Online Event #18: $2,000 Freezeout Championship
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2023 World Series of Poker
Online Event #18: $2,000 Freezeout Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$1,019,350
Entries
551
Entries
551
Players Left
1
On July 15, Event #18: $2,000 Freezeout Championship played out on the virtual felt on WSOP.com for players located in New Jersey and Nevada. At the end of it, French player Julien Sitbon won his first WSOP bracelet and claimed the top prize of $176,347.
The tournament attracted a total of 551 entries and generated a prize pool of $1,019,350 paid out to the top 96 finishers.
Among the players who made deep runs but fell short of the final table were Daniel "DNegs" Negreanu (12th - $11,722), Thomas "HavanaClub" Boivin (17th - $7,033), Ben "WhyIsGamora" Yu (23rd - $5,402), and Aram "whatitdew" Oganyan.
WSOP Online NV/NJ Event #18 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julien "ifyourgood" Sitbon | $176,347 |
| 2 | Ashish "WhiskeySoda" Ahuja | $128,641 |
| 3 | Aram "X69Podheiser" Zobian | $93,984 |
| 4 | Guy ��PhilLaak�� Dunlap | $68,602 |
| 5 | "taycaldwell" | $50,457 |
| 6 | Tony "FreddyFish" Miles | $37,410 |
| 7 | Luis "faryboy" Pinho De Faria | $27,726 |
| 8 | Yudhishter "YUD10" Jaswal | $20,692 |
| 9 | "ktnyc" | $15,494 |
Sitbon navigated a final table that included Portugal��s Luis "faryboy" Pinho De Faria, 2018 WSOP Main Event runner-up Tony "FreddyFish" Miles, and 2018 WSOP Main Event sixth-place finisher Aram "X69Podheiser" Zobian. Eventually, the Frenchman defeated India��s Ashish "WhiskeySoda" Ahuja in heads-up play to claim the title.
Sitbon came close to his first piece of WSOP hardware only a few weeks earlier when he finished runner-up to Robert Schulz at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas in Event #59: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em. Sitbon won $417,338 for his biggest-ever cash in that tournament and has now continued his good fortune this summer with another six-figure score and his maiden bracelet.
Online Event #18: $2,000 Freezeout Championship
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