A Champion Will Be Crowned Today in Event #75: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em
Just eight players remain from a starting field of 1,191 players in Event #75: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em. Today one of them will walk away with the grand prize of $270,877 and a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
Each of the remaining players will be seeking their first WSOP bracelet and a win will also be the biggest score of the eventual winners’ career.
Renmei Liu (7,100,000) from Canada leads the pack with 71 big blinds. Hot on his heels are Nicholas Hubers (5,600,000) from the United States and Kaue De Souza (4,540,000) from Brazil.
Event #75: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Seat Draw
| SEAT | PLAYER | CHIPS | |
| 1 | Chad Himmelspach | 4,000,000 | |
| 2 | Kaue De Souza | 4,540,000 | |
| 3 | Renmei Liu | 7,100,000 | |
| 4 | Tarun Gulati | 3,080,000 | |
| 5 | Nicholas Hubers | 5,600,000 | |
| 6 | Ori Hasson | 3,020,000 | |
| 7 | Seth Evans | 925,000 | |
| 8 | Stefan Reiser | 1,985,000 |
In the middle of the pack are Americans Chad Himmelspach (4,000,000) and Tarun Gulati (3,080,000), along with Ori Hasson (3,020,000) from Isreal.
Hasson is coming off a deep run last week in Event #68 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Little One for One Drop where he placed 18th for $18,178. He has already bested that number here as each player is guaranteed a payday of at least $29,416.
Rounding out the field is Stefan Reiser (1,985,000) from Germany and Seth Evans (925,000) from the United States.
Remaining Final Table Payouts
| PLACE | PAYOUT | |
| 1 | $270,877 | |
| 2 | $167,418 | |
| 3 | $121,580 | |
| 4 | $89,344 | |
| 5 | $66,447 | |
| 6 | $50,021 | |
| 7 | $38,121 | |
| 8 | $29,416 |
Play resumes at noon at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino with the blinds at 50,000/100,000/100,000.
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. Evans moved all-in for around 600,000 and Liu called.
, which Evans noted was a "good card" for him. But the river brought the 
and Liu won the pot with a better king-high to eliminate Evans.
.
for a jack-high straight and Hubers mucked.
turn. 
for two pair, which was good against the top pair of De Souza with 
improved Reiser to a flush and he doubled up.
did peel on the turn to give Liu a set. The river was the 
and Hubers was eliminated.
