Bradley Gafford was the next to go shortly after Grant Juric's elimination.
Bradley Gafford: 8x7x 
David Stamm: Ax9x
The flop came ace high to effectively end it right there for Gafford, as the turn and river would not save him.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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1,700,000
750,000
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750,000 |
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Eliminé | |
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Najeem Ajez opened from middle position. Ben Hoy was in the cutoff and raised to 550,000. It folded back to Ajez, who went all in for about 1,300,000 chips. Hoy took a moment and then called. Ajez said he did not want to see that call and they turned over their hands.
Najeem Ajez: 6♥6♣
Ben Hoy: 10♠10♣
Ajez was behind and the board 7♥4♣K♦5♣Q♥ sent him to the rail.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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9,200,000
5,800,000
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5,800,000 |
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Eliminé | |
Clemen Deng raised to 160,00 when it folded to him in the cutoff. When it folded to the big blind Jiacong Zhang, he three-bet all in for 900,000. After contemplating his decision, Deng made the call.
Jiacong Zhang: 9♥9♣
Clemen Deng: K♥J♥
Zhang was ahead with his pocket nines but had to fade the over cards of Deng. He was able to do so on the 5♦8♠Q♠ flop, but the J♦ on the turn put Deng ahead with a pair of jacks. When the 4♦ hit on the river, it officially eliminated Zhang in 20th place.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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4,100,000
1,820,000
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1,820,000 |
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Eliminé |
Weiran Pu jammed from the button, Uri Reichenstein re-jammed from the small blind to fold out the big and the cards were turned over.
Weiran Pu: A♥9♦
Uri Reichenstein: K♠5♠
The flop came J♠8♣5♦ to send Reichenstein into the lead. The turn was the 6♣ and the river he 3♥ to eliminate Pu and bring the two table redraw.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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3,500,000
650,000
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650,000 |
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Eliminé | |
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There was a big flip in progress immediately following the redraw between two tight stacks.
Lyudmil Ivanov: J♠J♣
Erlend Melsom: AxKx
The flop came 2♥10♣6♥, the turn was the 9♣ and the river came the K♣ to brutally send Ivanov to the rail and give Melsom a huge double.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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4,100,000
1,850,000
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1,850,000 |
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Eliminé | |
Joao Barroso Valli was the short stack at the table and he open-raised from early position for all of his 665,000 chips. Action folded to Ben Hoy in the big blind, who called.
Joao Barroso Valli: 3♦3♥
Ben Hoy: A♣5♦
Hoy out-flopped Valli on Q♦5♥A♠, the turn 4♥ brought four more outs with the gutshot for Valli, but the river Q♥ meant the end of his tournament.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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9,400,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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Eliminé | |
It folded to Kristofer Kneale in the hijack, who raised all in for 730,000. It folded to Maxx Coleman in the small blind who also announced all in. The big blind folded, leaving the two players heads up, with Kneale at risk.
Kristofer Kneale: A♣8♣
Maxx Coleman: K♣Q♦
Kneale was ahead with his ace high, but when the board ran out 8♦2♠K♦J♠9♣ Coleman had the best hand with a pair of kings, eliminating Kneale in 16th place.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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1,980,000
880,000
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880,000 |
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Eliminé | |
Oleksii Mezhenkov raised all in from under the gun for 960,000 and when it folded to David Stamm in the hijack, he made the call. The rest of the players folded, leaving the two heads up, with Mezhenkov at risk.
Oleksii Mezhenkov: A♣J♥
David Stamm: K♥K♣
Mezhenkov would need help stay in the tournament, but when the board ran out 9♠8♠10♣6♠5♣ Stamm's pocket kings were still best, and Mezhenkov was eliminated in 15th place.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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5,800,000
950,000
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950,000 |
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Eliminé |
David Kaufmann moved all in preflop and was called by Maxx Coleman.
David Kaufmann: A♥8♦
Maxx Coleman: Q♦Q♥
The board would not do any favors for Kaufmann as it ran out 2♠K♦3♦J♦6♥ and he was eliminated in 14th place.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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4,300,000
2,320,000
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2,320,000 |
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Eliminé | |
Day 2 of Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em of the 2024 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas began with 188 players and ended with only 13 after a long day of intense action between some of the best players in the game. Those remaining players advance to Day 3, which starts Friday at noon, where they will take their shot at what remains of the $3,342,840 prize pool, including a $523,195 grand prize.
Ending Day 2 with the best shot at that top prize was Ben Hoy, who bagged up the chip lead with 7,300,000. Hoy caught fire late in the day as he started to take every chip within his grasp after the final break. At one point he had close to 11 million, but dropped a few hands in the final level to sink back down closer to the pack.
Right behind him in second is Joseph Carden (6,300,000), who likewise had a strong end to the day to land himself near the top of the leaderboard.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Hoy | United States | 7,300,000 | 61 |
| 2 | Joseph Carden | United States | 6,300,000 | 53 |
| 3 | Erlend Melsom | Norway | 4,980,000 | 42 |
| 4 | Nikolay Yosifov | Bulgaria | 4,635,000 | 39 |
| 5 | Uri Reichenstein | Israel | 4,480,000 | 37 |
| 6 | David Stamm | United States | 4,300,000 | 36 |
| 7 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 4,105,000 | 34 |
| 8 | Ivan Ruban | Russia | 3,445,000 | 29 |
| 9 | Clemen Deng | United States | 3,260,000 | 27 |
| 10 | Morgan Petro | United States | 2,560,000 | 21 |
After the top two stacks, there is a jumble of stacks, all within just 500,000 chips of each other, fighting for the third-highest stack. Erlend Melsom just pipped that distinction with 4,980,000, edging out Nikolay Yosifov Uri Reichenstein , David Stamm and Maxx Coleman.
During the day's action, some of the notables who fell by the wayside include Martin Zamani (126th), Ben Keeline (45th), Punnat Punsri (36th) and Sami Bechahed (29th).
The day finally came to a close after 12 hours and the final elimination of the night ended up being David Kaufmann, who went out in 14th place.
Action will resume on June 21 at 12 p.m. in Level 28 with blinds at 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 big blind ante.
PokerNews will be there to provide all of the updates once again.
