Overview
- Marco Johnson captured Event #49, the $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em, defeating Chino Rheem heads-up to take the $513,885 first prize.
- The single-entry Freezeout drew 1,561 entries and produced a $3,473,225 prize pool, making the win final and unforgiving compared with re-entry events.
- Johnson is best known for mixed-game events and this marks his first WSOP bracelet in No-Limit Hold'em after many deep runs since his last bracelet in 2016.
- Separately, the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller continued with Alex Foxen leading the remaining 31 players with 6,820,000 chips after late registration swelled the field to 451 entries.
- WSOP scheduling and event formats are shaping different storylines this summer, with single-entry freezeouts producing milestone wins and re-entry/late-registration high-rollers driving larger prize pools and denser leaderboards.