Renat Bohdanov Closes in Style to Win Second WSOP Bracelet in $3,000 Freezeout

From Chip Lead to Cliff Edge — And Then Back Again

Bohdanov came into the final table as chip leader, hoodie up and gaze fixed. The early stages went according to script, but poker rarely sticks to a script for long. A string of missed spots and lost pots dropped him into danger territory, his stack shrinking to just over four million. From top of the table to flirting with the rail, the trajectory was grim.

Play has begun on the final day of Event 35: the $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout!

Ukraine’s Renat Bohdanov began the day as chip leader and has already added a few pots to his stack. Close behind is Brazil’s Dennys Luis Ramos, who is also off to a strong start.

Just 7 players… pic.twitter.com/jgu1t4w8yF

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 12, 2025

But he didn’t blink.

Instead, Bohdanov stayed grounded, doubling through Tsz Ho Chau and clawing his way back. While the chips started to flow back in his direction, so did his confidence. The Brazilian crowd may have been deafening in support of Dennys Ramos, but Bohdanov had his own circle behind him. He credited that support after the win, saying it gave him the calm and focus to weather the swings.

When the field thinned down to three, the dynamic tilted more clearly into a Bohdanov vs. Ramos showdown. Ramos kept pressing, constantly asking questions of Bohdanov’s stack. But each time, Bohdanov found the answers — whether it was sniffing out a bluff or fading a coinflip.

A make-it-or-break-it hand came when Bohdanov’s ace-king cracked Ramos’s pocket sevens in a race. That hand vaulted him into the lead, but it was no clear path from there.

Heads-Up Drama and a Gutshot to Glory

Even after the big double, Bohdanov entered heads-up play at a slight disadvantage. Ramos had dealt some heavy blows, including an early pot that peeled away nearly five million chips. But if the pattern of Bohdanov’s final table had been one of survival and adaptation, he stuck to the formula.

He picked up a better ace and doubled through Ramos again. He hero-called with pocket nines when Ramos fired all streets with six-high. Slowly, the match turned into a test of nerve—and Ramos was the one blinking first.

Though the Brazilian managed a double of his own to keep things interesting, the tide had firmly turned.

On the final hand, Bohdanov closed the show in dramatic fashion, catching a gutshot to seal the deal and deny Ramos his first bracelet. After three days of high-stakes swings, high-volume rail chants, and high-pressure decisions, the Ukrainian raised his arms, his second bracelet secured.

As WSOP tweeted shortly after:

Renat Bohdanov locks up his second WSOP bracelet in Event #35: $3,000 Freezeout NLH—proving once again he knows how to close when it counts. #WSOP2025 pic.twitter.com/Iqb8IfdU7z

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 13, 2025

Top 5 Payouts – Event #35: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Renat Bohdanov		$451,600
2	Dennys Ramos		$300,830
3	Tsz Ho Chau		$212,820
4	Ryan Wolfson		$152,760
5	Anatoly Nikitin		$111,270

🏆 Who Is Renat Bohdanov?

Renat Bohdanov first stepped into the WSOP winner’s circle in 2019, taking down the €350 Opener at WSOP Europe in Rozvadov. That win, while historic for him and for Ukrainian poker, was on a much smaller stage. This time around, he conquered a $3K freezeout in the heart of Las Vegas, beating a world-class field and overcoming every possible obstacle along the way.

With this $451K result, Bohdanov’s biggest career score to date, he now enters a different conversation. He’s no longer just a bracelet winner — he’s a closer on the game’s biggest stage, and one of the growing number of Ukrainian players making deep runs at the WSOP.

As he said shortly after the final card fell: