Level 23
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Cards are in the air and the remaining players will play down to a winner today with a break every four levels.
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #46: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$2,243,640
Entries
5,342
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Entries
241
Players Left
1
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Welcome back to the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Day 2 of Event #46: $500 Freezeout No-LImit Hold'em begins at 10 a.m.
Day 1 saw a total of 5,342 unique entries, generating a prize pool of $2,243,640. Only 238 players remain as the day begins with all players guaranteed a minimum cash of $1,611. However, all eyes are on the grand prize of $262,526 and the WSOP gold bracelet.
Preston McEwen begins the day with an impressive chip lead, coming in with a total of 2,040,000, followed by Nicholas Ronalds (1,960,000) and Yita Choong (1,840,000) to round the top three.
| 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 | Alcioni 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 |
Blinds will begin at 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante and levels remain 30-minutes long. There will be a 15-minute break after every four levels and play is scheduled to continue until a champion is crowned.
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| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe | 538 | 1 | Marvin Korinek | United States | 715,000 |
| Horseshoe | 538 | 2 | Michael Marsh | United States | 305,000 |
| Horseshoe | 538 | 3 | Nathan Burnett | United States | 720,000 |
| Horseshoe | 538 | 4 | Fen Chen | United States | 275,000 |
| Horseshoe | 538 | 5 | William Jia | United States | 180,000 |
| Horseshoe | 538 | 6 | Mark Montgomery | United States | 275,000 |
| Horseshoe | 538 | 7 | Robbie Beck | United States | 205,000 |
| Horseshoe | 538 | 8 | David Yoon | United States | 485,000 |
| Horseshoe | 538 | 9 | Russell Koch | United States | 1,495,000 |
| Horseshoe | 539 | 1 | Robert Kuhn | United States | 830,000 |
| Horseshoe | 539 | 2 | Alan Mastic | United States | 590,000 |
| Horseshoe | 539 | 3 | Jeffrey Ray | United States | 190,000 |
| Horseshoe | 539 | 4 | Marco Mayorga | Italy | 565,000 |
| Horseshoe | 539 | 5 | Enjamin Mirsaidi | Germany | 1,490,000 |
| Horseshoe | 539 | 7 | Tristen Barnes | United States | 285,000 |
| Horseshoe | 539 | 8 | Roger Hendren | United States | 395,000 |
| Horseshoe | 539 | 9 | Muaaz Gani | United States | 1,225,000 |
| Horseshoe | 540 | 1 | Maureen Bloechlinger | Switzerland | 605,000 |
| Horseshoe | 540 | 2 | Mario Launi | United States | 670,000 |
| Horseshoe | 540 | 3 | Diego Acquila | United States | 403,000 |
| Horseshoe | 540 | 4 | Scott Carlson | United States | 540,000 |
| Horseshoe | 540 | 5 | Corey Pritchett | United States | 575,000 |
| Horseshoe | 540 | 6 | Jorge Kiriakidis | United States | 430,000 |
| Horseshoe | 540 | 7 | John Misirian | United States | 510,000 |
| Horseshoe | 540 | 8 | Jeffrey Smith | United States | 285,000 |
| Horseshoe | 540 | 9 | Elijah Hughes | United States | 565,000 |
| Horseshoe | 541 | 1 | Sasha Skalrud | United States | 135,000 |
| Horseshoe | 541 | 2 | Abdul Almagableh | United States | 255,000 |
| Horseshoe | 541 | 3 | Justin Pechie | United States | 365,000 |
| Horseshoe | 541 | 4 | Byambajav Bandi | Mongolia | 725,000 |
| Horseshoe | 541 | 5 | Eric Hershler | United States | 285,000 |
| Horseshoe | 541 | 6 | Julien Geniez | France | 455,000 |
| Horseshoe | 541 | 7 | Kenneth Pearson | United States | 1,040,000 |
| Horseshoe | 541 | 8 | Mark Baw | United States | 290,000 |
| Horseshoe | 541 | 9 | Thanh Bui | United States | 420,000 |
| Horseshoe | 542 | 1 | Darrell Griffith | United States | 275,000 |
| Horseshoe | 542 | 2 | Jeffrey Kostyniuk | Canada | 720,000 |
| Horseshoe | 542 | 3 | Norman Straughn | United States | 245,000 |
| Horseshoe | 542 | 4 | Dinh Le | United States | 450,000 |
| Horseshoe | 542 | 5 | Luis Dorneles | Brazil | 800,000 |
| Horseshoe | 542 | 6 | Wing Liu | United Kingdom | 225,000 |
| Horseshoe | 542 | 7 | Brett Richey | United States | 280,000 |
| Horseshoe | 542 | 8 | Majid Farashbandl | Canada | 355,000 |
| Horseshoe | 542 | 9 | Ediberto Pilotin | United States | 1,275,000 |
| Horseshoe | 543 | 2 | Nicholas Ronalds | United States | 1,960,000 |
| Horseshoe | 543 | 3 | DID NOT REPORT 2 | United States | 755,000 |
| Horseshoe | 543 | 4 | Justin Swilling | United States | 1,295,000 |
| Horseshoe | 543 | 5 | Aniket Dandegaonkar | United States | 1,015,000 |
| Horseshoe | 543 | 6 | Wim Ben Verhaegen | Belgium | 455,000 |
| Horseshoe | 543 | 8 | Michal Nahum | United States | 280,000 |
| Horseshoe | 543 | 9 | Lake Tang | Canada | 505,000 |
| Horseshoe | 548 | 2 | Timothy Heng | United States | 255,000 |
| Horseshoe | 548 | 3 | Richard Schenzdavis | United States | 810,000 |
| Horseshoe | 548 | 4 | Derek Lard | United States | 630,000 |
| Horseshoe | 548 | 5 | Christine Holubeck | United States | 250,000 |
| Horseshoe | 548 | 6 | Micheal Hanelin | United States | 130,000 |
| Horseshoe | 548 | 7 | Igor Pinheiro | Brazil | 800,000 |
| Horseshoe | 548 | 8 | Jay Lockett | United States | 605,000 |
| Horseshoe | 548 | 9 | Jaeguk Paeng | United States | 585,000 |
| Horseshoe | 549 | 1 | Ronald Lane | United States | 485,000 |
| Horseshoe | 549 | 2 | Christina Lopez | United States | 1,135,000 |
| Horseshoe | 549 | 3 | Oleksandr Trokhymenko | United Kingdom | 665,000 |
| Horseshoe | 549 | 4 | Wyatt Williams | United States | 430,000 |
| Horseshoe | 549 | 5 | Juan Pastor | France | 625,000 |
| Horseshoe | 549 | 7 | Brett Schwertley | United States | 185,000 |
| Horseshoe | 549 | 8 | Han Park | United States | 680,000 |
| Horseshoe | 549 | 9 | Klas Krueger | Germany | 600,000 |
| Horseshoe | 550 | 1 | Henry Fischer | Brazil | 840,000 |
| Horseshoe | 550 | 2 | Evelyn Cole | United States | 550,000 |
| Horseshoe | 550 | 4 | Russell Fitzgerald | United States | 490,000 |
| Horseshoe | 550 | 5 | Richard Rossetti | United States | 440,000 |
| Horseshoe | 550 | 7 | Colin McHugh | United States | 445,000 |
| Horseshoe | 550 | 8 | Ian Matakis | United States | 270,000 |
| Horseshoe | 550 | 9 | Shannon Boone | United States | 665,000 |
| Horseshoe | 551 | 1 | Stuart Qualia | United States | 1 |
| Horseshoe | 551 | 2 | Cyrille Theret | France | 745,000 |
| Horseshoe | 551 | 3 | Milton Conca | Brazil | 420,000 |
| Horseshoe | 551 | 4 | Larry Bibbs | United States | 155,000 |
| Horseshoe | 551 | 5 | Michael Goldfarb | United States | 515,000 |
| Horseshoe | 551 | 6 | Huy Nguyen | United States | 350,000 |
| Horseshoe | 551 | 7 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | 430,000 | |
| Horseshoe | 551 | 8 | Sok Chean | United States | 255,000 |
| Horseshoe | 551 | 9 | Scott Berko | United Kingdom | 445,000 |
| Horseshoe | 552 | 1 | Frank Zhang | United States | 175,000 |
| Horseshoe | 552 | 2 | Thomas Elder | United States | 755,000 |
| Horseshoe | 552 | 3 | Andy Lysene | United States | 405,000 |
| Horseshoe | 552 | 4 | Alcioni Pollermann | Brazil | 1,690,000 |
| Horseshoe | 552 | 5 | David Horowitz | United States | 695,000 |
| Horseshoe | 552 | 6 | Cornel Cimpan | United States | 530,000 |
| Horseshoe | 552 | 7 | Takuma Sasali | Japan | 580,000 |
| Horseshoe | 552 | 8 | Cornel Roman | United States | 820,000 |
| Horseshoe | 552 | 9 | Christopher Perkins | United States | 470,000 |
| Horseshoe | 553 | 1 | Randall Workman | United States | 285,000 |
| Horseshoe | 553 | 2 | Max Tavepholjalern | United States | 1,100,000 |
| Horseshoe | 553 | 3 | Gabriel Pardo | United States | 500,000 |
| Horseshoe | 553 | 4 | Kfir Nahum | United States | 610,000 |
| Horseshoe | 553 | 5 | Ibrahim Tarim | Turkey | 240,000 |
| Horseshoe | 553 | 6 | Alan Schmelzel | Canada | 620,000 |
| Horseshoe | 553 | 7 | Alexander Lukyanov | Russia | 320,000 |
| Horseshoe | 553 | 8 | Christopher Staats | United States | 505,000 |
| Horseshoe | 553 | 9 | Yaacov Mashania | Israel | 790,000 |
| Horseshoe | 558 | 1 | Michael Baldwin | CanadaCanada | 410,000 |
| Horseshoe | 558 | 2 | Bixi Yao | United Kingdom | 510,000 |
| Horseshoe | 558 | 3 | Mikal Smith | United States | 280,000 |
| Horseshoe | 558 | 5 | Rajashekar Redd Varakala | United States | 135,000 |
| Horseshoe | 558 | 6 | Yueqi Wang | United States | 845,000 |
| Horseshoe | 558 | 8 | Lokesh Garg | United States | 585,000 |
| Horseshoe | 558 | 9 | Fredierick Avecilla | United States | 445,000 |
| Horseshoe | 559 | 1 | Preston McEwen | United States | 2,040,000 |
| Horseshoe | 559 | 2 | Hardey Karem | United States | 380,000 |
| Horseshoe | 559 | 3 | Christian Hermann | United States | 235,000 |
| Horseshoe | 559 | 4 | Gerald Morrell | United States | 495,000 |
| Horseshoe | 559 | 5 | Kolade Akadiri | United Kingdom | 475,000 |
| Horseshoe | 559 | 7 | John Ripnick | United States | 840,000 |
| Horseshoe | 559 | 8 | Erik Cajelais | Canada | 615,000 |
| Horseshoe | 560 | 1 | Steven Novak | United States | 280,000 |
| Horseshoe | 560 | 2 | Daniel Winchester | United States | 555,000 |
| Horseshoe | 560 | 3 | David Hirst | Australia | 240,000 |
| Horseshoe | 560 | 4 | Brent Hashizu | United States | 295,000 |
| Horseshoe | 560 | 5 | Lawrence Kiang | United States | 290,000 |
| Horseshoe | 560 | 6 | Patrick Liang | United States | 1,180,000 |
| Horseshoe | 560 | 7 | Jeffrey Silverstein | United States | 1,160,000 |
| Horseshoe | 560 | 8 | Jaime Cuevas | United States | 270,000 |
| Horseshoe | 560 | 9 | Takeru Norihama | United States | 1,230,000 |
| Horseshoe | 561 | 1 | Frederic Heinry | France | 205,000 |
| Horseshoe | 561 | 2 | Bryan Obregon | United States | 430,000 |
| Horseshoe | 561 | 3 | George Vardakas | United States | 350,000 |
| Horseshoe | 561 | 4 | Jerry Giroir | United States | 780,000 |
| Horseshoe | 561 | 5 | Yooka Han | United States | 180,000 |
| Horseshoe | 561 | 6 | David Jackson | United States | 805,000 |
| Horseshoe | 561 | 7 | Jason Olenak | United States | 420,000 |
| Horseshoe | 561 | 8 | Jian Cen | Austria | 230,000 |
| Horseshoe | 561 | 9 | Marshall Daigle | United States | 210,000 |
| Horseshoe | 562 | 1 | Benson Tang | United States | 485,000 |
| Horseshoe | 562 | 2 | Yita Choong | Australia | 1,840,000 |
| Horseshoe | 562 | 3 | Jonathan Betancur | United States | 360,000 |
| Horseshoe | 562 | 4 | Lori Persinger | United States | 1,215,000 |
| Horseshoe | 562 | 5 | Claude Ngangacodru | United States | 195,000 |
| Horseshoe | 562 | 6 | Kostantinos Gennaios | United States | 780,000 |
| Horseshoe | 562 | 7 | Jack Goldberg | United States | 250,000 |
| Horseshoe | 562 | 8 | Mark Aylward-Nally | Canada | 175,000 |
| Horseshoe | 562 | 9 | David Feigenbaum | United States | 290,000 |
| Horseshoe | 563 | 1 | Jie Fu | United States | 645,000 |
| Horseshoe | 563 | 2 | Joseph Blevins | United States | 210,000 |
| Horseshoe | 563 | 3 | Derek Crooks | United States | 530,000 |
| Horseshoe | 563 | 4 | Marc Desantis | United States | 1,600,000 |
| Horseshoe | 563 | 6 | Jacob Ferro | United States | 545,000 |
| Horseshoe | 563 | 7 | Spencer Champlin | United States | 1,580,000 |
| Horseshoe | 563 | 8 | David Presley | United States | 355,000 |
| Horseshoe | 563 | 9 | Cesar Jimenez Franco | United States | 195,000 |
| Horseshoe | 568 | 1 | Melissa Schubert | United States | 690,000 |
| Horseshoe | 568 | 2 | Andrew Gordon | United States | 390,000 |
| Horseshoe | 568 | 3 | Sinead Priestley | United Kingdom | 815,000 |
| Horseshoe | 568 | 4 | Wendy Dunning | Canada | 505,000 |
| Horseshoe | 568 | 5 | Michael Amato | United States | 520,000 |
| Horseshoe | 568 | 6 | Matt Schroeder | United States | 315,000 |
| Horseshoe | 568 | 7 | Todd Senser | United States | 135,000 |
| Horseshoe | 568 | 8 | Toma Barber | United States | 280,000 |
| Horseshoe | 568 | 9 | Chad Horimoto | United States | 460,000 |
| Horseshoe | 569 | 1 | Matthew Preus | United States | 240,000 |
| Horseshoe | 569 | 2 | Kenneth Douglas | United States | 415,000 |
| Horseshoe | 569 | 3 | Daniel Marcus | United States | 1,090,000 |
| Horseshoe | 569 | 4 | Mohammed Munaf | United States | 415,000 |
| Horseshoe | 569 | 5 | Kenneth Hernandez | United States | 1,800,045 |
| Horseshoe | 569 | 6 | Dipanjan Chattopadhyay | United States | 325,000 |
| Horseshoe | 569 | 7 | Sean Picquelle | United States | 955,000 |
| Horseshoe | 569 | 8 | Taylor Hart | United States | 1,030,000 |
| Horseshoe | 569 | 9 | Mark Napolitano | United States | 380,000 |
| Horseshoe | 570 | 2 | Tomoyuki Yoshimiya | Japan | 890,000 |
| Horseshoe | 570 | 3 | Juan Carlos Ramirez Parodi | United States | 355,000 |
| Horseshoe | 570 | 4 | Adam Nilsen | United States | 410,000 |
| Horseshoe | 570 | 5 | Majid Nadeem | United Kingdom | 1 |
| Horseshoe | 570 | 6 | Ivan Starostin | United States | 570,000 |
| Horseshoe | 570 | 7 | Daniel Hendrickson | United States | 830,000 |
| Horseshoe | 570 | 8 | Jamie Kerstetter | United States | 495,000 |
| Horseshoe | 570 | 9 | Edward Yam | Hong Kong | 195,000 |
| Horseshoe | 571 | 1 | Rahul Sharma | Canada | 520,000 |
| Horseshoe | 571 | 2 | Edward Paul | United States | 440,000 |
| Horseshoe | 571 | 3 | Caleb Bloomer | United States | 340,000 |
| Horseshoe | 571 | 4 | Jonathan Melchor | United States | 855,000 |
| Horseshoe | 571 | 5 | John Bousfield | United Kingdom | 295,000 |
| Horseshoe | 571 | 6 | Michael Mccloud | United States | 540,000 |
| Horseshoe | 571 | 7 | Richard Lee | United States | 320,000 |
| Horseshoe | 571 | 8 | John Borges | United States | 335,000 |
| Horseshoe | 571 | 9 | Makymo Ferguson | United States | 320,000 |
| Horseshoe | 572 | 1 | Kuenwai Lo | China | 710,000 |
| Horseshoe | 572 | 2 | Patrick Piche | Canada | 670,000 |
| Horseshoe | 572 | 3 | Christopher Conrad | United States | 570,000 |
| Horseshoe | 572 | 4 | Oleg Korban | United States | 435,000 |
| Horseshoe | 572 | 5 | Adin Aragon | United States | 830,000 |
| Horseshoe | 572 | 6 | Blair Hamilton | Canada | 290,000 |
| Horseshoe | 572 | 7 | Francois Russo | France | 555,000 |
| Horseshoe | 572 | 8 | Daniel Fleshner | United States | 325,000 |
| Horseshoe | 572 | 9 | Thomas Lee | United States | 340,000 |
| Horseshoe | 573 | 1 | Matthew Sesso | United States | 740,000 |
| Horseshoe | 573 | 2 | Nilson Pascoal | Brazil | 525,000 |
| Horseshoe | 573 | 3 | Jeffrey Krusinski | United States | 210,000 |
| Horseshoe | 573 | 4 | Pete Males | United States | 410,000 |
| Horseshoe | 573 | 5 | Aaron Thivyanathan | United States | 305,000 |
| Horseshoe | 573 | 6 | Dominick Minaya | United States | 640,000 |
| Horseshoe | 573 | 7 | Joseph Marron | United States | 260,000 |
| Horseshoe | 573 | 8 | Christine Lyons | United States | 375,000 |
| Horseshoe | 573 | 9 | Ira Lampley | United States | 355,000 |
| Horseshoe | 582 | 1 | Aaron Frei | United States | 1,180,000 |
| Horseshoe | 582 | 2 | John Van Arnam | United States | 385,000 |
| Horseshoe | 582 | 4 | Christopher Bowen | United States | 600,000 |
| Horseshoe | 582 | 5 | Rosarie Roberts | Ireland | 310,000 |
| Horseshoe | 582 | 6 | Lonnie Caldwell | United States | 260,000 |
| Horseshoe | 582 | 7 | Patrick Hendricks | United States | 515,000 |
| Horseshoe | 582 | 8 | Stephen Patch | United States | 125,000 |
| Horseshoe | 582 | 9 | Jiyang Gan | China | 65,000 |
| Horseshoe | 583 | 1 | Ahmet Hussein | Cyprus | 370,000 |
| Horseshoe | 583 | 2 | Chi Chan | Canada | 760,000 |
| Horseshoe | 583 | 3 | Yves Thalmann | Switzerland | 225,000 |
| Horseshoe | 583 | 4 | Jae Song | United States | 530,000 |
| Horseshoe | 583 | 5 | Elaine Rawn | Canada | 490,000 |
| Horseshoe | 583 | 6 | William Gian | United States | 745,000 |
| Horseshoe | 583 | 7 | Tommy Robins | United States | 380,000 |
| Horseshoe | 583 | 8 | Lorenzo Adams | United States | 195,000 |
| Horseshoe | 583 | 9 | David Luong | Australia | 780,000 |
| Horseshoe | 592 | 1 | Florian Kraft | Germany | 430,000 |
| Horseshoe | 592 | 2 | Christian Buerger | Germany | 670,000 |
| Horseshoe | 592 | 3 | Mark Adkins | United States | 195,000 |
| Horseshoe | 592 | 4 | Matthew Thom | United States | 600,000 |
| Horseshoe | 592 | 5 | Marguerite Spagnuolo | United States | 475,000 |
| Horseshoe | 592 | 6 | Travis Tachibana | United States | 390,000 |
| Horseshoe | 592 | 8 | Maximillen Piboule | France | 845,000 |
| Horseshoe | 592 | 9 | Derek Brumbaugh | United States | 1,585,000 |
| Horseshoe | 593 | 1 | Colin Lovelock | United Kingdom | 550,000 |
| Horseshoe | 593 | 2 | William Campbell | United States | 155,000 |
| Horseshoe | 593 | 3 | Lawrence Wayne | United States | 390,000 |
| Horseshoe | 593 | 4 | Michael Dalberth | United States | 765,000 |
| Horseshoe | 593 | 5 | Kurt Magalski | United States | 820,000 |
| Horseshoe | 593 | 6 | Tomer Benazar | Israel | 750,000 |
| Horseshoe | 593 | 7 | Chien Chih Weng | Taiwan | 730,000 |
| Horseshoe | 593 | 8 | Edward Pierce | United States | 975,000 |
| Horseshoe | 593 | 9 | Valderez Goecks | United States | 670,000 |
Event #46: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout
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