2024 World Series of Poker

Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$523,195
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$3,342,840
Entries
1,252
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,252
Players Left
187

Who Will Become Only the Fourth-Ever $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Champion?

Robert Schulz
Robert Schulz

Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.

Today sees the start of Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

This three-day event gets underway at 12 p.m. local time, with late registration open for nine levels. There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels, with a 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 9 (~6:30 p.m.).

The starting stack is 40,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play 15 40-minute levels or down to 15 percent of the field, whichever is later. Day 2 resumes at 12 p.m. Thursday for the surviving players and closes after ten more levels of play. Day 3 is when a winner will be crowned.

Last year’s winner Robert Schulz overcame a hard-fought final table which lasted almost seven hours. The German defeated Julien Sitbon in the finale to top the 1,598 entry field and collected his maiden bracelet and $675,275 from the $4,266,660 prize pool.

This is only the fourth installment of this event, with 2022 victor David Jackson famously beating Phil Hellmuth in a one-sided heads-up battle.

YearEntriesWinnerCountryPayout
20231,598Robert SchulzGermany$675,275
20221,359David JacksonUnited States$598,173
2021720Harvey MathewsUnited States$371,914

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