in hopes of earning a spot at the final table.
Only Ivan Ruban (1,476,000), David Stamm (1,165,000), and John Kenner (1,089,000) finished Day 1 with more chips than Bechahed.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan Ruban | Russia | 1,476,000 | 148 |
| 2 | David Stamm | United States | 1,165,000 | 117 |
| 3 | John Kenner | United States | 1,089,000 | 109 |
| 4 | Sami Bechahed | United States | 927,000 | 93 |
| 5 | Andjelko Andrejevic | United States | 856,000 | 86 |
| 6 | Marko Grujic | United States | 836,000 | 84 |
| 7 | Simas Karaliunas | Lithuania | 822,000 | 82 |
| 8 | Maximiliano Gallardo | Argentina | 671,000 | 67 |
| 9 | David Kaufmann | Germany | 664,000 | 66 |
| 10 | Erfan Geula | United States | 651,000 | 65 |
Many notables entered the field, falling short of the money including Alex Foxen, Brad Owen, Ethan Yau, Maria Konnikova, Scott Seiver and Martin Kabrhel
A handful of notables who bagged and will be coming back to Day 2 in the money include Eric Afriat (601,000), 2015 WSOP Main Event champion Martin Jacobson (526,000), Chris Brewer (444,000), Jeremy Becker (355,000), Punnat Punsri (260,000), Renji Mao (228,000), Maxx Coleman (216,000), Joey Weissman (211,000), Stoyan Madanzhiev (193,000), and Marco Johnson (180,000).
Day 2 will kick off at 12 p.m. local time on June 20 in the Horseshoe Event Center. Ten 60-minute levels will be played with a 15-minute break every two levels. A dinner break is scheduled after Level 23 at roughly 6:30 p.m.
PokerNews will be back tomorrow for full Day 2 coverage. Stay tuned to catch all the action.
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,476,000
1,031,000
|
1,031,000 |
|
||
|
1,165,000
1,165,000
|
1,165,000 |
|
1,089,000
775,000
|
775,000 |
|
927,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
856,000
856,000
|
856,000 |
|
836,000
836,000
|
836,000 |
|
822,000
822,000
|
822,000 |
|
671,000
671,000
|
671,000 |
|
664,000
664,000
|
664,000 |
|
651,000
651,000
|
651,000 |
|
639,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
622,000
622,000
|
622,000 |
|
||
|
603,000
511,000
|
511,000 |
|
|
||
|
601,000
281,000
|
281,000 |
|
597,000
258,000
|
258,000 |
|
565,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
548,000
548,000
|
548,000 |
|
|
530,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
|
526,000
526,000
|
526,000 |
|
||
|
525,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
523,000
523,000
|
523,000 |
|
522,000
522,000
|
522,000 |
|
515,000
515,000
|
515,000 |
|
|
||
|
467,000
467,000
|
467,000 |
|
461,000
461,000
|
461,000 |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
With 188 players being paid, there is 187 players left after three players busted prior to the start of hand for hand play. Everyone in the field has earned a min cash of $6,024.
This also concludes play for the night, the players will return tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time.
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Joao Valli opened the action with a raise to 85,000 from the hijack. Parker Talbot moved all in for 210,000 from the button and Valli made the call.
Parker Talbot: A♥Q♣ 
Joao Valli: A♦J♦
The board ran out 9♠6♦7♦J♥8♥ and Valli caught a Jack to send Talbot packing, just short of the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
445,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Action folded to the button when a player went all in for 60,000, and Anthony Alway made the call putting the player at risk. The big blind folded leaving the players heads up.
Button: K♠10♠
Anthony Alway: A♠J♥
Alway was ahead with his ace high, and when the board ran out 9♣A♦10♣J♦A♣ it improved Alway to the nuts with a full house, eliminating the player on the button.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
365,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 16
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
A player under the gun limped before a player in early position raised to 16,000. Then a player in middle position three-bet to 35,000. When it folded to the cutoff, Blas Torres, he four bet all in for 85,000. When it got to the player under the gun, he sat in the tank for 30 seconds before another player not in the hand called the clock. After an argument about whether the clock call was warranted, the under the gun player found a fold.
But once the action got back to the early position player, he five-bet all in for 377,000. The player in middle position sat in the tank as well, but also found a fold, leaving the two players heads up, with Torres at risk.
Blas Torres: K♠K♥
Early Position; A♠K♦
Torres was in great shape, and when the board ran out Q♠9♥2♥5♦8♠ his kings were still best and scooped a pot for more than a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
Level 16
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Under the gun open-jammed his 82,000-chip stack into the middle. The player on the button called all in for 75,000 and Sami Bechahed made the call in the big blind, covering both players.
Under The Gun: Q♠Q♣
Button: A♥J♦
Sami Bechahed: A♣K♠
The board ran out 5♦6♣K♣J♥9♠ and Bechahed dragged in the pot while sending to players to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
910,000 |