2025 World Series of Poker

223rd place! I had a great time!!

Craig Savage is the champion of the $500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout. Savage won a total of $229,628 for his effort after besting a field of 5,082 players to take down the bracelet and the prize.

Robbie Schiffbauer Elimimated in 3rd Place ($113,244)

Tony Harrison raised to 6,000,000 on the button and Robbie Schiffbauer three-bet jammed in the small blind for about 20,000,000 to put himself at risk. Harrison quickly called.

Robbie Schiffbauer: 6♠6♥All in
Tony Harrison: Q♦Q♥

The flop came 3♠J♥K♣, with Harrion's pair of queens still out in the lead. Schiffbauer needed a six but couldn't find one when the board ran out 3♣, J♦to end his deep tournament run.

Can we get an update on how third went out? Thx

Break Time

The remaining three players have been sent on another 15-minute break and will return to blinds at 1,500,000/3,000,000 with a 3,000,000 big blind ante.

Savage Doubles Through Schiffbauer

Craig Savage moved all in from the button, and after thinking for not very long, Robbie Schiffbauer called from the big blind.

Craig Savage: Q♠J♠All in
Robbie Schiffbauer: K♥9♠

Savage was behind, but when the 6♣Q♦5♠
flop rolled off, he took the lead. The 8♠fell on the turn, and then the K♠came on the river and made Savage a flush and a full double up from Schiffbauer.

Morris Doubles Through Schiffbauer

After bleeding chips, Arthur Morris had the majority of his stack in on the big blind and was left with 800,000 behind. The action was folded to Robbie Schiffbauer in the small blind, who raised blind to put Morris all in. Morris called blind as well.

Arthur Morris: 10♦2♠All in
Robbie Schiffbauer Q♣J♣

Not the nicest flop for Morris when it came
K♦7♠A♦, taking away any ten as an out for him. But then the 2♦ dropped on the turn to send him into the lead, and when the 4♣ fell on the river, Morris was pushed the pot and a double up to hang around a bit longer.

Flop Bet Gets Through

Tony Harrison raised to 4,000,000 under the gun and was called by Craig Savage in the big blind.

The flop came 4♣7♠K♦, which led to a check from Savage. Harrison opted to bet 4,000,000 again, and Savage folded to award Harrison the pot.

Savage Lives to See Another Day

Arthur Morris raised to 3,500,000 under the gun and Craig Savage three-bet jammed for 12,000,000 on the button to put himself at risk. Morris snap called.

Craig Savage: K♠J♣ All in
Arthur Morris: A♦K♣

The flop came 5♦5♣9♣ with Morris in great shape to score an elimination and pull away from the pack.

That was until the J♦ landed on the turn, with Savage finding new life. The 3♣rolled off on the river, earning him the double up.

Ben Fan Elimimated in 5th Place ($63,706)

Ben Fan jammed his final approximately 8,000,000 and was called by Robbie Schiffbauer in a hurry to send them to a showdown.

Ben Fan: 3♥3♠All in
Robbie Schiffbauer: A♥A♠

Schiffbauer held a sizeable lead as he had the best starting hand possible; thus, Fan needed to materialize an upset to stay in the tournament.

The Q♦K♦2♦ flop kept Schiffbauer in the lead, but the 7♦turn did present some chop outs as a diamond on the river would give both players a flush. The 5♥ river did not do so and sent Fan out in fifth place. Fan earned $63,706 for his effort.

Kings for Fan

Robbie Schiffbauer opened the action with a raise to 2,500,000 from the cutoff. When the table folded to Ben Fan, he opted to jam for 8,000,000, and was called by Schiffbauer.

Ben Fan: K♦K♥All in
Robbie Schiffbauer: K♠J♦

Fan had Schiffbauer in rough shape, but the flop was a precarious one as it fanned out 9♠2♠J♠ to give Schiffbauer a pair plus a flush draw. The 8♥turn avoided disaster for Fan, and the 9♣river completed the board as Fan avoided his kings getting cracked to secure the double.

Yudai Futai Elimimated in 8th Place (28,635)

Arthur Morris raised to 2,700,000 in middle position and Yudai Futai called in the big blind to put himself at risk.

Yudai Futai: Q♠3♣ All in
Arthur Morris: A♦7♠

The flop came 9♦6♦K♠with Morris still out in the lead with ace-high. The 9♥turn and 10♦
river offered no help to Futai and his tournament run came to an end.

Break Time

The final eight players are now on a 15-minute break and play will resume at approximately 9:08 p.m local time.

Siarhei Chudapal Elimimated in 10th Place ($17,541)

Action was folded around to Siarhei Chudapal, who made up from the small blind, and Edwin Chang checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came 5♦K♠8♦ and Chudapal pushed his last 2,260,000 into the middle, which sent Chang into the tank for three to four minutes, and he eventually made the call.

Siarhei Chudapal: 9♦8♠All in
Edwin Chang: 5♠7♥

Chudapal was on course for a double up and the 10♦ on the turn didn't change matters. However, the 5♣ peeling off on the river certainly did as it gave Chang trips to send Chudapal to the rail in tenth spot as the official final table bubble boy.

Cronin Still Alive

Sean Cronin moved all in for 1,100,000 from under the gun and Arthur Morris called in the big blind.

Sean Cronin: K♦10♣ All in
Arthur Morris: 8♣5♣

The flop came 3♦10♦K♣ with Cronin improving to two pair, kings and tens. Cronin wasn't out of the woods yet, as the A♣ landed on the turn giving Morris a flush draw.

The A♠river was a brick for Cronin and he secured the much needed double up.