{"id":2535418,"date":"2024-09-21T11:01:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T11:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/?page_id=2535418"},"modified":"2024-09-28T15:20:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T15:20:40","slug":"freezeout","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/freezeout\/","title":{"rendered":"Freezeout Definition \u2013 Learn What Is a Freezeout in Poker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A poker freezeout is a type of tournament in which players only get one chance. Once they bust out, they\u2019re done. This is unlike other tournament types that allow <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/re-entry\/\" title=\"Re-Entry Definition \u2013 Learn What Is a Re-Entry in Poker\">reentries<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/re-buy\/\" title=\"Re-Buy Definition \u2013 Learn What Is a Re-Buy in Poker\">rebuys<\/a>, which allow players to enter the same competition after they lose their stack. Freezeout can also be played in a <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/shootout\/\" title=\"Shootout Definition \u2013 Learn What Is a Shootout in Poker\">shootout<\/a> format. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays, most tournaments have switched to the reentry format, but the WSOP Main Event is one of the best examples of a poker freezeout that manages to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this tournament, players pay their $10,000 <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/buy-in\/\" title=\"Buy-in Definition \u2013 Learn What A Buy-in Is In Poker\">buy-in<\/a> and get one shot, so even reaching <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/itm\/\" title=\"\">ITM<\/a> is a big deal. Whether they lose their stack after just a single <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-hands\/\" title=\"Poker Hand Rankings &amp; The Best Texas Hold\u2019em Hands\">hand<\/a> or after five days of play during the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/icm\/\" title=\"ICM Definition \u2013 Learn What Is ICM in Poker\">ICM<\/a> stage, the tournament is over for them. There is no option to enter the same tournament again until the next year. <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-freezeout-tournament\/\" title=\"Beat Freezeout Poker Tournaments with Proper Adjustments\">Learn more about freezeout tournaments<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/\">All Poker Terms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/tournament-masterclass\" class=\"adv-link\" aria-label=\"tournament masterclass unlock\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock.png\" alt=\"tournament masterclass unlock\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock.png 1176w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock-746x143.png 746w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock-1024x197.png 1024w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock-768x148.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1176px) 100vw, 1176px\" width=\"1176\" height=\"226\"   \/><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poker freezeout is a type of tournament in which players only get one chance. Once they bust out, they\u2019re done. This is unlike other tournament types that allow reentries or rebuys, which allow players [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":0,"parent":2532079,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"right-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2535418","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"author_image":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Tadas Peckaitis","author_link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/author\/tadas-peckaitisgmail-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"A poker freezeout is a type of tournament in which players only get one chance. 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