Players Are Gearing Up for the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout
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The action will soon be starting in Event #34: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas. This three-day event will begin at 12 p.m. with 40-minute levels and 35,000 starting stacks. Play will continue for 15 blind levels or until 15 percent of the field remains (whichever is later).
Players will get a 20-minute break every three blind levels with a one-hour dinner break after Level 9 (expected to be around 6:40 p.m.).
Day 2 will then resume on June 13 at 12 p.m. Levels will be 60 minutes on Day 2 and play will continue for another ten levels.
Like many of the lower-stakes no-limit hold'em events, last year's $2,500 NLH freezeout was a long one. The large field resulted in a prize pool of $2,534,275. The exhausted winner, Valentino Konakchiev had to outlast 1,137 other players and beat Andres Korn heads up to win his bracelet and the $435,924 first-place prize.
“I’ve been dreaming about it since I’ve been watching poker when I was 15 on TV, and I can’t believe it actually happened,” Konakchiev told PokerNews in his post-win interview.
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,137 | Valentino Konakchiev | Bulgaria | $435,924 |
| 2022 | 752 | Scott Seiver | United States | $320,059 |
| 2021 | 896 | Carlos Chang | Taiwan | $364,589 |
| 2020 | - | Not Held | - | - |
| 2019 | 996 | Ari Engel | United States | $427,399 |
| 2018 | 1,248 | Timur Margolin | Israel | $507,274 |
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