Qiang Xu Comes Back to the Chip Lead on Final Day of $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Freezeout
Qiang Xu will lead the 11 returning players headed back to Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas today to play down to a winner in Event #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Freezeout at the 2023 World Series of Poker.
If Xu can close it out, he'll take home the first-place prize of $435,924 along with his first WSOP gold bracelet but with Alexandre Reard (4,800,000), Andres Korn (4,760,000) and Niall Farrell (1,700,000) all looking to add their second bracelet to their wrist, it will be no easy task.
Other notable players returning for Day 3 include Adam Swan, who won a massive double toward the end of Day 2 to bag 3,080,000, Timothy Miles, who will return to 3,775,000, and Valentino Konakchiev, who will un-bag 2,475,000 when play resumes.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe | FT 1 | 1 | Andres Korn | Argentina | 4,760,000 | 48 |
| Horseshoe | FT 1 | 2 | Ruben Costa | United States | 2,185,000 | 22 |
| Horseshoe | FT 1 | 4 | Ankit Ahuja | India | 3,505,000 | 35 |
| Horseshoe | FT 1 | 6 | Adam Swan | United States | 3,080,000 | 31 |
| Horseshoe | FT 1 | 9 | Qiang Xu | China | 7,760,000 | 78 |
| Horseshoe | FT 2 | 1 | Niall Farrell | United Kingdom | 1,700,000 | 17 |
| Horseshoe | FT 2 | 3 | Girish Reknar | United States | 4,285,000 | 43 |
| Horseshoe | FT 2 | 4 | Alexandre Reard | France | 4,800,000 | 48 |
| Horseshoe | FT 2 | 5 | Valentino Konakchiev | Bulgaria | 2,475,000 | 25 |
| Horseshoe | FT 2 | 6 | Byung Eun Shin | South Korea | 1,475,000 | 15 |
| Horseshoe | FT 2 | 9 | Timothy Miles | United States | 3,775,000 | 38 |
Players are scheduled to start at 12 p.m. in Level 28 with blinds of 50,000/100,000 and a 100,000 big blind ante and will play 60-minute levels until a champion has been crowned.
PokerGO will begin streaming the finale at 4:00 p.m. with a one hour delay and PokerNews will continue coverage alongside the stream.
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